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.jayderyu on 11 January 2009

I disagree with the OP.
No matter how you spin it FPS is a big, but niche genre. The console players for this genre have already put their money down on the PS360. They are not going to buy a Wii for this game. There are not enough viable FPS on the Wii to grab the FPS market. If there were a good number of excellent FPS on the Wii then this game would beat out the other Wii FPS. Otherwise no.

There will be no 3 million for the Wii. it will be fortunate, but not impossible to reach 1 million. Otherwise count me around half a million.



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kingofwale on 11 January 2009
Chrizum said:
kingofwale said:
Chrizum said:
It's pretty funny that most Sony fanboys here are predicting 500k.

Do you really think The Conduit, one of the most hyped third party Wii games yet, will sell less than Zack and Wiki? Really?

 

How about a ban bet then? Conduit doesn't sell... say. 1.5 million by Jan 01/10. you take 1 month vacation from here.


Considering this is the "one of the most hyped third party wii games" (according to yourself), i'm sure you have no problem joining the bet.

 

;)

How about the other way around? If it sells more than 500k, you get banned for a month?

For the record, I'm predicting this game to sell 1m - 1.5m eventually. Probably over a million within a year from release.

 

so... let me get this straight. some people predict a difference of 500K from yours, while others predicts over 1.5 millions difference from you??? Funny how you picked on one group of people and no other. ;)



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KH3 bet: "If KH3 comes to Wii exclusive, I will take a 1 month of sig/avatar by otheres open a thread apologize and praise you guys' brilliance." http://vgchartz.com/forum/thread.php?start=50&id=18379
Original cast: Badonkadonkhr, sc94597 allaboutthegames885, kingofwale, Soriku, ctk495, skeezer, RDBRaptor, Mirson,

Episode 1: OOPSY!
selnor: Too Human I even expect 3-4 mill entire life and 500,000 first day. GoW2 ( expect 7 - 9 million entire life and over 2 mill first day), Fable 2 (expect 5-6 million entire life and 1.5 mill fist day) BK3 (expect 4 - 5 mill sales entire life and 1 mill first day).. Tales/IU/TLR should get to 2 or 3 million! post id: 868878
Episode 2:
Letsdance: FFXIII (PS3+360) first week in NA = 286K
According to pre-order rate in week 13 (post id: 2902544)
Chrizum on 11 January 2009
kingofwale said:
Chrizum said:
kingofwale said:
Chrizum said:
It's pretty funny that most Sony fanboys here are predicting 500k.

Do you really think The Conduit, one of the most hyped third party Wii games yet, will sell less than Zack and Wiki? Really?

 

How about a ban bet then? Conduit doesn't sell... say. 1.5 million by Jan 01/10. you take 1 month vacation from here.


Considering this is the "one of the most hyped third party wii games" (according to yourself), i'm sure you have no problem joining the bet.

 

;)

How about the other way around? If it sells more than 500k, you get banned for a month?

For the record, I'm predicting this game to sell 1m - 1.5m eventually. Probably over a million within a year from release.

 

so... let me get this straight. some people predict a difference of 500K from yours, while others predicts over 1.5 millions difference from you??? Funny how you picked on one group of people and no other. ;)

Ehh. No one here besides the OP is predicting 3 million or anything equally bizarre. But 500k is borderling trolling if you ask me. The people here predicting 500k would still call the game a flop when it passes a million. That's fanboys in a nutshell.

Even the most niche games are passing 500k (Zack & Wiki, Boom Blox), and all "quality" FPS's have sold over 500k (Red Steel and Call of Duty 3 over a million, MOHH2 over 500k).

There is no reason to assume The Conduit won't ever sell more than 500k. 750k - 2m would be a realistic range, considering the hype, perceived quality in previews, and past accomplishments in the genre.



emilie autumn on 11 January 2009

around 80 metacritic, and around 800k for the end of the year



 

amp316 on 11 January 2009

Alright. Who wants honesty? My gut tells me that it is going to be a very generic FPS. It'll have good controls and good graphics, but I get a bad feeling that it's going to be a cheesy Halo wannabe. I expect it to not do very well either. Most shooters on the Wii don't. 1,000,000 maybe, but only because of the huge user base.  I am looking forward to Red Steel 2 with WM+ sword controls much, much more. Mind you, I hope that I am wrong about all of the bad feelings that I'm getting about the Conduit.



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SnowFlow on 11 January 2009

Has a chance to be AAA and sell a lot. Lets see how the final product turns out first. I hope there's split screen multiplayer in the sequal, even if it's just two thats better than nothing



kingofwale on 12 January 2009
Chrizum said:
kingofwale said:
Chrizum said:
kingofwale said:
Chrizum said:
It's pretty funny that most Sony fanboys here are predicting 500k.

Do you really think The Conduit, one of the most hyped third party Wii games yet, will sell less than Zack and Wiki? Really?

 

How about a ban bet then? Conduit doesn't sell... say. 1.5 million by Jan 01/10. you take 1 month vacation from here.


Considering this is the "one of the most hyped third party wii games" (according to yourself), i'm sure you have no problem joining the bet.

 

;)

How about the other way around? If it sells more than 500k, you get banned for a month?

For the record, I'm predicting this game to sell 1m - 1.5m eventually. Probably over a million within a year from release.

 

so... let me get this straight. some people predict a difference of 500K from yours, while others predicts over 1.5 millions difference from you??? Funny how you picked on one group of people and no other. ;)

Ehh. No one here besides the OP is predicting 3 million or anything equally bizarre. But 500k is borderling trolling if you ask me. The people here predicting 500k would still call the game a flop when it passes a million. That's fanboys in a nutshell.

Even the most niche games are passing 500k (Zack & Wiki, Boom Blox), and all "quality" FPS's have sold over 500k (Red Steel and Call of Duty 3 over a million, MOHH2 over 500k).

There is no reason to assume The Conduit won't ever sell more than 500k. 750k - 2m would be a realistic range, considering the hype, perceived quality in previews, and past accomplishments in the genre.

so... let me get this straight again.... Over predicting is "bizarre", while under-predicting is "borderline trolling". I'm sorry, just that I haven't been here in a while and not used to all the 'fanboyism"

Zack and Wiki is just at 500K with an universally acclaimed review score. Red Steel was highly hyped Launch title and same goes for CoD3 (while not to mention it bears the name that sold many times more on other consoles).

To say a Conduit, made by HV is automatically deserving over 500K is frankly... no more or less "borderline trolling" as any other predictions here.

 



Soriku (Feb 10/08): In 5 years the PS3/360 will be dead.

KH3 bet: "If KH3 comes to Wii exclusive, I will take a 1 month of sig/avatar by otheres open a thread apologize and praise you guys' brilliance." http://vgchartz.com/forum/thread.php?start=50&id=18379
Original cast: Badonkadonkhr, sc94597 allaboutthegames885, kingofwale, Soriku, ctk495, skeezer, RDBRaptor, Mirson,

Episode 1: OOPSY!
selnor: Too Human I even expect 3-4 mill entire life and 500,000 first day. GoW2 ( expect 7 - 9 million entire life and over 2 mill first day), Fable 2 (expect 5-6 million entire life and 1.5 mill fist day) BK3 (expect 4 - 5 mill sales entire life and 1 mill first day).. Tales/IU/TLR should get to 2 or 3 million! post id: 868878
Episode 2:
Letsdance: FFXIII (PS3+360) first week in NA = 286K
According to pre-order rate in week 13 (post id: 2902544)
Thechalkblock on 12 January 2009

I hope you're right.



griffinA on 12 January 2009

there's no way the conduit will only sell 500k lifetime.



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DaveD on 12 January 2009
numonex said:
Metacritic = low 90's
Sales = 3.5m to 4m

 

I thought Killzone 2 was overhyped?



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