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selnor said:

Good to see PS3 sales increase over christmas. I expect them to drop to last throughout the year again though.

However, Look at the game attachment sales on this site. Gaming wise for Sony this is serious trouble.

Call of Duty 4 has sold 4.3 mill on 360 and only 2.6 mill on PS3.

Mmmm...if you look at Europe you will see that the PS3 version of COD4 has sold nearly as much as the 360 version.  It would have sold more if it wasn't for low stock on the high street.  Look at the sales of Assassins Creed in Europe.  It has sold more on the PS3 than the 360 and don't forget that the 360 has a much higher usebase than the PS3.

Uncharted has only sold a measily 1 mill.

The game was only released in late November early December and it's sold 1m, thats not bad at all. 

Ratchet and Clank 750,000

This is surprising, but maybe there is just to many other games that come before Rachet on peoples wanted list.  I don't own it, but would like it, but I'd rather pick up Burnout Paradise or Assassins Creed before it. 

The orange box is also dire on PS3.

Delaying the game on the PS3 wasn't a good idea.  Any multiplatform game that appears later on the PS3 will have dramatically reduced sales. 

My point is I take an educated guess that 30% of PS3's are sold purely for the Bluray films. It's the cheapest way to view Bluray. And these people arent interested in the games side.

This poses a big problem for Sony. Developers will be reluctant to bring everything to the console. And with these attachment rates so far behind 360, Microsofts machine remains firm favourite for devs first choice. And for that matter It's definately the gamers system. It's a shame because the PS2 was so good. Hell I still play mine now. Another problem Sony have is that the porn industry is and will always be exclusive to HDdvd because Sony turned them down(same thing happened in betamax era). So HDdvd will never fade away because of the porn industry.

The way you are talking is as if these games are only selling a few hundred thousand units on the PS3.  And game over 1m units is a reasonable success, more than 2m, and its a resounding success.  I think Ubisoft will be happy with the Assassins Creed sales for a 3rd party deceloper and the same with COD4. 

Where Sony go from here I dont know?


 



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how about Fifa '08 and PES '08 ? whoops, they sold better on the PS3 and don't fit to your own little theory ,so you just ignored them , I see , I see



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The games I quoted are pretty much the top games of 2007 on PS3. Well the only ones that would be acceptable for time away from my 360 or wii. I would include UT3 but me and my mate kept getting either lag or chucked off. (Dam you PSN) They are poor sales in terms of top software. COD4 still sold that well on 360 and I wouldnt even put it in top 5 of 2007 games on 360. My point 360 sells games well.



Troll_Monster said:
how about adding these to your list: -

Motorstorm = 2.63 million

Resistance: Fall of Man = 2.27 million

Assassins Creed = 1.99 million

Need for Speed: ProStreet = 0.93 million

Heavenly Sword = 0.76 million

Madden NFL 08 = 0.71 million

Don't forget:

Pro Evolution 08 = 1.21 million

Fifa 08' =  1.08 million

Also Ratchet and Clank and HS will both probably reach 1 million given time.



 

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DMeisterJ said:
I Stopped reading when he said that any game selling a millon is measly.

You seem to "stop reading" a lot.  Maybe you should KEEP reading every once in a while, just so you fully know who and what you are trying to attack.

 Jesus.

Though your assinine comments have no bearing on the accuracy or inaccuracy of the OP



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selnor said:
The games I quoted are pretty much the top games of 2007 on PS3. Well the only ones that would be acceptable for time away from my 360 or wii. I would include UT3 but me and my mate kept getting either lag or chucked off. (Dam you PSN) They are poor sales in terms of top software. COD4 still sold that well on 360 and I wouldnt even put it in top 5 of 2007 games on 360. My point 360 sells games well.

The 360 was out a year earlier, was cheaper, and apply's itself nototiously to the Hardcore o.O; did you expect otherwise?



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@ lafiel

Yeah, he seems to leave out all of the games that don't coincide with his wrong theory.

@ Crahsman

You seem to be a bitter individual who can't handle the fact of someone who looks for the truth, and doesn't believe fanboy rants from people who leave out information that makes thheir theory fall apart.



DMeisterJ said:
I Stopped reading when he said that any game selling a millon is measly.

But it does show a problem with the PS3's game sales. Uncharted was the PS3 exclusive for Holiday 2007 and it's a damned fine game. It deserves to sell better than that.

I hate to compare apples to oranges here but when you look at Gears during the 360's second holiday season, those Uncharted numbers don't stack up very well. 




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Troll_Monster said:
how about adding these to your list: -

Motorstorm = 2.63 million Bundled Game

Resistance: Fall of Man = 2.27 million Bundled Game

Assassins Creed = 1.99 million Multi-Plat

Need for Speed: ProStreet = 0.93 million Multi-Plat

Heavenly Sword = 0.76 million

Madden NFL 08 = 0.71 million Multi-Plat

When put like that, those numbers aren't very impressive. Whether some of you want to admit it or not, the PS3 is not instilling much faith in third party developers right now.




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