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What place will the ps3 end up in at the end of this Gen?

1st 91 12.30%
 
2nd 464 62.70%
 
3rd 185 25.00%
 
Total:740
jesus kung fu magic on 03 January 2010
RageBot said:
J-man, i'm sorry but you can't really just look at sales at this basic level to determine the size of a brand.

God of War came on a console after it's peak, while having much heavier competition and very high piracy levels.

Gears of War came on a infant console with little to no big titles, small level of piracy (considering the fact that piracy = ban from Xbox Live).

I'm not saying that God of War 3 is going to outsell Gears of War something, but it is a possibility, I personally can see GoW3 getting sales of as high as 5 million WW.

(Oh, and Gears is nowhere near the tier of games like Halo and GT)

Read my post's to CGI to find my rebuttle and if you think of something else to bring up ,another rebuttle is there as well.



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jarrod on 03 January 2010
CGI-Quality said:Prime example:

Halo and Gran Turismo, during the last gen, wouldn't have even been said in the same breath in reference to popularity OR sales last gen. Fast forward to 2010, Halo is CONSTANTLY being compared to it on a popularity level. Why is that, well, many thought this would be the last Halo in the entire series, it was the first on the new Xbox, and was advertised like nobody's business. Did we see it doing 11mill+ last gen? I know I didn't.

Now, with a similar situation here, who's to say that GOWIII won't go on to shatter expectation saleswise? I just think that sales aren't the only metric when determining popularity.

I'd argue the chief reason Halo 3 did better was building brand recognition and the expanded audience.  Halo 3 outsold Halo 2, which outsold Halo 1, it's been a steady rise for the series.  Also, 360 is vastly outperforming the original Xbox, which tends to push Microsoft's top tier games further (Forza 2 vs Forza, Fable II vs Fable, PGR3 vs PGR, etc).

With God of War, you have kind of the inverse situation.  The games have sold progressively worse (though I think GOW3 will finally reverse that, new platform sequels tend to get an inherent bump) and so have the platforms (PS2/PSP/PS3).



demonfox13 on 03 January 2010
jesus kung fu magic said:
demonfox13 said:
I still find it funny how GT5 gets mentioned but GOW3 gets no love as far as a potential system seller goes.

GOW 3 wont be a system seller because GOW 1 and 2 werent.

GOW1 was a new game and GOW2 had skepticism since Jaffe wasn't behind it. Now that the fans know that despite director changes it still delivers and improves upon the previous formula I am sure it will move some systems, probably not as much as FFXIII did in Japan alone but it will move systems. I personally can't wait for the gameplay footage this month.



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demonfox13 on 03 January 2010

QUANTUM THEORY WILL BE THE SYSTEM SELLER FOR THE PS3 AND THE 360 WILL GET THE INFERIOR PORT. QUANTUM THEORY ALONE WILL SELL SO MANY PS3'S THAT IT WILL END UP ON 1ST THIS GEN!!!












I wonder how many will take that seriously rofl.



Make games, not war (that goes for ridiculous fanboys)

I may be the next Maelstorm or not, you be the judge http://videogamesgrow.blogspot.com/  hopefully I can be more of an asset than a fanboy to VGC hehe.

c0rd on 03 January 2010
CGI-Quality said:

Well, in his defense, in most cases sales are the main factor. With a franchise like God of War, however, it is still a heavy brand, though like I said I'm not sure I'd call it "bigger" than Gears. Where I disagree with him though, thinking that ONLY sales determine the size of popularity. God of War III was voted as the most anticipated game of 2010 by several places. That says a lot about this franchise right there, though again doesn't mean it's bigger than Gears.

I think this is the problem. These "several places" likely don't represent the real world at all. I bet a new Zelda would be more anticipated there than a 2D Mario, but the two are nowhere close to each other when it comes to brand recognition / sales.

Are we talking about these brands in the real world, or the internet? If it's the internet / gaming forums, you may have an argument. If we include the rest of the population (call them "casuals" if you must), there's no way God of War can compare to Gears of War in popularity.



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DaColdFlash on 03 January 2010

i voted for 2nd place and...WOOT WOOT FIRST POST!






 

BrandonM on 03 January 2010

So 70 people think PS3 will finish first......I remember when Nintendo fanboys used to act out the same way>__>



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SOLIDSNAKE08 on 03 January 2010
demonfox13 said:
QUANTUM THEORY WILL BE THE SYSTEM SELLER FOR THE PS3 AND THE 360 WILL GET THE INFERIOR PORT. QUANTUM THEORY ALONE WILL SELL SO MANY PS3'S THAT IT WILL END UP ON 1ST THIS GEN!!!












I wonder how many will take that seriously rofl.


lol probably the same amount that think the same about natal



thx1139 on 03 January 2010
ps3_jrpg_gamer said:
Hyruken said:
damkira said:

I'm pretty sure it will eventually pull off second, the momentum is clearly with it... but you never know for sure. Xbox 360 seems to have already exhausted all of its options...

 


How so?
your whole text is filled with fanboysim and MS will be the one to be forced to sell at a very low price with no profit

Wait so MS will be forced to sell at a very low price with no profit. I guess that is different then Sony (currently) selling at a high price at a loss.

 

To add to other threads going on.

GOWIII will not be a system seller (System sellers on all consoles are really done now with the console penetrations so high) and will sell nicely, but not blockbuster status.  Previous iterations didnt and dont give me that was because of piracy. There were 100+ million PS2s out when the GOW games released. Dont tell me all 100+ million were people that were pirating games.  Not to mention it is a genre that even when it has a blockbuster the sales are good not great.

Halo vs GT.  We dont know which is the bigger franchise now.  Past gen GT3 was bigger. I tend to think that Halo has overtaken GT.  GT did not have direct competion until Forza 1.  This gen the racing genre has caught up to GT in looks and offers people diferent options on racers and this will dilute GT sales.  GT wont push hardware much.

MS has plenty of room to drop price.  The people that dispute that only think about the Arcade.  Well Arcade can drop to $129 or $149 and the HDD sku can drop to $200.  PS2 took less time to drop to $149 and that worked pretty well for Sony.  So Arcade at $149 for the 360's sixth year is an easy thing for MS to do.



Its libraries that sell systems not a single game.

ps3_jrpg_gamer on 03 January 2010
thx1139 said:
ps3_jrpg_gamer said:
Hyruken said:
damkira said:

I'm pretty sure it will eventually pull off second, the momentum is clearly with it... but you never know for sure. Xbox 360 seems to have already exhausted all of its options...

 


How so?
your whole text is filled with fanboysim and MS will be the one to be forced to sell at a very low price with no profit

Wait so MS will be forced to sell at a very low price with no profit. I guess that is different then Sony (currently) selling at a high price at a loss.

 

To add to other threads going on.

GOWIII will not be a system seller (System sellers on all consoles are really done now with the console penetrations so high) and will sell nicely, but not blockbuster status.  Previous iterations didnt and dont give me that was because of piracy. There were 100+ million PS2s out when the GOW games released. Dont tell me all 100+ million were people that were pirating games.  Not to mention it is a genre that even when it has a blockbuster the sales are good not great.

Halo vs GT.  We dont know which is the bigger franchise now.  Past gen GT3 was bigger. I tend to think that Halo has overtaken GT.  GT did not have direct competion until Forza 1.  This gen the racing genre has caught up to GT in looks and offers people diferent options on racers and this will dilute GT sales.  GT wont push hardware much.

MS has plenty of room to drop price.  The people that dispute that only think about the Arcade.  Well Arcade can drop to $129 or $149 and the HDD sku can drop to $200.  PS2 took less time to drop to $149 and that worked pretty well for Sony.  So Arcade at $149 for the 360's sixth year is an easy thing for MS to do.
GOW3 for ps3 STATUS it will be blockbuster