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pbroy said:
Why are people hating on this game? Just because it doesn't sell as much as you expected, doesn't mean it's not a good game. It's an awesome PS3 exclusive game. I don't even own the game and I can tell you that it's awesome.

It can go the other way too. Look at Too Human, that is an awesome game that didn't sell as much as the PS3 fanboys expected. But that doesn't mean that the game is going to suck when I play it.

Both games sold relatively the same and were sold around the same time of year.

People will hate on exclusives, just because.


..............uummmm, Too Human was a 360 exclusive. Also comparing Too Human to Infamous is inaccurate in terms of quality. Too Human although it wasn't as bad a game as it's reviews suggested wasn't nothing to write home about. What really hurt it though was the letdown effect on account of it being so hyped, especially as an exclusive, and it delivered no where near the level people expected it to.

Too Human if I'm not mistaken never surpassed it's first week in sales and this was because of bad reviews and negative comments among the 360 community.

Infamous however is of quality but is not gonna sell mind blowingly well. Expect it to surpass it's first week sales at least once before it's all set and done.



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badgenome said:
Didn't do too badly... about what I had expected.

woah, my thoughts EXACTLY!



great game

deserve decent sales



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PS3beats360 said:
http://vgchartz.com/games/game.php?id=12778&region=All
UnCharted opened with only 133k and during the pre-Xmas sales period aswell. 190k first week for Infamous is a good start and will be another million seller game on the PS3.

Prince of Persia sold 145k first week and has only sold 790,000 lifetime
Haze sold 150k first week and has only sold 760,000 lifetime
Saints Row 2 sold 173k first week and has only sold 700,000 lifetime

Now I'm not saying that Infamous won't break 1 million sold, but Uncharted is far more of an exception than the rule and sold very well because it got a lot of good post-release buzz at the right time (holiday season) and was bundled later.



PS3beats360 said:
http://vgchartz.com/games/game.php?id=12778&region=All
UnCharted opened with only 133k and during the pre-Xmas sales period aswell. 190k first week for Infamous is a good start and will be another million seller game on the PS3.

uncharted had a price drop, was bundled with PS3 AND bundled with controllers...



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XiaoMay said:
PS3beats360 said:
http://vgchartz.com/games/game.php?id=12778&region=All
UnCharted opened with only 133k and during the pre-Xmas sales period aswell. 190k first week for Infamous is a good start and will be another million seller game on the PS3.

uncharted had a price drop, was bundled with PS3 AND bundled with controllers...

Yes and b4 this happened Uncharted alrdy sold 1.7m you do know that right.....obviously not.



Ugh, what a silly original post. The sales are fine for a new IP in a crowded market. Not great, not bad. There was practically no suggestion that this would move systems. Anyone who wanted a game like inFamous would have bought the system for the 12442 other action games on the system, particularly GTA4, another sandbox game in a well known highly publicized franchise.



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How can you say Too Human isn't a quality game?

Talking about hype. Too Human wasn't as hyped as Infamous was/is. There was little to no advertisements for Too Human. M$ didn't seem to give a shit about that game. On the other hand, Infamous can be seen in movie theaters and almost every TV channel.







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come on the opening sales are good

maybe they sound average if you consider your hype : P

also, it's a new IP, you can't expect people to buy it instantly without knowing if it's good



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--OkeyDokey-- said:
Uncharted

first week: 133k
LTD: 2.45 million

Ratchet and Clank

first week: 126k
LTD: 1.48 million

Heavenly Sword

first week: 106k
LTD: 1.36 million

So it's about in line with other PS3 exclusives. It should be able to sell a millio n.


All those games received significant bundling, Okey. We'll have to see if inFamous receives the same treatment.



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