By using this site, you agree to our Privacy Policy and our Terms of Use. Close

Forums - Sales Discussion - Biggest bomb of the year

blunty51 on 10 December 2010

Vanquish, Enslaved, maybe Castlevania



Around the Network
bigjon on 12 December 2010

Metroid Other M, I expected  more out of it.



End of 2009 Predictions (Set, January 1st 2009)

Wii- 72 million   3rd Year Peak, better slate of releases

360- 37 million   Should trend down slightly after 3rd year peak

PS3- 29 million  Sales should pick up next year, 3rd year peak and price cut

Christian973 on 12 December 2010

Final Fantasy XIV is the real massive bomb.



3DS Friend Code:   4596-9822-6909

Munkeh111 on 12 December 2010
jarrod said:

The real answer is Blur.  Was hailed as "The COD of racing", had a HUGE (and semi-controversial) advertising campaign, then it sold 30k (combined) it's first NPD and bombed so hard Activision shut down the freshly purchased Bizarre Creations as a result.

Games like GT5 and Epic mickey may have disappointed in certain regions (reverse regions actually, Mickey in Europe, GT everywhere else) but neither is anywhere close to a real "bomb".


Hang on, GT is a flop in no way, Sony have shipped over 5m copies of the game



Slimebeast on 12 December 2010

I'd say Enslaved, Epic Micky, Castlevania, Alan Wake and Vanquish.



Around the Network
ninty_shareholder64 on 12 December 2010
Munkeh111 said:
jarrod said:

The real answer is Blur.  Was hailed as "The COD of racing", had a HUGE (and semi-controversial) advertising campaign, then it sold 30k (combined) it's first NPD and bombed so hard Activision shut down the freshly purchased Bizarre Creations as a result.

Games like GT5 and Epic mickey may have disappointed in certain regions (reverse regions actually, Mickey in Europe, GT everywhere else) but neither is anywhere close to a real "bomb".


Hang on, GT is a flop in no way, Sony have shipped over 5m copies of the game

I don't want to decide if GT is a flop or not, but shipped figures for a game couldn't be an argument here.

There was a game called ET on the amiga (i think), that was a massive flop.

But shipped numbers were great.



mhsillen on 12 December 2010

Other M 



Munkeh111 on 12 December 2010
ninty_shareholder64 said:
Munkeh111 said:
jarrod said:

The real answer is Blur.  Was hailed as "The COD of racing", had a HUGE (and semi-controversial) advertising campaign, then it sold 30k (combined) it's first NPD and bombed so hard Activision shut down the freshly purchased Bizarre Creations as a result.

Games like GT5 and Epic mickey may have disappointed in certain regions (reverse regions actually, Mickey in Europe, GT everywhere else) but neither is anywhere close to a real "bomb".


Hang on, GT is a flop in no way, Sony have shipped over 5m copies of the game

I don't want to decide if GT is a flop or not, but shipped figures for a game couldn't be an argument here.

There was a game called ET on the amiga (i think), that was a massive flop.

But shipped numbers were great.

It's shipped 5m, that's like $300m in sales, and around $100m minimum for Sony which is the most GT 5 could have even conceivably have cost



ninty_shareholder64 on 12 December 2010
Munkeh111 said:
ninty_shareholder64 said:
Munkeh111 said:
jarrod said:

The real answer is Blur.  Was hailed as "The COD of racing", had a HUGE (and semi-controversial) advertising campaign, then it sold 30k (combined) it's first NPD and bombed so hard Activision shut down the freshly purchased Bizarre Creations as a result.

Games like GT5 and Epic mickey may have disappointed in certain regions (reverse regions actually, Mickey in Europe, GT everywhere else) but neither is anywhere close to a real "bomb".


Hang on, GT is a flop in no way, Sony have shipped over 5m copies of the game

I don't want to decide if GT is a flop or not, but shipped figures for a game couldn't be an argument here.

There was a game called ET on the amiga (i think), that was a massive flop.

But shipped numbers were great.

It's shipped 5m, that's like $300m in sales, and around $100m minimum for Sony which is the most GT 5 could have even conceivably have cost

I think all 5m copies will be sold without a question.

But at this point of time, not all 5m are sold (citing a little site called VGC).



ninty_shareholder64 on 12 December 2010

sorry for nitpicking!

I am disgusting