Did MS just win the North American console market?

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

FatedReality said:
Gears of war is not as big of a game as it used to be, in fact Gears of war judgement basically bombed. Microsoft is not winning NA just because they have Gears.

That wasnt made by Epic, that was a side project made by People Can Fly. There was no buzz for it either. Gears is still big. God of War sold like crap because it was rushed and it came out at the end of the gen. They both were in the same boat. Not enough marketing.

HIndsight is 20/20.  I remembered seeing quite a bit of marketing for it.  If you preordered Judgement, you can get GOW 2 or 3 for free.  That was the only reason I preordered it because I hadn't played 3 yet at the time.  Then again, I don't know how one would quantify whether the marketing is enough or not.   I know I can't.

Also, PCF (now Epic Games Poland) is a fine developer who had worked on pervious GOW games as well.  So it's not like they're some crap studio.  Epic officially acquired them in the middle of last year.