Am I the only one disappointed in Uncharted 2's 800k?

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ioi said:

Wow at this thread! A lot of people seem to be missing the point.

While reviews have been extremely strong for Uncharted 2 (and it is a truly stunning game), I think most would agree that the sales are more solid than spectacular - i.e the sales for the game compared to the reviews are a little disappointing.

What most need to understand is that this is a pretty common thing - games that sell extremely well are games that have the general appeal and resonate with an audience, not necessarily games that are considered to be extremely good. A number of amazing games have sold disappointingly IMO this gen - Super Mario Galaxy (still the highest rated game of the gen so far), Twilight Princess, Bioshock, LittleBigPlanet - all sold reasonably well but disappointing compared to expectations (based on previous games, similar games, review scores etc).

Also for those comparing to Uncharted - a sequel to a great original will always sell really well in the first week in comparison - don't expect it to have the same kind of legs though. Even if 2 hadn't been as good as 1 it would still have been expected to sell 5 times as much in the first week, if not more.

Thank you ioi, you understand completely what I was trying to say throughout the thread. The sales of UC2 are good, but nothing amazing. Many great games never see the sales they should see and people need to recognize that there is nothing anyone can do about it. The Sony fans are really just trying to make themselves feel better I suppose, but if I was them I would not be happy with the sales. Unless the sales are off the charts I don't think anyone should be happy on any game. The more the good games sell the more those companies can continue to create quality titles. However, if great games don't sell enough then those companies go out of busy or have to scale back their development. I just believe that a game that is touted as the biggest PS3 exclusive of the year should have sold more than just 830k week one. I don't think anyone could have expected 2 million, but I think 1.2-1.3 should not have been out of the question. I think one of the main problems with PS3 and software sales is the fact that there is always going to be at least a small part of the install base that uses the system for media and movies more than for games...