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Andrespetmonkey said:
JayWood2010 said:
Andrespetmonkey said:

Worst year for Sony's FP so far.

Next year looks absolutely stellar though. TLOU, GOW:A, Sly 4 and Beyond: Two Souls. Sales-wise I could see up to 15 million between these 4.

That would mean an average of over 4m per game?  No way man lol  TLOU will be unpredictable as it's a new IP. Sly 4 1m-2m prediction.  Two Souls 1m-1.5m  GoWA 2-4m

All respectable but not 15m.

Key term = "up to", meaning this is the best case scenario... I'll expand:

TLOU: 3-5 million (TLOU has a lot going for it with Naughty Dog developing it, massive hype, Uncharted's success/popularity, easy marketing (graphics + zombies)) With good marketing and scores it'll do Uncharted: Drake's Fortune numbers.

GOWA: 3-5 million (A lot of the same factors of above apply + established, growing franchise, tracking 3x better than GOW3 on US pre-orders)

Sly 4: 1-2.5 million (Doing surprisingly well on pre-orders)

Beyond: Two Souls: 1-2.5 million (Big name actors, Quantic Dream hype) I expect this to do as well as Heavy Rain (just over 2 million)

 


All very possible.  Good predictions :)




       

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It all comes down to the marketing of those games, of which none of them truly had any. Had there been an actual advertising blitz for all of those games, the sales would probably be close to double those figures.



I blame the actual gamers. They see what Sony offers and they dont like it.

Real world PS3 gamers > variety loving/Sony worshipping fans.

The hilarious thing is, 2013 PS3 games will be overlooked (not necessarily sales wise, but nuzz wise) by WiiU gaining momentum and the major marketing buzz generated by the next Xbox.



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VGKing said:
Look at those games you listed, those aren't popular by any means.

Twisted Metal - Reboot. It actually sold pretty well considering its a pretty niche genre.

Starhawk - New IP. and its a shooter. Had no chance. Hell even Killzone series which is extremely high quality has trouble selling against the Call of Duties.

PSABR - It's a 2D side-scroller fighting game. Were you expecting 1 million FW or what? For comparison, Street Fighter x Tekken did 119k FW. So I'd say PSABR is off to a good start.

LBPkarting - Another "core" Sony game being spun off to sell to little families. There isn't a big market for family games on PS3 especially not for new IPs.

Ever consider a career as a DJ?

I just love how you spin! :P



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sales2099 said:

I blame the actual gamers. They see what Sony offers and they dont like it.

Real world PS3 gamers > variety loving/Sony worshipping fans.

The hilarious thing is, 2013 PS3 games will be overlooked (not necessarily sales wise, but nuzz wise) by WiiU gaining momentum and the major marketing buzz generated by the next Xbox.


I don't think this hypothesis can be applied to this year. Because from what I've seen, even internet Sony fans weren't too happy with the PS3's lineup.



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ryuzaki57 said:
If you only list what bombed... look at Tales of Graces F (336K so far in 2012 and undertracked), Tales of Xillia 2 (400K in Japan only, just released) and One Piece Pirate Warriors (962K, undertracked).


Those arent first party......I specifficaly say 1st party in the OP



twisted metal and LBPKarting were ment to fail. i call them both shovel ware or stuff to tidde u over till 2013.

as for starhawk and sony all stars. all starz did better then i expected, and didn't really matter how well it sold, as it was fan fair. Starhawk is awesome and wasn't advertised correcly or enough.

that goes for all of them. speaking of which, i've yet to see a PS3 slim commercial.



sales2099 said:
VGKing said:
Look at those games you listed, those aren't popular by any means.

Twisted Metal - Reboot. It actually sold pretty well considering its a pretty niche genre.

Starhawk - New IP. and its a shooter. Had no chance. Hell even Killzone series which is extremely high quality has trouble selling against the Call of Duties.

PSABR - It's a 2D side-scroller fighting game. Were you expecting 1 million FW or what? For comparison, Street Fighter x Tekken did 119k FW. So I'd say PSABR is off to a good start.

LBPkarting - Another "core" Sony game being spun off to sell to little families. There isn't a big market for family games on PS3 especially not for new IPs.

Ever consider a career as a DJ?

I just love how you spin! :P

How is this spin? The OP explicitly asks why these games didn't sell. You have an odd definition of 'spin' if it means ansewering the OP. I don't agree with some of his explanations but he's doing exactly what the OP asks.



You forgot Sorcery lol

But then again MLB 12: The Show is the best selling one on the PS3.



2012 top 30 PS3 games according to VGC data.

Game                                           Weeks       Yearly (2012)     Total
Call of Duty: Black Ops II (PS3)       1              4,610,697      4,610,697
FIFA 13 (PS3)                                  8              4,541,365      4,541,365
Assassin's Creed III (PS3)                 3               2,369,051     2,369,051
Resident Evil 6 (PS3)                      7               2,018,015     2,018,015
Battlefield 3 (PS3)                         56              1,517,546     5,983,182
Uncharted 3: Drake's Dec. (PS3)     55              1,487,895     4,939,093
Final Fantasy XIII-2 (PS3)               49              1,467,604     2,184,331
FIFA Soccer 12 (PS3)                      60              1,404,035     6,279,369
The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim (PS3)   54              1,298,367     4,242,403
Madden NFL 13 (PS3)                     12              1,224,788     1,224,788
Gran Turismo 5 (PS3)                     104            1,125,692     8,175,584
Max Payne 3 (PS3)                         27              1,080,310     1,080,310
Batman: Arkham City (PS3)            57              1,071,087     3,826,751
Borderlands 2 (PS3)                       9                1,034,306     1,034,306
Mass Effect 3 (PS3)                        37                992,848        992,848
Resident Evil: Op. Rac. City (PS3)  35                 984,027        984,027
One Piece Pirate Musou (PS3)        38                 962,344        962,344
Assassin's Creed: Rev. (PS3)           53                 932,754     3,758,357
FIFA Street (PS3)                           36                 887,550        887,550
NBA 2K12 (PS3)                             59                 821,289     1,945,512
Dragon's Dogma (PS3)                    26                 797,877        797,877
MLB 12: The Show (PS3)                37                  792,205        792,205
Pro Evolution Soccer 2013 (PS3)      9                  773,721        773,721
NBA 2K13 (PS3)                              7                  728,953        728,953
UFC Undisputed 3 (PS3)                 40                 662,792        662,792
TC's Ghost Recon: FS (PS3)            26                  651,439        651,439
Red Dead Redemption (PS3)         131                 630,855     5,075,768
SSX (PS3)                                      38                 599,691        599,691
Grand Theft Auto IV (PS3)            238                599,409      9,432,712
Saints Row: The Third (PS3)           53                589,949      1,880,942

4 exclusives, 26 multiplats.
PS3 owners are not nearly as interested in PS3 exclusives as some Sony fans may think.