Those prediction are way too high, the franchise took a nose dive and there were plenty of crash games you selectively chose not to list in sales, everything after 2003 sold like trash.
If its the crash bandicoot we all knew and loved from PS1 era being sold at $60, 1.5m-2m would be my prediction (physical only). Nostalgia is strong but those games were basic as F***. Knack is essentially Crash but with less interesting level design. Using PS1 era sales as a projection of what it would do in 2015 isn't going to work, by the end of PS2s life the games were struggling for 1m, tastes have changed further and the type of on rails platformer experience Crash offered wouldn't have huge mass appeal in this age.
If Naught Dog really pushed for something new and surprised us with a fresh take on platformers whilst still keep the essence of Crash then it could do higher but until I see it I wouldn't bet on anything more then 3m on PS4. Skylanders at its peak never hit 3m on a single platform and just about managed 4m across 5 platforms ( A 250m+ audience)
I would like to see ND attempt a new Crash game though, they could certainly put a quite smallish team aside and delivered something that looked like it'd come out of a Pixar animated film with just as much Charm and wit. Again I think the real struggle is doing something interesting with gameplay, honestly has anyone tried those games recently and actually had fun?
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