23rd August 2003, 1:47 PM
It seems like I predicted. The sales are strong at first but suddenly plummet. I do believe the reason for this is easy enough to figure out. The dedicated fan base that wants this game pre-orders it from the start. They all get their copies and produce misleading sales numbers. Weeks later, the sales plummet to a level that shows how many people who aren't dedicated fans are buying it.
"On two occasions, I have been asked [by members of Parliament], 'Pray, Mr. Babbage, if you put into the machine wrong figures, will the right answers come out?' I am not able to rightly apprehend the kind of confusion of ideas that could provoke such a question." ~ Charles Babbage (1791-1871)