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Barozi on 08 August 2015
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Goodnightmoon said:
Barozi said:
Samus Aran said:

Tell me one new IP that could sell this well on a userbase of 10 million?

It's the big gap in userbases that I'm refering to.

Destiny did over 2m first week, when PS4 sales were 11m. When X1 hit 10m, Destiny already sold over 2m units there as well.
Watch Dogs was at 3m when PS4 hit 10m
Titanfall was at 2.4m when X1 hit 10m

3 of the more overhyped games of gaming history, including the most expensive game ever made, and that kind of "new Ip" that does not give anything new to the table, 2 CoD clones and a GTA wannabe.

The thing is, Destiny is about 5 m on a console with 24m, Titanfall is 2.5m at the moment and not growing anymore, it has sold less than 100k this year. However Splatoon, a truly new concept that didn´t get any mainstream hype until 2 weeks before (not 2 years like the others) and with a tiny fraction of the marketing budget, is on its way to sell 3 milions or more on a console that will hardly reach 15 milions. Do the maths.

All I hear is excuses why this or that game doesn't count. I simply answered the question, which had no such constraints.

Promising new IPs are naturally being hyped. Splatoon was hyped as well. The difference is that Splatoon was only hyped by WiiU owners, while the other games mentioned were hyped by PS4 and X1 owners, who of course represent a lot more gamers. Bloodborne, Infamous 2, Sunset Overdrive, Forza 5 etc. didn't get any more hype. They are only mid-sized exclusives. Some sold better, some worse, but none of them broke any records. Neither did Splatoon.