Aielyn said:
Just thought I'd back up that observation. CoD3 on PS3 in the US sold just 12,298 copies in its first week, and another 13,071 copies in its second week. By the end of 2006, it managed 113,977... and went on to sell 1.36 million copies worldwide, including 481,507 in the US to date. By comparison, on the Wii, it sold 43,534 copies in its first week and another 21,483 in its second week. By the end of 2006, it sold 156,095 copies, and sold 2.16 million copies worldwide, including 1,033,521 in the US to date. It doesn't matter what console it is, you expect weak launch sales for games that release with the system, relatively speaking. It would be interesting, by the way, to look at the correlations between launch date, launch sales, and total sales. |
That`s a good point of view.
Everyone knows that launch software always starts low but these titles end up selling very well afterwards. Even the bad games end up selling well because people want the console even if at the cost of buying bad games along with it.
That`s why Ubisoft started strong on Wii and Wii U from the get go. They know people will be more open to their titles that way.
Personally what i expect is not just that BO2, ZombiU, AC3 and others too sell well in years to come but to build a fan base strong enough to embrace future titles of the franchise and, seeing as new consoles are to arrive next year, to take advantage of that and provide, for instance, a better online community that those consoles won`t be able to provide from day one.
