EMEAA Up - 18 September 2010

[Squilliam]

CGI-Quality said:

Squilliam said:

Well overall given the console sales that have been made thus far it is quite arguable that the majority of consoles sold in response to 'any game' are probably going to people who already own 'a current console'. Like for instance it is quite probable that a lot of people who bought a PS3 'for Uncharted 2' probably already own an Xbox 360 or Wii.

In Uncharted's case, however, there was no dedicated fanbase (at least, that's what I gathered as part of Reasonable's argument) . And what were the ratios of console sales versus software sales? How big of an impact was Reach's bundle?

From how I saw it, it appeared that Reach was a pretty good hardware mover here.

Its more the case that hardcore gamers will eventually migrate to being in the position of having two or more current generation consoles. Uncharted 2 was merely a facilitator in that process. Its the hardcore gamer who is likely to pick up a console and game at once on the first week of release.