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S.T.A.G.E. said:
Jereel Hunter said:
nen-suer said:
Resistance sold almost 4 million
games like Tomb Raider DMC 4 sold on ps3 more than xbox

Xbox dont sell Rpgs (hello square enix)

u wanna say something state all the facts

 

 TO be fair, it doesn't sell a lot of JRPGs. Western RPGs seem to be experiencing a fair degree of success (i.e. Mass Effect)

 

 I don't think the Mass Effect franchise will be surpassed by any RPG this gen. Actually...no JRPG will beat it for that matter.

I think FF will be in with a shot...

 



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I don't think there is just one reason ...

There are people who bought the PS3 because it was a good Blu-Ray player, and a good media server, and are (generally speaking) pretty casual gamers and only buy a couple of games a year.

Microsoft has done an excellent job of creating a platform with dedicated users that have fairly uniform tastes ... While not every XBox 360 user is like this, there are a lot (potentially a couple of million) of users who are buying highly aggressive shooter games every month or two.

The price of the PS3 means that many of the users who bought it for its games alone are multi-console owners (and potentially PC gamers) which means that there is more competition for their attention whenever a game is released.



Reasonable said:
S.T.A.G.E. said:
Jereel Hunter said:
nen-suer said:
Resistance sold almost 4 million
games like Tomb Raider DMC 4 sold on ps3 more than xbox

Xbox dont sell Rpgs (hello square enix)

u wanna say something state all the facts

 

 TO be fair, it doesn't sell a lot of JRPGs. Western RPGs seem to be experiencing a fair degree of success (i.e. Mass Effect)

 

 I don't think the Mass Effect franchise will be surpassed by any RPG this gen. Actually...no JRPG will beat it for that matter.

I think FF will be in with a shot...

 

It will sell way more for sure. I'll give you that.

 



@STAGE

FF 13 PS3 versions's WW week 1 sales will trample over Mass Effects LTD sales

quote me on that



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darthdevidem01 said:
@STAGE

FF 13 PS3 versions's WW week 1 sales will trample over Mass Effects LTD sales

quote me on that

 

 

I'll quote you alright; I'm not arguing with the facts in which you put accurately. Did you read what I wrote properly? I stated in terms of a quality control, story and gameplay in RPG's Mass Effect has yet to be beaten by any other game. Sales are a loss for ME for sure because it was overlooked mostly. What you're taking about was never my argument. I've played MGS4, Gears 2, Halo 3 and none of them brought me the feeling of being in the game more than any other. This is what an RPG is supposed to be. A Roleplaying game.



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@STAGE

Fallout 3 did just beat it lol



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kowenicki said:

This is a serious question and is not trolling.  I just dont understand why the top notch PS3 exclusives dont shift huge numbers.  These are all high qaulity titles and yet they just dont compare in sales. 

If we look at arguably the 4 most hyped games (exclusive) of this gen so far with their 1st week (2 weeks for LBP) and LTD sales.

360

Halo 3           3.8m          9.1m     

Gears            0.6m          5.8m

Gears2          1.9m          4.6m

Fable2           1.0m          2.5m

 

PS3

MGS4             1.7m            3.9m 

Res2              0.23m          1.4m

LBP                0.31m          2.0m

KZ2                0.8m(?)       3.5m ????

 

Why is this? I can't explain it....

I do not belive that the install base is the issue here (Gears1 for instance launched with a 5m install base I believe) and even if it was factored in the numbers still dont compare.

Someone explain this to me (without resorting to fanboy nonsense from either side).....there is something different in the buying habits of the respective console owners???

 

Well MGS did pretty good compared with gears2 wen they had a smaller user base and considering how stealthy and involved the game is, and the time MGS was released compared to the holiday time gears was could of played factor

PS brand is not known for FPS so that could explain some of it, HALO 3 was marketed real heavy and was the 1st good PS to come out KZ came out 1 year+ so people are saying been there done that also that past Halos were good games so people knew wat they were getting into

LBP was new type of game and didnt appeal to most so people didnt want to take the chance

I think once ps3 gets its own gears than u'll C some big #'s

Uncharted 2 should C big #'s as it qualifies for not having problems that the other ps3 games had

1 Previous game was very good can't say that about KZ or LBP

2 Is 3rd person game with a cover system PS owners love there TPS

3 Comes out during the holiday to get a big 1st week and month boost

 



                                                             

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darthdevidem01 said:
@STAGE

Fallout 3 did just beat it lol

 

 I'll give you the benefit of the doubt since I havent played it. As I said, no other game this gen besides Mass Effect does the job of having a great story, battle system and great feeling of being in the game all at once.



@STAGE

Mass Effect was brilliant

but Fallout 3 succeeded as it made me feel depressed whenever I played it for more than an hour.

That showed me the developers succeeded in getting the atmosphere, setting, narrative & feeling of he game perfect as it is set in a depressing time



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BHR-3 said:
kowenicki said:

This is a serious question and is not trolling.  I just dont understand why the top notch PS3 exclusives dont shift huge numbers.  These are all high qaulity titles and yet they just dont compare in sales. 

If we look at arguably the 4 most hyped games (exclusive) of this gen so far with their 1st week (2 weeks for LBP) and LTD sales.

360

Halo 3           3.8m          9.1m     

Gears            0.6m          5.8m

Gears2          1.9m          4.6m

Fable2           1.0m          2.5m

 

PS3

MGS4             1.7m            3.9m 

Res2              0.23m          1.4m

LBP                0.31m          2.0m

KZ2                0.8m(?)       3.5m ????

 

Why is this? I can't explain it....

I do not belive that the install base is the issue here (Gears1 for instance launched with a 5m install base I believe) and even if it was factored in the numbers still dont compare.

Someone explain this to me (without resorting to fanboy nonsense from either side).....there is something different in the buying habits of the respective console owners???

 

Well MGS did pretty good compared with gears2 wen they had a smaller user base and considering how stealthy and involved the game is, and the time MGS was released compared to the holiday time gears was could of played factor

PS brand is not known for FPS so that could explain some of it, HALO 3 was marketed real heavy and was the 1st good PS to come out KZ came out 1 year+ so people are saying been there done that also that past Halos were good games so people knew wat they were getting into

LBP was new type of game and didnt appeal to most so people didnt want to take the chance

I think once ps3 gets its own gears than u'll C some big #'s

Uncharted 2 should C big #'s as it qualifies for not having problems that the other ps3 games had

1 Previous game was very good can't say that about KZ or LBP

2 Is 3rd person game with a cover system PS owners love there TPS

3 Comes out during the holiday to get a big 1st week and month boost

 

 

 

MGS is a third party game and Sony survives off of third party. Their top selling games based on pure sales are MGS and GTA. Motorstorms sales were only high because it was bundled. The second game was proof in my prediction that the trend would not repeat itself. There is no real demand for it. GT will be a different story. MGS4 did great because it was put out properly by Sony and Konami in unison (Unlike 1st party games). MGS4 has a base on the PS3 and it was a reason people bought PS3's (Same with me). As soon as Kojima confirmed it was exclusive and wasn't going anywhere despite Konami's plea to go multiplatform.