jarrod said:
AAA game is a reflection on the scale of budget, not the inbred industry press critical responses to it. Lost Planet 2, despite having an even worse metacritic rating of 68-63 (depending on platform), is still most certainly a AAA game in the sense that's being talked about in this thread. And Mickey Party probably would've done as well as Pca-Man Party (ie: not at all). Disney has said Epic Mickey is their most successful sales launch in history. Better than any of the Kingdom Hearts games even, none of which passed 1.3m their first NPDs btw, in fact none even sold half that. This is hardly a business as usual release or performance, attributing Epic Mickey's sales to the brand/audience alone is basically you sticking your head in the sand... |
That is not the idea I am getting especially not on Vgchartz..
Mickey compared to Pac Man....I think the best years of Pac Man's popularity has passed...
Sure an Mickey Party game would probably not sell 1.3M first month but that would again be one of those games with long legs;.especially if it gets advertised like Wii party 2-3 million sales would be achievable..
No its sales are not only because it uses Mickey, it is an combination of Advertising, being hyped like the game to get for Wii owners this winter the use of Mickey etc;.
