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dsage01 on 26 April 2011
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CGI-Quality said:
BenVTrigger said:
CGI-Quality said:

A. @ bolded: On PS3, Uncharted 2 has sold more than any Assassin's Creed game, so not quite.

B. Call of Duty may make an impact (which I said), but it won't be substantial.

C. Gears and Halo (also as I said) will do nothing to Uncharted 3. They just won't.

D. Being strong competition doesn't mean you instantly impact others in a critical way. Sure, anything can be competition, but anything won't be competition.

Like you, all I can do is speculate, but I stand by the assessment that outside of CoD and maybe Skyrim, I don't see Uncharted 3 affected by much else in any meaningful way.



So you can tell me in all honesty you think this lineup won't have an impact on someone's sales.  You believe that all these games will see similar levels of success all releasing in a VERY narrow window of time, but somehow people will generate enough money to see them all see simliar success rates or even better ones?

1.  Gears of War 3

2.  Uncharted 3

3.  Halo CE remake

4.  Call of Duty

5.  Batman Arkham City

6.  Mass Effect 3

7.  Elder Scrolls Skyrim

8.  Assassins Creed 3

9.  Battlefield 3

And that not even including games that may be announced at E3 or big franchises that will launch late in the year and will generate big legs throughout the holidays such as

10.  Forza 4

11.  Resistance 3

12.  Kinect

13.  Possibly an NGP launch.

Sorry but quarter 4 is too big, in fact the largest in gameing history I believe in terms of software.  Someones sales, if not multiple franchises, will see lower at the very least initial sales. 

- Well, Gears of War 3 launches in September, so if for that alone, it will have no impact on Uncharted 3. Nevermind that it's only on the 360. Resistance 3 also launches in September and if anything, would be crushed by Uncharted 3 if it were to launch anywhere near it.

- Halo: CE Remake hasn't been confirmed, so that's useless to discuss at this point (not to mention, it's also only on the 360 and shouldn't affect Uncharted 3 in any meaningful way).

- As I mentioned above, I don't see all those games set for Nov launching in Nov. I think ME3 & BF3 will get pushed to 2012, leaving ACIII, Skyrim, & Modern Warfare 3 (or some kind of CoD).

- Some games may be affected, but the bigger ones probably won't be in any critical way (and believe it or not, Uncharted 3 IS one of the bigger ones).

End of the day, yes I'm speculating, but I think the final picture won't be much different than my viewpoint. You're free to disgaree, but we'll keep talking in circles if this continues on.

CGI is right. The only real competion Uncharted 3 has is Call of Duty and Assains creed. Though Uncharted 3 will most likely crush Asassins creed (360) it won't be anywhere near Call of duty. Skyrim, Forza 4 an battlefeild 3 (most likely delayed) will be minor threats but no big pushback in sales. Believe me the Uncharted and Call of duty crowd aren't really the same. People looking for quality will buy Uncharted 3 (as well as some casuals) and all casual games buy Call of duty (some hardcore as well) I think if Uncharted 3 gets some advertising it should hit 1-2-1.5 million LT. Reviews and plenty of marketing should get this game up to 2 million FW. It should sell around 6-6.5 million FW which is really good.