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Darth Tigris on 29 December 2009
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CGI-Quality said:
Hero_time88 said:
Darth Tigris said:
Ok, I haven't read this whole thread (its currently 411 posts long!!!!!), but here are my thoughts and observations about this (as stated in the news story comments):

1) Excellent sales for FFXIII and the PS3 coming out of Japan. Good job to all involved.

2) How much more would the game have sold had they released a 360 version? Easily 500k+. I still would like to know why it was not released on the 360 in Japan, but we'll probably never know. Regardless, it would've possibly made this the best selling FF release on launch since FFVII and that would've been HUGE. Their loss.

3) If all of us were completely honest, then we would admit that this being the PS3's single best launch ever is not remotely close to being a surprise. There will never be another game on the system more highly anticipated or hyped in Japan. This was the one and it looks like it delivered.

4) And I hate for this to sound negative, but it's just an observation. This is yet another example of a hugely popular PS1-PS2 franchise that failed to sell near as much as previous iterations have. This is more evidence that the PS fanbase is now split between the PS3 and 360, so it wouldn't be any surprise if most classic PS series do not sell near as much on the PS3. For examples, see MGS, R&C and GTA sales; expect similar patterns with GT and GoW.

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I lol´d

I can understand why too. Let's take a look at something, if the PS fanbase is completely "split", why did MGS4 sell MORE than MGS3? Why will GOWIII probably have the biggest opening for a GOW title since the series first launched? Ratchet games this gen haven't really performed that much worse than past Ratchet games, and considering the userbase differences, Tools of Destruction performed on par with past games.

The one that's the kicker is GTA, and the game would have performed just fine as a PS3 exclusive. So that last paragraph is quite flawed.

Oooookay, was I naive for thinking that I would be treated fairly here?  Maybe so.  Maybe so . . .

I never stated that the PS fanbase is split 'evenly'.  But its a fact that there are many PS and PS2 owners that are now 360 owners.  Many are PS3 owners as well.  That's all I meant.

Anyway, while MGS4 did sell more than MGS3, it sold less than MGS1 and 2.  MGS3 (the best in the series, imo) suffered from a negative reaction to MGS2 and being released a month after GTA:SA.  It should've sold much better, but I blame that on those that didn't buy it.

You can't say for sure about GoWIII because its not out yet, but the previous games had between 72-77% of its sales from NA, and that is not the PS3's strongest region.  So why would this one blow away the sales of the previous games?  If you are personally excited about it, that's great.  But it doesn't change the facts that I used to come to my conclusion.

As far as my beloved R&C (that and Splinter Cell were my fav series last gen), if you look right here on VGC, you will see that the PS3 games have not sold as well as the PS2 games (not including Deadlocked, which was not an R&C game exactly).

As for GTA, even though you feel GTAIV would've sold fine (are you saying 'near as much as'?) as a PS3 exclusive, it wasn't.  That's all speculative.  The reality is that it was released as a multiplatform game and had most of its sales on the 360.  And though you may say that GTA wasn't a PS series, the overwhelming majority of its sales were on the PS2, not the Xbox.  It wasn't even close.

If you detect any animosity toward the PS or its games in those comments, then I don't know what else to do for you.  I'm being as objective as possible here.