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Uncharted 3 vs Gears of War 3

Uncharted 3 399 69.51%
 
Gears of War 3 172 29.97%
 
Total:571

The 2 big juggernaut 2011 exclusives.

Which will sell more lifetime?

Uncharted 1 sold 3.5 million, and Uncharted 2 sold 4.42 million.

Gears of War 1 sold 6.13 million, and Gears of War 2 sold 6.14 million.

Uncharted 3 is definitely a big underdog compared to Gears of War 3.  BUT Uncharted 3 at the time of its release will have (for a PS3 exclusive) unparalleled hype.  I think Uncharted 3 will outdo Uncharted 2 by at least a million.  And unlike other PS3 releases that don't usually do well in the US, Uncharted 3 will have the biggest sales support (likely biggest opening) from the US. 

Gears of War 2 despite bigger advertising drive/hype/ didn't outsell the 1st Gears of War until a month ago.  I wouldn't be surprised if Gears of War don't quite outsell the previous Gears of War.




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So what's the question here? Which one will sell the most first week? The most lifetime? Whose butt is the cutest?



Don't know what i am answering sir.

EDIT : Oh i see. I am going to give it to Gears of War 3, Uncharted 3 will be weaker in the critic acclaimz than uncharted 2 but it will go on to sell a million more maybe. Either way, the only way it will beat Gears of War 3 is with legs.



Gears of War 3 wins. 

We're going by who has the longest name right?

Seriously though, I'm pretty sure Gears of War will win sales wise.  The game is looking to be a big improvement over 2 and will have a large advertising campaign.  I don't see Gears or Uncharted selling loads more than their predecessor, they should sell about equal.



voty2000 said:

Gears of War 3 wins. 

We're going by who has the longest name right?


OH YOU!!!!

Its shortest name silly rabbit ^_^



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Well the hype for both games is huge but I see what you mean there, Uncharted 3 probably would get a rise with sales due to critical acclaim of previous titles, however we have to consider piracy in the PS3 now. I can see Gears of War 3 doing less spectacular than it's predecessors. Halo's sales is probably a proof to that. Still big but ain't what it used to be.



kurasakiichimaru said:

Well the hype for both games is huge but I see what you mean there, Uncharted 3 probably would get a rise with sales due to critical acclaim of previous titles, however we have to consider piracy in the PS3 now. I can see Gears of War 3 doing less spectacular than it's predecessors. Halo's sales is probably a proof to that. Still big but ain't what it used to be.


Halo launched with the original Xbox and is on it's 4th game and is a FPS not a TPS.  Their sales have nothing in common.  Gears is new this gen and its second game outsold its first.  Their is zero evidence that shows that Gears 3 sales will decline.  Plus, since Gears 3 is the end of the series (at least the main series) Epic is going to go all out. 



Gears 3 I think. I'm surprised so many people went with Uncharted 3. Honestly it wouldn't have even entered my mind to pose this question given there's such a huge gap in sales even between UC2 and Gears 1.



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As far as sales go Gears will be ahead. Both funnnn games though. I don't have xbox otherwise i'll be getting both, ignoring my backlog. 



kurasakiichimaru said:

Well the hype for both games is huge but I see what you mean there, Uncharted 3 probably would get a rise with sales due to critical acclaim of previous titles, however we have to consider piracy in the PS3 now. I can see Gears of War 3 doing less spectacular than it's predecessors. Halo's sales is probably a proof to that. Still big but ain't what it used to be.

halo reach week 21 7.76m

halo 3 week 21 7.31m

don't really see this decline you speak of.

I think uncharted 3 will be viewed as a dissapointment comared to uncharted 2. I think it will max out at 5-5.5mil, though GT5 proved even though the majority of ps3 owners are codtarts like 360 owners other games can sell a lot as well so uncharted 3 certainly could sell 6mil if it manages to exceed its sequel in quality.

I don't see any huge sales improvements between gears 2 and gears 3 either. Ya it looks prettier but all sequels do. Max out at around 6-6.5mil unless it does to gears of war 2 what uncharted 2 did to uncharted. Made a great game nearly perfect for its genre.