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woopah on 26 June 2009

i thought US opening was good but it really underperformed in Europe



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TruckOSaurus on 26 June 2009
XanderZane said:
I was a bit disappointed that they didn't allow you to play as the other boxers. I thought that would have been a real nice twist and had given the game a much better value and longevity. It seems Nintendo just updated the graphics for the boxers, improved the boxer's A.I. and moves and though that was enough. It wasn't. Even the head-to-head Little Mac multiplayer isn't anything special. Nintendo really blew it with this game.

Did you do Title Defense or the exhibition challenges? Because I haven't touched the multiplayer yet and those two modes have kept me pretty busy already.



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mike_intellivision on 26 June 2009

It is really funny but in the last week or so, I have started seeing Punch Out ads on ESPN (I was going to explain what that was, but unless you live in Canada, you have access to an ESPN channel -- and there TSN would be ESPN Canada if not for the CRTC).

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The ads I've seen run during PTI.



      


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volrath50 on 26 June 2009
Legend11 said:
SmokedHostage said:
Sales wise, it's selling slowly but nicely. Did anyone expect Smash Bros. Brawl or Pokemon Diamond and Pearl like numbers?


I seem to remember some people expecting it to sell several million, so for those people it has to have disappointed.  I think it'll have its work cut out for it to make it to even a million and it's going to be an extremely long crawl if it manages that feat.

And some people expected MadWorld to sell 1m+ opening. I've seen Conduit predictions as high as 2.5m opening week. I've met people who honestly expected Obama to win Texas and Mississipi or McCain to win California + New York. I heard people predict  PAT BUCHANAN and/or RALPH NADER actually winning in 2000. Here in Canada, every election I see wide-eyed NDP and Green Party supporters honestly predicting they will win government. One guy I met, actually thought the MARIJUANA PARTY would win a few seats.

 

This may seem like irrelevant rambling, but the point is, some people who have "drank the Kool-Aid" and believe their own hype become basically cheerleaders for something, and develop grossly unrealistic expectations. There's always going to be "that guy" that predicts random niche title #32 to bust out of the gates selling 4.5m units in the first week, because he's THAT excited for the game, and expects everyone else will be as well.

 

Not a bad thing to be that excited for a game (or politician), but it is setting oneself up for a massive disappointment.