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curl-6 on 26 November 2013
NightDragon83 said:
Einsam_Delphin said:
NightDragon83 said:
Looks like Sony fans just got a cold hard splash of reality... like it or not, COD is a system seller. Were you honestly expecting any of the PS4 exclusives to do numbers like that? Killzone was never that big of a shooter series, Knack is a joke, and the rest of the retail launch lineup consists of ports of current-gen games.


Call of Duty selling your system is a cold reality lol? I sure bet Nintendo would love to have CoD's system selling ability.

COD was/is a system mover for the Xbox and PlayStation platforms both this gen and last.  Nintendo's audience is not the same as COD's target audience... hence the reason why BLOPSII and Ghosts have sold abysmally on the Wii U, despite both being stellar ports and offering all the same features as their PS360 counterparts.

Even quality non-FPS 3rd party titles like Assassin's Creed 4 have sold a mere fraction on Wii U of what their PS360 counterparts sell.  Loyal Nintendo fans always complain about the lack of third party support on their consoles, but the fact is they never ever put their money where their collective mouths are when push comes to shove.

Fun fact: about the same percentage of Wii U owners bought Batman Arkham Origins and Assassin's Creed 4 as PS3/360 owners. ;)



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Lonely_Dolphin on 26 November 2013
NightDragon83 said:
Einsam_Delphin said:
NightDragon83 said:
Looks like Sony fans just got a cold hard splash of reality... like it or not, COD is a system seller. Were you honestly expecting any of the PS4 exclusives to do numbers like that? Killzone was never that big of a shooter series, Knack is a joke, and the rest of the retail launch lineup consists of ports of current-gen games.


Call of Duty selling your system is a cold reality lol? I sure bet Nintendo would love to have CoD's system selling ability.

COD was/is a system mover for the Xbox and PlayStation platforms both this gen and last.  Nintendo's audience is not the same as COD's target audience... hence the reason why BLOPSII and Ghosts have sold abysmally on the Wii U, despite both being stellar ports and offering all the same features as their PS360 counterparts.

Even quality non-FPS 3rd party titles like Assassin's Creed 4 have sold a mere fraction on Wii U of what their PS360 counterparts sell.  Loyal Nintendo fans always complain about the lack of third party support on their consoles, but the fact is they never ever put their money where their collective mouths are when push comes to shove.



That there is a lot of text that has nothing to do with what I said lol.

ninetailschris on 26 November 2013

I believed 700,000.

800,000 .....wait for npd. Overtracking all but confirmed.

That just is unrealistic.



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kumagawa on 26 November 2013
KingdomHeartsFan said:
Goatseye said:
I really don't understand people that think the way you do.
I don't play JRPG but I won't predict gloom and doom in the industry if it booms one more time.

Because its depressing when games that are unique and try to be different don't sell, then games that make minimal changes in each iteration sell so well.

I know! that's why when Super Mario 3D World sells well it will also be very depressing as it's the same game as Mario 64 i mean they change the maps, weapons/powers and enemies but it's the same game otherwise!



DucksUnlimited on 26 November 2013
curl-6 said:
NightDragon83 said:
Einsam_Delphin said:
NightDragon83 said:
Looks like Sony fans just got a cold hard splash of reality... like it or not, COD is a system seller. Were you honestly expecting any of the PS4 exclusives to do numbers like that? Killzone was never that big of a shooter series, Knack is a joke, and the rest of the retail launch lineup consists of ports of current-gen games.


Call of Duty selling your system is a cold reality lol? I sure bet Nintendo would love to have CoD's system selling ability.

COD was/is a system mover for the Xbox and PlayStation platforms both this gen and last.  Nintendo's audience is not the same as COD's target audience... hence the reason why BLOPSII and Ghosts have sold abysmally on the Wii U, despite both being stellar ports and offering all the same features as their PS360 counterparts.

Even quality non-FPS 3rd party titles like Assassin's Creed 4 have sold a mere fraction on Wii U of what their PS360 counterparts sell.  Loyal Nintendo fans always complain about the lack of third party support on their consoles, but the fact is they never ever put their money where their collective mouths are when push comes to shove.

Fun fact: about the same percentage of Wii U owners bought Batman Arkham Origins and Assassin's Creed 4 as PS3/360 owners. ;)

Which isn't necesssarily a good thing. There's much less software for Wii U owners to choose from, meaning the software that is available will get more sales than it would have otherwise. Plus, most Wii U owners are the early adopters who bought the console around launch. This is generally the hardcore crowd, who are the people that typically buy the most software. If Nintendo's target audience really did have the same amount of interest in these multiplats that the PS360 audience do, then sales of these games on Wii U would be quite a bit higher than they are now.



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prayformojo on 26 November 2013
BuckStud said:
KingdomHeartsFan said:

Did anyone else notice the numbers on the front page?  Apparantly 1 079 311 PS4s were sold and 808 779 copies of Cod Ghosts was sold on PS4, so 75% of the people that bought a PS4 got Cod Ghosts with it...does that make anyone die a little inside?  I guess FPS's are gonna be even more prevalent next gen than they were this gen.


I call BS on those numbers as there have been a bunch of PS4's on Craig's List in my area and only a couple included that game.  Same goes for eBay.  When you add the number of system up then the number of PS4 Ghost included and selling by themselves, the tie in is more like 15%.  We should do a poll here.  If you purchased the PS4 at release, did you also buy Ghost?


Most people who play Ghosts aren't like us. They don't go onto message board and debate/talk games all day. So a poll here wouldn't really work.



ghettoglamour on 26 November 2013

It's overtracked. I won't bother searching for explanations for this.



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robbo2k on 26 November 2013

Call of Duty = USA
USA massive migrate to PS4.

it's simple



UltimateUnknown on 26 November 2013

I think you should appreciate what COD has done, rather than scorn it. There's nothing unique in ANY of the AAA launch games.

When the launch lineup is so mediocre and lackluster (especially 1st party), one game has encouraged people to go and buy the console in millions. This is HUGE for the PS4 as getting an installed base is unquestionably important. And COD is doing that for the PS4, opening up the possibility for newer games to be developed and being bought on the system.



 

Cj2i3 on 26 November 2013
stuffmakesmelol said:
Cj2i3 said:
What else were they supposed to get.... Knack?


I know I haven't bought a PS4 to play Knack or Killzone: SF, but didn't Knack had enough negativity already (Call me a fanboy, but I am not actually, while I do prefer Sony's consoles than Microsoft and Nintendo, with the exception of the Nintendo 64, Microsoft and Nintendo, well mostly Nintendo for me anyways, can offer some high quality games I could keep playing for months). Lets just move on and let Sony decide what to do with Knack, okay.

Knack must never be forgotten.