The Real showdown: Gears of War 1 vs Killzone 2

[Squilliam]

Rpruett said:

TRios_Zen said:

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

 

   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.

 

60% of both of the top 10 selling games for each platform are shooters, just in varying order and that definitively proves your point, right?  HAHA, okay.  Your 'factual' analysis can not be denied!   

For the record I never said Killzone 2 was hyped like Halo 3, becuase I never mentioned Halo 3.  I also never said KZ2 was a lock to be triple A, I said it IS a triple A game (and therefore deserves the sales it gets).

 

Okay how about this.  Around 39 million copies sold to the top 6 games on the 360 (All shooters btw) compared to about 19 million copies sold to the top shooters on the PS3.  Factual enough for you?  We can continue if you'd like.

 

The Xbox 360 has sold 225M units of software and the PS3 has sold 125M units of software so they are roughly comparable.