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Munkeh111 on 11 January 2009
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xlost7 said:
Munkeh111 said:
Sorry, have you heard of Gran Turismo 5 and Final Fantasy XIII (Japan). Those are the types of games that are already moving some systems and will move loads afterwards. May I also point out that Gears 2 was not a system seller, it was the massive price cut that made the difference.

I would say there are two type of exclusives in terms of moving consoles:

1. The individual system sellers.
This category probably only includes the Mario games, GT, FF, MGS and Halo. These games alone can make somebody buy a console. The sales due to these games will not just happen at launch, but I bet people bought PS3s the holiday before MGS 4 for MGS 4, if it weren't for MGS 4, they would have got the Xbox that holiday

2. The games that add to these
Games like Uncharted are just added reasons to buy the console. Very very few people would just buy the console for the one game, but for the large number of exclusive titles, or just on top of GT or FF or something like that.

 

Munkeh111 said: "May I also point out that Gears 2 was not a system seller...."

It might not have been a system seller but word of mouth is what made this game popular because of the previous entry//which then made a increase of hardware sales for the 360. Price cut on the 360 was another factor but don't leave "word of mouth" out of the equation. Clearly that's the main reason the original Gears of War sold well.

Well I think Gears 2, especially after Halo and G1, is not a system seller on its own. The price cut was the main influence in the purchase, and then gears etc help make sure that the person buys the console.

Well Gears 2 is probably a unique case. The game has had massive advertising both times, and very good word of mouth. There is a good chance the Gears 2 advert did cause the person to buy the game, but I still think the main factor in the purchase was the price tag as said at the end of the advert (well the definitely say the price at the end of the UK ads)

Gears of War was actually one of the major factors in my purchase of the Xbox, but the push of Mass Effect, Ace Combat, Lost Odyssey and the price were also very large contributors