Why did X360 Borderlands outsell PS3 version 3:1 ?

[heruamon]

libellule said:

heruamon said:

Miguel_Zorro said:

heruamon said:

Miguel_Zorro said:

Two reasons:

1. Borderlands is primarily a North American game, based on sales.  It wasn't even released in Japan.  Games that are big in the U.S. but not big elsewhere always have a massive sales difference between consoles. (Since the box has a 2-1 advantage on the PS3 in the 'States). Conversely, games that are big in Japan sell better on the PS3 (Street Fighter 4).

2. Borderlands came out within a week of Uncharted 2.  I follow the industry, and I hadn't even really heard about Borderlands until just before release.  PS3 owners weren't looking at games outside of the Uncharted 2 shadow during that week.  I didn't buy Borderlands, but I'll probably pick it up later.  I was too busy playing Uncharted 2, followed by Modern Warfare 2 a few weeks later.  Borderlands was caught in the middle.  To be honest, I wonder if Borderlands would have received more press and sold better if it were released at the start of December.

Interesting...considering that what's been released this holiday season.

Huh?

1. SFIV was pretty even WW on both consoles. 

2. Both Forza 3 and ODST were on the market for the 360, when this game launched. 

My point is 360 has been psuhing TONS of software this holiday season, so somehow, competition of titles has been a problem.

1/ if you consider the ratio user baser, it goes in favor of Miguel

2/ FM3 is not shooter and ODST/FM3 didnt launch 1 week away from the GOTY U2 ... 

1/ Yeah, if you look at a title in absolute terms on a global basis, but certian games do better in certian regions...oh like Borderlands selling 3-to-1 on the 360, even tho it doesn't have a 3-to-1 ratio WW.  But Even if this game was released in Japan, it wouldn' effect the ratio much, given that Japanese aren't into FPS.

2/ You're right, Forza didn't launch 1 week away...it launched the SAME week.  As for ODST, it launched 5 weeks earlier, but was still a major seller on the 360 when Borderlands launched.  Even looking at the current charts, you've also got L4D2 doing gangbuster on the 360, so one can hardly point to UC2 competition, given all the titles selling so well on the 360.