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thismeintiel said: I fail to see what the sales of ME2 has to do with Xbox owners upgrading to the PS3, since the first ME was released on the 360. And RE4 is a horrible example to use. First of all, the game was released on the Gamecube, which sold even worse than the newcomer, the Xbox. Second, the majority of fans for the Resident Evil were most likely on the PS2 (as were most gamers in general), since the PS1 is where it got its start and was the home for its numerous sequels. And third, around the time of the Gamecube version's release, Capcom had already announced a PS2 version for later that year. As far as its success on Wii goes, it's the same principle as the PS2 HD collections on PS3. People will rebuy games, if priced right, for nostalgia and/or if there are upgrades. In the Wii's case, it was the new motion controls. People who had bought or maybe just played it on Gamecube wanted to play it again, but with motion controls. The fact that the sales for the Wii version are just under 200K above the Gamecube version supports this. |
That those that waited to get a PS3 over a 360 have stronger brand loyalty to Sony, so even subconsciously there is a negative attitude toward games viewed as Xbox games, which ME has been this entire gen up until September of 2010.
As for dismissing my RE4 example as irrelevant isn't really giving it fair consideration. RE4 was NEVER coming to another console (producer said he'd cut his own head off it it went to the PS2). So you're saying that the only difference is that, since people knew it was coming a year late for the PS2, they waited and bought it up in numbers higher than the superior GC version, even with all of the main RE games going to the GC that gen? Maybe core PS fans are that loyal ...
But the Wii version selling like it just really throws everything out. Unannounced, same game to like the same or similar fanbase and it sold so more than the GC version. And you're saying that a new control scheme was enough for all of these people to buy it twice??
You know, its ok to disagree, but being disagreeable is just not very becoming. RE4 and ME2 are both fantastic GotY winners that should sell well despite late ports. So far that's only the case with one of them ...
