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Pristine20 on 05 December 2009
binary solo said:
Pristine20 said:
binary solo said:
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It's almost impossible lol. Ps3 gamers are probably the most ununified gamers out there when it comes to game preference. While there are the must-haves for wii and 360, ps3 doesn't seem to have a true "must-have" that the vast majority of its owners agree upon.

360 has gears and halo while wii has the ninty titles.

I wouldn't even say either Xbox has a game that rises to the level of "vast majority think it's a must have". XB's biggest game was Halo 2 and it sold to about 1/3 of the install base. That's a significant minority, not a vast majority. Same with 360 and Halo 3 / Gears, less than 1/3 and 1/6 of the user base respectively.

Best selling Wii game that isn't bundled with 90% of all consoles sold? Wii Play, at 24 million sold (still less than a majority let alone a vast one).

This is really where the tie ration / attach rate stat really comes in handy.

What you have are core franchises associated with each company that sell to the dedicated fans. the PS franchises are GT, GTA and FF. GTA IV didin't quite fire on all cylinders for either system (though combined between 360 and PS3 has achieved excellent sales) in comparison with it's previous PS2 titles. that only leaves FF and GT among the PS franchises that live in the top 50. Therefore it isn't surprising that we haven't seen a PS3 title hit the top 50 when 2 of the 3 PS mainstays haven't showed up (GT5P notwithstanding).

Interesting that despite MGS being much loved it has never reached the stellar sales heights of those main 3 franchises. Makes MGS 4 sales look pretty danmed good actually when the best selling MGS "only" managed 5.59 million.

Dude, 30% attach ratio deserves to be called "must-have". I'm also going by logical reasoning here not completely unreachable statistics. 50% attach ration is such a statistic especially when you consider the fact that many people have had multiple systems but only one copy of the game. The userbase isn't exactly=consoles sold.

Avoid terms like "vast majority" then.

Will do. Looks like I misused my words.



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restored_lost on 06 December 2009

with what we know and the barrier only getting higher it does indeed look that way, kinda depressing if u ask me, but hey u never know how this cycle will last i suppose. gt5 might not even get in, the only other possible game is agent being its a rockstar game and its exclusive. even with that information i highly doubt it. in the future sony needs to consolodate its franchises, GT,SOCOM, UNCHARTED,LBP,GOD OF WAR, and score some third party support again. i can only forsee them letting go insomniac and sucker punch in the next gen. off topic sorry.



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darthdevidem01 on 06 December 2009

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TT Makaveli on 06 December 2009

FF XIII would do it if it was a exclusive...dont think that Versus will sell THAT much!

of course GT and the other hopes are only the Rockstar games...we dont maybe Agent will be GTA big...maybe the mysterious unannounced PS3 exclusive is a new GTA...that would top 10 million and maybe if LA Noire is exclusive...only the future time can tell us!



Ghazi4 on 06 December 2009
CGI-Quality said:
Pristine20 said:
CGI-Quality said:
Pristine20 said:
It's almost impossible lol. Ps3 gamers are probably the most ununified gamers out there when it comes to game preference. While there are the must-haves for wii and 360, ps3 doesn't seem to have a true "must-have" that the vast majority of its owners agree upon.

360 has gears and halo while wii has the ninty titles.

To me, that's what's always made PlayStation, well......PlayStation. They've always just had a massive variety and the PS3 is continuing such a trait.

Ya, I agree but it isn't great for profits. The ps3 would need a userbase like that of the ps1 and ps2 to have a game break the top 50 while even the old xbox was able to have such a breakthough game lol.

- GT5

- Final Fantasy XIII

- GT6

- Final Fantasy Versus XIII

Just a few titles that have the chance to do it. FFXIII and GT5 will for sure do it.

wat the hell??? GT6 ?? thats prob not even coming in 10 years!!




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invetedlotus123 on 06 December 2009

Well, there's are 4 games that have real chances of reaching it

The Agent

Gran Turismo 5

Final Fantasy XIII

Modern Warfare 2




GameAnalyser on 06 December 2009
Pristine20 said:
It's almost impossible lol. Ps3 gamers are probably the most ununified gamers out there when it comes to game preference. While there are the must-haves for wii and 360, ps3 doesn't seem to have a true "must-have" that the vast majority of its owners agree upon.

360 has gears and halo while wii has the ninty titles.


Well GTA san Andreas released, it wasn't meant to be a must have...but gamers adored it and decided that it shud a must have...henceforth..something which started off as a PS exclusivity became so popular on multiplatform...and what u call ununified was a direct result of PS3 losing it's exclusivity out to 360. Although there isn't any must-have in ur sense I feel there is MGS4, UC2, FFXIII(as it releases). Moreover  the h/W itself still is a true must have. 



Notorius.A.i.G on 06 December 2009

Halo : Reach and Gran Turismo might.



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