I think it can be agreed upon that the largest thing that could hurt the sales of this title as of now is the market of the PS3 and the sales numbers of PS3 hardware.
If the September release date is correct, then the months leading up to September, September, and the holiday season will be crucial to this title. In the months leading up to September, this title needs the PS3 to gather a bit more steam in hardware sales and start reaching other markets than mostly just the hardcore. In September, this title would need to be advertised well and in more than the usual gaming places - there needs to be advertisement in more mainstream places. Also, launch needs to garner a good number of sales. During the holidays, this title would need the PS3 to beat out the 360 and once again start reaching other markets other than the hardcore gamer.
All of this would add up together to make for successful sales. The only question is how successful, is September the actual release date, and will these things mentioned above actually occur (the stuff I mentioned above are not predictions, just a good hypothetical set-up that would help sales for this title).
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@zeromous,
I think it can be agreed upon that the largest thing that could hurt the sales of this title as of now is the market of the PS3 and the sales numbers of PS3 hardware.
If the September release date is correct, then the months leading up to September, September, and the holiday season will be crucial to this title. In the months leading up to September, this title needs the PS3 to gather a bit more steam in hardware sales and start reaching other markets than mostly just the hardcore. In September, this title would need to be advertised well and in more than the usual gaming places - there needs to be advertisement in more mainstream places. Also, launch needs to garner a good number of sales. During the holidays, this title would need the PS3 to beat out the 360 and once again start reaching other markets other than the hardcore gamer.
All of this would add up together to make for successful sales. The only question is how successful, is September the actual release date, and will these things mentioned above actually occur (the stuff I mentioned above are not predictions, just a good hypothetical set-up that would help sales for this title).