Colin Sebastian, Lazard Capital Markets Senior Vice President, outlined his Electronic Arts sales expectations to gamesindustry.biz. Sebastian expects Spore to sell two million units in the US and that there will be 650,000 sign-ups for Warhammer Online. In addition to those September sales, Sebastian also predicts a decent August for EA by citing that back-to-school shopping may have had an impact in the month.
Sebastian cautioned hardware sales might have taken a slide due to the poor supply of the Wii and the transition to new SKUs for both the Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3.
While I agree that hardware will probably sell somewhat poorly and that Spore will take off, I have to disagree with the notion that back-to-school shopping has led to increased sales of some titles. When I was younger, my mother would have rapped my jaw if I stood in the videogame aisle pointing at Madden instead of picking out a new Trapper Keeper and pencils.
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8:59 AM on 09.03.2008
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Sums up 80-90% of the user created creatures that will be prevailant. But what the heck, can count on me to do my share.
Thats share of the 2 mill, not share of the cocks... I'm going to be quiet now...
First Impression:
-WTF no AA
-hmmmmmm i like this
-yay i finally pincers
-wow shit got bigger
-release dates are there to be broken
-goddamn leechers
-seed damnit
-i'm seeding how about you guys
-heh this game might be fun
-they hyped this shit way too much
-omfg that shit is huge it's going to eat me
-FUCK I NEED TO GO TO WORK
Damn you Wii and The Sims!!
http://intihuatani.usc.edu/cloud/flowing/
@Byrc - We get it you, you are pirating an awesome game. Good for you.
Yes, the game is somewhat overhyped, however once you reach the space stage, you realize just how big this game, and then you find that you have unlocked the "From cell to space in a single session" achievement and that your ass is sore for playing 8 hours straight.
I'd like to sum it up as all the first stages being a prep to play the actual game which is the space section.