Sony: Microsoft Reliant on Shooters

[Alby_da_Wolf]

c0rd said:

Alby_da_Wolf said:

themanwithnoname said:

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Sony:
Resistance
Resistance 2
Resistance 3
SOCOM: US Navy Seals Confrontation
SOCOM 4
Killzone 2
Killzone 3
Warhawk
MAG

Microsoft:
Halo 3
Halo 3 ODST
Halo Reach
Gears of War (also on PC)
Gears of War 2
Gears of War 3
Left 4 Dead (also on PC, published by Valve)
Left 4 Dead 2 (also on PC, published by Valve)

So that's 9 to 8 Sony or 9 to 5 Sony if you wanna discount the "console exclusives." What does everyone else think of Dille's comments? Is it coincidental that they were made the release of Halo Reach?

But considering sales, XB360 relies on them more than most other platforms, the top 3 XB360 sellers are shooters, and a total 7 out of the Top 10 are too, while on PS3 the current top seller and the 3rd are shooters, and a total 4 out of the top 10 are too, so they are undeniably important for PS3 too, but not as overwhelmingly as for XB360.

I'm not sure if you realize it, but the only difference between those top 3 / 10 you listed is Halo and Gears. Yes, Gears and Halo sell higher than any PS3 exclusive released, but we already knew that.

If you look down a bit further, say, the top 20, the consoles even out. The 360 doesn't have a single shooter in its top 11-20 sellers.

Besides what others answered you (and that partially overlaps logically with what I'm going to write), that the situation is more even in the top 20, but with more shooters in the top 10 for XB360 means that they rank higher, on average, on XB360. I avoided stretching it to say that XB360 relies on Halo and Gears because I thought that besides exaggerating (they are very important, but CoD series is increasing its importance a lot), it could be considered quite trollish.   

Anyhow, I have no problems to admit (I already did in my previous post) that shooters are important for PS3 too, top and 3rd seller, and 4 in the top 10 is a presence quite heavy.

But my point was only that besides all the usual PR BS, there was a base of truth, IMVHO.