| darthdevidem01 said: I have been looking at this issue since I came here and everytime people put down FF13, MGS4 (HA they were proven wrong) & GT 5 as the "lowest" sellers in the franchise. I don't understand as their argument is usually PS2 had a 120 million userbase.....thats all fine but PS2 DIDN'T have a 120 Million userbase when GT3, FF10 & MGS2 released.....they still sold millions In fact: GT 3 released when PS2's userbase was at 11 million (definetely possible for GT5) http://vgchartz.com/hwcomps.php?cons1=PS2®1=All&cons2=PS2®2=All&cons3=PS2®3=All&start=37101&end=37430&weekly=1 n it went on to sell 15 million. FFX (had a staggered launch) but when it PS2's userbase was at: 5 Million in Japan (granted Ps3 won't be there for FF13) 7 Million in NA (definetely possible for FF13) 8 Million in others (Definetely possible for FF13) Whenn MGS2 releases the userbase size in each region was a bit lower than that of the FF10 release so PS3 is really losing out on sales from Japan...thats it, otherwise these key franchises should sell just as much, and the argument that PS2 had a userbase of 120 million bites the dust as when these launched it most certainly didn't. What do all of you think....is it valid topull the franchise down due to saying "PS2 had a 120 million install base" when majority of the sales are done at launch.??
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Sorry fellas, didn't care to read through every post, just want to reply to the OP.
You're trying to say it's not because of the PS2's userbase, while 2 of the games you used as examples were launched with a bigger userbase. In regards to GT3 vs. GT5P, GT5P is just to keep the bigger fans happy until the full game comes out, so you cannot compare those two.
Finally, you are comparing the lifetime sales of PS2 games, to the few month sales of PS3 titles, clearly not fair.
So once we move into the next generation, and the PS3 has been out for 7 years you can go ahead and remake this thread with updated numbers.
