sc94597 said:
JRPGfan said:
Hirokazu Hamamura, President of Enterbrain, the publisher of Japanese gaming magazine Famitsu, believes it "could" do 10m lifetime sales.
"Hamamura-san predicted that the new entry in the celebrated Monster Hunter series has enough clout to give sales of PlayStation hardware a big boost on the console's home turf. He says that there are many players who have been waiting for a new home console Monster Hunter game, and we all know how popular the franchise is in Japan.
He also says the game itself has the potential to sell 10 million copies during its lifetime, citing the volume of players who enjoyed the beta tests, and its sheer popularity in the Land of the Rising Sun. Pre-orders for the title are apparently way above expectations, too."
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So he is predicting a level of success on the order of games like Uncharted 4, Destiny, etc and well beyond peer-titles like Dark Souls?
Yeah that's not delusional....
His prediction is based on many speculative "if's": if it "gives sales of PlayStation hardware a big boost on the console's home turf", and if "many players [in Japan] have been waiting for a new home console Monster Hunter game." *hes really not
Yet, the COMG will likely end with less than half the points of the last mainline Monster Hunter title (1600+ for MHW vs. 3800 for MH4.) So it doesn't look like these assumptions are holding.
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Hes not saying "if" that happends.
Hes saying he think it will give a boost to hardware sales in japan.
He doesnt mention why he believes it has the potential to reach 10m, other than how successfull the beta tryouts was, and how popular the title is in japan, and that console owners have waited along time for a new monster hunter title..
