PS3 and 360 software sales - A second look

[biggamejames79]

Barozi said:

goforgold said:

Barozi said:

biggamejames79 said:

Impressive sales by the X360 even with Forza 3 and Kinect Adventures missing from the list.  One thing that surprises me is how much less Resistance 2 did than the first game considering it was rated just as high as Resistance 1 (on average from metacritic.)

many many bundles. I'm quite sure Resistance 2 sold about the same as Fall of Man.

no resistance 1 was a lunch title, one of the very few actually good ones, stop trying to something out of nothing

sry to burst your bubble but that is a fact.

Resistance Fall of Man, Motorstorm and to a lesser extent Uncharted Drake's Fortune were heavily bundled.

Back in mid 2007 it was almost impossible to buy a PS3 without Resistance and Motorstorm in Europe.

http://www.pcwelt.de/news/PS3-Starter-Pack-Dickes-Playstation-3-Bundle-fuer-Europa-131783.html

 

I did some calculations I think back in 2009 or so. At least 1.5m units of each Motorstorm and Resistance were bundled. For Uncharted I think it was "only" around 500k.

And for the fairness, Forza 2 got bundled 2m times and Forza 3 1.5m times.

Ah ok, not as many people played Resistance 2 because they weren't forced to buy it in bundles, still surprised it didn't sell as well since the first one was highly acclaimed and other franchises like Uncharted, Halos, Gears, etc. all had sequels sell as much or more than the originals.  Is it not liked by players as much as the first?  Critics thought it was great on average.