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woopah on 21 August 2008

4 million id say



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kitler53 on 21 August 2008
super_etecoon said:
Multiplayer was in the second one.

I think many people found out about this franchise later on in the GC's life and bought used copies (the same can be said for many games).

But here's the kicker...
Hardcore gamers don't drive Wii game sales. Take a look at Metroid Prime 3. It's still at 1.46 million units. It's the end of a trilogy....has near perfect controls, looks beautiful...and still doesn't have a candle to hold against carnival games.

In short...the ravenous hardcore don't care how many units it sells. Pikmin 3 will be a great game that is a guaranteed million seller and for many here it's a day-one purchase.

Your 1.25 million total might be pretty good.....
But I'd bring that to about 1.75 million if it has online co-op or online competitions.

i actually had a CG and hadn't heard about pikmin until olimar was announce for SSBB.  since then i went back and bought pikmin 1 and it's great.  my guess is a lot of people got their first exposure to pikmin via SSBB.

as far as metroid goes...i've been meaning to pick that up forever.  it was released before i could find a wii and zelda was a more compelling 1st purchase.

 



FJ-Warez on 21 August 2008

Good games, now they should put a lot more effor on a third one...



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theRepublic on 21 August 2008

I never played Pikmin, but Pikmin 2 was an absolutely great game. I can't wait for the next sequel.

I think that it will sell 2 million.



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SaviorX on 21 August 2008

I think if there was a Pikmin 3, it would sell about 2.25m, if it was advertised.



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ganondorf7799 on 21 August 2008
stranne said:
5 million, it has some casual appeal and the Wii will have at least 4 times the sales of GC.

 

I also think something around 5 million



tastyshovelware on 21 August 2008

5 million? that would out sell zelda. pikmin is nowhere near that popular.

1.75-2.25 mil.



SuperSteveyLes on 22 August 2008

2 million would be a safe bet.



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hanafuda on 22 August 2008

I think the first game sold better because it was released soon after the launch of the GC when there was little competition.

The second game was better but performed much worse.

By multiplayer I meant like 4P or so.



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d21lewis on 22 August 2008

Pikmin may be massive but, from what I'm told, LBP will be huge.