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atma998 on 16 August 2009
binary solo said:
makingmusic476 said:
Squilliam said:
Uncharted 2 >>>>>>>>>> God of War 3.

Thats all I have to say, anyone who says that God of War will outsell Uncharted is dissing Nathan Drake and Naughty Dog!

The first Uncharrted has set a precedent for the franchise.  Unless Sony tried to make the franchise bigger than it already is via an extra heavy marketing campaign, God of War III will end up with better sales.

That's such a hard call for me personally. And given the number of ">"s Squill has used I know he's taking the piss, but still it's worth thinking about.

I like sword and sandal-hack'n'slash better than modern day TPS, but I like platformers better than S&S-H&S. So Uncharted has the best and worst genre elements in this matchup. I think I will probably like them equally.

Online multiplayer isn't a major draw for me, I am far more into story-mode. With Uncharted 2 having online story mode co-op this is certainly a major mark in its favour for me. 


Neither of those two titles will sell more than the disappointing Wii Music. There is no place for the term ''monster'' when talking about those games.



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Squilliam on 17 August 2009
makingmusic476 said:
Squilliam said:
Uncharted 2 >>>>>>>>>> God of War 3.

Thats all I have to say, anyone who says that God of War will outsell Uncharted is dissing Nathan Drake and Naughty Dog!

The first Uncharrted has set a precedent for the franchise.  Unless Sony tried to make the franchise bigger than it already is via an extra heavy marketing campaign, God of War III will end up with better sales.

Sony did this with Killzone 2, but Killzone 2 was a markedly better game than the first.  Uncharted 2 won't be leagues above Uncharted. Sony screwed the pootch with the first game, imo, and as shown by their actions in the past, they're probably content to let the series continue with the popularity it already has.

I'd love to be wrong and see Sony pull out all the stops, though.  Uncharted deserves to be an Assassin's Creed caliber franchise, much moreso than Assassin's Creed, imo.

The first Uncharted was good, and it sold what it deserved however the 2nd Uncharted really does fix pretty much every short-coming of the first with the online multiplayer, better and crisper gameplay and a slightly longer campaign. It looks to be bigger better and more badasser in every way and a lot of games have been delayed from this year to next year and that leaves a bigger gap in the market for the title to spread its legs. It can expand the market beyond the first with the unique multiplayer and clinch both the original audience and a wider online shooter audience, with shooters being some of the best selling games this generation.

In short its the gameplay which will get a lot of people to play the game and IMO its the multiplayer which will get them to buy it and keep it.



Tease.

Kantor on 17 August 2009

What a ridiculous article.

1) Lol, most hyped game ever? This doesn't hold a candle to Halo 3 or GTA4 (or even MGS4). Yet.

2) Take your controversial opinions elsewhere, Seeliam, and stop ruining Squeece's reputation! (people get you two confused, and I'm not sure why).

3) 120 million PS2 owners were not available to purchase God of War II. Because the majority of people with interest in God of War (the more hardcore crowd) would already own 7th gen consoles. Why they released a PS2 game in March 2007 is beyond me. Piracy was pretty rampant then, as well. A smaller userbase means nothing, because the majority of PS2 owners who do not own PS3s are casual gamers who either now own a Wii or no seventh gen console. A couple were elitist casuals (or hardcore) who bought 360s, and another group bought PS3s. The God of War purchasers would mostly fall in the third category. Plus there are people who did not buy the original two and would be interested in this one after all the hype (after all, the PS3 does not have the breadth of library that the PS2 had). Finally, it's nice that they used VGC numbers and all, but I don't trust those Others figures.



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Falcon095 on 17 August 2009
CGI-Quality said:

I mean damn are some of you that touchy about one freakin' line: "the game holds the biggest hype amount possible for a videogame ever". Who cares if that's what the author thinks, it's his opinion.

Some people actually feel that GOWIII does have that amount of hype, so? I personally don't, but it also doesn't matter to me what game has the most hype. That's one of the stupidest things to worry about, IMO. What's the big deal?

You just posted that toastyboy can't believe that it'll sell only 1.5m but you're saying that there are people believing that this is the most hyped videogame ever. Don't you think that's kind of odd?



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Falcon095 on 17 August 2009
CGI-Quality said:
Falcon095 said:
CGI-Quality said:

I mean damn are some of you that touchy about one freakin' line: "the game holds the biggest hype amount possible for a videogame ever". Who cares if that's what the author thinks, it's his opinion.

Some people actually feel that GOWIII does have that amount of hype, so? I personally don't, but it also doesn't matter to me what game has the most hype. That's one of the stupidest things to worry about, IMO. What's the big deal?

You just posted that toastyboy can't believe that it'll sell only 1.5m but you're saying that there are people believing that this is the most hyped videogame ever. Don't you think that's kind of odd?

No. I said that to Toastboy based on the past games in the series. I hgighly doubt it'll sell that low. As far as hype goes, that's true. There are people who think that. I just see his prediction as too low. Have you checked the series, none of them sold lower than 1.5mill. Why would GOWIII sell that low?

It's very unlikely that it'll sell less than 1.5m but there could be many reasons of why would it do it, and maybe he just feels that something will happen and won't let the game sell. If you look at what have been said, saying that it'll sell only 1.5m is as "ridiculous" as saying that is the most hyped game ever (actually, I think that the second is more). I mean, like I said there could be many reasons of why would it sell that low, but to get the tittle of "the most hyped game ever" Sony would have to make a HUGE marketing campaign. What does this game has to be called "the most hyped game ever"?



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Squilliam on 17 August 2009

@Kntaor

Take your PS3 hatin' elsewhere please! This is a Sony thread, I don't see why you have to drag your Xbox Fanboy a$$ into them all the time.



Tease.

MetalGearSolid_4ever on 17 August 2009

(sigh).. this guy has wrote this article based on Vgchartz numbers ! Last time I checked the "others" numbers for GoW games are incomplete.



MetalGearSolid_4ever on 17 August 2009

oh who wnats to bet that God of War III will sell 1 million in america alone - 4 weeks after release...



Sardauk on 17 August 2009

There is no sales monster on the PS3 right now.
The only one I see is GT5... not GOW3...



 

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Kantor on 17 August 2009
Squilliam said:
@Kntaor

Take your PS3 hatin' elsewhere please! This is a Sony thread, I don't see why you have to drag your Xbox Fanboy a$$ into them all the time.

Stop ruining Seece's good avatar and sig with your Sony fanboyism, Seeliam!



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