3DS and Vita~ The Art of War

[ProdigyBam]

Salnax said:

ProdigyBam said:

Every time everyone is like Uncharted isnt such a huge franchise, but then they say FF is.

Truth is, as of today, Uncharted 2 outsold FF13 by more than half a million units (PS3), Uncharted 3 is looking to do even more than that, in fact, Sony shipped 3,8 Million units day one thats less than a million than FF13 currently stands at and Uncharted 3 is already sold out in many places (for example in many stores in UK).

Maybe Final Fantasy isn't the best thing to strive for anymore. Ever since the PS2's life, the series has gone downhill a bit, both in terms of critical sucess and sales. Uncharted 3 may have sold FF13 on the PS3, but so have a bunch of other games. Donkey Kong Country Returns outsold both games, but it was no system seller for the Wii.

My point is, FF and Uncharted are both big franchises, but are not the God Tier that Pokemon, Mario, and Halo are. And I believe, possibly incorrectly, that leading consoles need at least one God Tier franchise to top a market.

That said, Uncharted will probably do well, and seems to deserve it.

Theres still Gran Turismo which is a Top Tier franchise in Europe, they will have a Call Of Duty and most likely a GTA which are Top Tier franchises especially in America and then you only need a Monster Hunter for the PSV and there you have a Top Tier franchise for Japan (yeah I know 3DS has monster hunter, too, but im pretty confident that a MH on the Vita will sell more that 2 times of what the 3DS version sells at least).

And to compare donkey kong country returns to Uncharted 2 (you wrote UC3, but I think you made a mistake) isnt very logical IMO, Donkey Kong Country Returns launched on a much larger userbase and it wasnt critically acclaimed as UC2. Also it launched late in the lifespan of the Wii.

And then you have Golden Abyss which is an AAA title ready for launch of the PSV, im sure it will move many Vitas, I know I will be getting one for Golden Abyss only (okay some other launch titles look interesting as well, but i love the uncharted series) so it already sold one system ;)