USA Pre-order Chart - 21st April, 2012 | Final Numbers: Prototype 2

[ZaneWane]

leatherhat said:

Attoyou said:

BenVTrigger said:
@ Millenium

Not really surprising to see an exclusive not due strong numbers. Especially not so much on the PS3.

Sure PS3 has tons have exclusives but they all mostly sell mid-range or lower. They actually do too many 1st party exclusives so they don't have the money to actually push these franchises with strong advertising and such. Sony themselves have even said this is a problem.

They need to focus more on a few big name in house exclusives and try to turn them into mega franchises like Halo and Gears. They have Uncharted right now which is doing pretty successful but if you look at most of the other 1st party stuff in terms of sales they aren't massive franchises. Starhawk is simply being swallowed up in everything else at least currently.

Halo Reach: 8.93 Million

Gran turismo: 7.44 Million

Gears of War 3: 5.36 Million

Uncharted 3: 4.17 Million

Dem Mega Franchises, Sony Only wishes they had anything near as big.

This Is a "mega Franchise" Mario Kart Wii: 31.91, Gears is not, it might be Big, and it does Big week ones, but its not a lot larger than Uncharted anymore.

Given the legs I'd say uncharted is bigger than gears now, U3 will pass Gears 3. 

thanks to heavy bundling