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Username2324 on 02 December 2008
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Onyxmeth said:
Username2324 said:
Onyxmeth said:
Username2324 said:

Yes let's call this one with sales data from only one region on Resistance 2, that's smart....

(Well two, but Japan doesn't count for much..)

Just because there isn't complete sales data yet does not mean we can't evaluate the one region and look into why it's performing so poorly there in comparison to Call of Duty. Then again, maybe we should do what Sony wanted us to do in the first place and compare it to Gear 2 instead. Sorry, it doesn't hold weight in that comparison either.

Now it's your turn to come up with an excuse as to why Resistance 2 isn't performing spectacularly in it's first weeks. If I were you, I would go for the "slow burn" or "it will have legs" scenario, since that buys time. It's popular on this board also, so it's sure to have a few supporters quote you for truth.

 

Well we know that Others has the largest userbase, and that America is 360 shooter country. Is it going to sell a million in its first week of Others? I'm pretty sure it won't, but will it sell say 400,000 to keep on par with COD5? I think that's a much more likely scenario.

Either way, I'm getting tired of the "Oh it must be an awful game because it didnt sell 2 million in 24 hours" crap. Honestly, it's a game, you like it or you don't, should how much it has sold in comparison to other games matter? The game is going to be very profitable for the developers, and fun for consumers. Why bicker that it won't sell as many as a series thats 5 games long.

 

I don't know where you got the impression that I was judging this game's quality at all. I'm simply sticking to the topic at hand, which is comparing sales between COD: World at War and Resistance 2.

If you don't want to compare a game that is on it's first sequel as opposed to a game on it's fourth, then fine. Why don't we do what I said previously and compare why it's underperforming in comparison to Gears 2? I've given quotes from Sony's US VP of Marketing Scott Steinberg stating that Resistance was put in the hunt with Gears 2, so I suppose it's not unrealistic to assume that Sony may have expected more from Res 2 than they got thus far.

 

I never said you were judging the quality based on sales, but so many others are. And yes, Resistance 2 has underperformed most peoples expectations. You want to compare it to Gears 2, well thats simple. Let's look at 360 launches and PS3 launches, you see more people going out and waiting in lines for hours or even days for 360 games than for PS3 games. Does that mean one game is better than the other? No, just that 360 fans tend to be... How should I put it... They tend to be more driven to get the game the second its available. Whereas PS3 fans like to talk about the games, but never really get around to buying them.

It's less about the game, and more about the console owners. VGChartz itself shows that 360 owners buy more games (And obviously has a larger userbase), so you should expect based on those two facts alone that a 360 game will outperform the PS3 one.

It's actually quite funny, when a PS3 game underperforms we get dozens of threads about it, but what about the multiplats that have done better on PS3? How come no one cares about those? In my eyes its quite an accomplishment, 6 million fewer fans and a lower attach ratio yet it manages to out sell its 360 counterpart... Anyways I'm beginning to ramble.