| PAOerfulone said: The combination of good marketing plus a successful console just getting started made the preorders and sales exceed Nintendo's expectations. |
Yep it will be interesting to see the true potential of the Xenoblade franchise.
The original released when Wii was already deep into its decline and the game was handled horribly by NoA with it releasing so much later and Gamestop exclusive.
The port onto 3DS could have done well but it was exclusive to New 3DS which significantly lowered its sales potential since only like 1/5 of all 3DS systems could play it.
Xenoblade X released on Nintendo's worst selling console ever so once again it didnt have a strong userbase to sell to.
Xenoblade 2 is releasing in the first year of a popular system and is being heavily pushed so if it doesnt sell a good deal more than previous installments than there is basically no hope for the series.
It would be amazing to see it do 2+ million lifetime.
When the herd loses its way, the shepard must kill the bull that leads them astray.
