The 360 version is only a million behind it, and CoD4 did better than Gears1 on 360. WaW 360 is currently doing better than CoD4 360 at respective points in time.

Out of interest, I also looked up the sales of a few other titles on the PS3 that had slow launches but went on to do quite well:

Ratchet and Clank - 130,000 first week (less than R2), 1.43 million lifetime.
Uncharted - 135,000 first week (less than R2), 2 million sales lifetime.
Heavenly Sword - 106,000 first week (less than R2) 1.23 million lifetime
Need for Speed Pro Street - 180,000 first week (less than R2), 1.41 million lifetime.

FPSs tend to do better than these games, as they appeal to a greater audience, also the online component will attract new players for a while, and DLC could attract new players and bring in extra revenue for it (needless to say, it won't be a financial loss).

R2 did 270,000 first week without Others, CoD4 did 445,000 including others first week (~265,000 without others)

I had said this many weeks ago & now reality is coming knocking up our doors.

Call Of Duty : World At War has managed to cross 1 Million on the Ps3 in a matter of 2 weeks....almost making it within the first week...

it ranks as I believe the 3rd or 4th biggest launch of a Ps3 game ever....right behind MGS4.

A week earlier Resistance 2 is launched and comes out to comparatively mediocre sales.

Now in UK....Resistance 2 in its DEBUT week CHARTED BELOW COD:WAW in its 2nd week.

Also in UK -- Resistance 2 debuted to sales of 2/3 BELOw Resistance 1's week 1....this is P-A-T-H-E-T-I-C as Resistance 1's week 1 was in PS3's launch week!!

NA -- COD : WAW has managed to do in its FIRST WEEK in sales (390K) what Resistance 2 has still failed to do by its 4th week (only at 360K)

EU -- who knows what will happen here....if it follows UK's trend very worrying for Resistance 2.
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So why has a sequel to a title which sold 3.6 Million not done well (Resistance wasn't bundled heavily).

Because of COD4 is my answer....COD4 led to COD becoming a mainstream monster & now people think COD = quality (which it actually may as metacritic wise COD:WAW>>R2)

Resistance 1 never had COD4 to compete against.....now COD5 has become the GTA 4 that managed to halt Saints Row 2's relative success.

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SONY could've never predicted Call Of Duty will negatively affect R2....well it just has.

Thank God Killzone 2 is miles away from a release of a Call Of Duty

I had said this many weeks ago & now reality is coming knocking up our doors.

Call Of Duty : World At War has managed to cross 1 Million on the Ps3 in a matter of 2 weeks....almost making it within the first week...

it ranks as I believe the 3rd or 4th biggest launch of a Ps3 game ever....right behind MGS4.

A week earlier Resistance 2 is launched and comes out to comparatively mediocre sales.

Now in UK....Resistance 2 in its DEBUT week CHARTED BELOW COD:WAW in its 2nd week.

Also in UK -- Resistance 2 debuted to sales of 2/3 BELOw Resistance 1's week 1....this is P-A-T-H-E-T-I-C as Resistance 1's week 1 was in PS3's launch week!!

NA -- COD : WAW has managed to do in its FIRST WEEK in sales (390K) what Resistance 2 has still failed to do by its 4th week (only at 360K)

EU -- who knows what will happen here....if it follows UK's trend very worrying for Resistance 2.
____________

So why has a sequel to a title which sold 3.6 Million not done well (Resistance wasn't bundled heavily).

Because of COD4 is my answer....COD4 led to COD becoming a mainstream monster & now people think COD = quality (which it actually may as metacritic wise COD:WAW>>R2)

Resistance 1 never had COD4 to compete against.....now COD5 has become the GTA 4 that managed to halt Saints Row 2's relative success.

_________

SONY could've never predicted Call Of Duty will negatively affect R2....well it just has.

Thank God Killzone 2 is miles away from a release of a Call Of Duty