Playstation 3 Demographic More Diverse Than Xbox 360 Demographic?

[Michael-5]

mantlepiecek said:

Michael-5 said:

mantlepiecek said:

Michael-5 said:

 

Maybe PS3 is just lacking good FPS's, and maybe 360 is lacking good Action Adventure games? I'm sure if Halo was a PS3 exclusive it would still outsell Killzone and Resistance combined x 2. I bet InFamous would match sales on 360 too.

It's not so much of what people buy, it's what developers make. MP games generally sell better on 360 then PS3, regardless of genre. If Sony made more quality FPS's, up to the quality of Halo and Gears, they would sell more. Simple as that.

That's not true. Killzone 2 is a very good fps and its rated 91 at metacritic as well, that's as much as halo reach. Yet it sold around 2 million.

Infamous won't match the sales on the 360, I am sure of it. Crackdown 1 is just like infamous and it sold less. Even when it had the halo 3 beta included in it. Crackdown 2 was bad according to many people, so lets not consider it.

There's prototype, that game has sold similarly on both consoles even when it released alongside infamous.

Halo would probably sell more than Killzone if it was on the PS3 because of brand recognition. That doesn't make the PS3 fans fps centric, and it will probably sell only around 4 million-5 million still very poor for a halo game.

Yea, but Halo 3 has a higher metascore doesn't it? And Killzone 3's metascore is 86/100 Resistance is also in the 80's is it not? Halo 3, Reach and both Gears have 91-05 metascores I believe.

However rating isn't everything, it's also public appeal, and how polished the game is. Halo is an easy game for any FPS fan to pick up and play. Killzone isn't as online or co-op friendly as Halo is, not even close. Also Halo and Gears are more online focused then Resistance and Killzone, that afftects sales too.

I doubt Halo or Gears would sell that poor on PS3.

Crackdown is nowehere nearly as good as InFamous, and it sold almost as well. I'm sure InFamous would match sales on 360, maybe even sell better. It's not that different from Assassin's Creed and that game does very well on 360.

Halo 3 has only 3 points more and that's not much. ODST has around 83 even that sold more than killzone 2 and 3.

Its possible since the 360 is online heavy, games like halo and gears sell great.

I am thinking even Assassin's creed will start selling more on the PS3. It definitely has better legs.

Crackdown had halo 3 beta and assassin's creed is a much more well known franchise.

Metacritics =/= how good a game is. I don't agree with Metacritic arguements, but since were not debating which game is better, this is fine.

Killzone 2 is the best rated PS3 exclusive FPS at 91/100? Well Halo Reach is 91/100, Halo 3 is 94/100, Gears of War is 94/100, and Gears 2 is 93/100. Now for PS3 FPS's Killzone 3 is 86/100, Resistance is 86/100, Resistance 2 is 87/100, Uncharted is 88/100, and Uncharted 2 is 96/100. To put metacritic quality into perspective. the average rating per franchise in terms of metacritic is Gears of War (93.5), Halo (92.5), Uncharted (92), Killzone (88.5), and Resistance (86.5). The only well reviewed "shooter" (most would argue that genre classification) Sony has is Uncharted, and well Uncharted 2 sold well did it not? Gears does a little better because it's been great from the start, and Halo is FPS, so brownie points. A drop of 4 or 6% for games like this, and how much of a focus multiplayer has affects sales greatly. People don't buy FPS's for story only. However the multiplayer focus for outweighs the scores.

ODST still sold well because 1) it was bundled for 1 million units, 2) buying ODST got you access to the Halo: Reach Beta. There were 2.3 million unique beta players, I'm sure 1 million must have bought ODST for the beta. To support this, notice how ODST sales jump during April/May of 2010. 4 million for a FPS exclusive is still a lot, but the Halo name brings in sales too. Still this is why ratings =/= sales.

Actually Assassin's Creed, among many other franchises, are selling worse on PS3 then 360. AC2 had the closest number of units sold both in raw numbers, and by a ratio between console owners. AC:BH sold less units on PS3 compared to 360, both with raw numbers, and especially with a ratio between console owners (# of copies sold / console owners). AC isn't the only game following this trend, nor the only genre.

As for InFamous, I think God of War, and MGS4 would get strong numbers on 360 too.

My point is, if MS made a good Action/Adventure game, it would likely sell. If Sony made a good multiplayer focused FPS (Killzone and Resistance are more single player focused if you ask me), one that's up to the level of Halo/Gears, it would sell well too. A Halo might not get 9-11 million like it does on 360, but it should hold about as closely as a CoD title does between the two consoles.