starcraft on 05 October 2009
| Reasonable said: Got to say, despite any high hopes Sony (or others) might have had, KZ2 was always going to struggle in USA. Most of it's potential audience was already committed to another platform, and even if KZ2 had been the best FPS ever (which it wasn't, although it's very, very good) it would have failed to sell better. On paper, given the fact KZ2 is a very good FPS, you'd expect it to be on 4 or 5 Million. But that would need a far greater adoption in US. It's interesting to note that on PS3, many FPS and similar titles seem to sell roughly the same in Us and Others. On 360, FPS and similar titles sell way more in US relative to Others sales. And that skew will always (unless PS3 really starts to hit home in US) hold back big FPS on PS3. |
We disagree a lot of the time, but this post very efficiently sums up my thoughts on shooter sales on consoles in general.
The PS3 has shown a great propensity to shift sports games and some other genres. But if you're going to make an exclusive shooter the place to do it this generation is clearly the Xbox 360.
That said, anything other than HD multiplatform this generation is just stupid if you want to make a high-graphics game and you're not first party (or are getting a massive payout).
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