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man-bear-pig on 01 November 2012
riderz13371 said:
man-bear-pig said:
Andrespetmonkey said:
man-bear-pig said:
Andrespetmonkey said:
GOWA 3 times higher than GOW3 on the same week (60k vs 20k). Why? I don't see it being much bigger.


Huh? I can't see it? Besides, isn't it GOWJ?

God of War: Ascension, Gears isn't up there yet.


You should've made it clear. GOW stands for Gears of War; because its a higher selling franchise, anytime you say GOW people will automatically assume you're referring to Gears of War.

Lol Gears of War is barely a bigger franchise than God of War. Not to mention a higher majority of people know Kratos and barely anyone knows the marcus guy (w.e his name is). And btw, when he said GOW I automatically thought of God of War. There goes your "anytime you say GOW people will automatically assume you're referring to Gears of War" statement. Have nice day.


BOLDED: Lol...do you have proof to back up that ridiculous claim?

OT: It's not rocket science guys...higher sales = rights to the acronym. People need to stop using GOW to talk about god of war; no one's gonna understand what you mean as everybody will assume you're referring to gears of war, as its the more popular franchise. Henceforth, GOW = gears of war and GODOWA = god of war



My prediction threads:

Wii U will sell under 40m units (made on 14th September 2012)

PS Vita will sell under 20m units (made on 30th September 2012)

Wii U will sell under 7m in 2013 - I was right

Halo 4 first 9 weeks sales prediction

PS4 to be down YOY in 2015

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F0X on 01 November 2012
man-bear-pig said:
riderz13371 said:
man-bear-pig said:
Andrespetmonkey said:
man-bear-pig said:
Andrespetmonkey said:
GOWA 3 times higher than GOW3 on the same week (60k vs 20k). Why? I don't see it being much bigger.


Huh? I can't see it? Besides, isn't it GOWJ?

God of War: Ascension, Gears isn't up there yet.


You should've made it clear. GOW stands for Gears of War; because its a higher selling franchise, anytime you say GOW people will automatically assume you're referring to Gears of War.

Lol Gears of War is barely a bigger franchise than God of War. Not to mention a higher majority of people know Kratos and barely anyone knows the marcus guy (w.e his name is). And btw, when he said GOW I automatically thought of God of War. There goes your "anytime you say GOW people will automatically assume you're referring to Gears of War" statement. Have nice day.


BOLDED: Lol...do you have proof to back up that ridiculous claim?

OT: It's not rocket science guys...higher sales = rights to the acronym. People need to stop using GOW to talk about god of war; no one's gonna understand what you mean as everybody will assume you're referring to gears of war, as its the more popular franchise. Henceforth, GOW = gears of war and GODOWA = god of war


You do realize that the God of War franchise has sold more than Gears of War, right? Or are you moving the goalposts to "average sold per game"? In that case, Gears has an advantage - there are hardly any other major first-party games on the 360.



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man-bear-pig on 01 November 2012
F0X said:
man-bear-pig said:
riderz13371 said:
man-bear-pig said:
Andrespetmonkey said:
man-bear-pig said:
Andrespetmonkey said:
GOWA 3 times higher than GOW3 on the same week (60k vs 20k). Why? I don't see it being much bigger.


Huh? I can't see it? Besides, isn't it GOWJ?

God of War: Ascension, Gears isn't up there yet.


You should've made it clear. GOW stands for Gears of War; because its a higher selling franchise, anytime you say GOW people will automatically assume you're referring to Gears of War.

Lol Gears of War is barely a bigger franchise than God of War. Not to mention a higher majority of people know Kratos and barely anyone knows the marcus guy (w.e his name is). And btw, when he said GOW I automatically thought of God of War. There goes your "anytime you say GOW people will automatically assume you're referring to Gears of War" statement. Have nice day.


BOLDED: Lol...do you have proof to back up that ridiculous claim?

OT: It's not rocket science guys...higher sales = rights to the acronym. People need to stop using GOW to talk about god of war; no one's gonna understand what you mean as everybody will assume you're referring to gears of war, as its the more popular franchise. Henceforth, GOW = gears of war and GODOWA = god of war


You do realize that the God of War franchise has sold more than Gears of War, right? Or are you moving the goalposts to "average sold per game"? In that case, Gears has an advantage - there are hardly any other major first-party games on the 360.


Spin-offs don't count.



My prediction threads:

Wii U will sell under 40m units (made on 14th September 2012)

PS Vita will sell under 20m units (made on 30th September 2012)

Wii U will sell under 7m in 2013 - I was right

Halo 4 first 9 weeks sales prediction

PS4 to be down YOY in 2015

thehusbo on 01 November 2012

2013 is going to be huge for ps3 exclusives! Still really looking forward to PS all stars. Loving the beta



riderz13371 on 01 November 2012
man-bear-pig said:
F0X said:
man-bear-pig said:
riderz13371 said:
man-bear-pig said:
Andrespetmonkey said:
man-bear-pig said:
Andrespetmonkey said:
GOWA 3 times higher than GOW3 on the same week (60k vs 20k). Why? I don't see it being much bigger.


Huh? I can't see it? Besides, isn't it GOWJ?

God of War: Ascension, Gears isn't up there yet.


You should've made it clear. GOW stands for Gears of War; because its a higher selling franchise, anytime you say GOW people will automatically assume you're referring to Gears of War.

Lol Gears of War is barely a bigger franchise than God of War. Not to mention a higher majority of people know Kratos and barely anyone knows the marcus guy (w.e his name is). And btw, when he said GOW I automatically thought of God of War. There goes your "anytime you say GOW people will automatically assume you're referring to Gears of War" statement. Have nice day.


BOLDED: Lol...do you have proof to back up that ridiculous claim?

OT: It's not rocket science guys...higher sales = rights to the acronym. People need to stop using GOW to talk about god of war; no one's gonna understand what you mean as everybody will assume you're referring to gears of war, as its the more popular franchise. Henceforth, GOW = gears of war and GODOWA = god of war


You do realize that the God of War franchise has sold more than Gears of War, right? Or are you moving the goalposts to "average sold per game"? In that case, Gears has an advantage - there are hardly any other major first-party games on the 360.


Spin-offs don't count.

The PSP games aren't spin offs. They are part of the God of War story. But hey, you wouldn't know. You got Microsofts you know what in your mouth.

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Jaywood2010 on 01 November 2012
riderz13371 said:
JayWood2010 said:
JustThatGamer said:
man-bear-pig said:

You should've made it clear. GOW stands for Gears of War; because its a higher selling franchise, anytime you say GOW people will automatically assume you're referring to Gears of War.


LOL! 

1) God of War came out first in March 2005 whereas Gears of War released November 2006. 

2) God of War has a much larger and faster growing fanbase meaning more people use the acronym 'GoW' when talking about God of War (according to largest Facebook fan group):  

God of War: 3,394,853  VS.  Gears of War: 2,145,537.

3) The God of War franchise (22m) is bigger than Gears of War (18m but probably undertracked a bit) at the moment and the gap will grow because GoW: Ascension will be bigger than GeoW: Judgment and there will be another God of War game for the PS Vita within the next 2 years growing the gap even bigger.

4) The God of War trilogy is more critically acclaimed than the Gears of War trilogy (GameRankings). 

God of War =  92.96% VS. Gears of War = 92.86%.

 

As you can see, God of War >>>> Gears of War, thus GoW currently and will forever mean God of War. :) 

I once loved the Gears of War franchise but GeoW 3 (which I bought the Epic Edition for) put me off big time no matter how hard I tried to force myself to love it and GeoW: Judgment looks like shit. Oh yeah, you can use GeoW for Gears of War by the way. 

 

With that said, here's my opinion on the pre-order data. Bioshock Infinite looks overtracked, GoW:A/Halo 4/ COD: BO2/ AC3 look undertracked, Hitman's doing decently and I have no comment on the other games. All a bit 'meh' to be honest. 

I'm not even going to argue with most of your flawed argument but you do realize that Gears of War set the tone for this generation and basically created the way third person shooters are today with its cover system?  I believe Gears of War is revolutionary and the trilogy outsold the god of war trilogy.  Seriously what the hell was that even about and what was the point in having such a bias argument?  Gears and God of War are not even close to being the same game or same genre, so are you really going to compare the two?

Are you serious? If his statement is bias than what do you think about your fellow Xbox gamers comment? I made it bold for you.


They are both being bias and ridiculous.  GoW can stand for Gears or God of War.  It's a dumb acronym and you guys are argueing about it, but the comment that i replied to was flawed in so many ways. The Gears trilogy has sold 18.09m games while the God of War trilogy has sold 12.98m.  So please tell me which one is more popular?  You guys seriosly need to start backing up your arguments.  They are both fantastic series but to argue over an acronym is absolutely pathetic so leave your sony and xbox bias comments out.  




       

Jaywood2010 on 01 November 2012
Proclus said:
Seriously a bitchfight about a game acronym?!

@chris: Thanks for the extended list. :)


Exactly.  It's absolutely pathetic.




       

Jaywood2010 on 01 November 2012
F0X said:
man-bear-pig said:
riderz13371 said:
man-bear-pig said:
Andrespetmonkey said:
man-bear-pig said:
Andrespetmonkey said:
GOWA 3 times higher than GOW3 on the same week (60k vs 20k). Why? I don't see it being much bigger.


Huh? I can't see it? Besides, isn't it GOWJ?

God of War: Ascension, Gears isn't up there yet.


You should've made it clear. GOW stands for Gears of War; because its a higher selling franchise, anytime you say GOW people will automatically assume you're referring to Gears of War.

Lol Gears of War is barely a bigger franchise than God of War. Not to mention a higher majority of people know Kratos and barely anyone knows the marcus guy (w.e his name is). And btw, when he said GOW I automatically thought of God of War. There goes your "anytime you say GOW people will automatically assume you're referring to Gears of War" statement. Have nice day.


BOLDED: Lol...do you have proof to back up that ridiculous claim?

OT: It's not rocket science guys...higher sales = rights to the acronym. People need to stop using GOW to talk about god of war; no one's gonna understand what you mean as everybody will assume you're referring to gears of war, as its the more popular franchise. Henceforth, GOW = gears of war and GODOWA = god of war


You do realize that the God of War franchise has sold more than Gears of War, right? Or are you moving the goalposts to "average sold per game"? In that case, Gears has an advantage - there are hardly any other major first-party games on the 360.


The main trilogies of gear and God of War goes like this

Gears-18.09m
God of War-12.98m

Gears has been a revolutionary game and deserved everyone of those sales.  Both great games but seriosly don't bring your opinions in it if it is obviously biased




       

sales2099 on 01 November 2012
theprof00 said:
It has and always will be, gears of war = GeoW

Gears of War - GOW

GeoW - Geometry Wars :P



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Barozi on 01 November 2012
JayWood2010 said:
pezus said:
Yeah I'm calling bullshit on the CoD numbers lol. The difference between pre-orders and FW sales will be epic.

Both persona 4 and AC: Liberation should help Vita next week


Why?  Just curious on why you think this?  A lot of people think that both Halo and Call of Duty is undertracked which from this site's reputation I wouldn't doubt it but why do you think this?  Because of gamestop?  That's just one store though, so there has to be more reason.

And yes those games should boost the Vita a little, but I'm not expecting a big boost either.

But they are the stores with the highest marketshare when it comes to pre-orders. BenVTrigger confirmed it, Gamestop president confirmed it. Halo, CoD and AC3 have far more pre-orders in this one retail chain than VGC has it in all different stores combined.