mancandy said:
Did you get this from Wiki too? |
Well it is true that you can find plenty of posts on all of the various game forums where people say that they bought or will buy a PS3 just for MGS4.
The difference between that and people who bought a 360 because of Halo 3 is that about half of 360 owners bought a 360 because of Halo 3 while PS3 owners are more balkanized. Some PS3 owners bought it for MGS4. Some bought it for FFXIII. Some bought it for GT5. Some bought it for other reasons. There's some overlap among these groups, but it's unlikely that any single group comprises a large enough chunk of PS3 owners to match Halo 3.
The sales of a sequel can be thought of as the number of sales of the previous installment plus the number of new fans the sequel attracts minus the number of fans who have lost interest in the series. The PS3's high cost is a barrier to returning fans and the small installed base leaves little hope of attracting many new ones. Barring even more drastic price (more than $100 since most PS2 buyers bought a PS2 for much less than $200) cuts within the next year, MGS4 has little hope of attaining the sales of its predecessors.
