VGKing said:
If all 3 ME games were to be released on PS3 and 360 simultaneously the franchise as a whole would have been much more successful than it is now. |
A game doesn't need to sell 5mil+ copies to be a success. Elder scrolls has sold amazingly well on the ps3 despite IV coming a year late. For a somewhat niche shooter, bioshock 2 360 to ps3 ratio is perfectly fine when you consider borderlands, bulletstorm, brink, etc. all had better 360 to ps3 ratios despite being released simontaniously on the ps3. Playstation owners only gobble up "realistic" modern war multiplatform fps at a better ratio than bioshock 2.
Dead Rising 2 is selling just as well on the ps3 as the 360, and lost planet 2 actually outsold the 360 version. Mass Effect 3 is selling very well on the ps3, its already up to 750k in the first 10 weeks. Yes it's much bigger on the 360, but futuristic scifi games almost always do better on the 360 because Americans buy far more scifi games than europeans, just compare even ps3 sales of dead space, bioshock, fallout, mass effect, borderlands, etc. North America sales are much much higher than Europe despite Europe having a higher install base.
Anyway I'm assuming the game is not getting released on the ps3 at launch because bungie has never devloped a ps3 game before, and would have probably needed more time than activision was willing to give them, hence release it early on the 360, and if consumers seem interested, port it to the ps3 and start releasing the rest of the series simontaniously.
