SW what do you consider "good sales"?

so what are good sales SWs

note:games chosen were ones that caught my eye because i have seen them hyped at one point or another. i wanted to stick with mostly exclusives but not all on the list are exclusives

Developer at the very least broke even and then some.

Developer at the very least broke even and then some.

shoryuken_

For a handheld, maybe 200-300k

Wii - 400-500K

PS3/360 >500K (development costs vary a lot)

PC - No idea

These are all estimates. I could be completely wrong.

Depends on the game. FFXIII for example was expected by some here on SW to sell in the 8-9 million ww sales range. It's selling between 100k and 200k a week in Japan and decreasing weekly @ around 2 million now and I doubt in NA it will sell more than 2 mill on each console. So by SW standards it's a sales flop. :P

500k

I think hitting a million worldwide, and many i'm sure do but unless the dev announces it you'd never know as there is no way to easily gather world wide sales. Using just US/Japan sales is missing half the market.

But it all depends on the costs of making the game, some i'm sure only need to sell a few 100k.

Something that no PS3 exclusive can ever achieve in the eyes of SW.:|

I think hitting a million worldwide, and many i'm sure do but unless the dev announces it you'd never know as there is no way to easily gather world wide sales. Using just US/Japan sales is missing half the market.

But it all depends on the costs of making the game, some i'm sure only need to sell a few 100k.

Snagal123

Something that no PS3 exclusive can ever achieve in the eyes of SW.:|

Gxgear

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Something that no PS3 exclusive can ever achieve in the eyes of SW.:|

surrealnumber5

It's not the numbers but the idea that's deeply rooted within SW, if you didn't get that then you probably missed the joke.

But your joke about Wii sports is funnier.

500k imo is reasonable, but it honestly depends on the dev cost for the game. For example KZ2 selling 500k would be an absolute failure.

1 million +.

[QUOTE="surrealnumber5"][QUOTE="Gxgear"]

Something that no PS3 exclusive can ever achieve in the eyes of SW.:|

Gxgear

It's not the numbers but the idea that's deeply rooted within SW, if you didn't get that then you probably missed the joke.

But your joke about Wii sports is funnier.

Developer at the very least broke even and then some.

shoryuken_

80-100k.

Over 1 million = good

Over 5 million = outstanding

You can't really define one set number for it, development costs vary way too much. SOASE had a budget of 1 million...GTA4 had a budget of 100 million. Some games have barely any marketing at all, Modern Warfare 2 was said to have a marketing budget of 200 million. They're simply not on the same starting line, and have very different expectations.ManicAce

According to SW? Must sell as good as Halo or GTA or else it's sales flop.Dystopian-X

this lol

It depends on the platform it's released and the cost...For instance , Crisis Core has sold 2 million copies(i'm sure , by now it will be more than 2 m.) = outstanding for a portable console game.

If COD : Modern Warfare 2 sold 2 million copies , it would be considered a failure.

Personally , when i hear a game sold 1 m. , i consider playing it....

id say anything over 500k for games that receive minimal marketing, 1 mil for something that is heavily marketed.

'good' sales are based on a few factors, such as development costs and expectations

1mil sales sounds good, but not when it cost 25mil to develope

Playstation 3 - 750K

Xbox 360 - 1, 500,000

Wii or DS - 10,000,000,000,000,000,000,000

2+ million

• 16+ = woah = (Wii play)
• 14 million= extrodinary = (Brain Age 2)
• 12 million = superb = (Wii sports resort)
• 10million = great = (Halo 3)
• 8million = good = (Super Mario Galaxy)
• 6 million = solid = (Gears of War)
• 4million =meh = (MGS4)
• 2 million = poor = (Uncharted 2)
• 1 million =ABYSMAL = (inFAMOUS)

This should be the officialguide for System Wars.

Over 1 million = good

Over 5 million = outstanding

For well know names, 1 million is good, 5 million is great.

For not well know names (Murasama, any new IPs really) .75 million is good, 1.5 million would be great.