The first one sold just over three million according to VGChartz. Just over two thirds were moved in NA, the rest in Europe and Japan was a non-event.
However the second one has only sold 1.8 million according to VGChartz, with just over a million in NA.
By all accounts these are very good games and im sure that GoW3 will be the same, but why is this game touted as such an enormous system seller? Its sales are nothing to smirk at, but I regularly see it placed alongside MGS4, GT5 and FFXIII as a monumental system seller.
I'm just trying to understand the hype, because from a sales perspective at least, the system-selling potential just isn't there when compared to these major franchises. Especially when the second installment sold around 40% less on an expanded and still fast-growing userbase that will absolutely dwarf the PS3's even a year from now.
Is it just a few fanboys hyping this game to monumental levels, or am I actually missing something about this franchise?
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