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Forums - Sales Discussion - Multiplatform vs Exclusive, what will sell more?

kingofwale on 09 February 2008

 

 BengaBanga said: Exclusives usually sell more than multiplatform games. (in regard to KHIII being Wii exclusive or Wii and PS2)

 

I happen to disagree wholeheartedly, in today's age, where all 3 console shares the market. Is it possible for an exclusive to sell better than if it's in more than 1 console?

 

Please reply with "yes" or "no" and then a short few lines explanation your answers. Thanks 



Soriku (Feb 10/08): In 5 years the PS3/360 will be dead.

KH3 bet: "If KH3 comes to Wii exclusive, I will take a 1 month of sig/avatar by otheres open a thread apologize and praise you guys' brilliance." http://vgchartz.com/forum/thread.php?start=50&id=18379
Original cast: Badonkadonkhr, sc94597 allaboutthegames885, kingofwale, Soriku, ctk495, skeezer, RDBRaptor, Mirson,

Episode 1: OOPSY!
selnor: Too Human I even expect 3-4 mill entire life and 500,000 first day. GoW2 ( expect 7 - 9 million entire life and over 2 mill first day), Fable 2 (expect 5-6 million entire life and 1.5 mill fist day) BK3 (expect 4 - 5 mill sales entire life and 1 mill first day).. Tales/IU/TLR should get to 2 or 3 million! post id: 868878
Episode 2:
Letsdance: FFXIII (PS3+360) first week in NA = 286K
According to pre-order rate in week 13 (post id: 2902544)
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Blaze on 09 February 2008

i think a multiplatform game will sell more then an exclusive.  An exclusive game hits a small user base than if it was multiplatform.  Also i have never seen a person say they were not going to buy a game because it is multiplatform but if it is exclusive thats a lot less people that have a chance to buy the game.



BengaBenga on 09 February 2008

LOL

I´ll repeat my statement: Check the top 50 best selling games and you´ll see only 1 multiplatform game.

Of course it is possible, but in general high quality games (NOT the Need for speeds, Maddens, FIFA´s etc) tend to do better as exclusives.



Munkeh111 on 09 February 2008

In general the average multiplatform game will sell better than an exclusive game. Just because all Mario games have been exclusives, and have all sold very well, but that was not because they were exclusive, same with GT, it was because they are very good



kingofwale on 09 February 2008

>I´ll repeat my statement: Check the top 50 best selling games and you´ll see only 1 multiplatform game.

and I shall repeat myself again, this is a COMPLETELY different age!



Soriku (Feb 10/08): In 5 years the PS3/360 will be dead.

KH3 bet: "If KH3 comes to Wii exclusive, I will take a 1 month of sig/avatar by otheres open a thread apologize and praise you guys' brilliance." http://vgchartz.com/forum/thread.php?start=50&id=18379
Original cast: Badonkadonkhr, sc94597 allaboutthegames885, kingofwale, Soriku, ctk495, skeezer, RDBRaptor, Mirson,

Episode 1: OOPSY!
selnor: Too Human I even expect 3-4 mill entire life and 500,000 first day. GoW2 ( expect 7 - 9 million entire life and over 2 mill first day), Fable 2 (expect 5-6 million entire life and 1.5 mill fist day) BK3 (expect 4 - 5 mill sales entire life and 1 mill first day).. Tales/IU/TLR should get to 2 or 3 million! post id: 868878
Episode 2:
Letsdance: FFXIII (PS3+360) first week in NA = 286K
According to pre-order rate in week 13 (post id: 2902544)
Around the Network
akuma587 on 09 February 2008

It really depends. But I do think if Smash Brothers Brawl was on all three systems it would sell more. Exclusives have the advantage of getting A LOT of coverage by media outlets. This doesn't tend to happen with multi-plats.



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BengaBenga on 09 February 2008
Munkeh111 said:
In general the average multiplatform game will sell better than an exclusive game. Just because all Mario games have been exclusives, and have all sold very well, but that was not because they were exclusive, same with GT, it was because they are very good

It´s the other way around. The best sold games are exclusives because exclusives tend to be better games. Whether you like it or not, Mario games are high quality games, so are FF, GTA and GT.

The games are (partly) so good BECAUSE they are exclusive: devs have to focus on only one platform. 



wiiforever on 09 February 2008

Multi-platforms usually sell more. Explains y COD4 combined has sold more than SMG



Blaze on 09 February 2008
BengaBenga said:
LOL

I´ll repeat my statement: Check the top 50 best selling games and you´ll see only 1 multiplatform game.

Of course it is possible, but in general high quality games (NOT the Need for speeds, Maddens, FIFA´s etc) tend to do better as exclusives.

 I think what you said is off a bit.  Is it that high quality games do better as exclusives or is it that the exclusives tend to have a cult following to them.  Something like a mario would suck as multiplatform game because it is Nintendo Icon and the people who want to play mario games get Nintendo consoles.  Also if games that were of such good quality as most of the exclusive are came to more consoles then you would be crazy to believe that more people would not buy them..... 

 I do have a question tho.... If a game is not exclusive then it has a different tally for all the different consoles it is on right? So wouldn't the top 50 not be right? You would have to add all the versions together then rank them? or is it done differently?



kingofwale on 09 February 2008

>But I'm guessing something like FF would.

Just look at FFXII and FFXII (DS). ;)

if FFXIII is multiplatform, it'd sell a bit more, bigger user-base = bigger sales. It's as simple as that.

Sure, it might not be as good (porting is never as good as the original), but we are talking PURELY on sales number here.



Soriku (Feb 10/08): In 5 years the PS3/360 will be dead.

KH3 bet: "If KH3 comes to Wii exclusive, I will take a 1 month of sig/avatar by otheres open a thread apologize and praise you guys' brilliance." http://vgchartz.com/forum/thread.php?start=50&id=18379
Original cast: Badonkadonkhr, sc94597 allaboutthegames885, kingofwale, Soriku, ctk495, skeezer, RDBRaptor, Mirson,

Episode 1: OOPSY!
selnor: Too Human I even expect 3-4 mill entire life and 500,000 first day. GoW2 ( expect 7 - 9 million entire life and over 2 mill first day), Fable 2 (expect 5-6 million entire life and 1.5 mill fist day) BK3 (expect 4 - 5 mill sales entire life and 1 mill first day).. Tales/IU/TLR should get to 2 or 3 million! post id: 868878
Episode 2:
Letsdance: FFXIII (PS3+360) first week in NA = 286K
According to pre-order rate in week 13 (post id: 2902544)