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StarcraftManiac said:
How on earth do they think FFIV is gonna sell a mil?!... It's another freakin remake...

 I have to agree with Routsounmanman (damn thats a lot to type). FFIV is a much better game than FFIII. It has deeper characters and is a much more modern RPG. Plus they are adding back some things that were originally removed from the game. If FFIII, which was far more dated in feel than FFIV, can sell a million units. FFIV can exceed it thanks to a more modern feel and a larger DS userbase. 



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I think many of those are on the high side. Though perhaps I'm mistaken. I'd be shocked if Lost Odyssey saw those kinds of numbers. Pleased, but also shocked.



The wii fit numbers seem to be crazy high, i would expect less then half of what they said. Wii fit will be the biggest bomb ever for what people think it will sell.



weren't u banned?



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kirby007 said:
weren't u banned?

 I don't see how this has anything to do with this thread, we are talking about sales predictions.



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GranTurismo said:
The wii fit numbers seem to be crazy high, i would expect less then half of what they said. Wii fit will be the biggest bomb ever for what people think it will sell.

Agreed. The closer this title gets, the less I think it will sell nearly as well as people expect.



^^ mario party ds is very very positive, i don't think it will do a 1.000.000 units.

maybe more like 600-800k



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i dont know--does it use wifi--b/c that would be huge



 

Wii Fit numbers seem really high but one thing we need to consider a few things:

  1. Over 2 Million people in Japan bought Wii Sports.
  2. The DS has really tapped into alternate markets in Japan and traditional "Non-Gamers" now have enough of an interest in gaming to market to them.
  3. Japan has (historically) been more willing to buy additional hardware to play quirky games than North American
  4. In many ways Wii Fit is a flagship title (on the level of Mario Galaxy) except it is targeting an alternative gamer market.

Now, I doubt it will hit 2 Million in 30 days but I expect it will sell in the 500,000 to 1,000,000 range with little trouble.



choirsoftheeye said:
I think many of those are on the high side. Though perhaps I'm mistaken. I'd be shocked if Lost Odyssey saw those kinds of numbers. Pleased, but also shocked.

 well Blue Dragon managed approx. 200,000 so with a larger initial install base and the bundles its hard to believe that Lost Odyssey would sell less than Blue Dragon so 200,000 - 300,000 is probably a reasonable estimate.



 
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