AgainWeRise9 wrote:By these approximations 1,409,400 copies of the game Too Human will have been purchased by Febuary 19th, 2009.
FantasyMeister wrote: AgainWeRise9 wrote:By these approximations 1,409,400 copies of the game Too Human will have been purchased by Febuary 19th, 2009.That is a massive number for any title. Sounds about right though, I estimated about a million during its lifetime and I'm a pessimist. Pretty much guarantees a sequel if my estimate or the report's estimate turn out correct.
AgainWeRise9 wrote:This means that in total, as of July 31, 2008 852,000 copies of Too Human have been preordered. It is expected that an additional 5% of these will be cancelled and as the release date approaches, Microsoft expects an approximate 200,000 additional preorders to be placed due to increased advertisement that is expected.
FantasyMeister wrote:Yeah, Final Fantasy XIII might be a major factor :)I also found this bit interesting - AgainWeRise9 wrote:This means that in total, as of July 31, 2008 852,000 copies of Too Human have been preordered. It is expected that an additional 5% of these will be cancelled and as the release date approaches, Microsoft expects an approximate 200,000 additional preorders to be placed due to increased advertisement that is expected.If I did the math correctly, it means Too Human will sell 1,009,400 copies on launch day just on preorders alone. In comparison, Halo 3 had around 1 million preorders 6 weeks before launch. I can't see Too Human coming anywhere close to Halo 3 sales so maybe the report's figures are a little on the wild side :) Still, encouraging news, thanks for posting it.
TWODOGSz wrote:I'm not convinced of your claims as yet. But I found it interesting enough to run an article on it. Too Human Rumour - 1 million preordersI hope you're right, if only so I can play the full trilogy and get some ED2!
Larry526 wrote:I love how people are making claim without quoting from any source. You must still in my high school lol.
unverbal wrote:While I am not doubting the existence of the document, I'm a bit confused as to why Too Human would be 24th on the list with almost a million pre-orders.
F0XTR0T369 wrote:Here is something else to think about:About a month ago myself and four of my good friends all pre ordered Too Human. We have been waiting for what seems like forever to get this game. We all pre ordered from amazon so we could get the pre order bonus. After playing the demo when it came out, two of my friends canceled their pre orders. When I asked them why, they stated that they couldn't wait a couple extra days for the game to come in the mail and where not paying 10.00 for over night shipping when they could just get it at 12:00 a.m. the night before at walmart.So you see, some people are actually cancelling pre orders, just so they can get the game faster, with out paying for over night shipping. Something to think about when looking at cancelation numbers.
durbin09 wrote: TWODOGSz wrote:I'm not convinced of your claims as yet. But I found it interesting enough to run an article on it. Too Human Rumour - 1 million preordersI hope you're right, if only so I can play the full trilogy and get some ED2! i wouldn't agree with the numbers either. as a matter of fact, i just spoke to Jessica, my Game Stop Store Manager here in Michigan and she said no such information has been made available to store managers what so ever. i printed this article and let her look it over just for clarity's sake. now, i'm sure these numbers are available somewhere, but it appears not as the op claims. so op, like to back up your claim or provide some tangible proof?!
Perhaps only General Manager received it. I talked to a manager of one of my local game retail stores, and he said that his store gets faxes for the general manager several times a day, and he just slaps them all in a folder for the GM to pick up when he comes through the store.
durbin09 wrote:yeah, i agree Twisted, i'm sure it's out there, but the 300 pages quoted by the op!?!i like this thread, but just wasn't too clear where he was going. was this a "diss" or what, lots of info that never really drew a conclusion. just getting to know SK, Dennis and crew, they've done nothing to lose support. now if you want to compare that, i can go on and on about Ea and not wanting to support that company!!
I got the idea...but I don't know for a fact...
That the OP was trying to point out, that even with all the trash comments that this forums has been getting, Microsoft, and SK still expect really good sells out of this game. Which is a great thing, if this game sells well, then it means that SK can begin production on #2 and hopefully get it out quickly, as well as #3.
Sadly, I am not to well educated on SK, but I think they were behind Legacy of Kain which was a great game, and I think that a local company actually did some of the art work in that game, if not others of theirs.
And as far as I know, it is the only SK game I have played.
I hope this game becomes their crowning achievment we need good developers with a head for RPG type games rather then FPS.
Lord Twisted wrote: durbin09 wrote:yeah, i agree Twisted, i'm sure it's out there, but the 300 pages quoted by the op!?!i like this thread, but just wasn't too clear where he was going. was this a "diss" or what, lots of info that never really drew a conclusion. just getting to know SK, Dennis and crew, they've done nothing to lose support. now if you want to compare that, i can go on and on about Ea and not wanting to support that company!! I got the idea...but I don't know for a fact... That the OP was trying to point out, that even with all the trash comments that this forums has been getting, Microsoft, and SK still expect really good sells out of this game. Which is a great thing, if this game sells well, then it means that SK can begin production on #2 and hopefully get it out quickly, as well as #3. Sadly, I am not to well educated on SK, but I think they were behind Legacy of Kain which was a great game, and I think that a local company actually did some of the art work in that game, if not others of theirs. And as far as I know, it is the only SK game I have played. I hope this game becomes their crowning achievment we need good developers with a head for RPG type games rather then FPS.
F0XTR0T369 wrote:I agree with Twisted. Some where the Live Community became all about multi fps games. Although I like a lot of these games, I too am looking for more multi player games that are of different genres. The love hate relationship that is going on with SK right now, isn't about their game, its between FPS and other Genres, where the fps fans are trashing the game and other genre fans are praising it or at least willing to give it a try.And the graphics being bad? LoL, I've owned an atari, nes and everything up to are current gaming platforms. There is nothing wrong with the graphics in this game. Seems alot of the younger gamers out there, that got into gaming when the ps2 came out, seem to want more and more. Not saying there is anything wrong with that, but for all us "old time" gamers out there, we have seen bad graphics and this game doesnt' come close.
AgainWeRise9 wrote: F0XTR0T369 wrote:I agree with Twisted. Some where the Live Community became all about multi fps games. Although I like a lot of these games, I too am looking for more multi player games that are of different genres. The love hate relationship that is going on with SK right now, isn't about their game, its between FPS and other Genres, where the fps fans are trashing the game and other genre fans are praising it or at least willing to give it a try.And the graphics being bad? LoL, I've owned an atari, nes and everything up to are current gaming platforms. There is nothing wrong with the graphics in this game. Seems alot of the younger gamers out there, that got into gaming when the ps2 came out, seem to want more and more. Not saying there is anything wrong with that, but for all us "old time" gamers out there, we have seen bad graphics and this game doesnt' come close.Well, they do have a point when they complain about the graphics. Every time a new game comes out now adays, it either has a cartoony, cel-shaded look, or the graphics are intentionally stylized, OR it has graphics that bring tears to your eyes. This is going to be the first game in a while now that hasn't pushed graphics beyond the envelope, and thats what majority of gamers have come to expect.SK has used the number of units on screen as an excuse, but gears of war 2 has over a hundered extremely detailed units on screen at a time, and Star Wars: TFU has more units on screen at once, all while using 3 processor and memory destroying physics engines with realistic DMM. Too Human IS severely lacking in the graphics department no matter what you say these days. It just simply doesn't live up to every other title coming out this year (or in this case, part of last year too...)
This game is not going to have the best graphics, but honestly...the majority of the gamers are looking for better and better graphics? That must be why the Wii was sold out of everywhere for a long long time, because it's a graphics paradise?
Honestly, there are only a few types of gamers that are more interested in graphics then in gameplay. A game can have the best damn graphics in the world, but if it plays like crud, the game is rated as "Crud"..
Where as if a game has great play value and dated graphics, it is reviewed as "outdated graphics, but awesome play"
So all in all, if this game has a good story, and plays well, the reviews are going to be in favor of the game.
If they pounded a bunch of graphics into the game, and the results were, oh I don't know...Two Worlds like, with severe lag, and crappy play. SK's reviews would sink the instant it was released.