ljigga said:
smroadkill15 said:
ljigga said:
smroadkill15 said:
ljigga said:
enrageorange said:
Fable 3 getting big sales combined with this being same price as normal 250gig 360 mean heavy bundling
Uncharted 3 getting big sales combined with this being the same price as normal 320gig PS3 means amazing sales?
Someone explain to me why the crowd that goes on and on about heavily bundled games isn't complaining about uncharted 3? Why is it if 360 fans dare praise the sales of Fable, or Forza, they get laughed at, but the uncharted series gets praise about its sales despite always getting heavily bundled from the day it comes out.
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Difference is that people will buy that 360 bundle for the 3months of free xbox gold and halo reach, noone is buying it for fable. With the uncharted 3 bundle people actually want to play uncharted 3. Hence Fable 3 is piggybacking on the complete bundle, its not moving the bundle because people actually want it. Its a good way for MS to give some shine to a game that isn't that popular.
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Because you know all right? People that buy the bundle buy it for both games and 3 months gold to a much lesser extent. What is with the people saying the Fable series is not a popular? Fable 3 sold slightly over 3 million without bundles and Fable 2 has sold almost 4 million. It's one of the most popular WRPG series.
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Nobody is buying that bundle for Fable 3 dont lie to yourself. Fable 3 has been bundled for a long time and Fable 2 sales are pretty much all due to excessive bundling.
Neither Fable II (~880k) or III (~900k) sold over a million copies in the first week so stop drinking that MS juice. Unless we round up by hundreds of thousands now a days for MS exclusives.
MW3 and Gears 3 are bundled, the $100 premium is for the extra controller and the custom paint job etc. To tell me that the game is not discounted in that bundle is foolish.
MS kids just stop it....stop it
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So can you give me solid evidence folks are not buying the bundle for both games, but just Reach? I have a very strong feeling that your just talking out your ass. Your acting like most of Fables sales are from bundles, which is complete crap. Fable 2 was bundled slightly with Halo 3 for a very short while during spring.
What does week 1 sales have to do with anything? So if a game doesn't sell over a million the first week it has crap sales. Well then 95% of ps3 exclusives would be in this category.
Fable 3 sold slightly over 3 million before the bundles and Fable 2 has 3.99 million. Nothing crappy about that. Stop being a hater and accept the fact Fable is a very big franchise, and sells on it's own. Obviously not as big as Halo, but how many franchises are? Fable 3 would have hit 4 million on it's own anyway.
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There is a reason this game is bundled with a Halo game. If you cant figure it out then God help you.
My week 1 comment was in response to someone who claimed that Fable 2 and 3 sold well over 1 million in the first week. I understand that games have legs and first week sales dont really mean much in terms of lifetime with particular IP's. That 95% number is hilarious though, I am assuming you have solid evidence for that right.
Fable 3 sales piggyback off of Halo and bundling. Stand alone it would not sell this well. If you believe it would put up the numbers it has in the past few weeks if it wasn't bundled, then again I say God help you.
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There are several reasons it was bundled with Halo. One, it's a MS IP so it was a logical choice to bundle with. Two, Both Reach and Fable released last Fall so their both bundled together this time. Third, Obviously to boost sales and create a bigger fanbase.
Obviously 95% was just a guesstimate, but to my knowledge the only Ps3 exclusives that sold over a million there first week was UC3 and GT5. If there are other my opology. If you weren't aware I was actually defending the Ps3 with that statement because I believe the main consensus about most Ps3 exclusives is they don't have huge first weeks, but do have pretty good legs.
Really? Fable 3 wouldn't be selling this well without the bundles? sarcasm/ Even if Halo Reach wasn't included with the bundles and it was some other game with Fable 3 it would still have damn near the same numbers it's having now.
