Uncharted 3 vs Gears of War 3 (revisited)

[Euphoria14]

BenVTrigger said:

Euphoria14 said:

BenVTrigger said:
Gears of War 3 is probably undertracked according to official numbers from Epic.

Gears as a franchise hit 19M as of the end of September according to the latest report (Released in November) and that report did not disclose shipment numbers for Gears 3. They mentioned that Gears 3 moved 3M at launch (Sold). We have as a franchise Gears sitting at 18.07.

http://www.vg247.com/2012/11/07/gears-of-war-franchise-has-surpassed-19-million-sales/

 

Uncharted franchise was reported at 17.3M as of April 12th, 2012, with Uncharted 3 shipping 3.8M at launch. VGC now has it at 15.82M 6-1/2 months later. It is obvious that since April they shipped more and even more so since Uncharted 3 is bundled now for the holidays.

http://www.vgchartz.com/article/250088/sony-uncharted-franchise-has-sold-1732-million-units/

3M sold in first week for Gears and 3.8M shipped at launch is all we have for either. Only going by total shipments for each franchise can we even begin to determine if either is undertracked and the argument looks to be way in Uncharted's favor. It is even arguable now that the Uncharted franchise has now outshipped and/or even outsold the Gears franchise.

 

 

If there is a different report that has what Gears 3 has shipped, could you please link me?

Thanks.

 

 

Edit - Reading the linked Joystiq article it mentions that Gears 1 + 2 are said to have shipped over 12M combined, leaving 6-7M shipped for Gears 3. I would say it is probably ~6.3-6.5M or so, so our numbers while possibly undertracked, are probably not by much. Maybe a couple hundred thousand if we aren't to believe 1M copies on shelves WW.

That of course would lend even more argument in favor of Uncharted though.

The Gears numbers that Epic said were sell through to consumer not shipped.  It was confirmed somewhere Ill dig it up.

The one before that was in July and they also said "Sold" when the franchise hit 18M total.

http://www.gamefreaks.co.nz/2012/07/14/gears-war-judgement-release-date-confirmed/

 

As a publisher Sony also said "Sold" 17.3M for Uncharted.

It is commonplace for a publisher to announced shipped as sold because for them it is indeed a sale. They already got their money. They don't care what it sold at retail at that point.