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Sardauk on 15 May 2009
humb_lumi said:

Sorry to say this for xbox fans, but quality is not related to sales....

 

... say PS3 fans....



 

Evan Wells (Uncharted 2): I think the differences that you see between any two games has much more to do with the developer than whether it’s on the Xbox or PS3.

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gameman on 15 May 2009
kowenicki said:
mikescoff said:
Xen said:
mikescoff said:
Also, IMO Heavy Rain will sell between 4-6 million, possibly outselling ODST.

I wish.

It'll struggle to make 1 million.

 

 

Its a story heavy game. Many people purchase games based on narrative, so if the story is strong the game ould be a runaway success.

Really???

Looking at the charts, most people buy game beacuse they want to shoot stuff, drive fast, pretend to be a sporting hero or because they like a little fella in red overalls.  Those are the games that sell 4 - 6 million.   This has zero chance of 4 million... zero.

 

 

 So Heavy Rain is gonna match GTA 4 on the PS3? The biggest franchise that ever existed on any Sony console? EVER?? WOOOWWWW!!!



Xen on 15 May 2009
gameman said:
kowenicki said:
mikescoff said:
Xen said:
mikescoff said:
Also, IMO Heavy Rain will sell between 4-6 million, possibly outselling ODST.

I wish.

It'll struggle to make 1 million.

 

 

Its a story heavy game. Many people purchase games based on narrative, so if the story is strong the game ould be a runaway success.

Really???

Looking at the charts, most people buy game beacuse they want to shoot stuff, drive fast, pretend to be a sporting hero or because they like a little fella in red overalls.  Those are the games that sell 4 - 6 million.   This has zero chance of 4 million... zero.

 

 

 So Heavy Rain is gonna match GTA 4 on the PS3? The biggest franchise that ever existed on any Sony console? EVER?? WOOOWWWW!!!

Say it with me. Gran Turismo.

 



BMaker11 on 15 May 2009
Sardauk said:
humb_lumi said:

Sorry to say this for xbox fans, but quality is not related to sales....

 

... say PS3 fans....

Explain why Carnival Games and Mario and Sonic sold gangbusters then

 



BMaker11 on 15 May 2009
TheTruthProphet said:
humb_lumi said:

Sorry to say this for xbox fans, but quality is not related to sales....

Compare to movies: Do xbox players think that titanic is the best movie ever because of its BO?

Other thing is even if it sells 10x more than the 3 games... I'll play 3 games and they'll play 1/2 of one.... sounds good to me...

 

 QUALITY NOT RELATED TO SALES??

Why do you own a ps3 then?

Xbox 360 has 139 games rated above 80 on metacritic.  Sony only has 93

XBOX 360 has GREATER QUALITY & GREATER QUANTITY!!!

I've discussed this before. That number is inflated. Games like CoD2, every EA sports game with 2006 and 2007, etc make that number so high. Quit being delusional to try and prove a point

 



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Dallinor on 15 May 2009
rckrz6 said:
CGI-Quality said:
rckrz6 said:
wii fit is hardly a game. but i don't think ODST will sell anywhere near as much as halo 3 did

Wii Fit is hardly a game? lol...

I've got another question, have you played it?

 

 

No, i just goto the gym instead of working on balance

That's not a valid explanation for why Wii Fit isn't a game.

You do what it simulates in real life?

So if you hi-jacked a car and picked up some prostitutes, would GTA cease to be a game?

 



 

Zizzla_Rachet on 15 May 2009
Dallinor said:
rckrz6 said:
CGI-Quality said:
rckrz6 said:
wii fit is hardly a game. but i don't think ODST will sell anywhere near as much as halo 3 did

Wii Fit is hardly a game? lol...

I've got another question, have you played it?

 

 

No, i just goto the gym instead of working on balance

That's not a valid explanation for why Wii Fit isn't a game.

You do what it simulates in real life?

So if you hi-jacked a car and picked up some prostitutes, would GTA cease to be a game?

 

People have done those things in Real life....Alot...

 



 



Ton77 on 15 May 2009

its halo of course it will.



wholikeswood on 15 May 2009

This is sad if it was motivated by a desire to chest-thump over sales when really the fact that ODST will outsell the other 3 has absolutely no bearing on the quality of the games.

Killzone 2 was a phenomenal shooter, inFamous is being received extremely well, an Heavy Rain looks to be pushing the boundaries of technology and immersive story-telling.

Halo ODST should be an excellent expansion pack to a great shooter.

I know which side I'd rather be on.



Dallinor on 15 May 2009
Cidien said:
humb_lumi said:

Sorry to say this for xbox fans, but quality is not related to sales....

Compare to movies: Do xbox players think that titanic is the best movie ever because of its BO?

Other thing is even if it sells 10x more than the 3 games... I'll play 3 games and they'll play 1/2 of one.... sounds good to me...

 

 Sorry to say this to sony fanboys, but unless all you're doing is looking for a good game you personally want to play, sales are all that matter.

CGI - fine, whatever.  I don't care enough.  Obviously you didn't even visit vgchartz before kz2 and r2 was released if you didn't see the megahype and the claims that r2 would sell millions of copies.  R2 isn't half the game resistance was, and people tried to call foul every single time anyone tried to compare how R2 was doing to how KZ2 might do.  Personally I thought KZ2 would be a subpar game with sales about the same as R2.  At least one of those two didn't dissapoint.

In terms of the business side of things, yes sales are all that matter.

Sales does not equate with quality however. One can easily exist without the other.

Might I ask why you would want a game to fail critically or commercially?