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curl-6 on 13 March 2013
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Screamapillar said:
curl-6 said:
Mensrea said:
curl-6 said:
Mensrea said:
I agree with Otakumegane.

Pikmin is the real wild card, I'm interested to see how it does. I hope for 3 million or so, but I expect a max of 2.

I'd peg Pikmin 3 for 1.6 million myself. It's got a fanbase, but it's not one of their A-list franchises.


Seems about right. I love Pikmin, but it's never been a big seller. 

 

I hope more people try it out though.

Me too; Pikmin is valuable because it adds the kind of variety to Nintendo's stable that many people claim they lack.

Hopefully by offgering  something different it will attract the kind of people who aren't captivated by Nintendo's more maintream franchises.

The New Play Control re-releases, as well as Pikmin 2 Nintendo Select last summer, and the fact that Pikmin 3 will be Wii U's first AAA Nintendo game, I think all three of those factors combine to make Pikmin 3 the highest-selling game in the series by far.  I'd say it could reach 2.5-3 million lifetime sales, because to me it seems like a game that is being built to have legs.  I guess we'll see.

I'd love for Pikmin 3 to sell 2.5-3m, but since I expect Wii U to reach 40-50m lifetime in hardware sales, that would require a pretty high attach rate for an game of its kind.