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man-bear-pig on 01 November 2012
pezus said:
man-bear-pig said:
F0X said:


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.

Good thing they're not spin-offs then...


If they're not the main series then they're spin-offs.



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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sales2099 on 01 November 2012
riderz13371 said:
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.

If you include GOW 1-3 + the 2 PSP games thats still less sold then the 3 Gears games.

Listen, I know 360 gamers took away everything that Sony fans held dear in the glory PS2 days, but your decision privelages have been revoked the minute you backed the least selling console this generation. Sure in the PS2 days you were free to give God of War whatever acroynm you wished, but to the victor go the spoils. Gears is a better selling franchise so more people would naturally recognize Marcus before they recognize Kratos. Sorry.

Its just a matter of convincing the Sony fans that it is perfetcly within our right to steal your things as long as PS3 is last place :)



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sales2099 on 01 November 2012
pezus said:
sales2099 said:
riderz13371 said:

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.

If you include GOW 1-3 + the 2 PSP games thats still less sold then the 3 Gears games.

Listen, I know 360 gamers took away everything that Sony fans held dear in the glory PS2 days, but your decision privelages have been revoked the minute you backed the least selling console this generation. Sure in the PS2 days you were free to give God of War whatever acroynm you wished, but to the victor go the spoils. Gears is a better selling franchise so more people would naturally recognize Marcus before they recognize Kratos. Sorry.

Its just a matter of convincing the Sony fans that it is perfetcly within our right to steal your things as long as PS3 is last place :)

We all know this generation began when Sony said so. So to the victor (PS3) go the spoils indeed.

lol. I have no words for that golden year of 2006 when Sony PR was like a Yuk Yuks comedy act.



Xbox: Best hardware, Game Pass best value, best BC, more 1st party genres and multiplayer titles. 

 

man-bear-pig on 01 November 2012
pezus said:
sales2099 said:
riderz13371 said:

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.

If you include GOW 1-3 + the 2 PSP games thats still less sold then the 3 Gears games.

Listen, I know 360 gamers took away everything that Sony fans held dear in the glory PS2 days, but your decision privelages have been revoked the minute you backed the least selling console this generation. Sure in the PS2 days you were free to give God of War whatever acroynm you wished, but to the victor go the spoils. Gears is a better selling franchise so more people would naturally recognize Marcus before they recognize Kratos. Sorry.

Its just a matter of convincing the Sony fans that it is perfetcly within our right to steal your things as long as PS3 is last place :)

We all know this generation began when Sony said so. So to the victor (PS3) go the spoils indeed.


Does not compute...what does this post mean?



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

VGKing on 01 November 2012
Andrespetmonkey said:
VGKing said:
Andrespetmonkey said:
Well done Persona and Liberation, but neither are enough to give Vita the push it needs. Cod isn't even on there so there's no hope for that. That price drop in Europe may suffice for now, but Vita needs some big announcements soon and some damn marketing for its games.

SIGH.

1. Liberation will give Vita a boost. We don't know how big, but there is a bundle and people love bundles so...BOOST.

2. Call of Duty Vita is on there. It's #50. Release Date is wrong though.

3. There is no price drop in Europe.

4. It's getting marketing. I've seen a lot of Liberation ads.

SIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIGHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH

1. I really don't see how it'll be enough.

2. It's #50 and coming out in a couple weeks. Need I say more?

3. I read about the temporary one, was that disproven?

4.  I'll take your word for it, even though I've seen fuck all.


1. It won't be enough. One game alone isn't going to save the Vita. It needs a steady stream of high-profile(and hopefully high quality) games.
2. You said it wasn't on the chart, IT IS. 
3. Whatever that was it was only retailer or country specific. Never trust articles translated by Google. There is no European price cut.
4. Like you said though, it's not enough. No point in marketing a game so much with only a Metacritic of 72 .



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man-bear-pig on 01 November 2012
pezus said:
man-bear-pig said:
pezus said:

We all know this generation began when Sony said so. So to the victor (PS3) go the spoils indeed.


Does not compute...what does this post mean?

Just what it says. The generation began in November 2006, and from then on Sony has sold around 3m more PS3s than MS has sold 360s.


That is utter bullshit. The generation started when the first console of the gen was released. And since then, the X360 has sold 2m more than the PS3. Deal with it.



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

VGKing on 01 November 2012
sales2099 said:


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.

If you include GOW 1-3 + the 2 PSP games thats still less sold then the 3 Gears games.

Listen, I know 360 gamers took away everything that Sony fans held dear in the glory PS2 days, but your decision privelages have been revoked the minute you backed the least selling console this generation. Sure in the PS2 days you were free to give God of War whatever acroynm you wished, but to the victor go the spoils. Gears is a better selling franchise so more people would naturally recognize Marcus before they recognize Kratos. Sorry.

Its just a matter of convincing the Sony fans that it is perfetcly within our right to steal your things as long as PS3 is last place :)

I've had enough of your childish comments. Both of you. I"m ending this right now.

God of War franchise sales = 19.91million http://www.vgchartz.com/gamedb/?name=God+of+War
Gears of War franchise sales = 18.10million http://www.vgchartz.com/gamedb/?name=gears+of+war

God of War came out first, God of War sold more. GOW =  God of War.

/end



Commando on 01 November 2012

I think it will be interesting to see how many non-pre-orders come up in week 1. Big games seem to have big crowds of these sorts.



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VGKing on 01 November 2012
man-bear-pig said:
pezus said:
man-bear-pig said:
pezus said:

We all know this generation began when Sony said so. So to the victor (PS3) go the spoils indeed.


Does not compute...what does this post mean?

Just what it says. The generation began in November 2006, and from then on Sony has sold around 3m more PS3s than MS has sold 360s.


That is utter bullshit. The generation started when the first console of the gen was released. And since then, the X360 has sold 2m more than the PS3. Deal with it.


PS3 has been on the market for 6 years. Xbox 360 has been on the market for 7 years.

69.1 million / 7 = 9.8 Million on average per year for XBox 360.
67.4 million / 6 = 11.2 Million on average per yaer for Playstation 3.

Simple math.



Jaywood2010 on 01 November 2012
Barozi said:
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.

Ahh I see.  I was curious to why everybody seemed to think CoD and Halo was undertracked.  Guess we will have to wait to see the official numbers