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fulcizombie on 01 March 2009
nitekrawler1285 said:
My guess is because unlike Halo we don't see any of Sony's games plastered on candy and coke cans. They don't have deals with fast food including , Coke advertising,toys and such. It really is a marketing thing. Candy, coke, and fast food are probably the best way to reach casual people who wouldn't ordinarily be interested in your product. Blockbuster movies have been doing this for ages. I'm surprised Sony(who also owns movie studios) hasn't picked up on this yet. If we had Mountain Dew cans with orange glowy Helghast eyes i'm sure Killzone would sell like Halo.

The halo franchise justifies this kind of marketing , killzone does not.

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Rainbird on 01 March 2009
fulcizombie said:
I love how games like socom, heavenly sword, motorstorm 2 , R&C and more are considered.......million sellers . Anyway based on 1) NPD numbers , 2) Weekly famitsu/media crate charts , 3) Various weekly european charts ps3 exclusives are doing terribly .

What? Nobody said Socom or Motorstorm: PR were million sellers. And secondly, how are Heavenly Sword and R&CF:ToD (I assume you mean this one) not million sellers? Both games are in the Platinum-range in Europe.



Staude on 01 March 2009
Rainbird said:
fulcizombie said:
I love how games like socom, heavenly sword, motorstorm 2 , R&C and more are considered.......million sellers . Anyway based on 1) NPD numbers , 2) Weekly famitsu/media crate charts , 3) Various weekly european charts ps3 exclusives are doing terribly .

What? Nobody said Socom or Motorstorm: PR were million sellers. And secondly, how are Heavenly Sword and R&CF:ToD (I assume you mean this one) not million sellers? Both games are in the Platinum-range in Europe.

 

It is a awesome game that deserves it though :P



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Munkeh111 on 01 March 2009
fulcizombie said:
I love how games like socom, heavenly sword, motorstorm 2 , R&C and more are considered.......million sellers . Anyway based on 1) NPD numbers , 2) Weekly famitsu/media crate charts , 3) Various weekly european charts ps3 exclusives are doing terribly .

HS has sold 1.4m, R & C has sold 1.6m. MS PR has sold 756k, and though it only sold 11k last week, it is still likely to hit 1m at some point. SOCOM has sold 630k in just America, so that is likely to get to 1m

You list those as sources suggesting the sales of PS3 games. But considering you are posting on VGC, and by VGC numbers, as shown by MM, most of Sony's 1st party games have done well: here's a list if you want of the top 15, and a link to the rest.

1 MotorStorm Sony Computer Entertainment 3.83m
2 Resistance: Fall of Man Sony Computer Entertainment 3.54m
3 Gran Turismo 5 Prologue Sony Computer Entertainment 2.94m
4 Uncharted: Drake's Fortune Sony Computer Entertainment 2.60m
5 LittleBigPlanet Sony Computer Entertainment 2.02m
6 Ratchet & Clank Future: Tools of Destruction Sony Computer Entertainment 1.61m
7 Resistance 2 Sony Computer Entertainment 1.44m
8 Heavenly Sword Sony Computer Entertainment 1.41m
9 SingStar Sony Computer Entertainment 0.82m
10 MotorStorm: Pacific Rift Sony Computer Entertainment 0.79m
11 Hot Shots Golf: Out of Bounds Sony Computer Entertainment 0.70m
12 SOCOM: U.S. Navy SEALs Confrontation Sony Computer Entertainment 0.65m
13 MLB 08: The Show Sony Computer Entertainment 0.62m
14 SingStar Abba Sony Computer Entertainment 0.57m
15 Warhawk Sony Computer Entertainment 0.49m

http://vgchartz.com/games/index.php?&results=50&name=&console=PS3&keyword=&publisher=300&genre=&order=Sales&boxart=Both&showdeleted=&region=All&alphasort=

They have published about 35 games, including small Japanese games, and a few PSN/PS3 releases, and there have been 8 million sellers, which is certainly not bad, and nearly all of the big games have sold 1m copies

Oh, and why does Halo 3 deserve the advertising, both are 90+ metacritic rated games, and just because you hate KZ 2, doesn't mean it is a bad game



Rainbird on 01 March 2009
Staude said:
Rainbird said:
fulcizombie said:
I love how games like socom, heavenly sword, motorstorm 2 , R&C and more are considered.......million sellers . Anyway based on 1) NPD numbers , 2) Weekly famitsu/media crate charts , 3) Various weekly european charts ps3 exclusives are doing terribly .

What? Nobody said Socom or Motorstorm: PR were million sellers. And secondly, how are Heavenly Sword and R&CF:ToD (I assume you mean this one) not million sellers? Both games are in the Platinum-range in Europe.

 

It is a awesome game that deserves it though :P

Very true, and it will get there eventually



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darthdevidem01 on 01 March 2009

SONY 1st Party FTW!



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makingmusic476 on 01 March 2009
Rainbird said:
Staude said:
Rainbird said:
fulcizombie said:
I love how games like socom, heavenly sword, motorstorm 2 , R&C and more are considered.......million sellers . Anyway based on 1) NPD numbers , 2) Weekly famitsu/media crate charts , 3) Various weekly european charts ps3 exclusives are doing terribly .

What? Nobody said Socom or Motorstorm: PR were million sellers. And secondly, how are Heavenly Sword and R&CF:ToD (I assume you mean this one) not million sellers? Both games are in the Platinum-range in Europe.

 

It is a awesome game that deserves it though :P

Very true, and it will get there eventually

It'll probably break a million by July.

 



darthdevidem01 on 01 March 2009

I was surprised by how awesome Motorstorm:PR was

I think if they ahd named it Motorstorm 2 it would've done much better



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makingmusic476 on 01 March 2009
fulcizombie said:
I love how games like socom, heavenly sword, motorstorm 2 , R&C and more are considered.......million sellers . Anyway based on 1) NPD numbers , 2) Weekly famitsu/media crate charts , 3) Various weekly european charts ps3 exclusives are doing terribly .

 

I can't help but wonder what you mean by that.  Two of those games are already well over a million according to VGChartz's data.  Are you saying our data isn't trustworthy, while weekly data from various European charts that don't cover near the entirety of Europe is a perfect representation of a game's sales?



patrice1970 on 01 March 2009

Why exclusives flop ?

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Sony must stop to think that games sell by themself ! Not all gamers are hardcore gamers