World Wide Sales UP!! PS3 > 500K, Wii > 800K!

[darthdevidem01]

CGI-Quality said:

jarrod said:

Eh, Uncharted 2's hardware moving results are hardly definitive.  I'd make the case the game rode the $299/slim's momentum if anything, not the reverse.

It's did okay though (with glowing industry support, a humongous ad campaign and even a forced hardware bundle), which means people on either extreme likely had their expectations "shattered".

Bottomline, it still moved hardware, and a significant amount (19-25%), which close to nobody expected. My point: if an up and coming IP can move hardware, a known, big one, with the same momentum still present can as well. Sure it's speculation, but hardly out of place.

one thing I will have to say here.

Uncharted 2 once again shows how important luck & being there at the right place & right time is

I mean it got it all:

1. A rejuvenated PS3 selling like crazy

2. A huge fanbase waiting to hype it

3. Amazing online

4. Stellar reviews, getting 96, which puts it at 15th among all time rankings, legendary reviews & reception hardly any games get

5. Some of themost effective marketing done in the last many years by SONY, with huge ads & a marketing push

Basically it got it all & made a big splash. Not every new IP or even sequel gets this kind of luck.

We shouldn't use it as a "trend" or as a game that shows "hey this sequel can sell so well as uncharted 2 could do it" because uncharted 2 is most definetely an exception to that rule, not many games come out at such a perfect time as it did, ones that do get remembered as legends forever!

Now onto your discussion, whoever is saying GOW3 won't impact PS3 hardware sales should literally not come to this site on GOw3 launch week as they will get embarassed, Yakuza 4....debatable