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I don't see how DS' hardware had as humungous of an impact on D/P's sales as you imply. Sapphire and Ruby have sold more than you are expecting X/Y to on a nearly comparable install base at this time. 3DS still has a shot at 80 Million, and you expect X/Y to be almost one of the worst selling core Pokemon titles in the history of the franchise? Black and White should've been the bottom for the franchise sales-wise. X/Y needs to improve in it's legs over B/W, by a lot. And I think it will. Anything below 3.5 Million just isn't good enough. I'll give you this, Tbone, if X/Y does more or comparable to 3.5 Million I'll be happy about it. Considering me being a "downer" seem to be a big thing for you, that should be a pretty nice change of pace. |
Well we will agree to disagree since both opinions are different for 2nd year performance.
That said, i want to point out 2 things.
1. Its not about worse selling, BW/DP/RS all sold between 15.5mil-17.5mil So even if XY sells 15mil lifetime, yes you can say its the worse selling (main games) of the 6, but its not a big deal considering they are all next to each other. If XY sold 10mil then be worried (even though 10mil is a hell of alot of profit lmao).
-add in XY legs>>>>>> BW. BW was a front load weapon like Halo 4. It sold the most of each resprective franchise, but only with its launch/First couple of weeks do to install base.
2. I said this in a previous post, Ruby/Sapphire came off from a 32mil+ and 23mil+ games. Thats why it looks like it sold much more (outsold BW for example).
No matter wat you say, XY is a huge success, and even if it sells the worse its still good considering it wont be uder 14mil when its all said and done. It has a good chance selling 3.5mil, even 4mil.
I think XY will have special events (cuz of the leaks) and that will help maintain sales.
