This is me breathing wrote:[I believe the following are out that week...
Little Big Planet
Fable 2
Dead Space
C&C Red Alert 3 (PC)
Far Cry 2
Bioshock (PS3)
Disaster Day of Crisis
...I think that pretty much spells disaster for at least one game there.
I wonder which one you mean?
That's strawberry floating ridiculous, actually. You've got maybe five games there which will have very high hopes (and Red Alert 3 will certainly be aiming to top the PC charts at the very least). Could LBP struggle? If Sony push it in a big way, then surely not. Dead Space? Horror usually does well, and it's EA. Bioshock? Could struggle, particularly as anyone who owns both a PS3 and a 360 will almost certainly not bother. Far Cry 2? Ubi plus ads plus FPS = sizeable hit. Fable 2? You know, that might just be a really undeserved flop. I really, really hope not, but it's being released in a pretty bad week. Are there enough Fable fans to make it a massive success? I'm not convinced.
As for Day of Crisis, the lack of competition on Wii should mean it doesn't completely bomb, but I'd be surprised if we see a big marketing effort from Nintendo for that one.