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Enough with all the innuendo of exclusives flopping. I am interested in which of the three big name titles you think will sell the least in comparison to the others.

So who sells the least? Donkey Kong Country Returns? Gran Turismo 5? The Legend of Zelda: Skyward Sword?

My personal thought is both Nintendo exclusives will sell well in the 4-8 million range. Gran Turismo 5 may be bundled pushing it's sales in the 7 to 9 million range.

Henceforth, I believe Donkey Kong Country Returns will sell the least because it is a rehash of the original Donkey Kong Country, it will be released during the holidays competing with other big name brands, and the release and marketing of Kinect and Move during the holidays.

Gran Turismo 5 may most likely be bundled with a $250 PS3 and The Legend of Zelda: Skyward Sword coming out in Spring 2011 portends well for huge sales.



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First of all, Kirby > Donkey Kong.  Maybe not in sales, but in awesomeness!

Secondly, I think most people will agree that sales will likely end up GT > Zelda > DKC. 

If I had to give numbers, I think they'd probably do something like this:

GT - 8-12 million
Zelda - 6-8 million
DKC - 3-5 million

But that's assuming DKC lives up to it's SNES predecessors.  Given Nintendo's attitude towards marketing their smaller titles these days, it could be sent to die like Punch-out and others if they don't deem it worthy of their blockbuster marketing.  It seems to be all or nothing with Nintendo, which is kinda sad.



Killiana1a said:

Henceforth, I believe Donkey Kong Country Returns will sell the least because it is a rehash of the original Donkey Kong Country, it will be released during the holidays competing with other big name brands, and the release and marketing of Kinect and Move during the holidays.

 

Don't forget what happened with NSMBWii. I'm not saying it won't sell the least, but I wouldn't count it out. It could very well sell millions.

I also say GT5>Zelda>DKCR. But according to me it should be the exact opposite ;)



I say DKCR>Zelda>GT5

DKCR will be a phenomenon like NSMB Wii, because it's been so long since the last game and NSMB Wii customers will be looking for a similar game.

I think everyone who would buy GT5 has bought GT5P. I expect it to sell similarly to that.

DKCR: 6-8 Million
Zelda: 5-7 Million
GT5: 4-5 Million



I am counting none of them out. All three will sell at least 3 million. I just think due to the timing of DKCR in comparison to the release dates of GT5 and Skyward Sword, the competition, Metroid: Other M included, will eat into it's sales.



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Interesting question, quite obviously GT5 will have the better W1, but I expect DKCR to sell well long term, 4-7m. Zelda shoul sell a lot too, there's many people saying they could re-buy a Wii just for Zelda and Metroid Other M, 6-8m I think. Gran Turismo 5 should win but it's not obvious, 10m is a lot and GTA4 wasn't able to do that. 6-10m. From my predictions I say GT5 >>Zelda >>>DKCR. But Zelda could also come bundled with a motion plus or with a limited edition of the console (Golden one?)...that would push its sales!



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Soleron said:

I say DKCR>Zelda>GT5

DKCR will be a phenomenon like NSMB Wii, because it's been so long since the last game and NSMB Wii customers will be looking for a similar game.

I think everyone who would buy GT5 has bought GT5P. I expect it to sell similarly to that.

DKCR: 6-8 Million
Zelda: 5-7 Million
GT5: 4-5 Million

GT5P is at 4,95 Million. So according to your prediction GT5 may sell less than prologue.

Sure



Soleron said:

I say DKCR>Zelda>GT5

DKCR will be a phenomenon like NSMB Wii, because it's been so long since the last game and NSMB Wii customers will be looking for a similar game.

I think everyone who would buy GT5 has bought GT5P. I expect it to sell similarly to that.

DKCR: 6-8 Million
Zelda: 5-7 Million
GT5: 4-5 Million

You're funny.

Anyway...

GT5>DKCR>Zelda.



DKCR will sell 2-3 million, I'm pretty sure. I don't understand why you think otherwise.

So I say GT5 > Zelda > DKCR



I think GT5 will sell the most out of the 3. That being said, I won't get GT5, but I'll preorder both DK and Zelda. Can't wait!



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