| TheGamer95 said: Why is everybody expecting so much from PS4's March sales in the US? I mean yes, Bloodborne will probably be a great game, though it won't be a system seller because it isn't the type of game that have that big of an audience. Unfortunately. And the other 2 major releases are FF type-0 and BF: Hardline and let's be honest, these 2 are nothing to write home about. |
System sellers don't necessarily have to sell 5m in order to sell systems. They're games that people buy a system to play. For that week of release, the dedicated fanbase of that title who do not have the system to buy that game, go out and buy the system+game. Of course their are also other games they also want to play on said system coming out or already released.
What we know of the Souls series is that it have a very strong cult following who are too big to be called "niche", but of course its not massive like Mario, Halo, Uncharted etc. We also know that hack and slash actions games/RPGs haven't been abundant on PS4 so its conceivable that fair proportion of the fans of these kind of games haven't yet updated and this presents an opportunity to do so.
In regard to the latter 2 titles you mentioned, good but less than stellar reviews haven't stopped massive franchises from succeeding in the past. Assassins Creed Unity sold fine despite it being "broken" and certainly sold systems. Both aren't quite mainline entrys so they may fall far short of expectation but theres still potential there.
