| ironman said: Why do regional sales matter anyway? that is a failed last ditch argument for somebody trying to discredit sales numbers. Try thinking outside that tiny little box people, try thinking world wide popularity. Halo still wins! |
Regional sales matter only if you include frivilous things such as merchandise, movies and soft drinks. They can certainly give the impression in North America that Halo is much more popular than it is (realtive to Gran Turismo, that is). I mean, Halo is most certainly not more popular than Wii Fit in the US, yet you don't see Wii Fit soft drinks and the like.
If we're talking about about sales and sales only, it would only matter in terms of potential. But this isn't a measure of potential, so it really doesn't matter here.
It's about sales. No matter how you try and twist the conditions (not you in particular, I haven't read through the thread) Gran Turismo has the better sales. Although we don't have a Gran Turismo out now to compare current generation numbers, I think it's fairly safe to assume the trend will continue. GT3 has outsold both Halo 2 and 3.
Sure, one may haul out the userbase card, but I would think that would be unrepresentative of what it may sell. Firstly, GT5 prologue has outsold the GT4 prologue (more than doubled!), so do we assume that GT5 will outsell GT4? I don't think it's as simple as that (did online availability have an affect, for example), nor do I think it's as simple as saying PS2 had a larger userbase.
I think any comparison as of now, until GT5 is released, is highly speculative.
