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Barozi on 29 November 2012
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BasilZero said:
Barozi said:

And there is an equal amount that started low (some even higher than PSALBR) and couldn't make to a million.

Starhawk, Twisted Metal, SOCOM 4, Haze, White Knight Chronicles, Ninja Gaiden Sigma 2, MLB The Show to name a few.

 

Considering the gen (for Sony) is almost over at this point I think that sales under 1m is certainly possible. Obviously it will be clearer after Christmas.


I'll be honest, I've never heard of Starhawk until I came to these forums around this time last year.

Twisted Metal was expected to fail because of the mistakes in development or so I hear.

SOCOM4 was never really a huge franchise, overshadowed by other better games.

Haze , I've never heard of this title either until I came to these forums LOL

White Knight Chronicles was never hyped up and I have yet to know anyone who has the game, I am planning to get the 2nd game since it has the first game in it.

Ninja Gaiden Sigma 2 was made by Tecmo I thought o.O?

MLB...people still play those...?

 

^ That is probably why they never sold...

You missed a lot then. WKC was hyped as the JRPG saviour on PS3 back in the days where 360 was rocking that genre.
The first SOCOM sold 3.65m according to our numbers. How's that not a big franchise ? Obviously not as big as GT but still very popular.
Haze was a self proclaimed Halo killer, though the not die hard fanboys knew that it wouldn't be as good. Would have sold more if they didn't release a demo a week or two before launch (I remember the shitstorm on the Gametrailers forum)

Also there are other games that barely crossed the million mark, though these had more time to sell their amounts unlike PSASBR.

Either way I'm not sure if you completely disagree with me or if you're neutral about this topic, if PSASBR does under 1m you would post a similar reason as to why it didn't sell as much.
But even if it breaks the mark. We made prediction threads and I think most people (including myself) were expecting 2.5m-3m on average. Very doubtful if it does even half the amount.