(Updated: GoW wins - Both bad) Sales - God of War Ascension vs Gears of War Judgement

[Mr Puggsly]

S.T.A.G.E. said:

Mr Puggsly said:

S.T.A.G.E. said:

Mr Puggsly said:

S.T.A.G.E. said:

As a spinoff God of War is selling better than Ghost of Sparta.

Ghost of Sparta came during the decline of PSP software sales.

MGS Peace Walker sold poorly in the west even though MGS is more popular in the west.

Yes, but when comparing sales, God of War is closer to predecessor sales even when comparing it to main franchise games. It has sold half of what GOW3 did in its first week in two weeks coming off of a decline in software sales. Gears of War is coming at 1/4 of what its predecessor sold its first week.

All I'm hearing is Gears 3 sold so fucking amazingly well at launch that everything in comparison seems like a failure.

Never said it was a failure, but Gears is expected to sell at least over 1.5 million first week. As I said before the two big Microsoft shooters have very front loaded sales and then burn out. Sony games sell lower in the beginning but sell like a steam roller. Both games are selling very well, but GOW is selling closer to expectation, thats all. The only Gears that has sold like this one was the first Gears and we can excuse it because the marketing helped pick it up, selling like an amazing new IP should.

You had unrealistic expectations for Judgment, I expected under a million. Regardless how well the last game did, I knew not everyone was excited about a game that doesn't continue the story and marketing seemed light. I feel it was because MS and Epic didn't want to get people overly excited about a release not major to the franchise.

To the contrary, GoW:A was treated as a major release to the franchise. The ads made me feel like it was gonna tell a great story, but that was far from the truth.