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HappySqurriel on 20 May 2007
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windbane said:
OriGin said:
*rolls eyes @ larry again* There is another thread about this... The games that are featured in the Famitsu Top 10 are almost always awesome, however as everyone else has already stated this is not directly related to sales. 'Core' gamers are outnumbered these days, and the 'Casual' gamers are the ones buying games in droves. The 'Core' gamers are the only ones who read Famitsu and vote about the games they want the most.

So GTA and Halo are "casual" games? What about Final Fantasy? A lot of the games on that chart will sell very well.

 

Edit:  And yes, I realize GTA and Halo are not on that chart, but they are not casual games and sell very well.  RE5 should sell very well as well, and I dont think FF and DQ are casual games.

The Point is that games that make this list do not necessarily sell well (Motorstorm, Virtual Fighter 5), and many games sell well without ever making this list (Nintendogs, Brain Training). Because of how this list is formed it is heavily representative of "core-gamer" tastes and is detached from the purchasing choices of the average consumer.

As for Gundam Mosou, Namco-Bandai and Koei worked jointly to produce the game ... Koei said that they expected the game to sell 2 Million copies while Namco-Bandai expected 1 Million; when complaining about sales of the game Namco-Bandai said that they expected it to sell "at least" 500,000 copies which (surprisingly enough) was the same value that Namco-Bandai clamed was required to break even on a game.