*Prediction God Of War 3 will sell...*

[Fufinu]

CGI-Quality said:

Fufinu said:
Sales of GoW 2 = 2.59 million LTD
Sales of GoW 1 = 3.21 million LTD

3 million sounds just about good to me!

The games will hinder each other - I know they are in a completely different genre but they will be competing for the same users' money. I can't see how Heavy Rain will suffer due to GoW but not vice-versa.

Why would a proven, known franchise suffer to a game that will not only sell less, but have less appeal than it?

What I mean is that all games are out competing against each other. Even shovelware is competing with GoW in the sense that for some people getting that will mean not getting something else.

Can't we say that Bayonetta sold less because of MW2? I think we can (albeit indirectly), and it's the type of reasoning that many developing studios made by not releasing last December. Same will be happening here.

Of course, the inverse would also hold - MW2 could have sold less because of people buying other games around that period.