So exactly what kind of games does the ps3 sell best?

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Pristine20 said:

After the failure of LBP to meet my sales expectations (even though I haven't bought it either), some thoughts came to mind:

1. The wii would always sell a game from nintendo EXTREMELY WELL

2. The 360 would always pay homage to a good shooter or extremely westernized title. (Note that this is not a statement bashing the 360 as a "shooter console" as many xbox fanboys have a sore spot on that issue. It's not the case anymore really. It's just an observation of mine that even mediocre shooters like BIAHH manage to cover their dev costs many thanks to the x360).

3. But the ps3? I honestly have no idea. It seems sony is also confused on the kind of game that would eclipse the interest of most ps3 gamers and they haven't really found it yet and I think the problem is that the PS brand has always been somewhat of a jack-of-all-trades where all kinds of games did relatively well due to the HIGH install bases of the past but now that this luxury is gone, it means that all genres just sell relatively lower on the ps3 than it's predecessor and none really stands out. This is going to be a real problem for sony as no single game is going to do ridiculous numbers  due to the highly varied nature of the PS fanbase.

Even with a relatively smaller install base last gen, Halo 2 was able to clock 8 mil (which isn't too far from the best selling ps2 games) due to the xbox brands penchant for selling shooters. PS has never really  had a defining genre or mascot or anything of the like so I'll patiently wait to see which ps3 game can finally break through the 6 mil mark. Your thoughts?

 

 

To answer your question you need to look no further than the sales of FIFA and Pro Evolution games.  In other words PS3 would always have higher sales for football games.