UK Sales: Mario still being outsold by Knack, GT6 launch sales just a fifth of GT5

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enrageorange said:

Cj2i3 said:

DerNebel said:

fighter said:

Rogerioandrade said:
Not a big deal. Mario 3d World will sell for a long time worldwide. Knack will soon be forgotten

this, and GT6 sales are not a surprise, it's a franchise in decline

GT5 sold more or less like a normal GT does, so I don't see how the franchise is in decline. GT6 just released at a very inconvenient time with very little marketing push from Sony, at least from what I've seen. The game will still sell a couple million and will still make Sony money.

Exactly the game released during a console transition, while more gamers are focused on upgrading their Xbox 360's and PS3's. Which means the need to save money and avoid 7th generation transactions. The game will still sell admirably though last year would have been ideal for it.

Just look at CoD, Battlefield and Assassins Creed essentially all 3 games have performed much worse then the prior iteration 1/2 and even 1/3 of BO2, BF3 and AC3.

It's a console transition it's to be expected.

Those games had next gen versions that people were waiting for. And even if we ignore that fact there is a massive difference between 1/2, 1/3 and 1/5. This decline is too big to be only because of nextgen hype.

And those 3rd party games still they haven't sold as well as their predecessors by a large margin.