CGI-Quality said:
JayWood2010 said:
CGI-Quality said:
JayWood2010 said:
CGI-Quality said:
JayWood2010 said:
CGI-Quality said:
It's still an apples-to-oranges comparison, but oh well.
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Not really. Halo has been successful regardless of prequel, without main character, genre, etc Where as not every game can do that which includes GoW and Gears. ALthough both will sell great in the end it just shows you how successful Halo really is. And even if Gears and GoW would have got a lot of ads they still would not have been as good critically.
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But, not a God of War nor Gears has not been successful thus far. Halo's also never been tested like the two of them were (never had a prequel released at the end of gen with minmial marketing, in Gear's case), for instance. Thus, the comparison is grasping at best.
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I know people are blaming the end of the gen but i think that is a complete bs statement (Not mad here). If that was the case then Halo 4 wouldn't be at 8.07m already or how about Call of duty black Ops 2 which has already sold 21m on PS3/360. Even assassin's Creed III is killing the numbers.
The main reason these games are not selling as well is because they are not as good as the previous games in the series, stale gameplay, and the stories was unappealing for both. I mean really what else was there to tell with Kratos? And i dont think people care about Bairds story either. They are still both selling well but when I said months ago that neither one would break 4m and I was skeptical of them reaching 3 million people said i was wrong.
I will say congrats to both for doing well for spinoffs and prequels but other than that I don't think there is some story to not being as successful as the previous installments.
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And that comparison also is meaningless. Halo 4 was a sequel with anything but minimal advertising. People were dying for it, while nobody asked for prequels to God of War and Gears. It also released before we got wind of next gen consoles from either Microsoft or Sony.
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Halo 4 sold 9 thousand less than GoWA this week. a 21 week old game compared to a 4 week game.
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OK, and? Sequel vs prequel, not to mention, the former is from an 8-to-12 million selling franchise, vs one that's never sold even 5 million.
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God of War III sold 5.2 million units as of May 31, 2012 according to an official report from Sony.
