Epic to Announce PS3 Exclusive

[Strategyking92]

Kantor said:

Strategyking92 said:
I would think epic learned something from the sales disaster of the last UT.

1		Unreal Tournament III		Midway Games	18		0.56m
2		Unreal Tournament III		Midway Games	16		0.46m

Exactly.

If UT3 was sold on the 360 as a timed exclusive first, it would have sold 700k lifetime, with the ps3 version selling around 200k - 400k. I just don't think this blindly though:

1. this would have been coming off of the first gears of war, where they are known better than on the ps3.

2. 360 fans almost matched the sales from the ps3 even though it was released 6-8 months later.

3. You can also compare this game to bioshock sales, and see the effects of a delay.

4. shooterbox fans usually buy FPS's.. And every (almost?) FPS has sold better on the xbox 360.

No doubt this delay also hurt any chances of DLC for the game as an extra source of revenue, since the multiplayer community abandoned the game because by the time the game came out, much better shooters were on the way. Halo 3 being the highlight.

 

 

I would like to see your reasonings for why the xbox version didn't sell well and the amount the ps3 version sold was good though. This isn't cutting it, considering all the B*S* sony fans spill about the bioshock delay causing that big a loss in sales.