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Kantor on 23 November 2008
kunaixhaku said:
if r2 was to be a 360 exclusive, this game would sell more than gears 2 and be a halo 3 rival for top spot. ms would market this title like there is no tommm they would make it known they have another title on their system to rival halo 3.

Sony put it on a building! You can't really advertise more than that.

 



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outlawauron on 23 November 2008

Brand name? Halo 3 sold way more than a few better games last year? No reason to cry about it. Call of Duty: WaW has a huge fanbase of over 3 million PS3 owners.



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|_emmiwinks on 23 November 2008
bbsin said:

I know it's a much more popular series, but COD5 is still a multiplatform game. This goes to show how crappy Sony marketing has been in NA. COD:WaW was advertised by gamestop alot while R2 had almost no exposure outside of gaming magazines and websites.

I think Sony is taking advantage of Insomiac's ability to develop games on a yearly basis. 

 

Its really disturbing since COD5 hasnt been released yet. :P

Now World at War is a different matter. :)



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makingmusic476 on 23 November 2008

CoD: WaW was riding off of the success of CoD4. That's really hard to beat.

Hell, CoD4 outsold RFoM despite everything RfoM had going for it (launch title, bundling, etc.).



KBG29 on 23 November 2008

It all comes down to Sony's failure to market to real people. The ads they put out show nothing that would make people instantly know it is a video game. Sure it says Playstation 3, but to the average consumer that could mean anyhing. The PS3 has movies, TV shows, and games. Showing a trailer without gameplay, or just showing some complelty unrelated thing and then flashing PS3 after it does not sell.

If you want to know what Sony needs to do to sell game look at Nintendo's marketing. Real people playing the actual game seemingly having have.

Obviously Resistance is supposed to be an online game so why are they not showing a bunch of highschool kids playing against each other online. Show them chatting, and having a good time while they blow Chimera away in the amazing Co-oP mode. They can do that plus add some cinimatic pieces for a couple of seconds to bring the climax of the commercial, and then flash the Only on PS3 logo.



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Aj_habfan on 23 November 2008

This really has nothing much to do with marketing people.



Max King of the Wild on 23 November 2008

too bad insomniac is a private company and doesnt release it's information... dont forget how many times MGS 4 has been adjusted up from official reports



flagship on 23 November 2008

Yes, especially since CODWaW outsold week 1 + 2 of R2 with first week sales and by a comfortable margin as well.



Max King of the Wild on 23 November 2008
flagship said:
Yes, especially since CODWaW outsold week 1 + 2 of R2 with first week sales and by a comfortable margin as well.

 

 CoDWaW is also released in 2 regions too.... and dont you dare say R2 is also because of Japan.



Sardauk on 23 November 2008

I don't find that disturbing because it is hard to beat the COD series ....

R2 is certainly not the challenger for COD. Yes it is an exclusivity... but exclusivities don't seem to sell well on the PS3 for some reasons (???), except MGS4.

 

Why is that so ? I have no f*cking idea..



 

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