Microsoft targets 5m Fable III sales, profits of $150m

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Squilliam said:

Dodece said:

A word of warning fellow members this thread is a trap. Not only is this goal reasonable, but it is also fairly likely. The goal alone is reachable via logical progression. The install base has greatly increased which decreases the sell through, and it increases the potential audience. The series review scores have improved over time, and they were pretty good to begin with. The sales of titles in the series has increased over time. Any one of these things gets Molyneaux to his goal, but all three together. Seriously how hard is it going to be for him to sell one out of eight 360 owners on this game alone. A successor to a game that was actually quite popular with players as a whole.

Actually they could sell 3.5-4M or identically to the first and the PC sales will carry them the rest of the way.

You forget the fact that the PC version will cannibalize the 360 version's sales. Also, being Microsoft, they will only release Fable 3 on 1 digital distribution service: GFW's Games on Demand... so no Steam, no Impulse, no Gamersgate, etc..