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tedsteriscool on 19 December 2009

Because they didn't get Uncharted 2.



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kjj4t9rdad on 19 December 2009
coolbeans said:
kjj4t9rdad said:
coolbeans said:
kjj4t9rdad said:
We're to busy playing all the AAA games that came out this year to be bothered with another average shooter, which is exactly what Borderlands is.

Fail statement bro

And why is that?  There are 10 AAA games released on the PS3 this year.  Another 26 that had better reviews.  To me that puts this game in the average catagory.  After playing the game, I still say the game is average.  It is called an opinion.  Your opinion is obviously different, but that doesn't mean my opinion is a fail statement.

The OP asked why this games didn't sell well on PS3.  The answer to this question can only be an opinion since there are a million factors to why certain things sell.  In my opinion,  one of the reasons it didn 't sell well is because there are too many better games to play on PS3.  That is a legidimat answer, unlike your statement which doesn't address the op's question or any other question for that matter.

 

There's these little letters you might be familiar with then: i-m-o.  Be sure you use those next time .  Curious though, why bother backing your opinion with metacritic numbers? Shouldn't your opinion be more then enough in this case?

It's right there in your highlighted area.  My opinion is enough for me, but I keep getting people arguing with me over my opinion, like I'm the only one in the world who thinks there is nothing special about this game.  Again, I'm simply pointing out that I'm not the only one who thinks this game is average.   IMO of course. (happy now?)



MonstaMack on 19 December 2009

360: FPS audience at heart still. Looks at other games sales. Six of the top 7 games on 360 are shooters for sales (GTA being the only non-shooter). The only other games they seem to gobble up: Capcom (Dead Rising, Lost Planet tho another shooter), Racing (PGR4 and Forza 2 and eventually Forza 3. Tho they are heavily bundled), WRPGs (Fable, Fallout and Mass Effect) along with sports games and music games.

But ultimately most of their games are of the shooter variety that are top heavy.



It's just that simple.

czecherychestnut on 19 December 2009

For me personally I was going to get Borderlands as it looked quite fresh and interesting, but my time got sucked up by U2 instead. I doubt that I'd be the only one like this. PS3 is getting a flood of awesome games, and unfortunately people only have so much time and money, so games like Borderlands will be the casualty to that. Thats why launch dates are so important.



heruamon on 19 December 2009
MonstaMack said:
360: FPS audience at heart still. Looks at other games sales. Six of the top 7 games on 360 are shooters for sales (GTA being the only non-shooter). The only other games they seem to gobble up: Capcom (Dead Rising, Lost Planet tho another shooter), Racing (PGR4 and Forza 2 and eventually Forza 3. Tho they are heavily bundled), WRPGs (Fable, Fallout and Mass Effect) along with sports games and music games.

But ultimately most of their games are of the shooter variety that are top heavy.

But how does this stack up against the PS3?



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LordChris915 on 19 December 2009
finalsquall said:
too many new games on the ps3. I'm playing game after game, and now multi games. PS3 is getting flooded by great games - 1st party and 3rd party.

I have the same problem, I don't have time for games that aren't quite AAA, the 360 is in somewhat of a drought so good  multi-platform games will sell very well.

We also have a much better lineup than the 360 as far as AAA exclusive games go, its going to get very interesting over the next few months.



ultraslick on 19 December 2009

possibly due to Uncharted 2



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kjj4t9rdad on 19 December 2009
coolbeans said:
kjj4t9rdad said:
coolbeans said:
kjj4t9rdad said:
coolbeans said:
kjj4t9rdad said:
We're to busy playing all the AAA games that came out this year to be bothered with another average shooter, which is exactly what Borderlands is.

Fail statement bro

And why is that?  There are 10 AAA games released on the PS3 this year.  Another 26 that had better reviews.  To me that puts this game in the average catagory.  After playing the game, I still say the game is average.  It is called an opinion.  Your opinion is obviously different, but that doesn't mean my opinion is a fail statement.

The OP asked why this games didn't sell well on PS3.  The answer to this question can only be an opinion since there are a million factors to why certain things sell.  In my opinion,  one of the reasons it didn 't sell well is because there are too many better games to play on PS3.  That is a legidimat answer, unlike your statement which doesn't address the op's question or any other question for that matter.

 

There's these little letters you might be familiar with then: i-m-o.  Be sure you use those next time .  Curious though, why bother backing your opinion with metacritic numbers? Shouldn't your opinion be more then enough in this case?

It's right there in your highlighted area.  My opinion is enough for me, but I keep getting people arguing with me over my opinion, like I'm the only one in the world who thinks there is nothing special about this game.  Again, I'm simply pointing out that I'm not the only one who thinks this game is average.   IMO of course. (happy now?)

No, no I'm talking about your first statement you should've referenced that.  I have no problem with you saying your opinion but I just found your first statement to be insinuating something else or you were just coming off as just bringing down the game in general.  So my fault on that one, sorry and I'll admit a bit rude to ya because it's my personal GOTY .

No problem. I should've put it on my first statement.  I forgot that a lot of people on this site feel that there opinion is fact, and that is not what I was trying to do at all.



heruamon on 19 December 2009
Miguel_Zorro said:

Two reasons:

1. Borderlands is primarily a North American game, based on sales.  It wasn't even released in Japan.  Games that are big in the U.S. but not big elsewhere always have a massive sales difference between consoles. (Since the box has a 2-1 advantage on the PS3 in the 'States). Conversely, games that are big in Japan sell better on the PS3 (Street Fighter 4).

2. Borderlands came out within a week of Uncharted 2.  I follow the industry, and I hadn't even really heard about Borderlands until just before release.  PS3 owners weren't looking at games outside of the Uncharted 2 shadow during that week.  I didn't buy Borderlands, but I'll probably pick it up later.  I was too busy playing Uncharted 2, followed by Modern Warfare 2 a few weeks later.  Borderlands was caught in the middle.  To be honest, I wonder if Borderlands would have received more press and sold better if it were released at the start of December.

Interesting...considering that what's been released this holiday season.



"...You can't kill ideas with a sword, and you can't sink belief structures with a broadside. You defeat them by making them change..."

- From By Schism Rent Asunder

MonstaMack on 19 December 2009

Actually my answer does make sense. 360 more heavy shooter wise for the buying peeps.



It's just that simple.