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biggamejames79 on 16 March 2011
Barozi said:
goforgold said:
Barozi said:
biggamejames79 said:

Impressive sales by the X360 even with Forza 3 and Kinect Adventures missing from the list.  One thing that surprises me is how much less Resistance 2 did than the first game considering it was rated just as high as Resistance 1 (on average from metacritic.)


many many bundles. I'm quite sure Resistance 2 sold about the same as Fall of Man.

no resistance 1 was a lunch title, one of the very few actually good ones, stop trying to something out of nothing


sry to burst your bubble but that is a fact.

Resistance Fall of Man, Motorstorm and to a lesser extent Uncharted Drake's Fortune were heavily bundled.

Back in mid 2007 it was almost impossible to buy a PS3 without Resistance and Motorstorm in Europe.

http://www.pcwelt.de/news/PS3-Starter-Pack-Dickes-Playstation-3-Bundle-fuer-Europa-131783.html

 

I did some calculations I think back in 2009 or so. At least 1.5m units of each Motorstorm and Resistance were bundled. For Uncharted I think it was "only" around 500k.

And for the fairness, Forza 2 got bundled 2m times and Forza 3 1.5m times.

Ah ok, not as many people played Resistance 2 because they weren't forced to buy it in bundles, still surprised it didn't sell as well since the first one was highly acclaimed and other franchises like Uncharted, Halos, Gears, etc. all had sequels sell as much or more than the originals.  Is it not liked by players as much as the first?  Critics thought it was great on average.



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Barozi on 16 March 2011
biggamejames79 said:

Ah ok, not as many people played Resistance 2 because they weren't forced to buy it in bundles, still surprised it didn't sell as well since the first one was highly acclaimed and other franchises like Uncharted, Halos, Gears, etc. all had sequels sell as much or more than the originals.  Is it not liked by players as much as the first?  Critics thought it was great on average.

I think it's way better than the first >.>

Not saying that Fall of Man is bad or average, but I wouldn't exactly call it great either. Good - yes.



biggamejames79 on 16 March 2011
Barozi said:
biggamejames79 said:

Ah ok, not as many people played Resistance 2 because they weren't forced to buy it in bundles, still surprised it didn't sell as well since the first one was highly acclaimed and other franchises like Uncharted, Halos, Gears, etc. all had sequels sell as much or more than the originals.  Is it not liked by players as much as the first?  Critics thought it was great on average.

I think it's way better than the first >.>

Not saying that Fall of Man is bad or average, but I wouldn't exactly call it great either. Good - yes.

Cool, I might play it eventually, by now for about 10 bucks it's not a bad gamble.



goforgold on 16 March 2011
Barozi said:
goforgold said:
Barozi said:
biggamejames79 said:

Impressive sales by the X360 even with Forza 3 and Kinect Adventures missing from the list.  One thing that surprises me is how much less Resistance 2 did than the first game considering it was rated just as high as Resistance 1 (on average from metacritic.)


many many bundles. I'm quite sure Resistance 2 sold about the same as Fall of Man.

no resistance 1 was a lunch title, one of the very few actually good ones, stop trying to something out of nothing


sry to burst your bubble but that is a fact.

Resistance Fall of Man, Motorstorm and to a lesser extent Uncharted Drake's Fortune were heavily bundled.

Back in mid 2007 it was almost impossible to buy a PS3 without Resistance and Motorstorm in Europe.

http://www.pcwelt.de/news/PS3-Starter-Pack-Dickes-Playstation-3-Bundle-fuer-Europa-131783.html

 

I did some calculations I think back in 2009 or so. At least 1.5m units of each Motorstorm and Resistance were bundled. For Uncharted I think it was "only" around 500k.

And for the fairness, Forza 2 got bundled 2m times and Forza 3 1.5m times.

 a link about a random bundle in German now means MASSIVE bundling???

and "your calculations", hahahahahahahaha ok let me try

by my calculations 60% of the forza franchise sales are bundles.

now to insert random pointless link

http://www.gamestop.com/xbox-360/games/forza-2-and-marvel-alliance-bundle/67438

hmmmm that was easy..... oh I forgot *This is SO FACT non debatable* I haz gotz a link



Coca-Cola on 16 March 2011
dsister said:

According to the rules of the forum. A console exclusive is a game that appears on one of the systems and the PC. So says the all mighty Naznatips. Now everyone shut-up 

thank you!



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osamanobama on 16 March 2011

cgi this is a cool thread in concept but its stupid that you count the pc games as exclusives, they are not. i have never owned an xbox, yet i have owned and beat L4D

u should make another thread comparring exclusives.

im not trying to be mean, but merely suggesting you should do this



Legend11 on 16 March 2011
CGI-Quality said:

Alrighty guys, the OP should be accurate. I added DoA 4 but didn't add Call of Duty 2 because it was also on PS2.

The Call of Duty 2 that was on 360 is a completely different game than Call of Duty: Big Red One that was on PS2.  Different campaigns, different developers, etc.



d21lewis on 16 March 2011

I don't get it.  There was a thread for true exclusives and there's this thread for console exclusives.  Those with a problem with this thread can go there.  Those with a problem with that thread can come here.



Legend11 on 16 March 2011
CGI-Quality said:
Legend11 said:
CGI-Quality said:

Alrighty guys, the OP should be accurate. I added DoA 4 but didn't add Call of Duty 2 because it was also on PS2.

The Call of Duty 2 that was on 360 is a completely different game than Call of Duty: Big Red One that was on PS2.  Different campaigns, different developers, etc.

Splinter Cell Double Agent was completely different on the PS3/360 than it was on Xbox or PS2, but none of them would count as exclusives.

I guess..  It's like considering Final Fantasy 12 and Final Fantasy 12: Revenant Wings the same game.



Barozi on 16 March 2011
goforgold said:
Barozi said:
goforgold said:
Barozi said:
biggamejames79 said:

Impressive sales by the X360 even with Forza 3 and Kinect Adventures missing from the list.  One thing that surprises me is how much less Resistance 2 did than the first game considering it was rated just as high as Resistance 1 (on average from metacritic.)


many many bundles. I'm quite sure Resistance 2 sold about the same as Fall of Man.

no resistance 1 was a lunch title, one of the very few actually good ones, stop trying to something out of nothing


sry to burst your bubble but that is a fact.

Resistance Fall of Man, Motorstorm and to a lesser extent Uncharted Drake's Fortune were heavily bundled.

Back in mid 2007 it was almost impossible to buy a PS3 without Resistance and Motorstorm in Europe.

http://www.pcwelt.de/news/PS3-Starter-Pack-Dickes-Playstation-3-Bundle-fuer-Europa-131783.html

 

I did some calculations I think back in 2009 or so. At least 1.5m units of each Motorstorm and Resistance were bundled. For Uncharted I think it was "only" around 500k.

And for the fairness, Forza 2 got bundled 2m times and Forza 3 1.5m times.

 a link about a random bundle in German now means MASSIVE bundling???

and "your calculations", hahahahahahahaha ok let me try

by my calculations 60% of the forza franchise sales are bundles.

now to insert random pointless link

http://www.gamestop.com/xbox-360/games/forza-2-and-marvel-alliance-bundle/67438

hmmmm that was easy..... oh I forgot *This is SO FACT non debatable* I haz gotz a link

my link confirms that instead of a pricecut like in the US, SCEE is shipping these bundles to ALL SCEE-territories.

You haven't provided ANYTHING that could debunk this (which is impossible anyway since it's the truth). Now instead of telling me that Forza was bundled for half a year (so called "holiday bundle"), which I already said in my last post, better stop trolling and come up with something that really matters.

btw. my calculations were based on VGC numbers and the dates when the bundles were actively sold, so they aren't imaginary in any way and just as reliable as everything else on this site.

 

Here said bundle (2007):

http://www.gameguru.in/sony-playstation-3/2007/13/e3-2007-sony-introduces-ps3-starter-pack/

and another one (2008):

http://www.gamespot.com/ps3/adventure/genji/news.html?sid=6184643

and actually another one (2009):

http://www.1up.com/news/sony-readying-resistance-motorstorm-ps3

 

All official Sony bundles that went on for several months.