Anyone else find it disturbing that COD5(PS3) outsold R2 in NA?

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CAL4M1TY said:

bbsin said:

ClaudeLv250 said:
They had an entire episode of gametrailers tv dedicated to Resistance 2.

I don't think marketing is the problem.

 

Store + television ads > Magazine + internet ads.

Besides, it's not like R2 is a bad product by anymeans. If you beat a good product into the minds of the consumer enough, they'll go out and buy it. Sony had an awful commercial for NA's R2 and barely used it.

 

BTW: I'm not trying to call R2 a failure, nor am I trying to compare the quality of R2 and WaW.

Doesn't Gametrailers TV get aired on Spike in the states?

That'd be like a 30 minute ad!

I'm not surprised by CoD outstripping R2, there's a lot of love for that franchise after Modern Warfare and I most people buying the game would care that it wasn't the same guys as Modern Warfare making the game, all they read is "Call of Duty". It's similar to how Guitar Hero: WT is outselling Rockband 2 (Rockband 1 in Australia) because it's Guitar Hero and Rockband is perceived by a large number of people as being the copycats (or at least I believe so).

 

Yea it airs at like midnight on Friday Nights!!!  I'm sure way more people would rather just watch it online than on TV.

OT: It just comes down to the brand.