Freedom Wars: Sony Aims to Sell One Million Copies, Hints to the Possibility of a Series

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MikeRox said:
Soul Sacrifice was sent out to die in the West. It was also a much more niche "mature" theme so there's definitely scope for much better sales. 1m seems incredibly optimistic for a new IP when some of the 7th gen's biggest IPs couldn't crack 1m properly on Vita.

They must be expecting a huge spike in Vita sales between now and June.

Or... he just thinks his game is bigger than it really is.

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orniletter on 27 January 2014

I think shooting for 1 million is a tad bit high (especially if he is talking about japan only sales).

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MikeRox said:
Soul Sacrifice was sent out to die in the West. It was also a much more niche "mature" theme so there's definitely scope for much better sales. 1m seems incredibly optimistic for a new IP when some of the 7th gen's biggest IPs couldn't crack 1m properly on Vita.

Indeed. With Freedom Wars they can actually hope to sell the game to a much much broader audience, specially in Japan. Can't see it moving many units outside of Asia, though.

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HokageTenshi said:

You forgot its digital sales...

You think a PSP title sold 50% extra as digital sales?

I think it'll be lucky to have gotten ~ 50k digital sales. In 2010, the PSP really wasn't pushing the bigger digital percentages that 3DS/Vita are now.

Is it even listed on Japanese PSN?

I always take a look here weekly jap psn digital top 10...

http://www.jp.playstation.com/psn/store/magazine/index.html

Click on psp somewhere middle of the right column... ( not on top )

Its not in now but i remember always saw god eater after that burst in it until god eater 2 released

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If bundled, can happen. If not, no way.

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Kresnik said:

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Kresnik said:
I don't think any Monster Hunter clone ever made it close to 1m. This seems a little absurd.

http://www.vgchartz.com/gamedb/?name=god+eater&publisher=&platform=PSP&genre=&minSales=0&results=200

Well, yeah. Freedom Wars + Freedom Wars G/Burst/Ace/Delta/Xtreme Legends might make it to a million if they're lucky, but God Eater is still ~300k away from reaching that mark and that was by far and a way the biggest success story so far.

It's nice to have big expectations, but it's even nicer to have realistic expectations.

I'd love for the game to sell 1m; I just see it being an incredible uphill struggle given the userbase and the fact that only one game has made it so far.

0.7M without counting digital and only released in Japan? Seems doable for Freedom Wars if it releases worldwide.

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pokoko on 27 January 2014

Really, it's just a Japanese developer being overly excited pre-release. It's PR, they do it all the time. It doesn't even mean he actually thinks it will happen.

Lifetime, it might have a shot, IF Sony pulls out all the stops and follows through with a high-octane advertising campaign. It does have a really nifty aesthetic going and the story seems cool. The Hunter genres is Japan's version of the FPS genre in the west so you never know.