| ArmGunar said: Only 550k in USA, that's very disappointing for the biggest exclusive game of this year for PS3 ... If USA, the biggest market, did 550k, what will EMEAA do ? 400k ? |
Only if you believe the sales pattern of the game was going to magically change. Uncharted 2 opened to less and is looking to finish LTD just north of 5 Million. Gears 2 - to give the kind of game you're referencing - opened much bigger but had much lower ongoing sales and is around 6 million so far.
Uncharted titles simply have less fronted loaded sales patterns. Based on the numbers so far Uncharted 3 will open higher than Uncharted 2 and assuming - and there seems little reason not to - that it follows the same sales pattern then it will finish LTD with more than 5 million in sales.
No every game is front loaded and TBH too much focus and expectation is given to games automatically being front loaded IMHO.
If Uncharted 3 opens to more than 1 million at this point, with a holiday period to give it strong opening legs then it'll be performing well against the franchise's own baseline.
Try to be reasonable... its easier than you think...
