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twesterm on 29 August 2008

Biggest runaway hit -- Either Braid or WiiFit, probably WiiFit.
Biggest flop -- could be Too Human but for the moment I'm going to give it to Haze



 

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Lolcislaw on 29 August 2008

Biggest Flop: At the mooment definately Haze

Biggest Hit: Mario Kart Wii, that game just sales so amazingly



superkasei on 29 August 2008

the biggest flop of 08 is haze by far



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mowe on 29 August 2008

A major flop for last year (in terms of sales) was Zack and Wiki. It's a shame, it was a great game.



# of games above 75 on Metacritic (including downloadable):

360: 241     DS: 144

PS3: 152     PSP: 126

Wii: 85

colonelstubbs on 29 August 2008
bigjon said:

07 I would have to say COD4 was the biggest runaway hit, far exceded all expectations. I am not to sure about biggest flop... I did not start following VGC until Nov or so. Maybe MP3, but who knows...

08- Biggest Flop (IMO) is Ninja Gaiden 2, I do not care how much you wanna say it is too HC or Niche it had way to much hype to sell just.... ok.

Biggest Runaway Hit- Tie... between WiiFit and MKWii... Although I would give the edge to MKWii, NO ONE expected it to sell so much already... it is selling 150-200k a week after 4-5 months, and it will hit 10 million before Cmas... WiiFit was "kinda" expected.

Well that is where I would put it, what do you think?

Are you referring to games released in 2008? COD4 wasnt....

Haze hasnt sold totally badly....but it was a big letdown.

Lots of games have sold well. GTA4, MGS4, Mario kart....its a tough call

 



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Lolcislaw on 29 August 2008

Haze did extremely badly considering it's budget and hype.



321tttrini4everz on 29 August 2008

Biggest runaway hit gta4 and mgs4 !



Beja-Beja on 29 August 2008
Dolla Dolla said:
For 07, Lair and Heavenly Sword both released to mediocre sales. Heavenly Sword, which had been talked about being a trilogy, suddenly isn't in development anymore. I'd say it's a toss up between the two for flop of 07.

Call of Duty 4 definitely was 07's runaway success. That thing still sells good, and the online community is plentiful.

I forgot about Haze. That would definitely be 08's biggest flop to date. In September, we should find out how Too Human did.

Heavenly sword has over a million in sales and counting. A sequel is not in development because the developer decided to pursue multiplatform development. Its certainly not a flop by any stretch of the imagination.

 



Beja-Beja on 29 August 2008

Alone in the Dark was expected to sell 3 million and save Atari from bankruptcy.



DMeisterJ on 29 August 2008

1 million for NG2 is sold to retail right?