God of War will be a system seller in America

[XeNoStRatoS]

S.T.A.G.E. said:

What are you talking about? The new PS3 titles have been selling just as well as they could've. GOW 3 will not shift lots of consoles. Watch what happens....you'll be disappointed the month of its launch and not seeing much of a spike in console sales for the PS3. GT5 will cause an extremely large spike to occur in console sales (especially with the price drop).

 

What I wanted to express is that every outstanding game is part of the whole process to lift consoles... Maybe there are some titles which significantly lift up sales - I'd agree with you and CGI that FF XIII in JP is indeed one of those titles as well as GT5 in the western territories.

On the other hand every AAA title is even one more reason to get a system - and said that - is the true reason for Playstation consoles to develop a long tail (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Long_Tail#Statistical_meaning) now for PS3 and in the past (PS2 already had one). And I guess a long tail is worth more than short peaks followed by just fractures in sales because this phenomenon is responsible for a long term success. That's just another way of looking at it. Hope you understood my point.

And I won't be disappointed because of software or system sale rates (as it looks right atm) - as long as I can get the game for myself and enjoy it ;) That's what some of you guys seem to forget about - the joy playing the games and not just discussing about them. :D