MWR: the core market didnt shift

[Ail]

bazmeistergen said:
@Ail: MW is a big seller and MW2 is even bigger, but it is a mainstream game not simply a core one. The core market is a bit of an illusion really. Many people that buy the big 'core' IPs are casual players that will drift away from gaming. There is such a thing as a teen and 20 year old casual market. They might not buy Wii Fit but they do buy GTA and COD.

Some of those casual players are playing in a non casual way then.

I've spent around 6 hours playing MW2 online.

I'm ranked 4 millionth on the PSN leaderboard ( and MW2 has only sold like 5.4 million units on the PS3 so far)

That is a lot of players that spent hella lot of time online .....

 

The thing I wanted to point out is that since last year HD console ownership increased and as a result MW2 sales are beating CoD4.
Wii ownership increased too ( and Reflex may not have gotten advertising but everything CoD related is getting a lot of indirect advertising with MW2) but Reflex sales aren't doing a lot better than WaW, so there isn't much reason to rejoice...