jarrod said:
And they're right. Dude Raider 2 may be a critical darling, but it's sales are hardly impressive for a hyped-to-hell prestige AAA 1st party product. Expect the same for GOW3. |
Raider 2? No no no, Uncharted 2, big difference. And why does Uncharted 2's sales not impress? That makes absolutely no logical sense... First off, the game has been out for only 10-11 weeks. How much software has it sold in that time frame? Ending Christmas week, it should pull in over 2.5 million units sold. Again, that's only in 10 weeks. When has that number ever been unimpressive? I'm at a loss for words here...
Now, only 1% of video game series do better than that sales wise. If a game doesn't have the words Wii, Halo, Mario, Zelda, Gears of War, Call of Duty, or Gran Turismo on the front of the box, it simply won't sell 6+ million. Why is Uncharted being held to a grossly high benchmark?
When you take into account current sales, GOTY editions, price cuts, Bundles and future interest in the game, Uncharted 2 could very well sell 4.5-5 million copies. Also take into account that the franchise is only on the second game. Is that not impressive?
In regards to Uncharted 2 not being a system seller... http://news.vgchartz.com/news.php?id=6079
You can clearly see that people bought a ps3 simply for Uncharted 2. It may be only a spike, but a system seller nonetheless.
