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Rpruett on 16 March 2009
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TRios_Zen said:
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steverhcp02 said:

 

So just to make sure I understand:

Smaller userbase sells a relatively unknown TPS game at 1.36 over two weeks and that is comparable to a lower sales pattern of an extremely hyped, triple A FPS, over a userbase that was what, twice the size?

Really??

There wasn't any insult in what I said to you.   As it pertains to the discussion,  you have very little ground to stand on and you know it.   There isn't much to argue with the 360 and it's shooter centric fanbase. 

It's the same reasoning as to why games like Street Fighter IV and Devil May Cry IV can outsell or sell very close to their 360 counterparts despite a much larger userbase for the 360.    The PS3 userbase is a more well rounded group in terms of purchasing of genres.   Where as the 360 is certainly filled with more shooter, American culture driven genres.

Sorry if it hurts your feelings but it's true.

What are the best selling games on the PS3 right now?  Metal Gear Solid, GTAIV, Resistance, Uncharted, COD4, soon Killzone 2.  All great games, but what do they have in common?  All can be generally classified as shooters.

You want to believe what you say, that is cool.  Does your opinion make it absolutely true?  No.  Don't worry though, no feelings hurt here.

 

Top 10 Sellers on PS3.

 

Grand Theft Auto IV Take-Two Interactive 0.23 2.36 2.88 5.47
Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare Activision 0.13 2.09 1.83 4.05
Metal Gear Solid 4: Guns of the Patriots Konami 0.67 1.58 1.65 3.90
Motorstorm Sony Computer Entertainment 0.08 1.89 1.88 3.85
Resistance: Fall of Man Sony Computer Entertainment 0.14 1.38 2.03 3.55
Assassins Creed Ubisoft 0.09 1.44 1.82 3.35
Call of Duty: World at War 0.00 1.59 1.39 2.98
Gran Turismo 5 Prologue Sony Computer Entertainment 0.66 0.64 1.68 2.98
Uncharted: Drakes Fortune Sony 0.06 1.20 1.36 2.62
LittleBigPlanet Sony Computer Entertainment 0.14 0.84 1.09 2.07

Only the Top 3 are 'shooters' compared to the 360 in which the top 6 are all shooters.  In terms of sales it's not even comparable.

 

NameConsolePublisherJapanAmericaOthersTotal
Halo 3 Microsoft 0.11 6.55 2.52 9.18
Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare Activision 0.09 4.99 2.00 7.08
Grand Theft Auto IV Take-Two Interactive 0.08 4.35 2.45 6.88
Gears Of War Microsoft 0.08 3.72 2.10 5.90
Call of Duty: World at War 0.00 3.49 1.51 5.00
Gears of War 2 Microsoft 0.00 3.07 1.60 4.67
Assassins Creed Ubisoft 0.07 2.95 1.44 4.46
Forza Motorsport 2 Microsoft 0.04 2.88 1.47 4.39
Guitar Hero III: Legends of Rock RedOctane 0.01 3.08 0.91 4.00
Lego Indiana Jones: The Original Adventures LucasArts 0.00 2.20 0.96 3.16

 

   It's not an opinion.  It's factually based that North American buyers, buy more software and are more into 'shooter' games than other areas of the world.  It's also factually based that the PS3 has far less of a user base in North America than the 360. It's also a fact that even identical games that are multi-platform (Of the shooting genre) almost ALWAYS sell better on the 360 than the PS3.

 

You were trying to imply Kill Zone 2 was hyped like Halo 3 was and was a lock to be a AAA game?    That's so ludicrous is doesn't even deserve a response. While Gears of War was just this trash game that no one knew about that defied all odds.   Please.

One of the producers of the biggest shooter franchises ever makes a new shooter game exclusively for the Xbox 360 around the holiday season when there is almost no other 'big' quality title out for the system?  Sales are somewhat sluggish to start but legs carry it to almost the 6 million mark because it's a fun game that other people enjoy to play.  When you factor in other things that benefited Gears of War initial/ original sales it's very easy to see that they are comparable.