sinha -
I agree that in MOH and SH duking it out, SH has the advantage of atleast being a unique shooter. MOH is WW2 shooter 5,000,000 in a rapidly declining poor-userbase of WW2 shooters.
And again, SH has that more "generic" appeal that some games like Max Payne (although the perfect, polished generic shooter).
IMO, I think the huge drop in PS3 sales is probably from ioi counter-tracking sales vs. last month's NPD, and might not decline too too much.
However, if it is doing those numbers, and drops significantly, that's real bad news. IMO, to me, that means the could-have PS2 to PS3 userbase is constantly, and obviously attritioning to the Xbox 360...Totally antecdotal evidence, but I see that alot where I live, with PS2>X360 owners. But we'll see. If PS3 does under 125k in Sept NPD 5 week USA, and X360 is over 400k for Sept NPD 5 week - it's gameover for the rest of the year for Sony. At that rate, the even further $400 PS3 needs to happen. But then, MS just counters with the much-rumored $300 X360 Premium and $229 X360 Core, and Sony goes back to square one, with the X360 stil making cash, and PS3 losing even more.
smbu - If a X360, or most any game doesn't reach the top 50, it's likely that Famitsu and ioi couldn't find the data for the polling area. That doesn't mean M08 didn't sell at all, but wasn't sold well in whatever stores that ioi uses for sales.
Starcraft - IMO, LO should sell really well. Remember, the 2 X360 RPGs mimic the lesser-selling varieties of JRPGs in the US. Blue Dragon is similar to the 500k-selling Dragon Quest series, and Eternal Sonata, to the 250k selling Tales of Series. LO is the clear eqivilent to Final Fantasy, and MS should be actually promoting it.
But again, I hold out for BD and ES to have great legs over the rest of the year, and both end up doing 500 and 350k respectively.
Back from the dead, I'm afraid.
