| lopoto said: God of War II Sony Computer Entertainment 2.39 God of War Sony Computer Entertainment 3.21 The first 2 gof of wars sold between 2.3-3.2 million copies, on the PS2. God of War is more less a hardcore series so it should probably sell 2.5 million but honestly even if there is a lot of hype I really doubt that it will get to 3 million. The only possible way would be that Sony pushes it more than any other game during next year, through bundles or through the best hits line. I`m expecting, if launched durind Q4 2009, 1.5-2 million till the end of 09, with about 500k copies sold during the rest of its lifetime. Many gamers bought the first 2 because of the gore, and many of those people were casual gamers, people that won`t spend more than $200 to play that game. The final fantasies, gran turismo and probably killzone 2 are a given, the other games no way. |
God of War II has outdated Others numbers. From IGN's Top 25 PS2 Games list (GoW was at number 4):
The original God of War might not have enjoyed the sales of the second game (though it did quite nicely in its own right), but it laid the groundwork for all future iterations to come and few series actually offer that level of solid bedrock to build off of. Angsty hero who slaughtered his own? Check. Progressive system for unlocking new stuff and becoming even more powerful? Check. Confronting enemies in their own domains and squaring off against them when they're a good 10 times your size? Check. Yeah, God of War is pretty much awesomeness incarnate.
And according to Wikipedia, it sold 2 million copies by July 2007. I'm pretty sure it's crossed 3 million by now.
Oh, and God of War III is on a new console, and in High Definition. Those always sell well.
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