InFamous becomes fastest selling new exclusive IP on PS3

[QUOTE="SolidTy"]

Heck, the Number One Played Game on Xbox 360 for the first Year right before GeoW came out was LAST GEN's Halo 2, meaning Xbox 360 gamers were absolutely dying for new Next Gen content at that time.

SpinoRaptor24

Or maybe because a lot of xbox gamers liked playing Halo 2?

Think about buying a $400 brand new console in Xmas 2005, and for a full two years anticipating and hearing about GeoW, you used that new $400 machine to play a game that operated on a $130 machine you used to have.

Games like Perfect Dark 0 were supposed to grab us consumers that bought it at launch, but it wasn't the game that did it for us. GeoW was most def. though.

There were certainly many gamers happy with 2004's Halo 2, but in mid 2006, we were all hungry for a next gen killer app, at least most of us were.
I don't think many gamers that bought a 360 couldn't wait to get home to play their 2004 Halo 2, but it just was working out that way.

I'm not complaining, I just am explaining one of the many variables, is all. :) Trust me, with a 93,000 Gamerscore, I tried to play every game I could back then.

[QUOTE="IronBass"]

Heck, the Number One Played Game on Xbox 360 for the first Year right before GeoW came out was LAST GEN's Halo 2, meaning Xbox 360 gamers were absolutely dying for new Next Gen content at that time. That Starvation isn't a variable on PS3 at this time.SolidTy

yet GeoW 2

I'm not talking about GeoW2, I never said GeoW2, I have been talking about GeoW, a new IP for 2006.

I only brought it up because of the poster on the same page was talking GeoW1.

No, the Current Economic Climate (Worldwide recession), A varied install base, The Non Holiday Release date, Marketing for each game, and the fact that SHOOTERS are more popular than Superhero games factors in though.

Not to mention, the PS3 users being flooded with new High Quality games to buy like LBP, Resistance 2, MLB09:The Show, Killzone 2, and now Infamous.

It all adds up.

Heck, the Number One Played Game on Xbox 360 for the first Year right before GeoW came out was LAST GEN's Halo 2, meaning Xbox 360 gamers were absolutely dying for new Next Gen content at that time. That Starvation isn't a variable on PS3 at this time.

SolidTy

The economy might be a factor, but considering that this isn't a problem limited to games just released, but all PS3 exclusives since launch, the economic factor doesn't have that much explanatory power.

The varied installed base doesn't wholly account for it. The sales difference as a ratio between GoW and InFamous is 4.93, but the market share ratio between 360 and PS3 is 1.35

And inFamous isn't exactly a Superhero game, or at least, isn't quite subject to the same problems as that genre is, because it doesn't feature a recognisable superhero. Although it is true that shooters seem to be more popular in general, are they the most popular on PS3? I wouldn't think so, considering that inFamous has the highest sales record.

I think it's rather peculiar to cite that the PS3 is being flooded with high quality games as an explanation of the difference... as if the 360 weren't flooded with high quality games around GoW's release?

[QUOTE="clicketyclick"] It was a prompt for figures to back up your claim.IronBass

That's not how it works. You make a claim; you provide the evidence for it when challenged. If you can't provide evidence for your claim, it doesn't stand.

The problem is that PS3 owners have to many awesome titles to choose from so sales increase slowly. Unlike lems who have like 7 Halos and only play one :)Odrec

I thought sales didn't matter only scores...

That's not how it works. You make a claim; you provide the evidence for it when challenged. If you can't provide evidence for your claim, it doesn't stand.clicketyclick

[QUOTE="Odrec"]The problem is that PS3 owners have to many awesome titles to choose from so sales increase slowly. Unlike lems who have like 7 Halos and only play one :)IronBass

Oh sorry I lose count.Odrec

You lost the count after two? Wow.

Well still they spend their time playing one Halo and the rest fixing their broken console :)Odrec

Not really. 360 owners spend a lot of time playing. That's why the 360 is more played than the PS3.

[QUOTE="clicketyclick"]That's not how it works. You make a claim; you provide the evidence for it when challenged. If you can't provide evidence for your claim, it doesn't stand.IronBass

Well still they spend their time playing one Halo and the rest fixing their broken console :)

Not really. 360 owners spend a lot of time playing. That's why the 360 is more played than the PS3.

Odrec

You made a factual claim, which you can't back up. I'm dismissing it not because I just "feel" differently, but because it's unsourced. Tis all.clicketyclick

Yea with 8 million users more of course they spend more time playing Halo 3 it's basic first order logic. Odrec

[QUOTE="clicketyclick"]You made a factual claim, which you can't back up. I'm dismissing it not because I just "feel" differently, but because it's unsourced. Tis all.IronBass

This isn't a Q&A forum. It's a discussion forum. That means things don't just stop with the reply given. :Pclicketyclick

You can decide not to discuss anything, but then why bother replying afterward to say "well good for you" when someone counters your point? :? It's a little...clicketyclick

Is that really saying much? I don't recall a first party PS3 game that has sold terribly well. MGS4/Konami isn't first party though they did sell well.

Not bad for a new IP on the PS3. You can't really compare it to new IP's on the Xbox, as MS know how to advertise games, and get gamers to buy them.

Crackdown beat it , according to "The Chartz" However that could be(probably) down to it being bundled with a Halo 3 Beta.(It's still the better game though )

[QUOTE="clubsammich91"]

[QUOTE="Sir_Lawl"]

What about it?

Sir_Lawl

That's still pretty abysmal.

Curious, what have you been playing on your 360 this year?

good for InFamous. Maybe Sucker Punch will get enough money to do InFmous 2 and a new Sly :D

Good for Sucker Punch and their new IP. I wonder how will the other new IP in the same genre called Prototype will do in sales. Hopefully being a new IP in this time of recession won't affect its sales as well.

Good for sucker punch and infamous look like a great game and now can we have sly 4

Great sales. How can somebody say this game is a flop sales-wise is beyond me.IronBass

Because Gears of War man. We know every new IP sales like Gears. It's a fact.

So sales matter again? That's cool. Still doesn't seem that impressive for such a big game.

Uncharted sold 2.6 million overall which is pretty abysmal right?kaangonultas

It's under 5 million, so duh. :roll:

[QUOTE="zarshack"]

[QUOTE="Sir_Lawl"]

Wow absolutely pathetic :lol:

Are PS3 fanboys actually happy with these sales? Bwahahahaha :lol:

Gears of War sales>>>>>>>>>>All those new IPs combined :D

jakarai

[QUOTE="jakarai"][QUOTE="zarshack"]Wow absolutely pathetic :lol:

Sir_Lawl

Amazing by Sony and PS3 fanboy's standards, since most (if not all) of their exclusives sell horrible.

[QUOTE="clubsammich91"]

So in order for a game to not be a sales flop in your eyes it has to have Halo 3 like sales numbers?

All this fanboyism of yours must make you thirsty. Try this!

zarshack

Not bad for a new IP on the PS3. You can't really compare it to new IP's on the Xbox, as MS know how to advertise games, and get gamers to buy them.

Crackdown beat it , according to "The Chartz" However that could be(probably) down to it being bundled with a Halo 3 Beta.(It's my opinion that it is still the better game though )

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