No Competitive Multiplayer = Underwhelming sales on X360?

[nightsurge]

gekkokamen said:

nightsurge said:
Is this not true of all consoles? PS3 and Wii games sell better when there is competitive multiplayer involved, too. Its part of a games lasting appeal. Having a strong single player campaign mode is a must, but what keeps you playing a game for months to years later is the multiplayer, if it is good enough.

And why did you just do NA sales and not worldwide? Anything above 500k for just one region is astounding.

 

 

Just above 500K in one region outstanding? I beg to differ. There are over 20 million 360s in USA (and that's not counting the rest of America, and VGC numbers certainly include something else more than just USA, somehow)  500K or even 600K is not outstanding by any means especially when it's about critically acclaimed/hyped/well-advertised games. And it's so funny you say above 500K when the whole list I presented doesn't have ANY game above 500K except Mass Effect 2 and FF13. Conviction will certainly pass 500K. Oh no sir, 500K for a 20 million installed base is a flop in any book when talking about high-budget critically acclaimed games.

The other games you picked were all cherry picked or niche titles anyways.  And 500k is great sales for one region considering the WW sales for those games will be close to a million or more.  Any game that can break that mark is a great success.

I don't know about you, but SC:C, Darksiders, Just Cause 2, etc. were never critially acclaimed, super hyped, well-advertised games.  They all received just average advertising with the slight exception being SC:C which is on it's way to selling 2 million worldwide anyway.

Also, care to comment on the rest of my post?  Such as how it is no different on PS3 or Wii.  Games with multiplayer elements sell more because they have a larger fan base and offer more replay value.  And just because games are adding MP doesn't mean their single player experiences are suffering in the slightest.