+ i didn't release on 2 systems with a base of 150 mio.
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Japan is lining up again, this time for Pokémon XY!
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+ i didn't release on 2 systems with a base of 150 mio.
QuiteWhittle
Member
In Japan? Positively.
Sammy Samusu
Member
Kids don't have permission to line up early in the morning, lol.
Anyway, XY will outsell Skyrim in the first 2 days.
Skyrim: 3.5 million
http://www.eurogamer.net/articles/2011-11-16-skyrim-sells-over-3-5-million-in-48-hours
Pokemon will debut with more than 2 million in Japan alone.
NinjamicWZ
Banned
More females in the round of pictures this time.
Not trying to be a downer, but it wont come close. I'm not diminishing at all what it's going to do, and it's going to do well, but it isn't going to come close to sniffing GTA5's numbers. Those numbers were otherworldly and the product of the fact that it was released on two consoles that each have about 80 million units sold.
ArtHands
Thinks buying more servers can fix a bad patch
Why, what's so funny? Fictional games always appealed to me more than "realistic/mature" games. Mostly because I can't stand the notion that photorealism = "epik mat00r adult gaem". Doesn't mean I don't think that The Last of Us is the best game I have played this generation of consoles.
ExigentContact
Member
You're talking about the most hyped up game of all time with the largest budget of all time on two platforms with an install base of 150 million versus a
(admittedly huge) franchise second only to Mario coming out on ONE system with an install base of ~35 million. No chance it pulls GTAV numbers. It can however, hope to match either one platform's individual sales day one, which considering the differences in their situations, is still a hugely impressive performance.And when it comes to LTD, X and Y have a small chance of remaining competitive with GTAV. Small, but not impossible.
You're talking about the most hyped up game of all time with the largest budget of all time on two platforms with an install base of 150 million versus a
And when it comes to LTD, X and Y have a small chance of remaining competitive with GTAV. Small, but not impossible.
good and exaustive answer
IncandescentPrecept
Banned
The DS Pokemons couldn't do it.
ExigentContact
Member
BW launched in America to something like 1 million in a day. Assuming that Europe's numbers are strong enough and Japan hits 2 million day one, X and Y should do well enough to easily beat Skyrim's first day.
MasterSheen
Member
Round 2.
IncandescentPrecept
Banned
You're talking about the most hyped up game of all time with the largest budget of all time on two platforms with an install base of 150 million versus a
And when it comes to LTD, X and Y have a small chance of remaining competitive with GTAV. Small, but not impossible.
Actually, GTA is bigger than Mario now.
Werewolf Jones
Gold Member
I never experienced a line but there was a lot more people than I expected.
chickdigger802
Banned
who cares if it doesn't beat GTA5. the 4+ pokemon games until the next GTA will total more sales than GTA5 and cost a fraction to make
Where at?
ExigentContact
Member
Mario as an entire franchise is nearing a billion units sold (~800 million). GTA is well over 100 million, but somewhere below Pokemon's 250 million units sold as an entire franchise. There's no doubt that GTA outdoes the mainline Mario games individually, but as a whole Mario is a much larger franchise. Mario Kart Wii outsold the best selling individual GTA game (San Andreas, something like 27 million units versus 33 million for MKWii), even if that was a freak accident. So no, GTA is not bigger.
It's certainly more relevant to the modern gaming industry, though.
Vire
Member
I don't think it'll sell the same amount as the past generation of Pokemon because the DS has a much larger install base.
I'm betting probably 8-10 million lifetime sales. Which is still incredible.
Sammy Samusu
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Brazil:
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Ask me about the moon landing or the temperature at which jet fuel burns. You may be surprised at what you learn.
GTA is bigger than any other game, movie, or music if all the sales records it shattered in the first week are anything to go by but I digress.
Seeing midnight lineups always gets me hyped, too bad there's no midnight releases around my area.
Dude stop. Don't waste your time on him. He's trolling. He has been like that with other Nintendo related topics.
I doubt it could but a worldwide BW launch in a world without rampant DS piracy would have been crazy lol.
Why would you do that?
Member
Yes me too. Fortunately I think they're selling it before midnight here so I won't be waiting long!
I'm at Nintendo World. The line stretched on for several blocks.
Otakumegane
Member
Posted in another thread but eh, this is more crazy than the Wii release I went to.
That Chase and Gamestop look like the ones at my college.
And... Black and White did not release while the DS had 150 million units sold. You can't just... oh, forget it.
The 3DS audience is big enough to where it will open high and the rest is really dependent on sales over time.
Was gonna head out to the nintendo world event but between the annoying drive on a friday and the crowd i just decided to hit up a nearby gamestop at midnight =/
im in S.I. so the traffic can be a bitch and so is parking.
BolognaSoup
Member
Remember everyone, Nintendo is doomed and should just release this stuff on iOS as free to play.
Then why did DP sell more than BW? Exactly.
terrisus
Member
Well, that would explain all the 13-17-year-olds obsessed with GTA.
True, you should also factor there will be a ton of people finally buying a 3DS just for this game though.
Vire
Member
Okay? Excuse me 130 million units in April of 2010.
Still 100 million units more.
2010-03-31[22] 30.40 46.74 51.74 128.89
2010-06-30[23] 30.86 48.00 53.18 132.04
the more important figure is how many DS's were in active use and purchasing new software during black and white and how many 3DS's are in active use now. that 150M figure doesn't tell us that. a lot of DS units broke, a lot of people owned multiple ones with new SKUs, a lot of people stopped buying new games, a lot of people threw them in the closet. a lot of those people were also never going to buy pokemon anyways because they wanted brain age casual stuff.
Razgriz-Specter
Member
Wow theres actually alot of girls this time.
ExigentContact
Member
Black and White did comparable numbers to its predecessors, Diamond and Pearl. When they came out, the DS was only slightly ahead of the install base of the 3DS.
The series is pretty consistent in its numbers, usually doing in excess of 10 million, closer to 20 million units. It has every opportunity to perform within the league of the DS games, especially since the DS games didn't match what the Game Boy games did, and that system had a smaller overall install base than the DS. The series' success isn't really tied to the install base.
theprodigy
Member
this argument might be more convincing if Diamond/Pearl didn't outsell Black/White
Vire
Member
Where are you getting these numbers from? vg - you know what?
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whats up with all that gta5 bullshit in this thread? are people really that insecure?
Vire
Member
Kids tend to not line up at midnight for video games...