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Squilliam on 04 April 2009
RolStoppable said:
ps3-sales! said:
the thread is a winner

Explain why.

See? Rol is harsh even to some of his strongest supporters.

 



Tease.

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scat398 on 04 April 2009

I think the ps3 will be around longer than the 360 since Sony doesn't really have the financial ability to release a ps4 anytime in the next 3 years. Meanwhile Microsoft has plenty of cash on hand for ROD and production.



madman25 on 04 April 2009
Bobbuffalo said:
sethnintendo said:
BTFeather55 said:
Kenology said:
Bobbuffalo said:
Megadude said:
Rolstopable the claims you make in this thread are truly outrageous, truly, truly, truly outrageous!

Thanks for taking me back to my childhood XD

 

Seconded!

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

ROFL!

WTF?!

XD

LOL @ the Safety Dance video...It's Fable 2!

 



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naraku2099 on 04 April 2009

Good points, but if points 2, 3 and 4 were just to lead to point 5, couldn't you have just made this thread with two points?



blackstar on 04 April 2009
RolStoppable said:
So the best rebuttal to the original post that Sony fans had to offer is a video of the french version of Call Me, Beep Me. The weirdest thing is that I am neither shocked or surprised by this.

 

 

well u came here stated hard facts that just needed someone to write them and make them into a thread and u want us to argue ???

stop troll fanboy :P



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Falcon095 on 04 April 2009
amp316 said:
RolStoppable said:
ps3-sales! said:
the thread is a fail

Explain why.

 

He doesn't have to. Your thread is a fail because he said so.

 

Stop spamming in the thread and watch the safety dance again



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point x on 04 April 2009

1000000% agree..with you..



 

 

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Legend11 on 05 April 2009

I never thought I'd say this... I agree with RolStoppable. Great thread and it makes perfect sense.



Cueil on 05 April 2009
Hero_time88 said:
The DVD medium did actually hurt the quality of GTA4

 

 If that lie helps you sleep at night then by all means believe it



 
Get your Portable ID!

makingmusic476 on 05 April 2009
EaglesEye379 said:
RolStoppable said:
EaglesEye379 said:

 

Sony

 

Resistance

3.5

Motorstorm

3.5

GT5P

3

Uncharted

2.5

LBP

2

Resistance 2

1.5

R&C ToD

1.5

Heavenly Sword

1.5

KZ2

1.5

Total

20.5

 

 

MS

 

Halo 3

9.5

Gears

6

Gears 2

5

Forza 2

4

Fable 2

2.5

Mass Effect

2

PGR4

1.5

Crackdown

1.5

Viva Pinata

1.5

PGR3

1.5

Perfect Dark Zero

1.5

Total

36.5

Yes, that's some good piece of data, at first glance I think it includes all first party games that sold at least one million units. The 360 clearly leads here, but that's also due its one year headstart and the PS3 still missing Gran Turismo 5. Those things factored in, I think it's fair to say that both first parties are about equal in terms of sales.

I would agree with you if you factor in the PSP, but besides that I think the 360 and PS3 are mature enough down their lifespan to make the one-year headstart obsolete.

For example, Gears sold massively even when there were only ~5m 360s in the world. The PS3 has way more than enough userbase to churn out a mainstream game. I agree with you it will be GT5 or God of War 3 that will finally do it, but how long did it take for them to come out, and how much 'selling potential' is the overall franchise for the future as from now? I think MS will put out quality Gears and Halo games on a much faster pace as proven already with ODST and Gears 2 coming out 2 years after the first game. And Gears and Halo are relatively 'younger'.

 

 

 

Look at it this way.  The ps3 has been out just shy of 2.5 years.  The 360 just shy of 3.5 years.  Sony has released 9 million sellers on the ps3, averaging out to 3.6 a year.  Microsoft has released 11 on the 360, averaging out to around 3.14 a year.  Sony releases great first party titles at a steadier quip than MS, and they are more likely to reach a million the Microsoft's (when taking into account games like Viva Pinata: Trouble in Paradise and Banjo-Kazooie, which combined haven't sold much more than MotorStorm: Pacific Rift, despite both releasing at a $39.99 price point), and they do this while still supporting two other platforms (God of War II was released on the ps2 five months after the ps3 was released).

The primary success of Microsoft has been their marketing.  When they have a big game, they can make it go really big.  The have a number of titles that have broken or will break four million, but they also have a (far larger) number of titles that will never break a million, some coming no where close to a million.

Take a look at this list:

http://vgchartz.com/games/index.php?&results=50&name=&console=X360&keyword=&publisher=223&genre=&order=Sales&boxart=Both&showdeleted=&region=All&alphasort=

The drop off is severe.  At the bottom you have games like Ninety-Nine Nights, Shadowrun, Blue Dragon, Banjo, two Viva Pinata titles, Fuzion Frenzy (these games rock - this is a grave injustice =( ), among others.

Now take a look at this:

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

There is a similar drop off, but most of the games on the low end (<500k) are either expansions (for Buzz, SingStar, etc.), games only released in one territory (Demon's Souls, White Knight, Quest for Booty on Blu-Ray, Siren on Blu-Ray, etc.), or  sports titles (which were also only released in one territory).  The only truly weak sellers are Lair (for obvious reasons), Folklore, F1: Championship Edition, and of course Sony's horrible NBA series.