Why do people on this site think Splatoon is going to do so well?

[tbone51]

Burek said:

tbone51 said:

Yea, that doesnt really matter. You can believe that if you want when splatoon is most expensive in japan yet it sold over 135k FW

Edit: yourt right, its gonna be killed here in the US, under 50k in the NPD. Its going to bomb!!!!

You cannot judge anything by the Japanese market, their tastes differ quite a bit from the west.

And as for US, Nintendo is the only one kind enough to provide actual numbers for NPD, and we will have to rely on them, because the game most certainly will not be in the report (outside Top 10).

You think Splatoon isnt going to be in the top 10 report? What are these 10 games that will top it? GTA/WItcher/MKX.... what else? or are you expecting that much of a bomb?

As for japan, i can base a judgement. Many predictions were under 60-70k, it broke practically all expectations on gaf and here. I had one of the highest predictions for FW sales and even my prediction was overshot.

And usually US>Japan on these types of releases, though it could be less, but not as low as your making it out to be