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happydolphin on 23 September 2012
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phenom08 said:

Fail again. The PS2's dominance never came from Sony, it came form overwhelming 3rd party support, something no one can ever pull off again. That's why the PS2 was pure luck lol. Sony hasn't been catering to their markets, most of the sequels to their games have flopped lol, because Sony is horrible at making games. The originals didn't sell that well to begin with, so when the sequels sell worse they look horrible. What proof of loyalty do you have if the sequels are underperforming and Sony keeps losing half of their userbase with every gen?

Maybe numbers will shut you up for good.

PosGamePlatformYearGenrePublisherNorth AmericaEuropeJapanRest of WorldGlobal
1 Gran Turismo 3: A-Spec PS2 2001 Racing Sony Computer Entertainment 6.85 4.99 1.87 1.16 14.88
2 Gran Turismo 4 PS2 2004 Racing Sony Computer Entertainment 3.01 5.63 1.10 1.62 11.36
3 Gran Turismo PS 1997 Racing Sony Computer Entertainment 4.22 3.87 2.54 0.52 11.15
4 Gran Turismo 2 PS 1999 Racing Sony Computer Entertainment 3.88 3.29 1.69 0.50 9.36
5 Gran Turismo 5 PS3 2010 Racing Sony Computer Entertainment 1.87 3.82 0.76 1.43 7.87
6 Gran Turismo 5 Prologue PS3 2007 Racing Sony Computer Entertainment 1.24 1.78 0.57 0.51 4.10

The PS2's versions of Gran Turismo (2 games) sold roughly 26M units combined. The PS versions (2 games) sold roughly 20M. So already an improvement, which contradicts your "The originals didn't sell that well to begin with, so when the sequels sell worse they look horrible."

Then we have the PS3 versoin of GT5 (1 game) that sold roughly 12M combined. I'd say that's roughly loyal. Another GT game and who knows what the total would be.

Ico and Shadow of the Colossus aren't big sellers anyways as that wasn't the point of OP in the first place.

PosGamePlatformYearGenrePublisherNorth AmericaEuropeJapanRest of WorldGlobal
1 Uncharted 2: Among Thieves PS3 2009 Action Sony Computer Entertainment 2.73 1.90 0.21 0.88 5.72
2 Uncharted 3: Drake's Deception PS3 2011 Action Sony Computer Entertainment 1.70 1.91 0.19 0.78 4.58
3 Uncharted: Drake's Fortune PS3 2007 Action Sony Computer Entertainment 1.90 1.55 0.12 0.69 4.26
Total6.575.640.642.4114.56

Uncharted, made by the same guys that made Jak & Daxter, as well as Crash Bandicoot a 2 gens prior, sold a total of 15M units on the PS3. For the #3 console, that's a huge feat. Remind me how much the cube sold of its best games??

PosGamePlatformYearGenrePublisherNorth AmericaEuropeJapanRest of WorldGlobal
1 Super Smash Bros. Melee GC 2001 Fighting Nintendo 4.41 1.04 1.39 0.22 7.07
2 Mario Kart: Double Dash!! GC 2003 Racing Nintendo 4.12 1.77 0.87 0.19 6.95
3 Super Mario Sunshine GC 2002 Platform Nintendo 4.01 1.26 0.87 0.17 6.31
4 The Legend of Zelda: The Wind Waker GC 2002 Adventure Nintendo 2.60 0.99 0.89 0.13 4.60
5 Luigi's Mansion GC 2001 Action Nintendo 2.38 0.67 0.46 0.10 3.60
6 Animal Crossing GC 2001 Simulation Nintendo 1.92 0.16 0.99 0.09 3.15
7 Metroid Prime GC 2002 Shooter Nintendo 1.96 0.67 0.10 0.09 2.82
9 Pokémon Colosseum GC 2003 Role-Playing Nintendo 1.21 0.57 0.70 0.07 2.54
10 Mario Party 4 GC 2002 Misc Nintendo 1.13 0.36 0.92 0.07 2.47
11 Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door GC 2004 Role-Playing Nintendo 1.48 0.25 0.46 0.06 2.25

Lol. The list continues.