Mr.Metralha said:
The public doesn't know what they want. Out of that list, only monster hunter is a true system seller, all the other titles while having great a chance to beat 1~1.5M are more front loaded titles and less desired. If you notice the most wanted weekly list from famitsu and the actual sales from those games when they release, you'll see that things don't add up. Just take a look at FFXIII sales on Japan. That game was 2 years in Famitsu top 10 most wanted titles. Dragon Quest X is there on the top positions (2nd I think?) although I really doubt the game can break even 3 million due to the Wii's situation on Japan. Sorry for the slightly off topic =) |
Famitsu's readers=/=entire gaming public. It's as if they took a poll from GameInformer readers. It won't be a completely honest showing considering all of your survey base is already interested in those titles. Hardcore fans are also a lot more likely to vote for their favorite game series than normal fans. That's why smaller, niche titles creep up on the Most Wanted list.
