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Akvod on 20 July 2009
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Squilliam said:
Akvod said:
Squilliam said:
God of War 3 -> Rip their head off.

Gears of War 2 -> Cut them into pieces.

Since Gears is probably > God of War, its Sony who needs a better answer.

You're comparing a TPS to a Hack and Slash?...

I understand that you're talking about the level of gore and violence, but ultimately it's the fun gameplay of GeoW and GoW that draws the fans in, not just gore for the hell of it.

The gore and violence are accesories that enhance the story of GoW, which itself enhances the core gameplay of GoW.

If you're talking about GeoW having more sales than GoW, I don't know what to say. Having more sales doesn't mean one game is better or inferior. Once GoW comes out, PS3 owners have the OPTION of getting what Xbox owners get with GeoW (which I just said, is ridiculous in the first place, because GoW doesn't provide what GeoW, a 3'rd person shooter, offers). Lower sales only mean that there's less people on the PS3 who wanted what GeoW had, and the people who wanted it had the option to buy the game and were satisfied when they did so.

Its simple, they do not need to answer such a small time series from Sony. If God of War 3 sells like 4M+ then perhaps they might feel a need, but at present its not much of a risk to simply ignore it from a business perspective. They felt like they needed an answer to MGS4, and hence the reason why Splinter Cell Conviction being released. They felt the need to answer Gran Turismo and hence the reason why Forza 3 is being released. They don't have a reason to answer God Of War 3 and quite frankly the multiplatform efforts in that genre are good enough without having to get involved. 

I never mentioned if MS needs to offer a answer to GoW, only disagreeing with your notion that GeoW is an answer to GoW and that GeoW is superior to GoW.

I do think that MS doesn't need an answer to the Hack and Slash genre like you said. It's not a very popular genre anymore, and 2 big multiplatform games, Bayonetta and Dante's Inferona are coming out in close proximity to GoW.