duckroll said:
It seems as if "bomba" is used for just about anything these days which isn't at the optimum level of success. Lulz.
When I signed up for GAF, "bomba" meant
only a game that had failed so severely that its price was rapidly slashed and it could be purchased at a severe discount,
i.e. what we now refer to as a "price collapse."
The way people use it now is pretty much useless. A "bomba" performance for MH3 would be, like, 200k. :lol
duckroll said:
I don't think it remains to be seen at all. Anything selling over 500k on consoles this generation is considered fucking strong imo.
Given that
only 15 console titles have sold over 500k this generation and 13 of those are
published by Nintendo, I'd say yeah, pretty fucking strong. :lol
(And to dive recklessly back into the fray of that argument regarding how people could be said to "give a shit" about PSP but not Wii, it's probably because
PSP has seven third-party titles over 500k, every one of which outsold Wii's best 3rd party game, and it clearly still holds the promise of more down the road -- making it officially the second-best choice for A through AAA titles in Japan.)
Road said:
What I meant is that a LTD of 900k would be a combination of the lack of good word of mouth
An LTD of 900k would say way more about the relative importance of mobile coop play than it did about the quality of the game itself. I honestly don't think word of mouth is even relevant for a launch this big.
JoshuaJSlone said:
I take it you refer to DQ IX, but I think it would be a bit of a stretch to say no other third party DS games in the last 4.5 years have been major efforts to continue a popular series.
I'm actually pretty certan that DQIX is the first attempt to move a main entry of a blockbuster franchise directly from the previous market leading system (PS2) to the current market leading system (DS).
D.Lo said:
On another topic, how's this for a measure of success for MH3 - if it becomes the top selling 3rd party home console game of the gen in Japan? Or is that bar too low? :lol
That's like setting the bar for Usain Bolt in 2012 as "qualify for the Olympics."
Spiegel said:
If the next mainline Pokemon debuted exclusively on Wii and was a true sequel pushing the capabilities of the console with the same kind of promotion that the portable versions get nobody would expect the game to sell worse.
It would sell far worse. For children, the difference between handhelds (which are going to be seen as the children's "property," carried with them everywhere, and used without explicit parental permission) and consoles (which will be hooked to a family TV, probably shared with siblings, and often tightly monitored) is huge, even forgetting the higher cost and the loss of the ability for kids to easily trade in person.
