GT Bonus Round - Discuss GOW3 Impact + Uncharted 2's "Disappointing Sales"?

[huaxiong90]

Twistedpixel said:

huaxiong90 said:

Twistedpixel said:
The reason? Well my copy of Uncharted 2 has been through about 3 hands already and by the end of the year it'll have gone through between 4 and 20 peoples hands, depending on whether or not anyone decides to keep it. I wouldn't be surprised if twice as many people play Uncharted 2 as buy it.

My PS3 is attached to the home entertainment unit, a large screen Sony Bravia. So what were they thinking in making the game single player only? Its hard enough finding time to play games nowadays and even harder to play a single player only game.

Sony has NO BUSINESS releasing a system designed to be the home theatre king and NOT put a focus on local multiplayer. The moment the system is in the home theatre unit, single player games become less valuable because I always have to compete with others who may want to use the PS3 for other things.

Idiots!

Local multiplayer? Splitscreen was removed to avoid sacrificing visuals. Why not just play online?

Because there are 5 people in the house. I can't exactly tie up the main TV when there may be 2-3 other people who want to use it for something else. I can manage local play because it actually involves someone else not sitting and staring at how goofy Nathan Drake looks. I don't give a damn about visuals, I just want a game I know I can play consistantly. Since that invovles local play and Uncharted 2 doesn't have it then number 4 gets his copy of Uncharted 2 from me and I go and I'll probably go and buy NSMB with it and add to the evil statistics. I will be able to play NSMB about 4-5* more often than Uncharted 2 and for about 10* the total time, so long as I enjoy it. Much better value for money, no?

Ah. Didn't know that was the case. My bad. Then yes, I certainly agree with you.