InFamous: Second Son Pre-Orders on par with Titanfall on XB1

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kitler53 said:

forevercloud3000 said:

kitler53 said:
i honestly think titan fall i going to disappoint a lot of people (sales wise). online multiplayer only will hurt it.

infamous looks amazing though to glad to see it get the props it deserves.

Dissapoint sounds a bit harsh but I have noticed something. When customers come in asking whats the next big thing for XBO the first thing that comes to mind for me is Titanfall. Almost everyone has heard of that game by now but most don't realize it is multiplayer only. I mention this as a positive for them(Shooter single players are usually filler) yet they actually react differently than what I would expect. I personally refuse to buy any game that I cannot enjoy to some degree by myself. 

I do on the other hand think it will perform just fine. EA kinda sucks at advertising most things but for something as big as this they will pull it together. I imagine heavy advertising and minimum of 4million sales.

Infamous is definitely a lot more popular than most realize. Sony has an underlining reason for releasing games for free on PSN+. Its the F2P method, get the game or predecessor in as many people's hands as possible to create future interest or purchases. Infamous 2 would have sold a lot better if not put as a freebie, but allowing so many ppl to play it means a lot more people know what Infamous SS is and many will want to experience that as well. Infamous SS's views on Youtube are the highest out of all the exclusives.

If I were to geuss, I think Infamous SS will sell 3-4 million as well, if its REALLY good than maybe 6mill LT.

4 million across all platforms?  maybe.  on xbone?  no. 

 

online multiplayer games needs an active community to play against or it isn't fun.   titanfall will launch when xbox is less than 5M consoles sold so the most it could hope for at launch is ~2M; a very repectable attach rate.  a far greater attach rate than i believe possible when guys like me (who won't buy an online only game) simply won't buy it.  single player isn't th filler to me,.. multiplayer is the filler which on most games i don't touch.    ...and as nearly all online game's communities go bust within a month or two of launch i absolutely believe titanfall's community will too fail soon after launch.   ..and with it so does titanfalls sales legs.    

i said disappoint.  i mean disappoint.

Well yea, I meant across all platforms.

You have similar tastes to me. I feel like I am getting a gimped package if a game is totally dependant on multiplayer. Someone brought up a good point a few posts back. What is Titanfall going to be like with split fanbases amongst PC/360/XBO? Do they actually have connected servers? because so far MS has not had a single game that allowed crossplay in that manner. So if it doesn't then most might opt to get it on PC and 360 as more ppl are likely to have those versions. I had a similar case in store today. Mother was returning XBO versions of COD Ghost because her two sons want to still be able to play with their friends, whom won't be getting XBO. That could prove a big issue for Titanfall's staying power.