Resistance 2 sells 304K in NA week 1 --- Good or Bad??

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ZenfoldorVGI said:

Deviation59 said:
I'm sorry but did anyone expect Resistance 2 to somehow compare to Gears of War 2 when it comes to sales? Anyone? The original is one of the best selling games on the PS3 and it's sales don't match up to the first Gears of War. Of course Gears or War 2 was going to have a massive launch. I don't know why anyone would expect the same out of Resistance 2.

 

I don't think anyone expected the same, but I would like to know why the attach rate of similar huge holiday exclusives on the HD consoles differ so drastically.

I assume a lot of people expected R2 to be better, or at least equal to Gears 2. Why didn't they buy it?

Was it the middling review scores?

This is easy (And i've been saying this the whole time i've been on VG today), because at it's height half of the Xboxes installed base will support the flagship games. The PS3 gets a quarter or less of it's installed base or less to support flagship games and other titles. When the Xbox was at and Halo came out all hell broke loose. It was so crazy it was on the news where I lived showing people wrapped around street corners just to get their hands on another copy of Halo 3. Gran Turismo 5 will change Sony's stars. In fact I think it's their only hope for Stellar sales this gen. It might not sell as well as Gran Turismo's in the past gens, but it will sell very well. That game is Sony's crowning jewel. Period.