HideoK said:
Actually Uncharted's 2.34 million lifetime sales is nothing to scoff at.
2.19 million for Little Big Planet isn't exactly little either. (Not to mention all the DLC sold)
Had those "AAA" games underperformed under 500k that would have been pretty poor sales. A million seller is still very good. The bar can't be set by Halo 3. Hardly any game can compare to Halo 3's insanely high sales of 9.61 million. Only Grand Theft Auto (7.04 Xbox, 5.61 PS3; combined total 12.65) , Call of Duty 4 (7.34 Xbox, 4.27 PS3; combined total 11.61), and top Nintendo games come close; Smash Bros Brawl (8.41), Mario Galaxy (7.92). While Wii Fit (19.24) & Mario Kart Wii (15.74) standalone surpass it. EPIC sales for all those games.
But what really matters is are those games successful within their budgets? In this case Uncharted 2 and Little Big Planet are definite successes.
Now Killzone 2 at 1.6 million does seem a little low for all the hype and development time that game had. But remember it has only been out for 3 months). Now I'm not sure of the exact budget for Killzone 2, so even at 1.6 million sold Guerilla Games could be still taking a loss on profit. But not one that GG can't continue to make up. With continued support through DLC and a sequel which is no doubt greenlit. It can use the same engine, physics, character/environment/weapon assets, etc; so it will be much cheaper to develop & make money on "Killzone 3" and "Killzone 4". Plus with an even more PS3 hardware out there and growing fan base I think Killzone 2 could eventually match current MGS4 sales numbers (4.00 million sold).
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I agree relative to their budgets those games will probably turn a profit, with perhaps the exception of Killzone 2.
The point though is none of those games have really caused the PS3 hardware to spike or been able to skyrocket the machine to success. So what is the point of all that "look at teh list of all this awesome PS3 software! Sales will boom!" ... we've heard this now for 2+ years.
Wait till ... LittleBigPlanet, it will be the break out hit for the PS3. Wait till ... Killzone 2, it will be the break out hit for PS3. Wait till .... Grand Theft Auto IV ... the GTA audience is Playstation loyal. Resistance 2 will match Gears of War 2, etc. etc. etc. etc.
In several cases, PS3 sales actually have declined year-over-year when they've released some of these supposed "killer apps".
Killzone 2 is not matching 4 million sold ... the game is dropping like a rock.
