HappySqurriel on 19 May 2008
Squilliam,
An apples to apples comparison would be Guitar Hero 2 on the XBox 360 to Guitar Hero 3 on the Wii because they have very similar factors going for and against them.
A direct comparison of sales between games that cost (on average) $5 Million or less to develop, have average review scores in the 60s and 70s, and had very low marketing budgets to games that cost $20 to $40 Million to develop, have average review scores in the 80s and 90s, and had massive marketing budgets is by no means a fair comparison.
Red Steel more directly compares to Call of Juarez, Timeshift, and Blacksite: Area 51 which all sold dramatically less than Red Steel even though they cost far more to develop.
Basically, all of your posts in this thread are "Let me cherry pick information in order to support my world view"
