Kantor said:
1) True. But it should get there eventually. And MGS2 was a huge seller. 2) Often, the first game on the console sells the most. But they do get a bit of a rejuvenation when they change generation. 3) Go to any large market in any third world country. Easy, cheap and takes about an hour. They even test it for you. And actually, they don't put anything in, they take something out. 4) Compared to the PS2, the PS3 has hardly any. I guess you're right about exclusives, but just generally in games...just in that genre, the PS2 had a lot of quality, which the PS3 lacks. 5) Not that many, compared to games with internet hype that have done well. And for the most part, those games sucked, or were extremely niche and never going to sell anyway. They are also, for the most part (though not ALWAYS) on Wii. |
1) I don't think it will get there eventually. Maybe though... even still, MGS is an outlier compaired to... pretty much every other legacy game. MGS4 is an outlier compaired to other series.
2) Which is why I have it so high. I'm accounting for the rejuvination... it's just the average PS3 drop...that's been seen by MOST of it's franchises negates it.
3) Third world countries don't hardly account for any software sales in general, or hardware sales. Their effects are minimium. Not to mention that people in 3rd world countries likely just don't buy PS3's since A) PS3's are REALLY expensive, B) You can't pirate PS3s.
4) I'd disagree with that. What quality is missing in the Hack N slash genre? You've got the old "greats" from the PS2 era, a long with new Ips such as Bayonetta and Darksiders.
5) I think your having a correlation and a causation problem here. Regardless... Even with high internet hype... it's not like 2 million is a failure.