Which will sell most Week 1? Lifetime?

[Conegamer]

Carl2291 said:

Conegamer said:

That would be true if it wasn't for the fact that the majority of sequels suffer either lower or very similar FW sales to their predeccesors...

Those sales are nothing to be sniffed at, but with no confirmed release date (Could launch in summer drought, on same day as Skyrim and COD, same day as SS etc.), it's unfair to make an accurate prediction. But pre-orders, well, they're certainly impressive for a game with no release date!

Can you give me some examples? I can give you many examples of the opposite happening... Here's a few.

Gears 2 > Gears 1
Uncharted 2 > Uncharted 1
Black Ops > Modern Warfare 2 > Modern Warfare
Dead Space 2 > Dead Space

There are many more, but I decided to use more blockbuster titles, as that's what these games are. I would also like to say that Epic/Microsoft aren't stupid enough to release Gears of War the same Week as Call of Duty. And it's much bigger than Elder Scrolls, and it's releasing during "Fall", not Summer.

Elder Scrolls is 11/11/11, I expect the same thing for COD. And it's easy to push a game with no release date back...

All those games, bar Black Ops. were new entries, and bar UC, were very close in sales. Dead Space is too soon...

I suppose LBP2 and LBP is one, those are pretty damn close ATM

GT5 is another, falling behind GT4...

Halo:Reach is only just ahead, with a much bigger usebase...

It could go either way, depends on launch, of course