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Uncharted 3 vs Gears of War 3 (total lifetime sales)

Uncharted 3 647 72.86%
 
Gears of War 3 241 27.14%
 
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walsufnir on 04 March 2013
Wright said:
walsufnir said:
Wright said:
I do consider them legit sales. Perhaps it is unfair; but as a marketing strategy, it has been great to Uncharted 3


Of course it is but you can't infer a statement how big or important an IP is when looking at sales because of bundling. Ask the Sony-fans here how big they see Forza as a unique and successful while good IP from MS ;) As I said bundling helps establishing IPs.


But Uncharted is an already established franchise. I think that the bundling is not a matter of selling more Uncharted's, but selling more Ps3's. Nowadays, people prefer Uncharted over...let's say... Little Big Planet 2, if bundled within the console.

 

Yes, it is established, but it could also mean it's established as a bundle because 1 and 2 were bundled, too. *If* it was such a big IP that it could be seen as a system seller than I think it would have more sales. But that's all hypothetical talk, from you and me :) But I think it's obvious that comparing a bundled game with a non-bundled game is not a good comparison.



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007BondAgent on 04 March 2013
VXIII said:

 

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Intersting , It seems that GoW3 has never outsold Uncharted 3 on a weekly bases, its first week was much higher though. 

Uncharted 3 has been selling greatly all along but the holiday bundle did the trick.


that holiday boost :O



Wright on 04 March 2013
007BondAgent said:
VXIII said:

 

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Intersting , It seems that GoW3 has never outsold Uncharted 3 on a weekly bases, its first week was much higher though. 

Uncharted 3 has been selling greatly all along but the holiday bundle did the trick.


that holiday boost :O


Terrific holiday boost, isn't it? ò.O



007BondAgent on 12 April 2013

 

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Gears of War 3

Global Total as of 06th Apr 2013 (units): 5.84m
Platform: Xbox 360
Developer: Epic Games Genre: Shooter

Uncharted 3: Drake's Deception

Global Total as of 06th Apr 2013 (units): 5.80m
Platform: PlayStation 3
Developer: Naughty Dog Genre: Action


Carl on 12 April 2013

Has Gears 3 had any boosts from Judgment?



                            

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Wright on 12 April 2013

I highly doubt Gears of War 3 has not passed the 6 million mark. I call that undertracked. Even if the numbers were right, only with digital purchase they pass the mark.



Turkish on 12 April 2013

Woah UC3 is gonna pass GeoW3



sales2099 on 12 April 2013
Turkish said:

Woah UC3 is gonna pass GeoW3

Woah? Thought you guys had a little more faith in Uncharted then that :P

This isn't directed to you specifically, but is this something thats being latched onto for some kind of symbolic victory? That if this happens, then it would go a long way to debunk the notion that PS3 exclusives don't sell as well?

Uncharted IMO is the #1 IP for Sony, with their franchise sales dwarfing the franchise sales of any other IP they own during the PS3 life cycle. Doing this however is an isolated victory as Gears is only the #2 IP for 360, and the Gears IP still generated more total sales this gen, most notably with Judgement edging it out. But then again Uncharted has the Vita version as its own "spinoff" if you will so really the two franchises are on even terms. Gears still comes out on top, in total.



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ZaneWane on 13 April 2013
Turkish said:

Woah UC3 is gonna pass GeoW3


help from heavy bundle



Michael-5 on 13 April 2013
Jay520 said:
Gears 3 seems to be selling very little these days. While Uncharted 3 is of course putting amazing numbers (albeit due to bundles mainly). It should pass it soon, maybe even by the end of the year. It's only 500k units behind. If it keeps doing these 100k+ weeks, then it'll pass it by the end of the year. If not, then it'll pass it by early 2013 at the latest.

Smart business move by Sony to get the Uncharted fanbase as large as possible, especially as we transition to next generation. Thre's going to be a lot of Uncharted owners/fans in 2013. An Uncharted 4 at the PS4 launch would attract a lot of gamers.

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