I think it should sell alright. The people involved in the project probably have enough to pull in some money at least, but I don't well see it sell in huge numbers.

Doubt it. It will probably sell decent but not huge numbers. It definitely won't sell as bad as Psychonauts though.

"Doubt it. It will probably sell decent but not huge numbers. It definitely won't sell as bad as Psychonauts though. "

If it can pull a big chunk of the metal crowd in then yeah it should do very well.

It all depends on how the game is marketed.

I really want it to sell well, but it probably won't. This piece of truth upsets me.

I think it will do rather well personally, especially with EA in the mix.

" Doubt it. It will probably sell decent but not huge numbers. It definitely won't sell as bad as Psychonauts though. "

I think Tim Schafer tried to make something more marketable with Brutal Legend, with the inclusion of Jack Black and a range of well-known metal songs. But like Psychonauts, Brutal Legend is looking like an obscure game that, despite its metal trappings, may only draw a niche crowd. I think it will sell decently in a short burst, as it will certainly raise some curiosity, but it will probably get lost among Assassin's Creed 2, MW2 and other holiday hits. 

" I think Tim Schafer tried to make something more marketable with Brutal Legend, with the inclusion of Jack Black and a range of well-known metal songs. But like Psychonauts, Brutal Legend is looking like an obscure game that, despite its metal trappings, may only draw a niche crowd. I think it will sell decently in a short burst, as it will certainly raise some curiosity, but it will probably get lost among Assassin's Creed 2, MW2 and other holiday hits.  "

i believe it would do well enough for them to think of making a sequel or a simliar game

As long as EA markets the shit out of it then yes it should sell great,of course, Lorne Lanning might have something to say about that.

It will do okay as long as EA does the advertising right.

" It will do okay as long as EA does the advertising right. "

I would like to see it sell really well, it seems like a really cool idea and something I would like to try, possibly buy.

I've got this strange feeling that it's going to do really well or that might just be the really optimistic side of me speaking. I think it might actually do ok because it's got Jack Black and lots of famous metal stars in it and the advertising campaign for it is genuinely quite funny. Also Tim Schaefer really deserves it.

I think it will raise some good money if the game plays well, I think a lot depends on how well they advertise in the right places, and if they manage to catch the wave of music games that will be out soon. Some consistent Jack Black promotion on TV will do it wonders.

I know a lot of people that are just buying it because of the name "Jack Black"  he's fairly main-stream and if my friends are of any indication of the mass-market it'll probably sell pretty well.

Fingers crossed it doesn't.

The marketing this game has received has been pretty significant and prevalent anywhere you go. Jack Black should draw (and maybe dissuade) some people in for buying it. I think it will sell well and probably be the most commercially successful Schaefer game to date.

It has the power of metal behind it, of course it will sell well!

A lot of people really don't care about metal or any good music in general. I have a sick feeling that this game will massively bomb.

I don't think so. There are way too many other games coming out in the same period of time that will take people's attention.

This has an advantage over Psychonauts because of Jack Black.

" This has an advantage over Psychonauts because of Jack Black. "

It will do fine.

" @bwooduhs said:

" This has an advantage over Psychonauts because of Jack Black. "

Some would say that's a disadvantage. "

Not huge numbers but I'm sure it'll do alright, it won't be anywhere near Uncharted 2, Modern Warfare 2 or Halo: ODST though.

I guess Jack Black and metal probably have more mass appeal then psychonauts did, It`ll probably sell allright

I think it will turn a profit.  I'm surprised Jack Black's name isn't on the cover though, the guy appeals to an awful lot of people and his movies have grossed about a billionmajillion dollars at box office.
 
I think the intro would make a pretty solid tv ad.

It'll sell better than Psychonauts, but I'd say the majority of the public still hasn't even heard of this game.

Well I'll do my part. It won't sell much on PS3 for some reason.

Heavy metal stuff rarely sells a ton of anything.  Therefore, I expect that this will be marginally decent in sales, but not the huge hit that people will expect.

I don't think it will. Honestly although it looks pretty cool, I'm still on the fence about it.

Maybe not great, but exponentially better than Psychonauts. Couple of hundred k first month maybe between both platforms maybe? I forget the actual Psychonauts sales numbers though...

It'll do okay. Unfortunately, okay is not enough these days, it seems. companies that do "okay" still get struck with massive layoffs and other troubles. The sad thing is that the game looks pretty awesome; at least good enough to garner some amount of popularity. I think it'll be a victim of its own choice of gameplay focus (referring, of course, to the heavy RTS elements mentioned by anyone who's played the later game).

I think it'll do well, not crazy but make a profit. It's had heavy promoting and looks more appealing that Psychonauts was to the general public.

" It will sell okay, especially with the metal crowd but it won't be a modern warfare 2.  "

Decently, probably better than Psychonauts, but it won't be setting any records. 
 
It really is unfortunate Tim Schaefer's games don't get the recognition they deserve 
 
 
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Better then Psychonauts for sure, but other then that I don't think it can be said before its release.

After the push that the game is getting lately, I am hoping it sells. But realistically, this holiday season is pretty stacked with a LOT of sequels that will sell, like Assassins Creed 2, Uncharted 2, Modern Warfare 2, and so on. I want it to sell, but frankly I doubt it will. At best it will be a moderate success. At worse, a flop like Psychonauts.

I think it's got a better chance by sticking with 2009 than cramming it in the pile of games running scared from Modern Warfare 2. I think lots of people will want to add "that Jack Black game" to their collection with the three sequels of doom over Christmas.

It'll make the top 10 on NPD's but it won't be too high, probably just the 360 version. 7 or 8 maybe, 300,000 across platforms.

EA really is getting a pretty sweet deal on Brutal Legend. They picked it up after the great Activision purge of late 2008 and I'm guessing a large amount of development had taken place at that point. Since then they have pushed it to the moon in marketing (remember the giant Brutal Legend banner on the LACC at E3?) and even fought a rather high profile court battle with Activision over it. Heck, the fact that Activision would even take them to court over it just shows that even they are realizing this game might be worth a lot more than they though.
 
I don't expect it to challenge any of the established franchises which are coming out but I could easily see it being a sleeper success. Batman: Arkham Asylum just quietly sold 2.5 million copies. It can happen.