Since when was GOW 3 considered a system seller?

[TheBigFatJ]

Bitmap Frogs said:

scottie said:

afi77 said:

The terms 'system seller' and 'AAA' have been used way to loosely on this forum. But technically, if 1 person buys a PS3 for GOW3 it's a system seller :P

For real though, I think only the Mario, Zelda, Halo, GTA, MGS and GT (and possibly RE) series are actual 'system sellers.'

Edit: In Canada EA's NHL series sell systems, and I'm sure Madden moves systems in the US. But they're both multiplatform games, so they are often forgotten.

 

 

Wii Sports has sold more consoles than all of the bolded franchises put together

 

Did hardware sales even notice GTA4?

 

No, GTA 4 didn't sell hardware at all. That month was a terrible month for the 360+PS3 as they, combined, only sold about 1/3rd of the Wii that month and the same the next month.

It's funny, because Grand Theft Auto was the #1 system seller for the Playstation brand last generation.