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04-14-2009, 02:08 PM
While few people are disagreeing on the quality of the game, more are having arguments concerning how well (http://www.shacknews.com/onearticle.x/58142)the game will sell.
Two industry analysts have filed vastly different predictions for the US sales of Rockstar's highly-rated Grand Theft Auto: Chinatown Wars, a game seen as an important indicator of whether Mature-rated titles can sell well on the Nintendo DS.
EEDAR analyst Jesse Divinich today pegged March sales of the game at only 200,000 units, saying that while it will be a profitable title for Rockstar, other publishers will not see the performance as encouraging.
"With the majority of publishers currently taking a risk-adverse stance, we expect this to slow the growth rate of future mature rated titles on the DS," said Divinich.
Meanwhile, analyst arch-nemesis Michael Pachter estimated that Chinatown Wars moved a far more healthy 450,000 units, over double that of Divinich's figure.
I guess we'll find out on Thursday.
Two industry analysts have filed vastly different predictions for the US sales of Rockstar's highly-rated Grand Theft Auto: Chinatown Wars, a game seen as an important indicator of whether Mature-rated titles can sell well on the Nintendo DS.
EEDAR analyst Jesse Divinich today pegged March sales of the game at only 200,000 units, saying that while it will be a profitable title for Rockstar, other publishers will not see the performance as encouraging.
"With the majority of publishers currently taking a risk-adverse stance, we expect this to slow the growth rate of future mature rated titles on the DS," said Divinich.
Meanwhile, analyst arch-nemesis Michael Pachter estimated that Chinatown Wars moved a far more healthy 450,000 units, over double that of Divinich's figure.
I guess we'll find out on Thursday.