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Ryng on 23 May 2015
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Mummelmann said:
Ryng_Tolu said:
Mummelmann said:


Not all games will automatically have amazing legs just because they're made by Nintendo. Donkey Kong: Tropical Freeze is one fairly recent example of this.

Are people expecting Splatoon to have Mario Kart legs? If so, I think we need to aim a little lower, games like Uncharted and Gran Turismo have legs that are just as impressive as most Nintendo titles (but not Mario Kart) and some Nintendo titles are practically amputees. This is not a rule set in stone and shouldn't be simply assumed by default.

Where is your point?

I say that Splatoon will have the Mario Kart 8 legs? I just say that is hilarius how DR.Vita say that is impossible for Splatoon sell more than SO when Splatoon will have a super bigger launch, and MOST LIKELY will have better legs (most likely, not definitive).

Of course, SO can sell more, seem unlucky, but is not impossible.

"and even if as we all know the Nintendo games legs are the most strong."

That's my point; this is being used as one of the primary reasons why Splatoon will have great lifetime sales, yet we don't know that these famed legs will find their place underneath this particular title, and I showed you an example of an old core Nintendo franchise that goes against this sentiment.

If first week sales aren't what people are hoping, legs will be the saving grace, and in order for it to meet some of expectations it would need MK-like legs. You should also note that I wrote "Are people expecting Splatoon to have Mario Kart legs?" and not that you are expecting it.

Bottom line is; this is a game with enormous expectations and these expectations are grounded in assumptions that are as of yet just as unproven as saying Splatoon won't be able to outsell Sunset Overdrive. We just don't know.
I think Splatoon will do better than I initially assumed, with the massive marketing we're seeing now (I even saw a stand in my local "GAME" store nearby) but on the whole, I still remain uncertain as to whether there is a large market for this title.

PS: Saying that Splatoon will have a "super bigger" launch than SO is also making assumptions, and I'm curious as to what sort of number that would indicate as well.

I say:  "and even if as we all know the Nintendo games legs are the most strong."

 Not Splatoon, but NINTENDO.

And is a fact, the Nintendo games usually have better legs than the other games. Will Splatoon have strong legs? we will see.

 

For the "super bigger launch", SO have sold 100,000 in October NPD. XBO outsold PS4 the last week of October, that's mean that the XBO+SO bundle was huge, so, the VGChartz numbers (SO at 130,000 according to VGC) seem right.

UK SO sold probabily 30,000 or so, and we have around 220,000 globally... this numbers are not official but seem close.

 

Splatoon have nearly 100 point on COMG, and will probabily pass today. Usually 1 point = 1k sales for the Ninty games, that's mean that Splatoon will be at +100k very easy in Japan first week, let me say more than 120,000.

US, usually is bigger for Nintendo, so, more than 120,000 even in the US. probabily more than 150,000, if not more, MP10 sold nearly 300,000 in March NPD...

Europe we can assume at least 80,000, or more likely +100,000, for a total of nearly/more 400,000 unit globally.

 

That is nearly/more than double of SO.