autoduelist
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Please don't do this. I can't begin to think how many times I've had this discussion with people on internet forums
Why? I think you and others are misinterpreting my comment. I am not saying it will suddenly sell 10x the copies in the coming month. I am familiar with how sales are generally frontloaded. However, as I stated, when comparing it to other games on that list it only had 3 days worth of sales. It's fair to point that out.
If you casually look at that list, the sales look dwarfed by major franchises like MH and Smash that have millions of sales over many months/years. 12k looks tiny compared to those, and obviously CR will never sell gangbusters. But it could easily be doing as well as Fifa PS3 (4k this week, 20k total, not unreasonable to match for a game that had 12k in 3days). Is that a bomb? Again, without any frame of reference for what a bomb/hit sells in 3 days in Japan, it's hard to know. Especially given it wasn't designed from scratch, but is a port, which makes it cheaper to make and profitable sooner.
I've got no stake in this game. I never played CR, don't care if it's a hit or not. But without frame of reference, it's hard to know what constitutes a bomb for a port with 3 days of sales in a single country. What number did that 12k have to be before someone would say 'fair sales'? 20k? 100k? Seems to me 12k isn't terrible given the specifics. Not a huge hit, certainly, but who expected that? It sold over 3x more than the only other new release on that list, and the only 3 games that beat it that week are massive franchise games that have millions of sales.
EDIT: Buy... Natural Doctrine and Frozen Synapse Prime. Want tactical games on your vita? Support the ones that come out, because both are fantastic.
