sweetvar26
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Gears Of War 1 sold around 6 million by end 2008.
This game coming out for an extra platform that is fairly new, i see it crossing that definitely.
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Pachter expects Titanfall to sell between 6-10 million units
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Gears Of War 1 sold around 6 million by end 2008.
This game coming out for an extra platform that is fairly new, i see it crossing that definitely.
Souldestroyer
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It was sarcasm 
personally i see Titanfall not being anywhere as successful as people make it out to be. Just my opinion though, and some slight saltiness
personally i see Titanfall not being anywhere as successful as people make it out to be. Just my opinion though, and some slight saltiness FaintColt388301
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Yeah I agree for the most part.
Pachter's prediction has a big gap but I can't even begin guess where it'll land around.
I think if it were to launch today it would have really low numbers. 15% wouldn't be that far off. 1 in 6 xboxers sounds about right. I wonder how many know about it and what pre-order numbers are like.
We'll see what happens when the marketing, gameplay videos, and reviews come out and how much attention it gets. I think somewhere around 25% is what it will do initially
Pachter's prediction has a big gap but I can't even begin guess where it'll land around.
I think if it were to launch today it would have really low numbers. 15% wouldn't be that far off. 1 in 6 xboxers sounds about right. I wonder how many know about it and what pre-order numbers are like.
We'll see what happens when the marketing, gameplay videos, and reviews come out and how much attention it gets. I think somewhere around 25% is what it will do initially
DanielJr82
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It's coming out for 360 as well, huge install base there already.
I could see that as well. Quite possible. I don't have any particular interest in the game, but if I did play it I'd probably go the PC route as well.
Clear
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"Extra" platform is questionable. Realistically there will significant crossover between Xbone and 360 players, especially given the older platforms dominance in the markets most likely to be welcoming to a game like Titanfall. You can't assume that many people with both consoles will buy 2 sku's.
Sony are the ones who appear to have relatively improved their market/mind-share at this point, so there must be some doubt over how much Xbone has actually expanded MS audience, especially when a lot of early adopters are likely to be platform loyalists.
Dr. Kitty Muffins
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Titanfall will sell great on the 360.
Baki
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It's console exclusive to the Xbox platform.
Pound_lb003
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I dunno, even if it weren't a new IP it would still be doing well to achieve 100% attach rate on the XB1 install base which let's assume will be 5 million.
The game has not be marketed as a 360 game at all, and there's a huge amount of uncertainty about the 360 game, and I believe it's associated with the next gen console. So I can't imagine it performing particularly strong on the 360.
I really don't know. All I know is 10m is VERY strong. No one thought FUSE would do 5 million, so I feel it's just Pachter guessing sales numbers which he isn't brilliant at, because it's not that important to him.
The game has not be marketed as a 360 game at all, and there's a huge amount of uncertainty about the 360 game, and I believe it's associated with the next gen console. So I can't imagine it performing particularly strong on the 360.
I really don't know. All I know is 10m is VERY strong. No one thought FUSE would do 5 million, so I feel it's just Pachter guessing sales numbers which he isn't brilliant at, because it's not that important to him.
Goodacre0081
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didn't see this yet
I call bull on your numbers. You have a source for that?
I believe the scenario is favorable for Destiny to crush TitanFall in sales. Like you mentioned, the game is multi platform. Bungie will sell a ton of copies on 360 and XB1, while Sony is going to advertise the game like crazy for PS3 and PS4. The only thing stopping this from happening is Destiny being a bad game and word getting around.
Titanfall will sell to the core gamers. It has little to no casual appeal at the moment. Where are the core gamers? On Xbox One. The Xbox One will sell the most or at least very very close to the 360 version.
2-2.5m Xbox One, 2-3m 360, 1-2m PC is my estimate.
Hawk269
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Well, I believe they think it will sell consoles as well, so that 4 to 5 million can go up really quick if there is such a big demand for the game. The game itself has a lot of hype going for it and the press in general seem to love it.
I am pretty sure that MS will have a Titanfall Bundle as well and that will also push units of the game.
Unknown Soldier
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All you have to do is redefine the word exclusive until it means what you want it to mean!
Randolph Freelander
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If the game is any good, it will probably carry a good attach rate not only at launch, but with consoles sold going forward, so that it could be like Halo for original Xbox -- a game always in the platform top 5 until the sequel hits. If good, it will be a seller for quite some time. That's not to say it will be a significant driver of consoles, necessarily, because like Halo, it could be immensely popular on a platform that relatively isn't.
Sho_Nuff82
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So are Halo, Gears, CoD2, Mass Effect, and Left 4 Dead. Both L4D games sold >3 million on 360 alone. Both are more or less obligate multiplayer experiences, limited to 4 on 4 matches.
Being an Xbox console exclusive does not exclude a game from the possibility of selling 6 million copies. Hell, Minecraft was Xbox console exclusive and sold over 10 million in 2 years.