yo_john117 said:
Michael-5 said:
yo_john117 said:
Michael-5 said:
I know Forza 2 is largely bundled, but Forza 3 sold most of its copies on it's own. I know before the Forza/Alan Wake bundle, Forza 3 sold about 3.3 million units on it's own accord. When the bundle ended it was at 4.67 million. The week the Ultimate Edition released, Forza 3 weekly sales jumped, and even before that the game was selling 10-20k weekly. I think at the very most 1 million of Forza 3's sales are bundled. So when the game does break 5 million, I think it's fair to say the game sold 4 million on it's own accord. If GT5 sells 9 million lifetime, thats almost half the volume.
That to me counts as competition. Camero's only sell a 5th as well as Mustangs, but they are still rivals are they not? Had Chevy not introduced the 300hp V6 and 400hp V8, would Ford have done it on their own? Maybe, but not as fast.
BTW Prologue sales for GT5 were bundled too, so :P.
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You forgot about the ODST/Forza 3 official bundle. So in all honesty 1.5 million sounds about right for how much its been bundled.
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Maybe, but I think 1 million and 500k are absolute max posiibilities for the Alan Wake and ODST bundles respectively. Even then, the game could hit 5.5 million lifetime, and thus 4 million are of its own accord. :P
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I don't think Forza 3 will hit 5.5 million because Forza 4 is coming out this year and will pretty much cut off any sales Forza 3 was getting. I think best case scenario is 4.8-5.0 million total....but thats way better then Forza 2 did.
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Yea, but Forza 3 is still selling 10-15k weekly, and Forza 4 is at least 6 months (26 weeks) away. That alone means 250-400k. Then after Forza 4 I don't think Forza 3 sales will completly die. A lot of new console owners will see a new copy of Forza 3 for $20, and be interested. GT4 is still selling after all, and Forza 2 managed about 100k after Forza 3's release without bundles. 5.5 is possible, but not certain.
