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raptors11 on 25 September 2010
hunter_alien said:
raptors11 said:
Nsanity said:

How many has the series sold in total?


Both of them are right around 6 million each.

 

Possible games that could outsell Gears of War 3, including unannounced games:

1) Grand Theft Auto 5 - The last one was 2008, we have to be due for one in 2011

2) Modern Warfare 3 - It won't even be close to MW2 sales but could still be enough to outsell GeoW3

3) Halo spinoff game - I'm not expecting a full Halo game but something along the lines of Halo Reach ODST

4) LittleBigPlanet 2 - Slim chance, but the first one is getting close to 4 million and was very well reviewed, so with enough hype and advertising the sequel could do even better

5) Uncharted 3 - We're due for an Uncharted 3 in 2011, and while its unlikely it would outsell Gears 3, it could improve upon Uncharted 2's already very impressive sales.

6) Zelda Wii - Has a fair chance

7) Wii Sports 3 or Wii Fit 3 - I don't think we're due for either of these yet but you never know. And either of them could outsell Gears 3


LOL, and I forgot those games... yeah, GoW3 has no chance of being #1. But who cares? It will have a 2 million opening guaranteed, and it will bring in some serious $$$ for both Epic and MS

Yeah for sure, Gears is pretty huge. Only took 8 weeks for Gears 2 to hit 4 million.



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raptors11 on 25 September 2010
themanwithnoname said:
Cross-X said:

Gran Turismo 5 is coming out with the best Online Features and Best Graphics in the series, Great Damage, Massive List of extra features, NASCAR, Kart Raing, etc and does that automatically make people think that it'll outsell Gran Turismo 3 or 4 in a year?

You're telling me that I'll sell 7 Mil in under a year and outsell both previous Gears games?

You realise that in 2008 Gears 2 released and right now it's yet to have outsold Gears 1. And the Userbase difference from 2006 and 2008 were very big. So please enlighten me how Gears 2 failed to Gears 1 and why Gears 3 will be able to outsell both so quickly.

Gears of War 3 will have no troubles reaching 4 Mil in 2011. But to say 7 Mil is being stupid.

If a new COD Game comes out next year, whether it sells as much as MW2 or not isn't important. It will also outsell Gears on X360 only. Combining X360 and PS3 will definitely outsell Gears.

And stop making expections. Lol split Pokemon Games and Zelda doesn't count because you think it was coming out near the end of the year... Pointless

Why did Gears 2 sell less than Gears 1? The multiplayer for Gears 2 was a broken piece of crap and isn't much better today, that's why. It's pretty obvious.

Also because of Call of Duty and Halo. Gears 1 came out in 2006 which was before CoD4 and Halo 3. Gears 2 was 2008 and it had to compete with CoD4, World at War and Halo 3.



hunter_alien on 25 September 2010
raptors11 said:
themanwithnoname said:
Cross-X said:

Gran Turismo 5 is coming out with the best Online Features and Best Graphics in the series, Great Damage, Massive List of extra features, NASCAR, Kart Raing, etc and does that automatically make people think that it'll outsell Gran Turismo 3 or 4 in a year?

You're telling me that I'll sell 7 Mil in under a year and outsell both previous Gears games?

You realise that in 2008 Gears 2 released and right now it's yet to have outsold Gears 1. And the Userbase difference from 2006 and 2008 were very big. So please enlighten me how Gears 2 failed to Gears 1 and why Gears 3 will be able to outsell both so quickly.

Gears of War 3 will have no troubles reaching 4 Mil in 2011. But to say 7 Mil is being stupid.

If a new COD Game comes out next year, whether it sells as much as MW2 or not isn't important. It will also outsell Gears on X360 only. Combining X360 and PS3 will definitely outsell Gears.

And stop making expections. Lol split Pokemon Games and Zelda doesn't count because you think it was coming out near the end of the year... Pointless

Why did Gears 2 sell less than Gears 1? The multiplayer for Gears 2 was a broken piece of crap and isn't much better today, that's why. It's pretty obvious.

Also because of Call of Duty and Halo. Gears 1 came out in 2006 which was before CoD4 and Halo 3. Gears 2 was 2008 and it had to compete with CoD4, World at War and Halo 3.

 

IMO bad multiplayer, stiffer competition and the fact that its not exactly a FPS all added up. But they have learnt from their mistakes, and they are releasing it during Q1 next year, big fish small pond style

 

If it will deliver ( and it probably will) it will have a bigger debut then G2, and it might even have bigger legs. Its so cool that lately there is no dry period for games, and game sales ^_^



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Seece on 26 September 2010

Going by what we know

LittleBigPlanet 2
Killzone 3
Last Guardian
InFamous 2


Zelda Wii, very possible. Although both Gears games have settled above the highest selling Zelda, there is still a good chance.

Modern Warfare 3, if it comes out, which is probable, then yeah this'll beat it, on X360 alone.

GTAV, again if this comes out it'll beat it.

Pokemon Black& White western release, yes it'll beat it.

I do see Gears selling around 5 million in 2011, given Gears 2 selling 4.3 in it's 9 weeks of 2008. Actually 5 mill is lowballing it given it has an extra 26 weeks of sales. Depending on it's launch (it can be improved upon imo) 5.5 isn't out of the question, meaning it'll put up a pretty good fight.



 

raptors11 on 26 September 2010
hunter_alien said:
raptors11 said:
themanwithnoname said:
Cross-X said:

Gran Turismo 5 is coming out with the best Online Features and Best Graphics in the series, Great Damage, Massive List of extra features, NASCAR, Kart Raing, etc and does that automatically make people think that it'll outsell Gran Turismo 3 or 4 in a year?

You're telling me that I'll sell 7 Mil in under a year and outsell both previous Gears games?

You realise that in 2008 Gears 2 released and right now it's yet to have outsold Gears 1. And the Userbase difference from 2006 and 2008 were very big. So please enlighten me how Gears 2 failed to Gears 1 and why Gears 3 will be able to outsell both so quickly.

Gears of War 3 will have no troubles reaching 4 Mil in 2011. But to say 7 Mil is being stupid.

If a new COD Game comes out next year, whether it sells as much as MW2 or not isn't important. It will also outsell Gears on X360 only. Combining X360 and PS3 will definitely outsell Gears.

And stop making expections. Lol split Pokemon Games and Zelda doesn't count because you think it was coming out near the end of the year... Pointless

Why did Gears 2 sell less than Gears 1? The multiplayer for Gears 2 was a broken piece of crap and isn't much better today, that's why. It's pretty obvious.

Also because of Call of Duty and Halo. Gears 1 came out in 2006 which was before CoD4 and Halo 3. Gears 2 was 2008 and it had to compete with CoD4, World at War and Halo 3.

 

IMO bad multiplayer, stiffer competition and the fact that its not exactly a FPS all added up. But they have learnt from their mistakes, and they are releasing it during Q1 next year, big fish small pond style

 

If it will deliver ( and it probably will) it will have a bigger debut then G2, and it might even have bigger legs. Its so cool that lately there is no dry period for games, and game sales ^_^

Haha yeah they smartened up and chose a better release window!! If it released Q4 this year Reach and Black Ops would slaughter it!



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zarx on 26 September 2010

aw no one thinks RAGE will sell.

Zelda will more than likely outsell it.

Modern warfare 3 will be probably out sell it on 360 alone.

I don't see Gears selling more than 4-5 mill first year. Gears 1 and 2 did around 6 mill each to date. 



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Torillian on 26 September 2010
Seece said:

Going by what we know

LittleBigPlanet 2
Killzone 3
Last Guardian
InFamous 2


Zelda Wii, very possible. Although both Gears games have settled above the highest selling Zelda, there is still a good chance.

Modern Warfare 3, if it comes out, which is probable, then yeah this'll beat it, on X360 alone.

GTAV, again if this comes out it'll beat it.

Pokemon Black& White western release, yes it'll beat it.

I do see Gears selling around 5 million in 2011, given Gears 2 selling 4.3 in it's 9 weeks of 2008. Actually 5 mill is lowballing it given it has an extra 26 weeks of sales. Depending on it's launch (it can be improved upon imo) 5.5 isn't out of the question, meaning it'll put up a pretty good fight.


nope, Zelda 64 sold 7.6m



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Seece on 26 September 2010
Torillian said:
Seece said:

Going by what we know

LittleBigPlanet 2
Killzone 3
Last Guardian
InFamous 2


Zelda Wii, very possible. Although both Gears games have settled above the highest selling Zelda, there is still a good chance.

Modern Warfare 3, if it comes out, which is probable, then yeah this'll beat it, on X360 alone.

GTAV, again if this comes out it'll beat it.

Pokemon Black& White western release, yes it'll beat it.

I do see Gears selling around 5 million in 2011, given Gears 2 selling 4.3 in it's 9 weeks of 2008. Actually 5 mill is lowballing it given it has an extra 26 weeks of sales. Depending on it's launch (it can be improved upon imo) 5.5 isn't out of the question, meaning it'll put up a pretty good fight.


nope, Zelda 64 sold 7.6m

I was under the impression it was 5 mill, well then just proves my point further!



 

jarrod on 26 September 2010
toastboy44562 said:

I don't see any game next year outselling it. Mabye Pokemon Black/White will beat it. But those games are combined...You'd have to split the sales for that.

White and Black individually will each outsell Gears 3, easily.  



TheNoobHolocaust on 26 September 2010

I hate how people are so preocupied by how much a game sells you should be worried about how good the actual game is. So yeah some games sell better than others and I can see Gears 3 selling maybe 6 million LT, Pokemon Black/White 18 million LT I still doubt either of those will be GOTY. They will definitely be contenders for GOTY but it's still too early to tell.




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