| thx1139 said: I have said it before and I will say it again. For years GT games and FF games have been the PS3 flagship titles. People have bought PS3s expecting those games. With the PS3 sales in Japan over 4 million when FF13 releases the bump will be minimized. When GT5 releases next spring it will have 2 things minimizing the bump. Over 30 million PS3s already sold and over 3 million copies of GT5P sold. Pretty safe to say that the majority of the GT5P purchasers will be GT5 purchasers and they wont be purchasing a new PS3 to play it. Or am I wrong PS3 purchasers will purchase a new PS3 for FF13 and GT5. I think not. |
let me explain to you how this thinking is wrong. FF and gt5 are new IP's for all intents and purposes. gt5prologue was a glorified demo, so i really don't believe that prompted too many people into the ps3 market. gt5 will though. will all the new developments that have been released recently we should expect to see a huge turnout of new ps3 owners. keep in mind gt5 is one of, if not the most successful, game franchise ever. do you really think the 3 million installed base is in any way indicative of how it will do at drop?
need for speed shift has already sold well, and it's just a need for speed game. gt5 is on another level. i think the bump from this game will only be rivalled with that of god of war 3 for biggest impact on ps3 sales. and if sony is smart they will bundle the game which would move even more units.
the same reasoning applies to FF, but since it's exclusivity is timed or online the bump shouldn't be as big. then again, it is FF, and who knows what will happen in japan. like you said, there are 4 mil units in japan. but there are like a gazillion wii's there. we know gamers are there, and we know the only game they covet more than FF is DDR.
i wouldn't be surprised at all if sony moves half a mil when any of these games drop.
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