Is It Worth Developing For PS3? - Bruce on Games to Investors

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Squilliam said:

gebx said:

Dgc1808 said:
It's impossible to make money on PS3 without 4M+ plus sales. PS3 is doomed.

 

http://vgchartz.com/games/index.php?&results=50&name=&console=PS3&keyword=&publisher=14&genre=&order=Sales&boxart=Both&showdeleted=&region=All&alphasort=

Out of the 30 or so games published by Activision for the PS3, only ONE game passed 4 million, the next drops to 1.9 million

The average game on the PS3 if you take out GH and COD sells about 250,000 copies. It would actually be a GOOD business move for Activision to drop every game PS3 game, other than CoD and GH which do make them money.

Thats an interesting list. I tried looking for them earlier, but I didn't realise that Activision covered both the pre and post merger. But yeah I would have to agree that they would have been better off not making anything other than COD and GH3 for the PS3.

donig the same search with the 360: http://vgchartz.com/games/index.php?name=&keyword=&console=X360&region=All&developer=&publisher=14&genre=&boxart=Both&results=50&order=Sales

...make note that kung fu panda, lego indiana jones, and marvel ultimate alliance are only up that high due to being heavily bundled.

...looks pretty damn simular to me.

1. call of duty

2. guitar hero III

5. guitar hero II

7. call of duty II

8. call of duty III

9. guitar hero world tour.

10. 007 quantum of solace   - 0.94 M

11. guitar hero areosmith

12. transformers   - 0.74 M

 

maybe activision should stop making any game that isnt' guitar hero and call of duty since they obviously fail on both the ps3 and 360.