If sony keeps the bundle for at least a year I say is a done deal

Ye there's a good chance of it. Uncharted games have incredible legs, and if uncharted gets bundled then it's definitely a possibility

hit the nail on the head. uncharted 2 and gears 2 are looking to hit similar lifetime numbers as are uncharted 3 and gears 3(within say 500k).  But gears games being more frontloaded they provide more profit to the company.  I hold the opnion that uncharted 2 will outsell gears 2, and uncharted 3 will outsell gears 3 however that will be due to some bundling on sonys part.  gears is a hard game to bundle for microsoft due to its very mature content and the legs of the franchise arent anything special. 

Uncharted 2 has a chance at beating both GoW 1 & 2 when all is said and done.But I doubt that Uncharted 3 will beat Uncharted 2,since the later benefited from an universal acclaim like no other. I expect U3's legs to track below that of U2's shortly after the holidays.

It has a shot at coming close - but a lot will depend on the length of this gen and what else comes out. For ages Uncharted 2 was THE exclusive for PS3, so it had very good legs. U3 might see similar legs but it might not. Also other releases or a shift of attention to new consoles could curtail its legs as well.

Gears 3 will probably be the most front loaded gears, so while it will also sell the most due to franchise growth it's not going to sell as much as the initial 10 weeks might suggest. The evidence does imply it will see much weaker tail.

So in terms of unit sales Uncharted 3 does have a shot on paper - but it probably remains more likely Gears 3 will sell more LTD. When all is said and done each franchise will have had some pretty damn impressive sales - unit wise. Gears is probably more profitable though as being front loaded does mean more sales at full price vs reduced price sales.

A pig just flew past my window so maybe.

pezus said: enrageorange said: tendoronie67 said: Seece said: tendoronie67 said: Seece said: Depends how much longer Uncharted 3 is heavily bundled, even then it looks like a no. Gears 3 is trending for 7 mill lifetime at least i personally wouldn't be surprised if it didn't. Gears 2 was released on november 7th 2008 after its first 10 weeks only an extra 2.3 million copies were sold thats three years and a month, and nearly 3 christmas seasons, rumour has it the new xbox might be seen at e3 next year so if its true id say it would be out in 2013. Gears 3 would have to have much better legs then 2 or 1  Not really, it'll be 2 years before the nextbox hits which is plenty of time to shift another 2 copies. It only needs legs on par with the 2nd. Seem to be looking at best case scenario for U3 and worst for Gears 3. 'Seem to be looking at best case scenario for U3 and worst for Gears 3.' Not really just looking at there previous instalments uncharted 2 managed to sell another 4.5 million  copies after it's first 10 weeks in 2 years it was released on october 13th. Gears of war 2 sold 2.4 million copies after its first 10 weeks in 3 years.   uncharted 2 DID NOT manage to sell another 4.5mil after its first 10 weeks. Where are you getting this info from. You are comparing extrapolated lifetime sales to non extrapolated week 10 sales. In its first 10 weeks Uncharted 2 sold 2.4mil http://www.vgchartz.com/weekly/40167/Global/ 22 Uncharted 2: Among Thieves (PS3) Sony Computer Entertainment, Action 10 189,600 2,421,999 Since then it has sold 5.2mil. 5.2mil -2.4mil =2.8mil after its first 10 weeks. Exactly what I was trying to say before. Why does no one realize this here?

I agreed with you before i just didnt know how to get that information up so i just used the less accurate numbers

Why do people always forget to include the Gears of War Triple Packs sales when talking about Gears of War 1 & 2 sales. 

http://gamrreview.vgchartz.com/game/49777/gears-of-war-triple-pack/

That means Gears 1 is actually at 5.88m + 0.24m = 6.12m and Gears 2 is at 6.11m + 0.24m = 6.35m.

Uncharted 1 = 3.99m vs Gears 1 = 6.12m.  2.13m lead for Gears 1.

Uncharted 2 = 5.28m vs Gears 2 = 6.35m.  1.07m lead for Gears 2.

I think Gears 3 will end up at around 7.5 million if it isn't bundled and 8.5 million if it is bundled after a year like Fable III which has already sold around 1m due to bundles. Uncharted 3 will end up at about 5.75 - 6.75 million, it all depends on bundles and I don't think the legs will be quite as good as UC2 in the long run. Uncharted 3 has only been selling really well recently because it's had huge price cuts (I just bought it for £20 brand new last week from Dixons, that deals finished now btw but if you search around there's good deals everywhere!) and it's being bundled heavily, unlike Gears 3 which isn't being bundled at all from all the shops I've searched and it has hardly had a price cut anywhere other than Amazon.

So the answer to your question is no, Gears 3 will outsell UC3 handily. At the end of the day, Gears 3 would have made much more money for M$ than UC3 will make for Sony because Gears 3 sold many more units at a higher price. 

I dont think bundling makes a huge difference in the legs because Gears has basically been dropped to $40 everywhere for over a month. UC3 has been part of discounts but still seen it sold for $60 at times.

Very doubtful, unless Sony keeps bundling it for a long period of time.