Well no, I didn't expect to see Borderlands ads here, but Dead Space and Silent Hill could both use a little bit of help from Nintendo-centric sites. We got a really great
interview with the developers of Shattered Memories that is what I'm talking about. It's in their best interest to find their consumer on the internet, where they're talking about the game, and speak to them. Let them know more about it, get word of mouth going.
But NWR is only one of the gaming sites I visit regularly. I also visit Joystiq and MTV Multiplayer, and I listen to about a half dozen gaming podcasts weekly, and I just don't remember the word of mouth for Borderlands being there. Maybe I just didn't notice it, that's certainly possible. I do, however, remember lots of talk about Dead Space Extraction in the lead up to it's release.
Considering this is Silent Hill's first outing on a Nintendo console, I think it would be pretty incredible if it did sell as well as Homecoming.
I dunno, I find it hard to believe that REALLY matters that much with an IP like Silent Hill, which has been around long enough for even the Nintendo-only gamers to have formed some kind of opinion about, even if it is as generalized as "interested/not interested."