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Forums - Sales - So Infamous is a GUARANTEED Million Seller......congrats SONY

darthdevidem01 said:
@Adobo

problem with pulling an uncharted leg is it probably won't have the same level of "word of mouth"

It's having a pretty damn good word of mouth right now and it's awesome, the game is superb and has a lot of replayability.

 



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Carl2291 said:
I agree that it will reach 1Million.

Also, the 180k sales wernt a full weeks worth of sales. Just 2-4 days.

Will be interesting to see how well it does on its first FULL week.

You can't use this excuse. It's the same story for every game. No one gets a full 7 days in its first week on the market.



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Munkeh111 said:

Yes, but these bundles are only temporary, I have seen about 1,000 Red Faction guerilla, but 0 inFamous adverts, you can see what an effect that had with 2x as many sales in the US, but nearly every game on PS3 sells better in the EU

Well you have to see it from a different perspective... *puts on graphic designer working at an ad agency hat*:

In Europe Sony uses a different approach with their advertising then in the US.. The bundle thing works for them.. After the sales of the Killzone 2 bundles you can't get them anymore.. When you walk in a store the only PS3 now is with inFamous (some still with LBP which shows Sony overestimated the bundles sales for that or it's their standard pack..) that's their instore advertising.. Much cheaper for them to use the bundles... the box works as an ad.. The reason they do little advertising outside (posters/tv ads etc) is because Europe is so different.. French/German/Dutch/English/Spanish/Italian etc.. it's a simple mather calculating if the money invested in marketing for 10+ different countries will reflected that in sales.. and it's quite expensive cause there is no 1 big ad agency across Europe.. In cause of Killzone 2 they were confident enough it would pay itself back.. with inFamous.. nope.. which is understandable...

 



 

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I'm not saying it won't hit 1M units, I'm just saying its too early to tell. Either way I win



Adobo said:
its not even 500K yet...



but yeah it will 1million eventually and may even pull a Uncharted Leg sort of (hopefully)

 

It will if its bundled the same



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Staude said:
Reasonable said:
Nothing's guaranteed - but I would be surprised if it didn't pass 1M WW so I guess I agree anyway.

As an aside - any tips on getting the stunt for melee while in air? For some reason I can't seem to achieve it. My victim either ends up very far away (and out of melee range) or doesn't seem to be judged to be 'in the air' enough to count. Damn annoying.

I cant get the shockwave 3 on a roof one :( I cant find 3 on one roof.


Flying melee is very easy just keep meleeing them and eventually one will fly right in front of you and you'll hit them with a dragon kick and get the flying melee.
3 on a roof is a major bitch, I had to do it twice because it didn't registe ther first time, either do it in the beginning of the game or do it where I did it where in one of the missions you gotta climb up the prison and you'll find 3 guards on a roof, just don't go past that part until you blast them away.

 

gebx said:
Adobo said:
its not even 500K yet...



but yeah it will 1million eventually and may even pull a Uncharted Leg sort of (hopefully)

 

It will if its bundled the same

 

I hope you mean a good bundle unlike what we have now for $500 bucks.

 



outlawauron said:
Carl2291 said:
I agree that it will reach 1Million.

Also, the 180k sales wernt a full weeks worth of sales. Just 2-4 days.

Will be interesting to see how well it does on its first FULL week.

You can't use this excuse. It's the same story for every game. No one gets a full 7 days in its first week on the market.

Wasnt an excuse, just saying... its good sales for a new IP in just a few days.



                            

Good news, a game like INfamous deserves sales.



Ratchet and Clank and Heavenly Sword were both bundled with the PS3 at different times.

Without those bundles, I'm not sure either game would have made it (particularly Heavenly Sword). It really depends on whether Sony bites the bullet and puts the game in a bundle.



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I doub't R&C bundles account for 33% of it's sales.