thx1139 on 16 February 2009
| wholikeswood said: Admittedly, I was using 'huge' comparatively weakly, in recognition of the fact that (as you point out) the PS3 will have been out for a decent length of time. And I think by that stage an MGS4 style bump ought not, under such circumtances, to be sniffed at. As I recall, GT5:Prologue's launch completely overshadowed the 360's first European pricecut of 2008. In this sense, I don't think a 450k week (if non-holiday release) or 700k week (if holiday release) for the PS3 is infeasible for the full game's launch. |
I think that arrives at my point. A few 100,000 PS3 sales for a couple of weeks to a month is an inconsequential bump. MGS4 bumped PS3 sales by about 300,000 then PS3 sales were right about where they were. GT5P bumped PS3 sales by about 200,000 over a couple of weeks. They both released with the PS3 closer to 15 million console sold. A bump of 500,000 for GT5 will be great for the PS3, but it wont change the game.
Its libraries that sell systems not a single game.
