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sinha on 24 July 2009
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makingmusic476 said:
outlawauron said:
sinha said:
badgenome said:
Any ideas why PSN users like Wolfenstein so much? Struck me as really odd.

It's not that PSN users like Wolfenstein 3D that much, it's that every game aside from FFVII at #1 didn't sell very well. 

It was #2 on PSN and over the comparable period of time I doubt the XBLA version of Wolfenstein 3D was even in the top 10 in sales, and they were identical so there's no reason to believe a higher percentage of PSN users bought it than XBLA users.

Maybe June just had a bad batch of PSN games aside from FFVII, or maybe PSN games just don't sell very well aside from a few exceptions.

(OP: the name of the site is GamerBytes not Gamebytes.)

And you have what to back this up with?

That's what I was wondering.  I mean, it even beat out MGS1.  I'm pretty sure there's a large number of MGS fans amidst the ps3 install base. 

 

Why would you think Wolfenstein 3D is so much more popular among PS3 owners than 360 owners that it's #2 in sales on PSN but not in the top 10 on XBLA? The 360 has Quake 4 (which also comes with Quake 2), and Doom, and it's getting Quake 3 Arena soon.  So why are PS3 owners so much more into this particular classic id Software game than 360 owners? 

The alternative, that none of the PSN games aside from FFVII sold well, makes a lot more sense than whatever reason you can come up with.

 



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