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

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S.T.A.G.E. said:

Oyvoyvoyv said:

Saying that the Ps3 will sell a racer well is odd. Racers have sold well on all consoles. If you look at it, we're likely to see something ala

Ps3 best selling racer: 8-10M (GT5 has alot of promise but we have to wait for the numbers)

X360 best selling racer: 5-6M (360 doesn't have a racer that has sold this much)

Wii best selling racer: 15M +?

 

So that isn't something that the Ps3 is likely to do extraordinary.

 

But I wouldn't say the 360 is extraordinary in anything either. Look at the top 10 titles for both consoles.

Ps3 has 2 sandbox - Assassin's Creed and GTA IV (Both Multiplat and the 360 outsold by over a million on both)

2 racers, GT5:P and Motorstorm

2 online FPS - Resistance and Call of Duty 4 (COD4 was outsold on the 360 by nearly twice what the PS3 version sold, Resistance will never sell over 4 million.)

2 3rd person shooter - MGS 4 and Uncharted

1 music game - Guitar Hero

1 Sports Game - Pro Evo 08

1 Platformer in LBP which will sell pretty well, just not amazing.

 

And X360

2 online FPS - Halo 3 and CoD 4

2 sandbox games - AC and GTA IV (And Saints Row 1 & 2)

1 Racer - Forza 2

1 sports game - Madden 08

1 - 3rd person shooter - Gears (And gears 2 selling over 2 M in one day)

1 Music game - Guitar Hero 3

1 Role-Playing game - Oblivion (And Fable 2, Mass Effect)

1 other game - Marvel Alliance

 

 

 

I would actually say that the X360's top sellers are more diverse than for the Ps3, or that it's at least a tie.

 

I'd say the 360 is more diverse. The PS3 will come into their own, but by then the 360 will have games all over the wall at your local Gamestop, just like the PS2 did.

 

I'm not too worried about gamestop. Thier bias towards the 360 over there is just ridiculous. When I purchased my ps3 from them, the clerk basically said it was a piece of junk and tried to convince me to buy a 360 instead. My local gamestop never even stocked the ps3 version of condemned 2 anytime during week 1. I had to buy it from KMart. Yes, KMart. Perhaps gamestop's attitude also has something to do with the software sales trends.
I don't think the 360 is necessarily more diverse than the ps3. Ps3 is severly lacking in representing many genres the ps2 had. Most games doing well on the 360 would have done very well on the xbox as well: mainly shooters, sandbox and western RPG/weird games. All the western RPGs last gen came to xbox. It's obvious which sytem the WRPG fans purchased. Racers have always been a hit or miss on any console.