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paulrage2 on 18 December 2010
GodOfWar_3ever said:
bevochan said:

This thread is forgetting about GOW collection on PS3 which is likely to go over 2 million this week worldwide.  I'm sure some people that owned GOW 1 and 2 may have bought GOW collection to replay on their PS3, but I'm assuming most people that bought GOW collection, like myself, never played GOW.

So if you should add 1.5 - 2 million to GOW 1 and 2 on PS2, then GOW 3 still has some catching up to do.  But I do agree that GOW 3 will get close to 5 million.

Thats horribly unfair cause its a re-release of the game.

God of War II on its standalone sales sold 3.5 million. The re-release also includes sales of people who already owned both games.

God of War III, without a re-release has achieved these sales considerably faster than GoW II did on PS2.

God of War Collection should be judged seperately.

I disagree. I am one of those who bought GOW I and II for the PS2 and GOW: Collection for the PS3, so I paid for both versions of the games, it was not for free! GOW I and II, and GOW: Collection for the PS3 are the SAME game, the difference is that the first two are in SD resolution and HD resolution in the other two, but both are the same game. In my opinion, sales of GOW: Collection must be added without a doubt in God Of War I and II to have total sales! In the future Sony can revive GOW III on another platform, in this case, the sales should be aggregated with the PS3 version too.



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GodOfWar_3ever on 18 December 2010

I can't believe people are calling for Collection #s to be added. True, its GoW 1 & 2...but it was released a significant time later on a different platform -_-

Point is, GoW III (without a remastered re-release) has sold significantly faster than God of War II (PS2)



smbu2000 on 19 December 2010
GodOfWar_3ever said:

I can't believe people are calling for Collection #s to be added. True, its GoW 1 & 2...but it was released a significant time later on a different platform -_-

Point is, GoW III (without a remastered re-release) has sold significantly faster than God of War II (PS2)

So I want to buy GoW1&2 and I have both a PS2 and a PS3. I decide to buy the Collection as it's more convenient getting them in one package, costs less (at least here in Japan) and has slightly better visuals. You're telling me that my purchase doesn't count for GoW1&2 sales? Even though I would have bought both of them on PS2 if the Collection hadn't existed...




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GodOfWar_3ever on 19 December 2010
CGI-Quality said:
smbu2000 said:
GodOfWar_3ever said:

I can't believe people are calling for Collection #s to be added. True, its GoW 1 & 2...but it was released a significant time later on a different platform -_-

Point is, GoW III (without a remastered re-release) has sold significantly faster than God of War II (PS2)

So I want to buy GoW1&2 and I have both a PS2 and a PS3. I decide to buy the Collection as it's more convenient getting them in one package, costs less (at least here in Japan) and has slightly better visuals. You're telling me that my purchase doesn't count for GoW1&2 sales? Even though I would have bought both of them on PS2 if the Collection hadn't existed...

Even though it's God of War I & II, it's on a different platform altogther, so it should count separately. It's like when a game is exclusive to one platform, then goes multiplat, get's upgrades, extra DLC, visual fixes etc, etc. That game is still on a different platform and still a different game (Mass Effect 2/Bioshock come to mind).

Just because it's says God of War I & II (which really, the GoW Collection is a game in and of itself) doesn't mean the sales should be included with PS2 iterations. You can't play them on the PS2, ss why should it be included? Even VGC doesn't include them, as they shouldn't.

At this point, the consensus is correct, God of War III is the fastest selling (and will be the highest selling) in the franchise.

Yeah. That was the entire point of this thread. To show that God of War III (PS3) has now outsold God of War II (PS2) and is set to outsell God of War (PS2) and is the fastest selling God of War to date.

Then people went crazy with the Collection issue.



Chibi.V.29 on 19 December 2010

Congrats to God of War! Its very much diserved. :D



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4k1x3r on 19 December 2010
Pos Game Americas Japan EMEAA Worldwide
1
God of War (PS2)
Sony Computer Entertainment
2.51 0.02 1.22 3.75
2
God of War II (PS2)
Sony Computer Entertainment
1.98 0.04 1.48 3.50
3
God of War III (PS3)
Sony Computer Entertainment
2.25 0.11 1.13 3.49
4
God of War: Chains of Olympus (PSP)
Sony Computer Entertainment
1.58 0.04 1.07 2.69
5
God of War Collection (PS3)
Sony Computer Entertainment
1.58 0.05 0.31 1.94
6
God of War: Ghost of Sparta (PSP)
Sony Computer Entertainment
0.18 0.02 0.11 0.31
7
The God of War Trilogy (PS3)
Unknown
0.00 0.03 0.07 0.10
Total 10.08 0.31 5.39 15.78

Also the franchise is on its way to pass 16M sold to consumer, probably already done for shipped numbers. That's great, greatest BTA franchise ever! =D



nickvasko on 19 December 2010

i thought it would hav passed it alredy



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smbu2000 on 19 December 2010
CGI-Quality said:
smbu2000 said:
GodOfWar_3ever said:

I can't believe people are calling for Collection #s to be added. True, its GoW 1 & 2...but it was released a significant time later on a different platform -_-

Point is, GoW III (without a remastered re-release) has sold significantly faster than God of War II (PS2)

So I want to buy GoW1&2 and I have both a PS2 and a PS3. I decide to buy the Collection as it's more convenient getting them in one package, costs less (at least here in Japan) and has slightly better visuals. You're telling me that my purchase doesn't count for GoW1&2 sales? Even though I would have bought both of them on PS2 if the Collection hadn't existed...

Even though it's God of War I & II, it's on a different platform altogther, so it should count separately. It's like when a game is exclusive to one platform, then goes multiplat, get's upgrades, extra DLC, visual fixes etc, etc. That game is still on a different platform and still a different game (Mass Effect 2/Bioshock come to mind).

Just because it's says God of War I & II (which really, the GoW Collection is a game in and of itself) doesn't mean the sales should be included with PS2 iterations. You can't play them on the PS2, so why should it be included? Even VGC doesn't include them, as they shouldn't.

At this point, the consensus is correct, God of War III is the fastest selling (and will be the highest selling) in the franchise.

PS3 Mass Effect 2 sales will still be counted along with the other versions of ME2 even though it's a tiny bit different.
 Bioshock sales are counted along as well, so I'm not sure what you're getting at with that.

If I buy COD4 on the Wii will the sales not be counted with the COD4 franchise just because the graphics aren't HD like on the 360/PS3? (just like GoW 1&2 PS3 vs. GoW 1&2 PS2) VGC also doesn't combine other games on different platforms together (ME2/Bioshock/COD games, etc) so why would they combine them in this case as well? You're point makes no sense.




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Kennyheart on 19 December 2010

Congrats.



Torillian on 19 December 2010
smbu2000 said:
CGI-Quality said:
smbu2000 said:
GodOfWar_3ever said:

I can't believe people are calling for Collection #s to be added. True, its GoW 1 & 2...but it was released a significant time later on a different platform -_-

Point is, GoW III (without a remastered re-release) has sold significantly faster than God of War II (PS2)

So I want to buy GoW1&2 and I have both a PS2 and a PS3. I decide to buy the Collection as it's more convenient getting them in one package, costs less (at least here in Japan) and has slightly better visuals. You're telling me that my purchase doesn't count for GoW1&2 sales? Even though I would have bought both of them on PS2 if the Collection hadn't existed...

Even though it's God of War I & II, it's on a different platform altogther, so it should count separately. It's like when a game is exclusive to one platform, then goes multiplat, get's upgrades, extra DLC, visual fixes etc, etc. That game is still on a different platform and still a different game (Mass Effect 2/Bioshock come to mind).

Just because it's says God of War I & II (which really, the GoW Collection is a game in and of itself) doesn't mean the sales should be included with PS2 iterations. You can't play them on the PS2, so why should it be included? Even VGC doesn't include them, as they shouldn't.

At this point, the consensus is correct, God of War III is the fastest selling (and will be the highest selling) in the franchise.

PS3 Mass Effect 2 sales will still be counted along with the other versions of ME2 even though it's a tiny bit different.
 Bioshock sales are counted along as well, so I'm not sure what you're getting at with that.

If I buy COD4 on the Wii will the sales not be counted with the COD4 franchise just because the graphics aren't HD like on the 360/PS3? (just like GoW 1&2 PS3 vs. GoW 1&2 PS2) VGC also doesn't combine other games on different platforms together (ME2/Bioshock/COD games, etc) so why would they combine them in this case as well? You're point makes no sense.

The simple reason they shouldn't be combined for a comparison like this is because you have no idea how many people are rebuying the GoW games versus those playing them for the first time like you.  Too many possibilities like people rebuying because of graphics, rebuying to replay their favorite games before the third comes out, rebuying because they love the company (I'll be doing that for the Ico/SotC collection), or buying because they've only played one of the two games before.  Just straight adding up the sales means you ignore all of these possibilites without any proof that they're insignificant and thus give those two games an unfair advantage against God of War 3.



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