We're talking twenty years of Sony here. Sony has had more than just hardcore games in their lifetime. They've had numerous platformer titles, party titles and more since the first Playstation. Funny how Parapa showed up eh?

Doubt it will outsell SMSB, as it is a new IP, the PS3 has a slightly different demo, and SMSB is a AAA title on the Wii.

Parapa wasn't that popular... and most of the people who did play his games are either still in that hardcore vein or just not playing anymore.  Like I said, it's all hardcore characters or SUPER nostalgia characters.  You rarely if ever see crossover games do better then their original properties.  The only times it does seem to happen is like Mario Kart when it takes 3-4 games to establish it as it's own genre.

If it was a case of crossovers equalling "Hey lets add up all the fanbases together at like 70%."   You'd have all kinds of crossovers left and right.

Crossovers generally sell worse because in general you need more then "one character" you need them essentially to like all the characters, and the genre of the game that's happening.

I mean, just go back and look at all the crossover games in existence.  The only games to come close to 5 million are the smash bros series.... but the big trick there was half of the 1st games chacters were mario bros characters... and Mario Bros happened to sell 11 million that generation.  So, that was half of it's biggest franchise in total sales.

Look at the rest of the crossover games.  Capcom VS,  Super Robot Taisen, Warriors Orochi.

I'd be sony would be ECSTATIC with 2-3 million.

It's possible (SSB though NOT SSBB). When SSB came out, I remember wondering what the hell it was and how it could possibly be good. I bought it anyway (on word of mouth) and never looked back.

For Sony's iteration, we ALL know what to expect because the SSB paved the way. This familiarity may lead to more sales.

no...just no.... I think think game will end with about 3-4 mil LTD(and I think I'm being generous)

Can't think in a better joke to post than OP.

Looking at your signature ... "the spice must flow"

Young people tend to think, that something they don't know isn't famous. But they forget, that young people only a minor part of the whole demographics.

I'm an active RPG-player, and I don't know Cloud/Sepiroth. I thought, that they must come from some FF-game, but I don't know it. Yes, my post wasn't too serious, but my point is that I REALLY doubt, that an FF-game is most-well-known RPG.

I'm sorry to have to inform you of this, Mnementh, but you're wrong. Your anecdotal evidence doesn't count for anything.

And next time you make a post that 'isn't too serious', try not to insinuate that I'm too young/ignorant to know what I'm talking about.

Oh yeah. My claim, that I highly doubt that FF7 is the most famous RPG ever is backed by anecdotal evidence. But the outrageous claim that FF7 is the most famous RPG is backed by ... what?

And I didn't said you're too young, I was talking that the young people tend to ignore the bigger part of the population.