Farsala on 08 March 2016
| walsufnir said: From the older thread: http://gamrconnect.vgchartz.com/post.php?id=7770388 I am surprised how many think that exclusives are that much of a factor to buy a console, really. Of course it is one part of the equation but look at which games sold the most last gen: it was multiplatform games. If we take VGC's numbers and assume that exclusives are one of the main reasons, if not the main reason and that every exclusive game is a reason to buy a console and that there is no overlap, meaning that people don't buy multiple exclusives on one console and take playstation3: HW total: 86.29 Best selling exclusives: Gran Turismo 5 (the only exclusive being in the top 10) : 10.73 Uncharted 3: Drake's Deception : 6.79 Uncharted 2: Among Thieves : 6.68 The Last of Us : 5.88 LittleBigPlanet : 5.88 Uncharted: Drake's Fortune : 4.92 God of War III : 4.82 Resistance: Fall of Man : 4.33 Gran Turismo 5 Prologue : 4.20 MotorStorm : 3.87 Sports Champions : 3.84 Gran Turismo 6 : 3.47 LittleBigPlanet 2 : 3.39 Heavy Rain : 3.07 Killzone 2 : 3.01 inFAMOUS : 2.92 Killzone 3 : 2.76 God of War Collection : 2.60 Ratchet & Clank Future: Tools of Destruction : 2.56 Resistance 2 : 2.47 ============================================================== Total : 88.19 So it takes 20 exclusives to overcome the total amount of consoles sold, with Resistance being at number 71 in the overall list. The tie ratio for PS3 is 11.02. I think it is clear that people only use exclusives as an argument on enthusiast forums, the majority buys games, no matter if it is exclusive or not. There are way more reasons to go for a console than just exclusives, as indicated by several points in this post. |
Lets say I bought a PS4 today for Uncharted 4. Uncharted 4 isn't out so 0 sales for Uncharted 4 compared to 36m+ PS4s. However the PS4 is bought without a doubt for Uncharted 4...
The PS4 bought today came with CoD for free. No intention to play it whatsoever but that is one sale for CoD. 10m CoD sales or w/e and 36m+ PS4s. However clearly the PS4 was not bought for CoD.
Adjust numbers as necessary. Lots of people might buy the console for an exclusive but buy random 3rd party games too.... Attach rate doesn't tell the whole story.
