Based on feedback, the benchmark has been updated 1 million! Feel free to change your vote until the poll closes.
Q: What do I get if I win?
A:
Numbers are for Worldwide
Simple enough premise, however there's some things to note.
1. Shipped is more generous than sell-through, this Avatar Bet will use shipped since that's far more common for official statistics
2. For Team Not-Bomba to win, it must be announced Astral Chain has sold 1,000,000 or more copies at any point up to and including the fiscal year meeting at the end of April, 2020.
3. If sales are not publicly known to have past that point by the start of May 2020, Team Bomba wins.
4. If, based on sales data for known regions, that the game has absolutely no chance of making it to 500,000 by years end, when compared to respective regional and lifetime sales of other Switch titles, the bet will be called early and Team Bomba wins to avoid dragging out the result. This has to be a 2/3rds consensus.
The Stakes:
If your team loses, you must wear the corresponding avatar for 1 month PLUS a number of days equal to (Metascore - 75) x 2.
The better the game, the bigger the bomb, that is the Platinum way!
The Avatars:
If you choose Not-Bomba, and you lose:
If you choose Bomba and you lose:
I have no interest in calling people out. You lose, you take the avatar yourself. God knows when you wimped out.
This is not meant to be mean-spirited, this is just a bit of a numbers game considering the inconsistent financial success of PlatinumGames' titles. Do not criticize people as hating Platinum just because they vote Team Bomba.
Avatars may be refined a little more but for now they are final. Additional submissions for losing avatars are welcome.
Q: What do I get if I win?
A:
Numbers are for Worldwide
Simple enough premise, however there's some things to note.
1. Shipped is more generous than sell-through, this Avatar Bet will use shipped since that's far more common for official statistics
2. For Team Not-Bomba to win, it must be announced Astral Chain has sold 1,000,000 or more copies at any point up to and including the fiscal year meeting at the end of April, 2020.
3. If sales are not publicly known to have past that point by the start of May 2020, Team Bomba wins.
4. If, based on sales data for known regions, that the game has absolutely no chance of making it to 500,000 by years end, when compared to respective regional and lifetime sales of other Switch titles, the bet will be called early and Team Bomba wins to avoid dragging out the result. This has to be a 2/3rds consensus.
The Stakes:
If your team loses, you must wear the corresponding avatar for 1 month PLUS a number of days equal to (Metascore - 75) x 2.
The better the game, the bigger the bomb, that is the Platinum way!
The Avatars:
If you choose Not-Bomba, and you lose:
If you choose Bomba and you lose:
I have no interest in calling people out. You lose, you take the avatar yourself. God knows when you wimped out.
This is not meant to be mean-spirited, this is just a bit of a numbers game considering the inconsistent financial success of PlatinumGames' titles. Do not criticize people as hating Platinum just because they vote Team Bomba.
Avatars may be refined a little more but for now they are final. Additional submissions for losing avatars are welcome.
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