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starcraft said:

I didn't say it was Insomniac's first endevour into the shooter space. They already made Disruptor and Tools of Destruction. Most people attribute Resistance's great sales to bundling and launch status. Were it not for those two facts, the game would have been just another shooter.

The first game wasn't nearly as fun with Gears -Opinion. Yeah, I see the bit in parentheses, but don't make your opinion sound like its a fact, because its not.(though to be fair, I've only spent a few hours with resistance, relative to much more time with Gears).

Gears scored better, -Compared to a launch game. Seriously, reviews don't mean everything. I can and will argue that Resistance is better. Why? I happened to enjoy Resistance more than Gears. Though I've only spent a few hours with Gears. However, based on what I saw, I would still prefer Resistance.

Gears sold better -On a larger install base, which does have at least somewhat of an effect on game sales.

So all we have that suggests Resistance 2 will be better than Gears 2 (in any aspect) is your desire that it be so. -So all we have that suggests Gears 2 will be better than Resistance 2 is your desire that it be so.

 


 Thank you for bringing up Disruptor. Its kindof sad that people don't know a whole lot about that game, and it was Insomniac's first game. 



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eliasg said:
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eliasg said:
GOW2 will sell double the numbers of Resistance 2

I'm guessing that R2 will sell 4.5 million and Gears 2 will sell 7 million. I think I will be spending more time on Resistance's multiplayer mode because of the revolutionary squad system. You basically have 30v30 death-matches with the computer strategically directing you to victory. Everything in that game has been improved.


I am not saying this because of the quality of the games, I believe that GOW has many more hardcore fanbase in its site, and of course the bigger install base of XBOX360...

GoW 1 didn't outsell R1 by a rate of 2-1, what makes you think GoW2 will outsell R2 by that ratio?

 



Gears 2 will sell more and be a better game, Resistance 2 will still be a great game and a big seller, but its not as good as gears, i will be buying both!



starcraft said:
solojohlo said:
@Starcraft For the first resistance, insomniac recieved dev-kits in january, 9 months before launch. With more time, as they have proven again and again they can make an AAA game

Er, link?

And you will find if you look at the statistics that Insomniac don't have any AAA shooters on the market.  Ever. 

 


 Yea, because the only shooter they did make was an 8.6. There was Disruptor which was made 12 years ago when there were 3 people in the studio but if you want to count that be my guest. 

If you can't recognize the pure godliness that is Insomniac Games then you are just being a fanboy. 



NJ5 said:
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obieslut said:
Resistance 2 will sell better. But this will be because it will have better legs.

The origional Resistance did not sell masses in its opening week but has had consistant sales. i think Resistance 2 will have a big opening week and have consistant sales also.

So what are you all predicting for GeOW2 opening week and lifetime sales then




Uh... Resistance had consistant sales because it was bundled.


It was bundled for three months in the UK. At most that can account for 150,000 units in sales. I'm seriously sick of hearing that.


It was not only bundled in the UK, it was bundled everywhere in Europe (Starter Pack).

 

You are right but is still isn't accounting for a very substantial amount of sales. From July to September, Sony put Motorstorm and Resistance in a bundle only in Europe.

Adding the sales from week ending July 7th to September 29th is 240,776 units. I'm going to be somewhat liberal in my estimates but once again the bundle would only count for 150,000 units since you can't assume that every copy of the game sold was through a bundle in Europe for that time period. People love to undermine the PS3.

So the bundles have accounted for ~17% (out of a total 1.45 mil) of Resistance's sales in EU. Thats discounting the 1.2 mil in US as well.