Tispower said: Bodhesatva said: Tispower said: I would have said that the whole artistic graphics being better than pure great graphics is debunked by finding out which game was the best selling game for the best selling console. To give you a clue, I think it sold in excess of 13 million, and we all know which console has sold the best Pokemon? Because that's the correct answer, if we're just talking systems. Otherwise, I was never very impressed with GTA's graphics. It did have style though :x Soz, forgot about GBA, but I was thinking PS2. Also GTA III was not the best selling game, it was GT3. The point of GT3 was to be the "ultimate driving simulator" and so it's main advantage was it's graphics, which kinda debunks the Artistic style vs. graphics really.

Well, technically you said: "console," not "system," so if we were gonna be really picky (and I guess we are, since I was pickin at ya), you were right in the first place. And besides, the PS2 will pass the GBA in a few short weeks to become the best selling system of all time.

Anyway, I was under the impression that GTA: San Andreas was the best selling game on the system. I'm no expert, but according to this:

http://vgchartz.com/worldtotals.php?name=&console=PS2&publisher=&sort=Total

GTA:SA wins by the slightest of margins. I bet there are lots of charts that say otherwise: when you get down to 40,000 games sold out of 14 million, it's hard to be that precise. Let's just agree that the Gran Turismo series is extraordinarily popular (at the very least, Gran Turismo is in the top 3 most popular franchises over the last 10 years), and that GT does most definitely rely on graphics, and that those graphics could never possibly be provided by the Wii.

So let's get your logic straight ...

The PS2 was (roughly) half as powerful as the Gamecube which is (at least) half as powerful as the Wii and you're saying that a PS2 game would not be possible on the Wii? You do realize that the difference in graphical capabilities of the PS2 and Wii are in a similar league to the difference in graphical capabilities between the Wii and the PS3/XBox 360 right?

Anyways, using VGchartz.com data:

Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas

Take 2

0.41

7.89

6.58

14.88

Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas

Take 2

0.00

1.26

0.67

1.93

Gran Turismo 3 A-Spec

Sony

1.89

7.11

5.84

14.84

Even without taking into consideration the sales of GTA:SA on the PC it is clear that GTA:SA was the best selling game of the last generation.

Sorry Squirrel, didn't mean to confuse you. I was comparing GT 5 to the Wii, not GT 4 and below. Yes, I'm well aware of the fact that Wii can handle PS2 level graphics, and then some :p

I'm sure if GT3 was available on other consoles or PC, then San Andreas may not have outold it overall, but as GT3 was a PS2 exclusive, you can't really compare it to games the weren't.

Anyway, that's getting OT...