Uncharted 4 surpasses Halo 5 in global total sales

[Jazz2K]

DonFerrari said:

 

Jazz2K said:
I think we should congratulate Uncharted for the feat!

To those who say userbase isn't a big factor though... imagine X1 would be 40m and PS4 at 20m... I'm about sure 1 in 5 X1 owner would still own H5 relusting in about 8m while 1 in 8 PS4 owner would be getting U4 resulting in 2.8m... this is grasping at straws I know and we wouldn't know unless we enter an alternate universe but imo it shows that userbase does matter.

I would congratulate U4 when they have done better than other Uncharted though, same as for Halo.

Yet X360 more than doubled the userbase from Halo 3 to Halo 4 and sales dropped 30%, so no, there is nothing to grant 20% of userbase would own H5 and 10% UC4 independent of the userbase. Considering both are platform holder games made to push HW, Halo not making X1 sales accelerate just shows how the interest diminished. Halo were growing franchise from 1 to 3 and then declined with 343, it's as simple as that. While Uncharted is still on the rise.

I do think there are more variables to the amount of games sold on one console but to refute userbase is illogical. There will be games that will certainly sell to few people regardless of the userbase just like there are exceptions like Mario Kart WiiU and Halo 3... but what is the reason most multiplats sell better on the larger userbase? I know perfectly there are exceptions but to say userbase has no effects on sales is wishful thinking.