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Gamerace on 24 November 2007
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Harvey Birdman said:
Gamerace said:
I think Sony fans are putting too much weight on these titles. They will be big, important titles for the PS3 but none of these scream 'saviour' to me. Specifically:

Killzone 2: I feel this game is WAY overhyped, like the original. I fear they have now obligated themselves to spend so much time on the graphics that gamepaly will only be average, much like the original. This will sell well, but nothing that will create momentum.

FFXIII: The FF series peaked at VII. This will sell very well, especially in Japan and this, White Knight and MGS4 may give the PS3 much needed life in Japan, and to a lesser extent Europe, but won't be able to overcome the momentum of the 360 in America.

MGS4: What's the most MGS has ever sold? Really? Again this will be strong, but to think it can make the difference is just kidding yourself.

Now GTA exclusive, that'd have been huge. But with the extra downloadable content the 360 version will appear superior.

End of the day, I think these games will help the PS3 get a larger lead in Japan and Europe over the 360, but they'll never take back NA this generation. PS3 may pass the 360 but it'll be near the end of this cycle, much like how the Xbox overtook the GC.

13 million+ which is 7 million more then the competition. (Splinter Cell) This accounts for all MGS and SC games.

When you need to know what Sony needs to turn things around you need to know what there up against.

MS has Fable 2 (Fable 2.6 million ) against FFXIII (FFXII 4.95 million)

Lets not forget the granddaddy of all racing games, Gran Turismo 5. GT can sell a guaranteed 6 million units.

Although these numbers don't give anyone the reason to say that they are system sellers (except for GT) These games, compared to the competition, sell more. The PS2 market will see that these high profile games will never hit the 360. Some won't care, but the ones who do care will buy a PS3. That will be a large chunk of former PS2 owners.


 Okay MGS, and MGS2 sold about 6m each, MGS3 less than 4m.  Not bad at all, but compared to the up to 15m GTA or Mario or FF games sale, it's not much at all. Certainly not enough to save a 3rd place system.  If Nintendo's games like Mario Kart, SSBM and SMS couldn't save the GC dispite selling about 6m each, what chance does a game like MGS have to do so for a third place system? In Japan, maybe. NA - no way. MGS4 will be very lucky to hit 2m lifetime IMO. Unless it goes to... oh no I'm not starting that debate again.