Ail said:
rocketpig said:
darthdevidem01 said:
@Rocketpig
but by the time say they stopped selling the userbase o the PS2 would hardly be past 30 million
besides didn't MGS4 kinda disprove the theory....atleast in Japan |
Well, MGS4 is looking to be on par with MGS2 in Japan... They'll be very close, anyway. Another test will be to see if it does 100k next week like MGS2 did when it released and how well it maintains its sales over the next two months. Either way, MGS is a somewhat niche franchise... This proves that hardcore gamers still exist in Japan. The biggest test will be how FF and GT do, two franchises that define their genre and draw in a fair amount of "casuals" (God, I hate that term). Overall though, good sales for MGS4. The game definitely deserves it and it's nice to see a traditional title do well in Japan. | Calling MGS4 a niche franchise when all is said and done it will most likely have an attach rate of 25% or more within a year is pushing it... I mean what is a non niche game ? 30% attach rate ? 35% ? Cause aside GTA4 there aren't such games so I guess every game released these days is a niche game.. |
"Niche" has nothing to do with attach rate. If you're viewed as a "hardcore" console bought by "hardcore" gamers, the attach rate of a game could be 80% and the game still might be niche.
Besides, I said MGS4 is "somewhat niche". There are casual gamers who buy it but it's not in the same league as GT5.
