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Seriously, we already have the official Gears of War 2 numbers already, but nothing from Sony on neither LBP nor Resistance 2.

Since more publicity == more sales, Sony are really shooting themselves in the foot this holiday season.



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If it's unimpressive, at least relative to the competition, why announce it? If you ask me it's better to stay silent than bear bad news.



"Dr. Tenma, according to you, lives are equal. That's why I live today. But you must have realised it by now...the only thing people are equal in is death"---Johann Liebert (MONSTER)

"WAR is a racket. It always has been.

It is possibly the oldest, easily the most profitable, surely the most vicious. It is the only one international in scope. It is the only one in which the profits are reckoned in dollars and the losses in lives"---Maj. Gen. Smedley Butler

Pristine20 said:
If it's unimpressive, at least relative to the competition, why announce it? If you ask me it's better to stay silent than bear bad news.

But these titles all did great with respect to other Sony games and that's what matters.

 



Currently playing on PS3: God of War III

Currently playing on Xbox360: Final Fantasy XIII

Currently playing on NDS: Chrono Trigger

dolemit3 said:
Pristine20 said:
If it's unimpressive, at least relative to the competition, why announce it? If you ask me it's better to stay silent than bear bad news.

But these titles all did great with respect to other Sony games and that's what matters.

 

but it doesn't matter to the fanboys who will come in saying "sony only sold 1m units for LBP so far. So much for LPB is going to be HUGE" You just fuel the fire when the competitors games are blowing yours out of the water.

Its not like the sales for the games are bad, just not as big as Gears.




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since when does announcing numbers increase sales?



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theprof00 said:
since when does announcing numbers increase sales?

ever get the itch to have/do something everyone else has/does?

It comes over me every once in a while. I even go through the list of top sellers for the systems I own to see if there are any popular games I haven't played yet.




If you drop a PS3 right on top of a Wii, it would definitely defeat it. Not so sure about the Xbox360. - mancandy
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No reason when you're not selling the most software. >_>



nordlead said:
dolemit3 said:
Pristine20 said:
If it's unimpressive, at least relative to the competition, why announce it? If you ask me it's better to stay silent than bear bad news.

But these titles all did great with respect to other Sony games and that's what matters.

 

but it doesn't matter to the fanboys who will come in saying "sony only sold 1m units for LBP so far. So much for LPB is going to be HUGE" You just fuel the fire when the competitors games are blowing yours out of the water.

Its not like the sales for the games are bad, just not as big as Gears.

 

^This.

After M$ touts: 2mil copies of Gears 2 week 1, you expect sony to come out and say 0.3 mil copies of Res 2 sold week 1?



"Dr. Tenma, according to you, lives are equal. That's why I live today. But you must have realised it by now...the only thing people are equal in is death"---Johann Liebert (MONSTER)

"WAR is a racket. It always has been.

It is possibly the oldest, easily the most profitable, surely the most vicious. It is the only one international in scope. It is the only one in which the profits are reckoned in dollars and the losses in lives"---Maj. Gen. Smedley Butler

any company only announces their numbers if they did over a million sales or even shipment. No point of saying we sold over 300k copies for the first week.



Pristine20 said:
nordlead said:
dolemit3 said:
Pristine20 said:
If it's unimpressive, at least relative to the competition, why announce it? If you ask me it's better to stay silent than bear bad news.

But these titles all did great with respect to other Sony games and that's what matters.

 

but it doesn't matter to the fanboys who will come in saying "sony only sold 1m units for LBP so far. So much for LPB is going to be HUGE" You just fuel the fire when the competitors games are blowing yours out of the water.

Its not like the sales for the games are bad, just not as big as Gears.

 

^This.

After M$ touts: 2mil copies of Gears 2 week 1, you expect sony to come out and say 0.3 mil copies of Res 2 sold week 1?

 

Week 1?...lol day one. The game might make 2.5-3 M by the end of week one. I would hate to see week two, lmao.