I would agree that Forza might fill a next-gen hole in the racing market for J-owners. However, I have no idea how well it'll sell. I wouldn't go as high as 90k. I'll say 60k, which is real low, but I have no idea how well it'll do. It'll either do 60k or end up becoming #2 or #3 for all time 360 game sales.

You know everyone is anticipating Lost Odyssey more than Blue Dragon how? By the famitsu top 20? I agree that 360 software sales are good for the situation it is in, but it is selling at 3k a week. Lost Planet was a game made for North America audiences by a Japanese company, that's why it is on 360. Does it really suprise you that the 360 has an underground crowd that buys shooters like Gears of War, Tom Clancy games, and Halo? Multiplatform games are going to favor the PS3, even though they might sell well amongst people who already own 360.

what indication do we have that forza is going to sell well? If you look at vgcharts info it says 0.00 for forza sales in Japan even though i'm pretty sure it was released for original xbox. Considering ridge racer could only do 70k, how can you predict this game to do 60k?

john - a poll was conducted by Famitsu or another major magazine a few months ago, asking what the biggest games to look for were over the next 2 years. Their answers? FFXIII, Biohazard 5, and Lost Odyssey. It wasn't some hokey poll that they conducted, but they actually went to gaming stores and ASKED. And again, why would LO which as far as I can tell, has more hype and support for it than BD did, plus quite a few more gamers owning 360s by December (there were around 250,000 Xbox 360 owners when BD came out, when LO comes out, there will be atleast 500k) Forza is a mystery. However, if PGR3 can sell 25k as a launch title, and TDU stands at 14k just launched, I'd think that a major sim-racing game like Forza could pull in alot of people, like already stated. There IS no comparison. There are no upcoming major Wii racing titles, or even PS3 titles. Motorstorm did somewhat OK in Japan for a game that involves vehicles the Japanese cannot even relate to. I would honestly assume that Forza could rope in atleast mt 60k prediction, if not the 90k predicted by someone else.