USA Pre-Order Chart UP ! (16th June)

[Jay520]

Slimebeast said:

Jay520 said:

Slimebeast said:
How come Resident Evil 6, Far Cry 3 and Tomb Raider aren't in the top 20? They're bigger games than Hitman.

Not anymore they're not. Hitman will be bigger than all three of them!

Haha, you are as passionate about Hitman as I am about Oblivion (Elder Scrolls).

I know that Square Enix is really counting on Hitman and it's considered a multi-million selling AAA franchise. Kinda like Ubisoft sees Splinter Cell. By the looks of things probably they are targeting 4 million in sales (judging from an article I read in Gamasutra about the huge size and budget of the dev studio in Canada that will be responsible for the Hitman series in the future).

Personally I think Hitman will get good reviews (85%) but underperform saleswise and not be profitable. Around 2.5 million on PS360.

I don't think Hitman costs much to develop. Espescially not similar to Splinter Cell. Where did you get this article about the huge size and budget of the studio? I've always felt that Square has been only expecting modest sales from this title.

For the record, I predict it'll get somewhere in the mid to low 80s as well. I'm thinking at least 2 million on both the PS3 & 360 though. But a lot of it's going to depend on reviews and marketing though.