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seece said:
wholikeswood said:
dejelek said:
definitely >10K WW :) but will < prototype WW

Seeing as Prototype is coming out on PS3 and 360, whilst inFamous is only on PS3, it's a given Prototype's combined platform sales will surpass inFamous'.

The only debate is as to whether Prototype's PS3 sales will surpass inFamous' sales; I suspect that they won't.

LOL must let everyone know Prototype is multiplat therefore being the reason it outsells Infamous! Can't have people thinking its because Prototype might be a better game!!!

Multiplat outselling exclusive doesn't indicate anything about the multiplat being better, so your post makes no sense.

You have to compare it on a platform basis, and you know that.

Still, keep showing exaggerated enthusiasm for Prototype! After all, have to be hyped for it because it's the direct rival to a game that's not available on your system, right?. Yawn...



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wholikeswood said:
seece said:
wholikeswood said:
dejelek said:
definitely >10K WW :) but will < prototype WW

Seeing as Prototype is coming out on PS3 and 360, whilst inFamous is only on PS3, it's a given Prototype's combined platform sales will surpass inFamous'.

The only debate is as to whether Prototype's PS3 sales will surpass inFamous' sales; I suspect that they won't.

LOL must let everyone know Prototype is multiplat therefore being the reason it outsells Infamous! Can't have people thinking its because Prototype might be a better game!!!

Multiplat outselling exclusive doesn't indicate anything about the multiplat being better, so your post makes no sense.

You have to compare it on a platform basis, and you know that.

Still, keep showing exaggerated enthusiasm for Prototype! After all, have to be hyped for it because it's the direct rival to a game that's not available on your system, right?. Yawn...

I wasn't actually refering to Prototype or Infamous from your post. Was merely laughing at the fact that you felt you NEEDED to get across the fact Prototype is Multiplat and Infamous isn't ...

 

And please don't judge me by your standards, I don't praise everything to do with the 360 and I certainly don't bash everything on the PS3. By what Auxumblade has been telling me it sounds as if Infamous is a great game.



 

seece said:
wholikeswood said:
seece said:
wholikeswood said:
dejelek said:
definitely >10K WW :) but will < prototype WW

Seeing as Prototype is coming out on PS3 and 360, whilst inFamous is only on PS3, it's a given Prototype's combined platform sales will surpass inFamous'.

The only debate is as to whether Prototype's PS3 sales will surpass inFamous' sales; I suspect that they won't.

LOL must let everyone know Prototype is multiplat therefore being the reason it outsells Infamous! Can't have people thinking its because Prototype might be a better game!!!

Multiplat outselling exclusive doesn't indicate anything about the multiplat being better, so your post makes no sense.

You have to compare it on a platform basis, and you know that.

Still, keep showing exaggerated enthusiasm for Prototype! After all, have to be hyped for it because it's the direct rival to a game that's not available on your system, right?. Yawn...

I wasn't actually refering to Prototype or Infamous from your post. Was merely laughing at the fact that you felt you NEEDED to get across the fact Prototype is Multiplat and Infamous isn't ...

 

And please don't judge me by your standards, I don't praise everything to do with the 360 and I certainly don't bash everything on the PS3. By what Auxumblade has been telling me it sounds as if Infamous is a great game.

What do you mean you weren't referring to Prototype or inFamous? You mentioned them both. :/

And the chap's statement was unclear as to whether he was musing PS3 or combined, so I raised it expecting him to reply. Instead, I got you trying to provoke me. Shame.



wholikeswood said:
seece said:
wholikeswood said:
seece said:
wholikeswood said:
dejelek said:
definitely >10K WW :) but will < prototype WW

Seeing as Prototype is coming out on PS3 and 360, whilst inFamous is only on PS3, it's a given Prototype's combined platform sales will surpass inFamous'.

The only debate is as to whether Prototype's PS3 sales will surpass inFamous' sales; I suspect that they won't.

LOL must let everyone know Prototype is multiplat therefore being the reason it outsells Infamous! Can't have people thinking its because Prototype might be a better game!!!

Multiplat outselling exclusive doesn't indicate anything about the multiplat being better, so your post makes no sense.

You have to compare it on a platform basis, and you know that.

Still, keep showing exaggerated enthusiasm for Prototype! After all, have to be hyped for it because it's the direct rival to a game that's not available on your system, right?. Yawn...

I wasn't actually refering to Prototype or Infamous from your post. Was merely laughing at the fact that you felt you NEEDED to get across the fact Prototype is Multiplat and Infamous isn't ...

 

And please don't judge me by your standards, I don't praise everything to do with the 360 and I certainly don't bash everything on the PS3. By what Auxumblade has been telling me it sounds as if Infamous is a great game.

What do you mean you weren't referring to Prototype or inFamous? You mentioned them both. :/

And the chap's statement was unclear as to whether he was musing PS3 or combined, so I raised it expecting him to reply. Instead, I got you trying to provoke me. Shame.

unclear! I think its very obvious to everyone why Prototype will sell more than infamous  .... I wasn't trying to provoke you.



 

Simulacrum said:

Hmm, I bet 200-300k.

I bet you're right.



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axumblade said:
I love the game. It's my game of the year this year and I've almost beaten it my second time, but some of these predictions are just way too high...

Don't you know that all sony first part games at least sell 2 million copies?



axumblade said:
JRPG said:
axumblade said:
I love the game. It's my game of the year this year and I've almost beaten it my second time, but some of these predictions are just way too high...

Don't you know that all sony first part games at least sell 2 million copies?

It possible for it to hit 2 million over it's lifetime but I'm talking about for weekly sales. When I put my numbers into the prediction league this past week, I put voted right around where zexen did.

I remember when a game was lucky to sell 1 million.



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MontanaHatchet said:
TheSteve said:
papflesje said:
Hmm, ioi said over 150k and under 200k.

Now I just can't grasp why titles like this (or others) do this badly... okay, other titles have received abysmal marketing so that's something that can be pointed towards for the failure... but this game apparently got decent marketing so should do relatively well.

Yet, it won't even reach 200k. It's weird how Nintendo and MS can (i'm just exaggerating here) just fart in a glass and sell 4 million copies of it pretty much instantly :-/ Okay, install base and marketing but if this game has had decent marketing.... then why?

I think it's all in the games that are hyped...  This game has received a ton of marketing and gimmicks to help it (Uncharted Beta anyone?), but when you say "hey, screw that game I haven't heard of... this inFamous one is getting a ton of coverage!!" Then, they get it, and it's good but not great...  It's like "is this the best there is?"

InFamous doesn't suck, but it wasn't the "system seller" it was getting hyped as any more than a number of others was.

I would agree with you if you said the game was hyped, but who said it was a system seller? You're pretty much trolling at this point. And the game is getting great ratings anyways, so I'm not worried. Not everything has to be 90% or up to be good.

You remember the last few months, before E3, when all the maniacal fanboys and biased websites were touting how PS3 woudl pass 360 this year, and would get within reach of Nintendo?  The reasons were always "KillZone 2, InFamous, WKC, Uncharted 2, and GT5".  It may just be "fanboy hype" that doesn't extend past geeks like us, but people were heralding those 5 games as the dawn of armageddon for Sony's competitors.  If they weren't implying it was going to be a "system seller," then how woudl it have been partially responsible for "turning the tide," as it were?

@papflesje

Sounds like you must have had trouble playing devil's advocate on that one...  I will admit that the game is capable of adrenaline rushes for minutes at a time...  But then there are plenty of slow, plodding moments that make up the majority of the game.  The entire bridge segment at the beginning, from front to back, is pretty boring.  An adrenaline rush requires challenge and excitement...  Anything as repetitive as InFamous is gonna fail you in the "adrenaline rush" category, and for some the handful of electricity powers will not sustain the fun for the length of the game.  At that point, you need a really compelling story, and let's face it...  That is NOT InFamous' strong point.  I'm not really sure what is.  It's just a decent game, nothing more.



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I initially gave a low prediction of 100K for first week (which wasn't super far off I guess), but I felt I was going to be way off after seeing tons of commercials all over the place on different channels and times of day (unlike Killzone 2 ads which I saw 1 for during an episode of GTTV). There was also a lot of interest in finding the best deals on it at Redflagdeals.com (which is a Canadian deal hunter's paradise lol) as well which was like the lead up to KZ2. I guess we'll have to see how it does with a full week of release at the next report.

On the topic of the commercials, eventhough I've seen the commercials a ton of times now, it doesn't seem like it would really amaze someone who knew nothing of the game enough to go out and get it. Anyone else get that feeling?



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