| Dgc1808 said: Bigger Userbase doesn't always equal bigger sales?? I thought we understood this already, people... |
I'm not sure if that was directed at me, from the original post, but if it was, obviously the userbase isn't the only factor in a games sales, and MGS4 is a good example of that. But if you compare other games on the PS3 to PS2 like Ratchet and Clank or Hot Shots Golf, both of those are down significantly compared to the sales on the PS2. Also multiplat games on PS3 compared to PS2 are down drastically as well with games like Grand Theft Auto, Madden, Burnout, Prince of Persia etc. Whereas if you compare the games on Wii compared to Gamecube which now have a bigger userbase to sell to, games like Mario, Smash Bros, Zelda, Mario Kart, Mario Party, have all sold better on the Wii, but not all proportionality larger. So while userbase isn't the only factor, it can be important, and that’s why I find it impressive that MGS4 has sold as well as the PS2 games, despite an 80% smaller userbase.
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