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Boutros on 17 January 2015
vivster said:
Boutros said:
Unfortunately, Type-0 HD.

Does it need to sell well though? I mean it's a nice little remaster. Do people expect it will sell anything close to other FF games?

I don't know I feel like Square-Enix has high expectations. Especially in Japan.



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LudicrousSpeed on 17 January 2015
DerNebel said:
LudicrousSpeed said:
Depends on your definition of bomb. For example I see a lot of people listing Evolve. The beta, however, is phenomenal. So what would warrant it being a bomb? Same with Rise of the Tomb Raider from the OP. It's on less consoles now, so what qualifies as a bomb? Not outselling TR? Of course it won't. But, if due to the deal with MS, the dev/pub are still making money, does it count as a bomb?

If we're talking critical bomb, give me The Order. It will probably still sell decently, because PS4 has a large userbase and had a terrible 2014 in exclusives imho. If we're talking sales bomb... maybe Dying Light?

People are listing Evolve because hardly anyone gives a shit about that game and I've seen quite a few people say that the game bored them after a few matches and they don't see it as being worth $60. Actual consumer interest in Evolve seems ridiculously low.

So then low sales wouldn't really make it a bomb unless they are planning on selling 10 million.



Barozi on 17 January 2015

Devil's Third
FF Type-0 HD

(Scalebound if it somehow manages to come out this year)

Evolve *could*, although I expect PC sales to be quite good and we can't track most of them.



DerNebel on 17 January 2015
zumnupy10 said:
DerNebel said:

Bloodborne? Seriously? Could you give a reason for that?

OT: Until Dawn, Evolve, Devils Third I guess

 

Not seeing so much hype for it outside the guys who liked the Soul series and those aren't a lot tbh.

I believe it will be a relative bomba.  It will sell between 1.5~2M LTD, which isn't bad, but the way Sony is marketing it tells me expect more than this in sales.

I don't think 1.5-2 mil would be a bomb for that game and I really don't think that Sony expects that game to sell huge numbers, they have a general idea what Souls games sell, expecting a huge growth in numbers now would be silly of them. Bloodborne should work out well for Sony and From Software.



baloofarsan on 17 January 2015
Manzeln said:
Mario Vs. Donkey Kong will probably be one of the biggest bombs. I honestly don't think it's a game anyone wants, although giving the download code for the other system might persuade a few people. Sadly, I don't think Kirby will do too well either.

Mario vs. Donkey Kong has sold quite well on handhelds (1 - 2 millions).

Maybe there is a small audience for it on Wii U (100,000 -200,000).



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DerNebel on 17 January 2015
LudicrousSpeed said:
DerNebel said:

People are listing Evolve because hardly anyone gives a shit about that game and I've seen quite a few people say that the game bored them after a few matches and they don't see it as being worth $60. Actual consumer interest in Evolve seems ridiculously low.

So then low sales wouldn't really make it a bomb unless they are planning on selling 10 million.

It actually would, since the devs have since the beginning been trying to sell this as the next big thing in competitive multiplayer. They have been trying to create that interest but it just hasn't worked it seems.



Burek on 17 January 2015
DerNebel said:
LudicrousSpeed said:
DerNebel said:

People are listing Evolve because hardly anyone gives a shit about that game and I've seen quite a few people say that the game bored them after a few matches and they don't see it as being worth $60. Actual consumer interest in Evolve seems ridiculously low.

So then low sales wouldn't really make it a bomb unless they are planning on selling 10 million.

It actually would, since the devs have since the beginning been trying to sell this as the next big thing in competitive multiplayer. They have been trying to create that interest but it just hasn't worked it seems.

Evolve had very little hype, and not that 2K didn't try with all the alphas and betas and tradeshow exposures and exclusive marketing deals.

But I feel the interest plummeted even more (if that is possible) after they announced their DLC plans.



LudicrousSpeed on 17 January 2015
DerNebel said:

It actually would, since the devs have since the beginning been trying to sell this as the next big thing in competitive multiplayer. They have been trying to create that interest but it just hasn't worked it seems.

They have been talking it up as the next big thing in MP. Of course, that has literally nothing to do with anything high sales can accomplish.

If anything, the delay into this time of year should show you the publisher is not expecting it to light up sales charts. So Bloodborne will all the hype and expectations can sell as little as 1.5 million and still not be a bomb, what does Evolve have to sell? Just curious where the different standards lie.



Rafie on 17 January 2015

I hope Scalebound (if it drops this year) does great. Halo 5 will sell on a tremendous scale as usual.

I want to say the games that I feel will do "bomb" will be be Doom, Homefront, and Dyling Light. I hope Until Dawn will be good, but I'm kind of having doubts about it.



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Burek on 17 January 2015
LudicrousSpeed said:
DerNebel said:

It actually would, since the devs have since the beginning been trying to sell this as the next big thing in competitive multiplayer. They have been trying to create that interest but it just hasn't worked it seems.

They have been talking it up as the next big thing in MP. Of course, that has literally nothing to do with anything high sales can accomplish.

If anything, the delay into this time of year should show you the publisher is not expecting it to light up sales charts. So Bloodborne will all the hype and expectations can sell as little as 1.5 million and still not be a bomb, what does Evolve have to sell? Just curious where the different standards lie.

Standards lie in different development costs. Japanese games are usually cheaper to make. Also Bloodborne is an exclusive, Evolve is on three platforms.

I suspect Evolve to be a much more expensive game to make, and a much more difficult game to market. I doubt MS will invest much in its adverising, and I doubt that they will make huge amount of bundles (actually, shouldn't we know of bundles already, 20 days to launch?).

Also, Evolve requires online subscription to function, so you already lost half the install base on both consoles as potential buyers.

This is my reasoning why Evolve will bomb, and Bloodborne will not.