| 1 | Sly 2: Band of Thieves | PS2 | 2004 | Platform | 0.88 | 0.69 | 0.00 | 0.23 | 1.81 |
| 2 | Sly Cooper and the Thievius Raccoonus | PS2 | 2002 | Platform | 1.03 | 0.14 | 0.00 | 0.04 | 1.21 |
| 3 | Sly 3: Honor Among Thieves | PS2 | 2005 | Platform | 0.69 | 0.03 | 0.00 | 0.11 | 0.83 |
| 4 | The Sly Collection | PS3 | 2010 | Platform | 0.32 | 0.07 | 0.01 | 0.05 | 0.45 |
On the PS2, the average Sly game sold ~1.2. Since platformers aren't as big as last gen, the I expect Sly 4 to sell less.
Of course it should sell more than The Sly Collection, since it's an actual new game.
So I'd say somewhere between 400k-800k.
You people predicting in the 1.5, 2.0m+ range are out of your minds.
Look at how the Ratchet series has dropped this gen
| 2 | Ratchet & Clank | PS2 | 2002 | Platform | 1.44 | 1.01 | 0.57 | 0.30 | 3.33 |
| 3 | Ratchet & Clank: Going Commando | PS2 | 2003 | Platform | 1.44 | 0.83 | 0.26 | 0.25 | 2.78 |
| 4 | Ratchet & Clank: Up Your Arsenal | PS2 | 2004 | Platform | 1.31 | 0.74 | 0.31 | 0.22 | 2.57 |
| 5 | Ratchet & Clank Future: Tools of Destruction | PS3 | 2007 | Platform | 0.87 | 1.02 | 0.08 | 0.42 | 2.40 |
| 6 | Ratchet & Clank Future: A Crack in Time | PS3 | 2009 | Platform | 0.96 | 0.44 | 0.03 | 0.23 | 1.66 |
| 7 | Ratchet & Clank: Up Your Arsenal (Weekly american sales) | PS2 | 2004 | Platform | 1.27 | 0.05 | 0.00 | 0.02 | 1.33 |
| 8 | Ratchet: Deadlocked | PS2 | 2005 | Shooter | 0.85 | 0.03 | 0.22 | 0.14 | 1.24 |
The average PS2 game sold around ~2.6m. While the average PS3 game sold around ~2.0m (that's without counting A4O). Clearly, the genre is smaller than last year. The latest traditional installment of R&C sold 1.66m after three years. If you think Sly 4 is going to reach those numbers you're crazy. Firstly, Sly is much smaller than Ratchet. And secondly, Sly 4 won't have as much time to sell as R&C: ACiT.
