HappySqurriel on 06 December 2007
| libellule said: """At $99 with Zelda, Mario, Metroid and Super Smash Bros. why would you NOT buy a Gamecube?""" ==> because they were better game on the PS2 ? or because the GameCube brand name was owned by the Playstation brand name ? """Realistically speaking, people didn't buy a PS2 because Final Fantasy, Metal Gear and Gran Turismo were available for it; people bought Final Fantasy, Metal Gear and Gran Turismo because they were the best games on a platform they already owned.""" ==> any demonstration in ur comment ? any evidence ? no just claiming .... I, like the others, bought a PS2 to play my favorite games : FF/MGS/GT This is the mix of these games that make the PS brand name. Even if Microsoft is trying, with great success, to disturb Sony, MGS/FF are still exclusive (or timed exclusive) to Sony ... and that is good thing for all the PS fan """I'm pretty certain that the 80%+ of gamers who didn't buy a PS2 at $299 to play those games are probably not interested in a PS3 at $299.""" ==> but, last gen, "every" gamers bought a PS2 .... Personnaly, I believe that +80% of GC owners are not interested in those games but I also believe a lot of PS2 gamers are interested in those games and will buy a PS3 to play them. """ To date we have seen every game series that was released on the PS2 see sales that are (approximately) 1/4 to 1/3 of what the same games saw on the PS2; expect these games to underperform compared to their PS2 counterparts. """ ==> do u mean, GT4 sold less than GT3 for example ? or SC3 less than SC2 ? or Tekken 5 less than Tekken4 ? dont u think it is because, for multiplayer game, the first release of 1 serie in a hardware sell always better than the sequel (like GT2 sold less than GT on PSX) |
To demonstrate my point:
| Name | Console | Publisher | Japan | America | Others | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 | Everybodys Golf 3 | Sony Computer Entertainment | 1.39 | 0.94 | 0.29 | 2.62 |
 | Everybodys Golf | Sony | 2.13 | 0.27 | 0.19 | 2.59 |
| | Everybodys Golf 2 | Sony | 1.49 | 0.19 | 0.13 | 1.81 |
| | Everybodys Golf 4 | Sony | 1.34 | 0.28 | 0.12 | 1.74 |
 | Everybodys Golf Portable | Sony | 0.58 | 0.36 | 0.41 | 1.35 |
| Totals (5 matches) | 6.9 | 2.0 | 1.1 | 10.1 |
Everybody's Golf 5 0.39 Million in Japan
| Name | Console | Publisher | Japan | America | Others | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| | Ratchet and Clank | Sony | 0.58 | 1.36 | 0.99 | 2.93 |
| | Ratchet and Clank 2 | Sony | 0.26 | 1.35 | 0.81 | 2.42 |
| | Ratchet and Clank 3 | Sony | 0.31 | 1.14 | 0.72 | 2.17 |
| Totals (3 matches) | 1.2 | 3.9 | 2.5 | 7.5 |
Ratchet and Clank Future 0.27 Million Japan + North America
| Name | Console | Publisher | Japan | America | Others | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| | Virtua Fighter 4 | Sega | 0.56 | 0.72 | 0.43 | 1.71 |
| Totals (1 matches) | 0.6 | 0.7 | 0.4 | 1.7 |
Virtua Fighter 5 0.45 Million Worldwide
If (on average) games are selling at 1/4 to 1/3 of the level they did on the PS2 what makes you think that (Magically) Final Fantasy, Gran Turismo or Metal Gear will come even close to their PS2 numbers?
