Biggest 08 Holiday Flop? Biggest Suprise Hit?

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stof on 17 October 2008

Ninja Gaiden 2 is the best selling game of it's franchise if I recall. So that's hardly a flop.

And Fable 2 is going to be big. Damn big. Banjo and Kazooie is definitely the one most likely to get the "flop" treatment. Though the 360's widening demographic might just allow it to pull through.

I'm still curious to see how Animal Crossing will do. Anywhere between the Cube and Ds versions is possible, but at what point is it considered flop or hit?

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outlawauron on 17 October 2008

A surprise success would be Mirror's Edge or Prince of Persia imo.

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makingmusic476 on 17 October 2008

stof said:
Ninja Gaiden 2 is the best selling game of it's franchise if I recall. So that's hardly a flop.

And Fable 2 is going to be big. Damn big. Banjo and Kazooie is definitely the one most likely to get the "flop" treatment. Though the 360's widening demographic might just allow it to pull through.

I'm still curious to see how Animal Crossing will do. Anywhere between the Cube and Ds versions is possible, but at what point is it considered flop or hit?

The only reason NGII may have arguably "flopped" is because some set unrealistic expectations on it prior to launch. NG was never a very big franchise (as much as some poeple tried to say it was), and it sold well enough, imo.

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Yakuzaice on 17 October 2008

stof said:
Ninja Gaiden 2 is the best selling game of it's franchise if I recall. So that's hardly a flop.

If you count both Ninja Gaiden and Black, then that was the best with 1.5 million sold or shipped, not sure. Even more if you count Sigma. But then again counting the original and two re-releases isn't really fair.