Is this a surprise?

darthdevidem01 said: @Zen why are you suddenly saying the poll is credible?? when it is widely known as not credible since ages. people change their tune easily ______ OT A franchise that sold 5 Million VS New IP which all along was said will be big on legs WOW A SHOCKER THIS IS!

 

I'm not saying this poll is credible, I'm saying a lot of people are idiots and anything you tell them, no matter how obvious, will come as a surprise.

How can you misunderstand my post so badly?

Honestly how can people judge the legs on this game ... it sold better second week because its first week was messed up, that is the ONLY reason. and its not even been out a month and you're all declaring it will have AWESOME legs! You don't know that yet!!!

Krill said: All the Sony fans playing it wise now with hindsight; saying that nobody expected LBP to outsell GeoW2 and that it is wrong to compare a new IP with a more mature IP. That wasn't what they were all saying before. LBP was supposed to be huge (and no, people weren't saying that tongue in cheek at the time). I honestly thought it would have done a lot better myself (deservedly so) and do agree with Leo-'s post above that the stalled launch affected sales to some extent. I cannot be bothered to trawl through all the old threads to highlight them. However, here is one of the recent threads, where Leo-J still said he expected LBP to do better in others than GeoW2. http://www.vgchartz.com/forum/thread.php?id=47893&start=0

 

LBP to outsell GeoW2? Whoever seriously thought that day one, that would happen needs their head checked. As a matter of fact, How is it wrong to compare a new IP to a million seller franchise? LBP is HUGE, and it did awesome for the first week sales, and it's an AWESOME game hands down, no one can ever say it's not without legit reasons. Just because LBP didn't meet fanboy's expectation's doesn't mean the game won't have legs, that's why its HUGE sir.

Kasz216 said: darthdevidem01 said: Motorstorm on the other hand is the BIGGEST FLOP of the year! Well lets be fair. Motorstorm 1 wasn't great. It was just a servicible racing game for the PS3 which didn't have much going for it... then it was bundled. I mean, the PS3 has had much better racers since then... They're all just placeholders till GT5 anyway.

Kas Motorstorm 1 sold 3 Million

Yes some were from bundles....but not more than 1 million

2 Million lets say without counting bundles....n these kind fo sales are just awful!

 

darthdevidem01 said: Kasz216 said: darthdevidem01 said: Motorstorm on the other hand is the BIGGEST FLOP of the year! Well lets be fair. Motorstorm 1 wasn't great. It was just a servicible racing game for the PS3 which didn't have much going for it... then it was bundled. I mean, the PS3 has had much better racers since then... They're all just placeholders till GT5 anyway.   Kas Motorstorm 1 sold 3 Million Yes some were from bundles....but not more than 1 million 2 Million lets say without counting bundles....n these kind fo sales are just awful!

Yeah but it released near launch... when there were few good PS3 games... and like no racing Ps3 games... and europe espiecally likes racers.

I mean, look at Red Steel.  That did an easy mil on the Wii.  It was a average FPS but it was the only one the wii had.

Kasz216 said: darthdevidem01 said: Kasz216 said: darthdevidem01 said: Motorstorm on the other hand is the BIGGEST FLOP of the year! Well lets be fair. Motorstorm 1 wasn't great. It was just a servicible racing game for the PS3 which didn't have much going for it... then it was bundled. I mean, the PS3 has had much better racers since then... They're all just placeholders till GT5 anyway.   Kas Motorstorm 1 sold 3 Million Yes some were from bundles....but not more than 1 million 2 Million lets say without counting bundles....n these kind fo sales are just awful!   Yeah but it released near launch... when there were few good PS3 games... and like no racing Ps3 games... and europe espiecally likes racers. I mean, look at Red Steel. That did an easy mil on the Wii. It was a average FPS but it was the only one the wii had.

ok....but there's no denying Motorstorm 2 has lost them money

 

Of course Motorstorm 2 lost them money. Do you really think they made back their budget with 1 or 2 weeks of sales? The first Motorstorm sold an average amount before it got bundled, and the second one could have decent legs that last through the holiday season and into 2009. With a debut so horribly low, couldn't that be the case? Why buy Motorstorm 2 now when there are a bunch of big, better games, and you can buy it later? And if worst comes to worse, Sony will bundle it. I definitely see this doing at least 2 million worldwide, one way or another. Then again, I might fall flat on my face.

Smashed said: Krill said: All the Sony fans playing it wise now with hindsight; saying that nobody expected LBP to outsell GeoW2 and that it is wrong to compare a new IP with a more mature IP. That wasn't what they were all saying before. LBP was supposed to be huge (and no, people weren't saying that tongue in cheek at the time). I honestly thought it would have done a lot better myself (deservedly so) and do agree with Leo-'s post above that the stalled launch affected sales to some extent. I cannot be bothered to trawl through all the old threads to highlight them. However, here is one of the recent threads, where Leo-J still said he expected LBP to do better in others than GeoW2. http://www.vgchartz.com/forum/thread.php?id=47893&start=0   LBP to outsell GeoW2? Whoever seriously thought that day one, that would happen needs their head checked. As a matter of fact, How is it wrong to compare a new IP to a million seller franchise? LBP is HUGE, and it did awesome for the first week sales, and it's an AWESOME game hands down, no one can ever say it's not without legit reasons. Just because LBP didn't meet fanboy's expectation's doesn't mean the game won't have legs, that's why its HUGE sir.

Just looking through some of your previous posts, you look like a Sony fanboy yourself.  When Squilliam mentioned that Fable2 pre-orders in NZ were beating LBP you were quite disparaging about Fable 2's chances of beating LBP.  
Face it: LBP only did borderline OK for first week sales considering the hype.  It is not HUGE, or 'MASSIVE!' as you said in one of your other posts.  It's a good game but sales aren't living up to the hype or expectations.

http://www.vgchartz.com/forum/thread.php?id=44696

Smashed said: None of those games will be system sellers, rather then LBP that is. Why? Cuz it's huge. Nuff said

http://www.vgchartz.com/forum/thread.php?start=40&id=42697

Smashed said: Pfft, Fable 2 is a joke.

http://www.vgchartz.com/forum/thread.php?id=42691

Smashed said: LBP will be huge

http://www.vgchartz.com/forum/thread.php?start=10&id=39190

Smashed said: CDiablo said: Its going to be really hard to convince the masses to drop $450 just because sackboy is "cute" and the game looks "fun." I really dont think this will get the casuals buying it, only due to price. Im pretty sure one 360 bundle had Viva Pinata, and did not really do much to sales.    The game isn't about sackboy being cute, Why wouldn't people a buy a game that's fun? That makes no sence at all, The game is about creativity, and this is the only game that gives you loads and loads of features, i don't see why it won't appeal to casuals.

Smashed said: DeotoxSlayer said: DMeisterJ said: Oh. LBP will be huge.    Your crazy. He's not crazy, LPB isn't only going to be huge, its going to be MASSIVE!

By the way, LBP is HUGE!!!! 

WOW I am so shocked /sarcasm

I think Killzone 2 would be a better comparison, IMO those are the 2 really big selling exclusive shooters