The Real showdown: Gears of War 1 vs Killzone 2

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Rpruett said:

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.

 

Name	Console	Publisher	Japan	America	Others	Total
	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

 

 

You know, the funny thing about data is interpretation.

You wanted to read from those top 10 comparisons that the 360 is more shooter-oriented than the ps3.

But the fun fact is what that chart also tells is that the ps3 userbase may be as shooter-oriented as the 360 userbase - the problem is they don't buy shooters if it's Sony making them.

To put it another way, from a top 10 comparison we could also conclude that shooters sell as well on the ps3, it's just if they are developed/published by Sony they lack success.