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Pavolink on 08 April 2015
tbone51 said:
Pavolink said:

Games That Were Suppose To Sell Very Well/Huge

None of those games move consoles and sold as good as their predecessors.


We aren't talking moving consoles, and as for predecessors doesn't mean everything. MK7 i guessed failed, its off currently by 10mil for example. LoZ ALBW failed since its off from DS Games?

Im talking expectations, Im sure Nintendo didn't expect SM3DW to sell as high as the galaxies with WiiU's install base. Also its at 3.7mil+ now. It'll be around 5mil lifetime when its done, that aint bad for a 14mil-15mil console

That said DK for example was definetly suppose to do alot better, its not terrible, but i think they expected at least 2mil there.

I'm pretty sure they expected to sell very good and move consoles, like MK8. Not at the same level, but expected. That doesn't happend. Same with Nintendogs.



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Mandalore76 on 08 April 2015

Call of Duty: Black Ops Declassified on PS Vita. I remember this having a HUGE marketing push during its release.



Mythmaker1 on 08 April 2015

APB
Arkham Origins
Bayonetta
Beyond Good and Evil
Brutal Legend
Crysis 3
Daikatana
Darksiders 2
Dead Space 3
Duke Nukem Forever
E.T.
Grim Fandango
Homefront
Kingdoms of Amalur
L.a. Noire
Lost Planet 2
Lost Planet 3
Madworld
Medal of Honor Warfighter
Mirror's Edge
Okami
Psychonauts
Rage
Remember Me
Ryse
Shenmue
Skyward Sword
Sleeping Dogs
Sonic Boom
Sonic Lost World
Spore
The Darkness 2
Wii Fit U
ZombiU



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KLXVER on 08 April 2015
tbone51 said:
KLXVER said:


Could you give us a link to where Nintendo say they expect that to sell more than 1.2 million...?


Its an opinion, reason why i think KI:U failed expectations is one thing. AR cards, if you remember the AR cards were mainly a thing for KI:U game, that fell on its face suggesting the game was suppose to be alot bigger than it was. Also game was made by Sakurai.

I could be wrong of course, that said i wouldn't just put it up there for no reason. Its my favorite Game of all time on HHs!!!


You have the words "Devs+Publishers expectations, not fans" in the title FFS...



tbone51 on 08 April 2015
Mandalore76 said:
Call of Duty: Black Ops Declassified on PS Vita. I remember this having a HUGE marketing push during its release.


That might be true^



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chapset on 08 April 2015

wii fit U
zombi U
cod... I mean medal of honor (reboot)
Brink
Rage



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tbone51 on 08 April 2015
KLXVER said:
tbone51 said:


Its an opinion, reason why i think KI:U failed expectations is one thing. AR cards, if you remember the AR cards were mainly a thing for KI:U game, that fell on its face suggesting the game was suppose to be alot bigger than it was. Also game was made by Sakurai.

I could be wrong of course, that said i wouldn't just put it up there for no reason. Its my favorite Game of all time on HHs!!!


You have the words "Devs+Publishers expectations, not fans" in the title FFS...

My speculation isnt fanbase though at all. I think it did do good, i said Nintendo probably doesnt because of the AR cards. AR cards were suppose to go on with the game, but failed to do so. How come? Because the fanbase wasnt all there.



KLXVER on 08 April 2015
tbone51 said:
KLXVER said:


You have the words "Devs+Publishers expectations, not fans" in the title FFS...

My speculation isnt fanbase though at all. I think it did do good, i said Nintendo probably doesnt because of the AR cards. AR cards were suppose to go on with the game, but failed to do so. How come? Because the fanbase wasnt all there.


Because AR cards are cool for 5 minutes...?



tbone51 on 08 April 2015
chapset said:
wii fit U
zombi U
cod... I mean medal of honor (reboot)
Brink
Rage


ZombiU..... yeap. I wonder wat expectations were, they were probably going for at least 3mil going by their comments. Too bad, thy should of made a sequel but make it multiplat



Mandalore76 on 08 April 2015
SpokenTruth said:
OfficerRaichu15 said:
Pikmin 3
was supposed to save the wii u and failed

According to whom?  Fans or Nintendo?


Exactly.  Never understood why people continue making this claim.  Pikmin 3 is right under 1 million in sales, which is right in line with a franchise that has never sold much more than 1.5 million and has actually decreased with each release.  Someone needs to post a link where a Nintendo executive came out and said, "After reaching sales of 1.63 million with Pikmin, followed by 1.20 million sales of Pikmin 2, we fully anticipate selling 10 million units of Pikmin 3."