Michael-5 said:
Well Uncharted 2 is looking to get 5 million sales or so lifetime, and I expect Uncharted 3 to do the same. For a game which isn't multiplayer focused, that's still pretty damn good. Mass Effect (another story rich shooter....mix), never saw sales that strong when it was 360 exclusive. Still you are right, Sony needs to learn how to market better, and time their releases better. I'm not sure if having a release so close to Call of Duty is a smart idea, especially since it's so late in the holiday season. MS moved all it's major franchises to Sept/October release dates, and damn Halo, Gears, Forza, and Fable seem to be doing great. Had GT5 had a solid release date (which wasn't delayed 2 weeks before launch), it would have sold a lot better, without any changes in quality. However when you think about it. More then 50% of the 360 audience is in Americas, and outside of US and Canada 360 has clear dominance in select regions (UK, Australia, etc). MS only has to advertize hard in a few countries to generate sales. Sony has to advertize all over Europe, as well as Americas, so I can understand it being difficult. |
I dont know why people say its marketing. I guess because they conclude if it wasnt marketing it would have to be anohter reason they might not like. I think its more game genre then marketing. Sony needs to put more resources in to making good First Person Shooters.
Marketing? how about this.. you're a 10 yr old.. and you see a commerical for Gears of War..versus Forza .. both 360 titles.. marketing either is no different.. both have commericals and sound tracks.. but honestly to most people seeing cool badass soldiers carrying cool weapons and destroying bad guys WILL LOOK MORE EXCITING compared to driving a race car.... Yeah to some driving the race car is more fun, but If you look at MS marketing both.. One game just SEEMS more exciting.. This comparison is possibly more clear.. Gears versus another race title but this one ( Forza ) on 360.. Forza solld respectable ( about 4 million, which is 2 million less then GT 5 ) .. So I again think when you go back to the "Exclusives" argument you have to look at TYPE ( GENRE ) of games Sony has.. and say Sony can continue to market variety or look at the obvious- which is FPS's just happen to sell that good on any console.. so they need to work on that..