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Capcom expects to ship 1.2m copies of Dead Rising 3
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Pretty much; also zombies are as popular as ever.
SmokedMeat
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Yeah ZombieU made a killing, so this should be a hit. Plus zombie games are few and far between.
Danny Dudekisser
I paid good money for this Dynex!
I could see it hitting that, depending on how well the Xbone actually does at launch... mostly because zombies and limited software availability can be a powerful combo. It's not an easy target to hit, but I don't think they're being unreasonable.
They'll do it. Easily, it's a launch game. People need things to play.
Barring the XBone...exploding or something, I could see them hitting 2 million by april.
...What other zombie games will be available for the XBone?
Barring the XBone...exploding or something, I could see them hitting 2 million by april.
...What other zombie games will be available for the XBone?
It's actually a good game, different to be sure, but good. Too bad it was sent to die.
ArkkAngel007
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Yes, and it's the one exclusive with the most marketing behind it.
It will do just fine. The Xbox One will sell fairly well at launch (can't say for following shipments), and this and Forza will probably be competing for the top pick for attaching to that launch system.
I'm just glad they set their sights realistically given it's releasing on a new system.
Sarcasm? ZombiU was a good game, albeit rushed, on a floundering system that hardly caters to that audience. And there isn't that many zombie games on consoles. Tell Tale's The Walking Dead, Dead Rising...maybe Resident Evil if they go back/stay that route. Anything else is some bonus or mod. There are far more racing, fighting, traditional fantasy, and military shooters out there.
It is a safe, middling, uninteresting 3rd person shooter. If it didn't have the Lost Planet name on it, which stands for something VERY different, it probably would have sold better out of curiosity.
1:4 attach rate (through March) for a non-system seller? That doesn't seem unreasonable?
Miles Quaritch
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It's possible, I doubt it will reach the number Capcom want, but with a decent ad campaign behind it, it should do reasonably well.
That and it;'s easily one of the most interested and fun games on the X1 at launch.
schwabdizzle
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Maybe over lifetime that is possible.
fastballspecial
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They are hoping for 1.2m through the games lifetime? Or just the first month it's available. I'm hoping for their sake it's the former.
EmptySpace
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until you saw ass creed 4, cod, bf 4, nba 2k14, and forza 5 all coming at launch. has there ever been a game which achieved more weekly sales than its first 2 weeks? sales will drop week after week. only certain games can maintain high weekly/monthly sales.
I thought that ZombiU did not meet Ubisoft's expectations? And that's why they went multiplatform for Rayman Legends....
He's being sarcastic.
sixteen-bit
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Zombies are in. This is a reasonable expectation.
Dv8thwonder
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This is joke yes?
Did they say by March? I mean in it's entire life, I wouldn't be surprised if it crawled to 1.2m over the next year at all.
I also think other than KZ, it's going to be the best selling exclusive on XBO till TitanFall.
IAmRandom31
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How many games do people expect others to buy after plopping down 500$?
At most the majority of people will be getting 2-3 games.
So Battlefield or Call of Duty, Killer Instinct, and perhaps Ryse or Dead Rising 3.
That is my best guess for the way the sales will go on X1.
But I mean, still MS has said nothing about pre-order numbers, and with all the negative press they would have said " oh yeah we are at 1.5m pre-orders too! " pretty quickly.
I dunno about that number, seems rather ... confident. Confident that 70% of all X1 owners buy your product.
At most the majority of people will be getting 2-3 games.
So Battlefield or Call of Duty, Killer Instinct, and perhaps Ryse or Dead Rising 3.
That is my best guess for the way the sales will go on X1.
But I mean, still MS has said nothing about pre-order numbers, and with all the negative press they would have said " oh yeah we are at 1.5m pre-orders too! " pretty quickly.
I dunno about that number, seems rather ... confident. Confident that 70% of all X1 owners buy your product.
Steverulez
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Killer Instinct is free-to-play for the base game, there are packs at $20 and $40 if you want to buy them but even then its cheaper than a full retail game.
many places
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If it bombed on one platform, why would they release it on another?
ArkkAngel007
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Why does everything have to sell million+ right at release? It's likely a projection for the quarter.
It was missing that "over-the-top Capcom" gameplay according to Capcom.
No, it doesn't. Something doesn't have to be a system seller to do well. The Last of Us did just fine, and that was a new IP. If we are going to look at it that way, then nothing is going to do well.
The game has the most/widest marketing behind it of any XBOne title. Unless people are out to buy XBOne just for Forza, it's likely to be the best selling launch exclusive.
SmokedMeat
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Left 4 Dead, Dead Island, State of Decay, last of Us (kinda), ZombiU, House of the Dead...I'm sure I'm forgetting a couple.
What I don't get is that Microsoft rescued this game as it wasn't going to be made right? But now that it is they expect 1.3 million copies to ship?
Wouldn't it have been worth making in the first place if they had that much confidence in it? And especially as a multi platform game?
I don't know, but 1.3 million is nothing to sneeze at. It's a large number for a zombie game to hit in the face of juggernauts like CoD, BF3, Forza 5 and AC. Even Ryse will probably outsell it. I don't see it happening. Especially if the reviews wind up being so so.
That's a kind way of putting it.
Sho_Nuff82
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Dead Rising is much bigger than Forza in America, DR2 was much bigger on 360 than PS3, and Killer Instinct has no retail presence. On a ravenous userbase with only a handful of true exclusives before March, it is bound to overachieve.
Sammy Samusu
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Street Fighter 3DS shipped one million copies day one (lol), so I think it's possible.
fastballspecial
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It shouldn't. I agree. Which is why my last sentence was hoping it was through the game's lifetime. A projection like that for the quarter isn't unreasonable either.
Teletraan1
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Nice, at least I know that if I pick up a XB1 in a few years this game will be dirt cheap and readily available.
Sum-Mischief
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I played the previous games and one think I know. After 15 to 20 hours it get very lame , at least it has for me. I don't think I would get this game new maybe used. I figure most may do the same. This would hurt that target number they shooting for no question.
Bruno MB
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Dead Rising (released on August, 2006) shipped more than 500,000 units in its first two weeks (Xbox 360 had sold 2.4 million systems). That's only in North America since it was released in Europe and Japan a month later. As of end of December, 2006 it had already shipped over 1 million units worldwide.
Microsoft has been pushing it hard, I think they're trying to position it as their launch tentpole with Forza. I've seen more television ads for the game than any other Capcom title since probably RE6.
1.2m is still rather high for launch though and Capcom's recent track record with HD games doesn't really inspire much confidence. I can't remember the last time a major HD game of theirs hit it's initial projection?
Not Spaceghost
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That sounds really reasonable. I mean I can assume most people who buy an xbone will buy DR3 because of the small selection. Demand for DR3 should be high enough to warrant shipping 1.2 mil copies.
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