(Rumour) Rise of the Tomb Raider sells less than 200k in November (U.S.)

[Mr Puggsly]

Hiku said:

There were digital sales for the first Tomb Raider as well. We only go by what we know, and unless there's a specific reason to think that one game would have had significantly more digital sales than the other, sales for this game are not looking good at the moment compared to the last game, and considering the budget this game probably has. (Square were still complaining about sales not meeting expectation for the previous game when they were over 4 million.)

As for the GTA IV DLC, you're actually not clarifying what you mean, you're just pointing it out, and that's why I'm asking why selling 1,25 million at $20 each digitally would not cover the 50m loan from MS, if MS takes the full share of the sales up until that point, as it was speculated that they did? What takes away from the profit of digital sales, besides the cost of bandwith?

Tomb Raider wasn't day one digital (not on 360). Also, digital sales of $60 titles was likely lower on last gen.

Again with this Square was complaining about sales? Again, it failed to be profitable in a matter of weeks. Square's expectations were ridiculously high for the reboot but the game was still profitable the same year it released. People don't know that minor detail, it was still a profitable game in spite of not meeting expectations.

Common sense tells me the expectations for this Tomb Raider were more realistic.

Lets just not talk about GTAIV anymore. Bottom line 1.25 million sales is not gonna cover a $50 million loan. It just won't. More games would be insanely profitable if that was the case.