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Darth Tigris on 16 December 2009
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themanwithnoname said:
CGI-Quality said:
themanwithnoname said:
Ok, I fail to see how the fact that Gears of War doesn't count as a first party game means that we can write it off completely. Its sales are irrelevant just because Microsoft doesn't own the franchise or Epic? *is confused*

Point is, despite sales, it isn't owned by Microsoft. Can Sony claim MGS4?

Why not? First party in this discussion is really just a technicality anyway, is it not? MGS will always be associated with the PlayStation and Gears of War with the Xbox. I just don't see why that makes much of a difference in this discussion.

Its just technicalities.  GeoW is marketed and published exclusively by MGS.  If anything, its a 2nd party game just like the Rachet & Clank games are on the PS3.  For all intents and purposes, though, those series could be considered 1st party because of the publishing agreement.

Considering JUST THIS GEN (which is the only fair thing to consider), MGS has Halo 3, ODST, GeoW and 2, Forza 2 (bundling) and Fable III as huge selling games (3 million + LTD).  SCE has Resistance and Motorstorm (bundling for both) and GT:5P.

Granted that has nothing to do with quality or anything.  In fact, I'm trying to figure out what this has to do with anything lol.  Hmm . . . U2 should've been bought more by PS3 owners in the US.  There!