HappySqurriel on 24 March 2007
Soulxxx said:
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We can expect to see a quite bigger (not substantially but still) figure for the PS3's monthly sales in March. With games like Motorstorm and God of War 2 you can pretty much bet on it. Someone here said that GoW2 will boost only the PS2's sales and not the PS3's but that's not entirely true; If you want to buy GoW2 and you know what a PS3 is compared to a PS2, why not get the more superior console? One might argue because of the large gap between the prices but then he might think "The PS3 is next-gen, and is actually a one time investment in the future of gaming, and it has a blu-ray player in it, and it has a free online service and it can play half of the PS2 games (For PAL territories) and that figure is gonna grow with time". In a nutshell, GoW2 IS a system seller for both consoles and it is without doubt a Killer-app, so either way, Sony wins this month.
BTW, GoW2 was created by Sony so you can't help but wonder how God of War 3 (If it comes out, though rumors actually confirm it) would look like on the PS3 running on 1080p.
And on the same note, that entire "If you don't have an HD-TV you can't play the PS3" (LOL rhymes) arguement is total BS, IMO. Just as there are 360 players playing their games on a normal TV and enjoying it, there are PS3 players who do the same thing and enjoy it just as much.
Just my opinion...
From the very limited and inaccurate measures we have for sales through march (the main source being rankings on Amazon.com) it doesn't look like the PS3 has gained much of a sales benefit from the release of Motorstorm at all; and Motorstorm may not make it into the top 10 selling games for March.
Now, I think there are people who would buy a PS3 for a PS2 game but I think it would be a very small portion of the population; essentially someone who already wants a PS3 and doesn't currently have a PS2 could decided to buy a PS3 to play God of War 2.
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