Gears of War 3-Biggest game of 2011?

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Muffin31190 said:

Well u bring up some good points and yeah i guess since gears 2 is goin to beat the original gears then the 3rd one could definatly take be the best selling of the 3 ... but Socom really isnt just american based as u said i have family in england and they play socom 3 all the time and i have run into lots of people from spain italy and france that play the original socom's but still i see ur point in how that most americans have chosen the 360 over the PS3 but im not gonna lie when u have people on there 3rd 360 already u can start to see that microsft isnt getting new people on there console there just keeping there harcore fans ... and many of my friends started off with the 360 but they are moving to the PS3 and i have to admit that i am one of those people.

But hey look its just what i think is happaning and sry if i seemed like a fanboy i really dont wnat to start a flame war lol but please continue if u have any critisism or anymore valid points.

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You didn't say anything fanboyish, so don't apoligize.

SOCOM is more popular in the States then it is in Europe. England is the major exception as most people there seem to support american style gaming (CoD, Halo, X-Box 360 all sell in about equal proportions to other games/consoles in England and Americas).

As for 360's sale being affected by replaced units, thats partly true, but most replacements are under warrenty. I'm on my 4th 360, got a brand new HDMI model, all under warrenty. I even had the option to extend my warrenty, but meh, I heard HDMI models are reliable, and mine is holding up fine. System replacements under warrenty are not counted as secondary sales, and like you said a lot of people are fed up with their 360's and switch to PS3's, but that still would mean 1 360 sale and then a PS3 sale. I really doubt many people actually bought 2 or more 360's, unless they were super rich and wanted one for two different people in the house, or two different rooms.

Still the topic is SOCOM 4 being big, and compared to Gears of War, Uncharted, and Zelda....it really isn't.