chocoloco said:
Squilliam said:
chocoloco said:
Squilliam said:
binary solo said:
I'm surprised at the extent of the KZ3 boost for a relatively low week 1. Was there something else that bumped PS3 in addition to KZ3? The LG dispute hadn't hit before 26 Feb, so there's no panic buying factor in EMEAA, that should hit in this weeks stats.
PS3 Bulletstorm numbers amply demonstrate the idiocy of releasing a new FPS IP against KZ3. What was EA thinking? I get this horrible feeling that there was something intentional in sending Bulletstorm out to die on PS3. Has there been a multiplat shooter that's failed so badly on PS3 yet opened reasonably well on 360? I can't believe BS would have done this badly on PS3 if it was released with a bit of daylight between it and a PS3 exclusive shooter that appeals to the same sort of demographic.
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Its probably due to the fact that there are a lot more multiconsole hardcore owners these days and anyone with both the Xbox 360 and PS3 would get the 360 version due to the Gears 3 beta. Bulletstorm is a hardcore game so that supports the idea that the hardcore audience would get the best platform. It wasn't Killzone 3 which ate Bulletstorms sales as much as it was Bulletstorn 360 version.
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Maybe, but Dead Space 2 including Dead space extraction did not cause higher sales for the PS3. I do not care for gears online , I only like the campaign. So when I pick up Bulletstorm I wiill still buy it for PS3.
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Hardly anyone had Move at the time. That hardly makes it a compelling reason to get it on PS3 over Xbox 360.
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Also just to show why your arguement is not full proof, I could also say more people bought KZ3 because it comes with early access to the socom 4 beta. I know gears is more popular than socom, but I still think you are exagerating the effect of the Gears beta. Attributing significant increases in sales of a game to a beta does not seem to significant unless it is Halo 3: ODST because at least that game actually was a Halo game.
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I dunno, look at what the Halo 3 BETA did for Crackdown, the Gears fanbase is much larger than Socom's
