FFXIII sold three time more on PS3, If Halo Reach . . .

[Doobie_wop]

kain_kusanagi said:

Doobie_wop said:

Darth Tigris said:

Depends on how many PS3-only owners are fanboys.  Seriously, if they have any sense, they would be highly interested and it would sell quite well.  I personally would be surprised if a ton of Xbox owners shunned Uncharted, MGS4 or GoWIII if they were ported.  Quality is quality and hopefully in the end that would matter more to PS3-only owners than some perverse sense of ... loyalty?  Is it even appropriate to call it that?  Doesn't feel right.  Anyway, Bioshock ...

Anyway, this is all a hypothetical and would never, ever happen so its impossible to ever know for sure.  But FFXIII is definitely not a good example to use as a basis for this discussion.

Dude, that's harsh. Maybe PS3 gamers just have different taste than 360 gamers. I play on both, but PS3 is my lead and I really don't like Halo. Most of the people I know who own PS3 don't like Halo and they don't even come on forums or anything. The two consoles have their different audiences, I'd be willing to bet that if God of War 3 came to the 360, it'd sell maybe 1.5 million in comparison to the PS3's 3.5 - 4 million.

I think that if God of War 3 were released on Xbox 360 it would sell as well as Bayonetta, Devil May Cry 4, and/or Dante's Inferno did on Xbox 360. That's 66k, 1.25m, 55k respectively. And if Halo Reach were released on PS3 it would sell as well as Killzone 2, Resistance 1, and/or Resistance 2. That's 2.37m, 3.71, and/or 1.92 respectively. I'd leave COD out of it because it's a different sort of game. Sci-Fi shooters appeal to different types of people than COD style games.

So I think if God of War 3 were released on Xbox 360 it would average out to a total sales of 45.7k. Halo Reach on PS3 would average out to a total sales of 2.66m.

There are approximately 45.7k button masher fans on Xbox 360 that would buy God of War 3 and approximately 2.66m FPS fans on PS3 that would get Halo Reach. It's possible that these game's brand names could have an impact on their sales, but I think this is the bare minimum that they would sell. It's not about guess what ratio it would sell, it's about looking at what the genre sells on each respective platform.

Good point and good job with the research.