c0rd on 10 November 2008
People get way too hung up over the big first week numbers.
In case this wasn't brought up before, let me show everyone the sales of a certain game:
| Total Sales | 0.13m | 1.86m | 1.70m | 3.69m |
| Week 1 | 32,205 | 233,341 | 179,100 | 444,646 |
| Week 2 | 17,387 | 109,171 | 100,418 | 226,976 |
| Week 3 | 12,307 | 73,192 | 70,694 | 156,193 |
| Week 4 | 8,433 | 59,930 | 75,343 | 143,706 |
| Week 5 | 7,656 | 86,766 | 82,008 | 176,430 |
| Week 6 | 6,789 | 125,281 | 111,976 | 244,046 |
| Week 7 | 5,115 | 142,125 | 159,288 | 306,528 |
| Week 8 | 4,049 | 84,849 | 93,618 | 182,516 |
| Week 9 | 3,062 | 44,401 | 55,321 | 102,784 |
| Week 10 | 2,663 | 36,076 | 39,868 | 78,607 |
The above numbers are from CoD4, the second best selling game on the PS3. I've been saying this for most games that have come out recently: there's really no reason to whine about its sales until the holidays pass. If it can sell anything like CoD4 does, it's fine. I still think it will pass the first Resistance in sales.
If you were expecting this game to outperform Gears, you were setting yourself up for a disappointment.
