Pachter : I'm TROUBLED by Lackluster Uncharted 2 SALES!

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CGI-Quality said:

huaxiong90 said:

CGI-Quality said:

huaxiong90 said:

CGI-Quality said:

Grimes said:

CGI-Quality said:

Tell me, besides Halo what other HUGE 1st party sellers does Microsoft have though?

Gears of War?

As already mentioned to you, Gears of War is not 1st Party. Basically, it proves my point, out of 1st Party franchises, Sony and Microsoft (saleswise) are quite even. In fact, Sony is ahead, as Gran Turismo has a higher-sales record than that Halo. I'm not talking in amount of games released in each series, I'm talking sales for their highest selling game overall. They are quite even otherwise, so the notion that Sony is so far behind Microsoft is quite laughable.

Not just that, but back when Sony owned Crash Bandicoot, it was larger than Gears of War.

Sony never actually owned Crash, but I understand your point, and agree.

They didn't?...Wow, news to me...

Nope, they didn't bro. Naughty Dog just developed it but never owned the IP.

I just wiki'ed it, and you were right. I'm aware Naughty Dog wasn't owned by Sony back then. But I had thought it was owned by both Sony and Vivendi, and then Sony sold off all rights to Vivendi. But I was wrong:

"The first five Crash titles were published by Sony as well as the games being produced by Universal Interactive Studios."

 

So this would mean that Vivendi held full rights to the IP back then, and development funding and the sort were handled by Sony. It's basically the exact same case as Gears of War then. Well then, that only helps your argument even more.