He doesn't understand it? How about sales in US negatively impacted by dominance of 360 over PS3 for HD gaming coupled with strong online titles with proven, huge popularity on 360?
ND stated before it launched they'd be happy with 2.5 M LTD and that seems pretty likely to happen, so clearly the developer is sensible and understands the limits of the market they are releasing in.
Honestly, doesn't this guy actually, you know, understand the dynamics and market share of the market he provides analysis for?
Why is everyone surprised PS3 exclusives don't sell like 360 exclusives in US? It's so obvious!
Consoles are expensive. I suspect there are a fair few 360 owners in US who would like to play Uncharted 2, but I also suspect many of them aren't going to fork out for a PS3 to do so.
What I find so astonishing about Patcher is how business naive he often seems. It's as if he simply expects a good game with great reviews to suddenly cause another 6M PS3s to sell and the game to then sell 2 or 3M in US.
If it was that simple then free online with MW2 on PS3, Killzone 2, etc would have shifted lots of PS3s in America.
It isn't that simple, Michael! Reversing a strong momentum takes huge effort - just ask MS about trying to reverse momentum in Japan if you need another example.
Try to be reasonable... its easier than you think...
