Call of Duty 4 to be the Best Selling Shooter Ever

[BenKenobi88]

azrm2k said:

BenKenobi88 said:

DMeisterJ said:
Wow. PS3 version has done well versus 360 version, given install bases.

Hate to cause trouble, but to get the same ratio as 360 hardware to PS3 hardware (about 1.636:1), COD4 on PS3 should have sold about 3.08 million. So, nothing really spectacular about 2.52 million, but it's still a good number.

While it's true that 360WW base is not twice as much as PS3's WW base factoring in Japan may not be a good idea as they don't seem to like FPS much anyway. If you remove Japan and just look at NA/others the 360 has over 16 million and the PS3 over 8 million. So the attach rates are actually right on par given install bases.

 Well boohoo if more PS3s have sold in Japan, and Japan doesn't like FPSs.  I didn't realize we were selecting specific regions when talking about these sales.

I understand what you mean, but it's not like I was wrong either.  Compare worldwide sales of both consoles, and then compare that ratio to sales of COD4, and the PS3 is lower than it should be.  I understand why that is, because FPSs aren't popular in Japan, 360 hardware is largest in America where FPSs are strongest, but the point wasn't about why PS3 COD4 underperformed, just that it did.