NA sales up! X360 > Ps3

[Ail]

HappySqurriel said:

MontanaHatchet said:

tombi123 said:

HappySqurriel said:

We will see what happens in a couple of weeks, but I suspect that the demand for the 80GB unit couldn't account for more than (about) 20,000 units which will diminish over time (as everyone who cares about Metal Gear Solid owns a PS3). Certainly, there will be a decent boost the next time they're available because of the build up of people waiting, but this boost will still not be that amazing.

 

You do know that the 70,000 80GB bundles sold out in one day don't you? The demand is way more than 20,000 units.

No, of course everyone who wants MGS4 has a PS3! And that's why the sales octupled in Japan and doubled in America. Now he may be saying that everyone who likes the game NOW has a PS3 (because of the bundles) but then again, the same could be said about the other systems. A lot of people believed that all Halo fans already owned a 360, or the same could be said about Brawl fans and the Wii.

 

I was actually saying that the boost in sales due to the bundle would diminish over time as people who want Metal Gear Solid 4 bought a PS3; much like all games the sales of Metal Gear Solid 4 will diminish over time.

Ail said:

The deciding factor for most people in purchasing the bundle isn't MGS4.

It's BC....... A huge majority of the people buying a PS3 at this point were PS2 owners ( I really don't think there are that many people that were hardcore enough to have a GC or an Xbox last gen  that are buying a PS3 at this time..)

Maybe, but the backwards compatibility was available on previous 80GB systems at the same price and sales were far from amazing.

If I look at past VGChartz history the 80GB was roughly 50% of the PS3 weekly sales before the holydays ( I deduce this from Motorstorm sales).

That and lets be honest, the PS3 game catalog looks nowhere the same now than it did 7 months ago.........( DMC4, GT5P, GTA4, MGS4, ...)