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Forums - Sales - RE5 Debuts at 530K in EU ~ 52% PS3, 48% 360 ----- GOOD or BAD? (WW = 930K)!

Pristine20 on 19 March 2009
Squilliam said:
Pristine20 said:
Squilliam said:
Pristine20 said:
Squilliam said:
@Pristine: Its probably due to the fact that this is an old Sony franchise since its been on the PS1 and PS2 as well as the PS3 whilst it never came on the 360.

 

RE was born on PS which is fair enough. So how about a game like street fighter IV as well?

The PS3 userbase is older, so perhaps more are familiar with the series or you have your hardcore tekken fans who own the system. Just like hardcore FPS fans buy extra copies of shooters on the 360.

 

 

Since when? Tekken is a lot different from street fighter. I don't think tekken fanatism could sell any significant number of copies of sf4.

From what you said, it would seem that shooter fans are simply more abundant on 360 (at least in europe) while their ps3 counterparts simply prefer buying from other genres. This conclusion makes the most sense to me.

The hardcore BS people have been throwing around regarding 360 software sales hasn't been refutable till now. EU is the best region for SW comparisons since the ps3 and 360 userbases are virtually tied with the edge going to 360

The D-pad is a known quantity, thats about all I can think to justify the difference. As hardcore owners are more prevalent in the first week then perhaps that can explain the difference?

 

looks like a cop-out. D-pad didn't seem to make much difference in the US where the 360 version sold nearly twice as much no problem.

 



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Squilliam on 19 March 2009

Then it would have to be taste.



Tease.

Pristine20 on 19 March 2009
Squilliam said:
Then it would have to be taste.

 

fair enough. So next time someone comes out with another attach ratio catalog claiming that 360 sells more software than ps3, I'm sure you'll join me in chastising them.



"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

Squilliam on 19 March 2009
Pristine20 said:
Squilliam said:
Then it would have to be taste.

 

fair enough. So next time someone comes out with another attach ratio catalog claiming that 360 sells more software than ps3, I'm sure you'll join me in chastising them.

Last time I checked the PS3 software marketshare % was slightly higher than its userbase marketshare % and the Xbox 360 was slightly lower.

 



Tease.

Pristine20 on 19 March 2009
Squilliam said:
Pristine20 said:
Squilliam said:
Then it would have to be taste.

 

fair enough. So next time someone comes out with another attach ratio catalog claiming that 360 sells more software than ps3, I'm sure you'll join me in chastising them.

Last time I checked the PS3 software marketshare % was slightly higher than its userbase marketshare % and the Xbox 360 was slightly lower.

 

and why would this be?

 



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"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

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shanbcn on 19 March 2009

Squilliam,

The only game which did better on 360 is COD5, but PS3 version have better legs which mean one day it will surpass.



City17 on 19 March 2009

I think that the PS3 version is going to remain king for awhile but...



Pristine20 on 19 March 2009
kowenicki said:
Pristine20 said:
Squilliam said:
Then it would have to be taste.

 

fair enough. So next time someone comes out with another attach ratio catalog claiming that 360 sells more software than ps3, I'm sure you'll join me in chastising them.

 

 ah but... you are only talking about multiplats...  exclusives are a whole different story.. 

 

Surely you do understand that the word "exclusive" means we can never make a real sales comparison right because you can brag about 360 exclusives performing better but we have no metric to determmine how they would've performed on ps3.  It also helps that the games people usually use for these exclusive comparisons with 360 are shooters and I think everyone would agree that the vast majority of HD shooter fans are on 360. Even a hardcore PS fan like myself would probably buy my multiplat shooters on 360 if I had one because the triggers seem perfect for that genre.

It's more obvious when you consider the fact that multiplat shooters like cod4 sold much better on 360 in EU even when the ps3 userbase was slightly ahead of the 360. So telling us that a game like kz2 would have had a higher attach ratio on 360 won't win anyone over because most would already know that. However, if you argue that other beloved ps3 exclusives like say mgs4, VC, LBP would have had better attach ratios on 360, I'd have to disagree.



"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

BHR-3 on 19 March 2009

thats awesome ps3>360's version i new it and now with na up ps3>360's first week



                                                             

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tombi123 on 19 March 2009

Wow I wasn't expecting the PS3 version to outsell the 360 version so handily. Especially considering the 8M userbase difference. I guess the PS3 can just sell software better...