Rock Band 3? Flop? The death of a genre?

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Grimes said:

bobbert said:

12

Rock Band 3

X360

1

21,208

99,183

For those already declaring flop, 100k pre-orders in america isn't too bad. That's just the 360 version.

Warriors of Rock flopped. Activision went nuts creating hero games, we all know that. This is the 3rd iteration of Rock Band and the first in 2 years (beside track-packish games). Many features were added which people had been asking for, as well as adding the ability to play real instruments. This will be a million seller for sure, so how is it a flop?

A million doesn't mean squat. These games have been on steady decline and there is little doubt that this will launch lower than any of the previous games. Long term downward trends are called death spirals.

RB1 (X360):

1

187,860

N/A

35,726

223,586

223,586

RB2 (X360):

1

328,438

N/A

19,364

347,802

347,802

Both ended up selling over 2 million copies. Notice the EMEAA sales went down and down. 5000 in the UK alone, in 2 days, isn't bad. With 100k pre-orders, I don't see how much worse this is than RB1 which was released at what is usually considered the height of the rhythm genre.