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Kantor on 02 February 2009
stof said:
I don't see the Sega 3 up there (Maybe Sega 4?)

Madworld
House of the Dead: Overkill
the Conduit

those are all big ones for Wii owners. Maybe Sonic and the Black Knight too.

These are going to sell massive numbers?

Yes, "most anticipated" became "best" which became "best selling" which is now "most successful", which has something to do with dev budget and profit.



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TWRoO on 02 February 2009
Kantor said:
stof said:
I don't see the Sega 3 up there (Maybe Sega 4?)

Madworld
House of the Dead: Overkill
the Conduit

those are all big ones for Wii owners. Maybe Sonic and the Black Knight too.

These are going to sell massive numbers?

Yes, "most anticipated" became "best" which became "best selling" which is now "most successful", which has something to do with dev budget and profit.

I agree, I don't understand the change of tune.

The thread title says most anticipated, which in truth is an opinion of shio alone, in which case that's fine and this can be his thread.

In a way I suppose you can measure anticipation by how many sales the game eventually gets, but the lack of Wii games in the OP and the number of obscure PC games I have never heard of means the list is moot if talking about sales success.

Then an excuse for putting some choice PC games over some PS360 games seemed to be budget based, and thus the PC games making more money... but if anticipation is now measured on profitable success then there really should be more Wii games.... even though not many Wii titles are announced as early as some HD titles (particularly 1st party Nintendo) there are enough announced that will make more profit than the listed games.

 



stof on 02 February 2009
Kantor said:
stof said:
I don't see the Sega 3 up there (Maybe Sega 4?)

Madworld
House of the Dead: Overkill
the Conduit

those are all big ones for Wii owners. Maybe Sonic and the Black Knight too.

These are going to sell massive numbers?

Yes, "most anticipated" became "best" which became "best selling" which is now "most successful", which has something to do with dev budget and profit.

Well, I'm predicting that million seller status for all of those, with Black Knight topping 1.5 million and House of the Dead topping 2 so... Sure.

 

 

 



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Serves me right for challenging his sales predictions!

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HanzoTheRazor on 02 February 2009

Very funny list indeed. Uncharted is way too low by the way and God of War 3 should be in there, too.

Also to note, FF7 sold around 10 million.



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Kantor on 02 February 2009
stof said:
Kantor said:
stof said:
I don't see the Sega 3 up there (Maybe Sega 4?)

Madworld
House of the Dead: Overkill
the Conduit

those are all big ones for Wii owners. Maybe Sonic and the Black Knight too.

These are going to sell massive numbers?

Yes, "most anticipated" became "best" which became "best selling" which is now "most successful", which has something to do with dev budget and profit.

Well, I'm predicting that million seller status for all of those, with Black Knight topping 1.5 million and House of the Dead topping 2 so... Sure.

None of them will outsell FEAR 2, so they don't make it on the list... which I must say shows quite a PC bias...



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stof on 02 February 2009

Why won't the outsell FEAR 2? I guess you're talking PC and not consoles right? I mean FEAR was hardly a heavy hitter on both consoles put together.



I'm a mod, come to me if there's mod'n to do. 

Chrizum is the best thing to happen to the internet, Period.

Serves me right for challenging his sales predictions!

Bet with dsisister44: Red Steel 2 will sell 1 million within it's first 365 days of sales.

Kantor on 02 February 2009

^Shio is including all versions and lumping them together, so I am doing the same.
I'm pretty sure FEAR 2 on PC, PS3 and X360 combined will outsell HoTD: Overkill on just Wii.



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Slimebeast on 02 February 2009

Kantor said:

I doubt BioShock 2's ability to sell 4.5 million. Generally, same-console sequels without massive advertising budgets (like MGS, GT), sell less than the original. I'd predict around 2 million on 360, 1 million on PS3...you think the PC version can get 1.5 million? I suppose it could, but I would personally replace that with Killzone 2 with around the same number, maybe a little higher.

Oh, and GT5 won't sell below 9 million.

 

 U mite be rite abot sequels in general selling worse, but actually I think Bioshock on the X360 underperformed considering the rufly 95% Gameranking score. It's at 2.2 mill isn't it?

And if Bioshock 2 has simultaneous release on PS3 it will sell well past 1 mill. Acoording to Shio Bioshok sold 1 mill on PCs, so the total at 4.5 mill for Bioshok 2 I think is very reasonable.

Why are u so sure about GT5 selling like the predecessors? I have a feeling racing games aren't as big as they used to be, plus the lower install base PS3 mite affect sales a bit too.

 

 



damkira on 02 February 2009

I'd add Arc Rise Fantasia to the list. Threads here about this title generate a lot of replies and Wii games are very anxious for more RPGs.

 



Xen on 02 February 2009

No Arc Rise Fantasia in RPG top 10? wow, that's pretty pathetic.