Titanfall vs InFamous - two next-gen exclusives compared

This month has seen both next-gen consoles finally get their hands on a big exclusive, but what do the arrivals of Titanfall and InFamous: Second Son reveal?

Well, we know that InFamous helped PS4 hardware sales jump by 106 per cent week-on-week. Titanfall, meanwhile, helped Xbox One to a 96 per cent sales boost.

MCV has also been told by a trusted retail source that Titanfall sold just under double the amount of units its first week than InFamous managed in its debut week, although of course Titanfall sales fell around 75 per cent in its second week leaving it behind both Sony's game and Metal Gear Solid: Ground Zeroes.

MCV can also reveal that around one in four UK Xbox One owners purchased Titanfall. Meanwhile, around one in nine PS4 owners acquired InFamous: Second Son.

None of this takes digital purchases directly from Microsoft and Sony into account, however.

It’s easy to argue that really InFamous and Titanfall are sufficiently different in theme and potential reach so as to render such comparisons meaningless. However, it’s just as easy to argue that at a time when hundreds of thousands of consumers are desperate to get their hands on new games for their still new gaming hardware, the performance of these early titles is telling.

http://www.mcvuk.com/news/read/titanfall-vs-infamous-two-next-gen-exclusives-compared/0130069

Its only natural that an anticipated multiplayer shooter would outsell a singleplayer game without multiplayer in this day and age. This is no surprise. It will sell even more when it goes multiplat. Its just how it goes. The amount of multiplayer console gamers whom are playing are growing.

Two completely different types of games, Infamous did very well for a single player only sandbox title. Especially considering the franchise was never that popular in Europe.

Lies! Lies!

Just kidding.

Wow, That's REALLY good for a brand new just launched game in off season. Sometimes it really helps to be a sequel. I wonder how Infamous would have sold as a new IP.

Bound to happen. Anyone expecting inFamous to outsell Titanfall isn't using logic. Just because there's more PS4's doesn't mean everyone's going to buy the game.

Edit: Also, BAN INSIDERP!!

No...just no. Lets not think about that. It took long enough to reach where it is. Don't think about InFamous being a new IP the way the first game was handled.  

Still Infamous did move more consoles, did it not?

It would have sold approximately 2.73m. 

Percentage-wise Infamous had a bigger boost, but we don't have hard numbers so we can't be certain. The PS4 also got a boost from replenished stock so we don't really know what the Infamous effect was. 

Oh, didn't realize is sold every single game only on the first week. No boost from being out over 5 years, no boost from followups to the original games, no bundles....

So you must be thinking that TitanFall will sell like 10 million then?  Or closer to 12!?!