MGSV: The Phantom Pain on Xbox Systems Doesn't Make Sense

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deskpro2k3 said:

Not always true.

What happened in Japan, made Namco to stick with PlayStation worldwide for Tales of series. Why? It is because that is where their fanbase are.

Look at Tales of Vesperia. According to Famitsu, Tales of Vesperia in Japan caused the Xbox 360 to sell out with 204,305 copies sold. In North America, Tales of Vesperia sold 33,000 copies during the first 4 days of launch.  

Tales of Vesperia for the PlayStation 3 sold 147,000 copies on its opening day in Japan, which is more than double that of the Xbox 360's version, and a total of 140,000 in two weeks. Tales of Vesperia for the PlayStation 3 sold a total of 352,961 copies in by the end of 2009.

In that scenario where the install base is hugely slanted in favour of one console then no it's not always true.