And yet:

Gears of War 4 million

Halo 3 3.7 million

Oblivion 3 million

Crackdown 1.5 million

PDZ 1.5 million

Call of Duty 2 1.4 million

Saints Row 1.4 million

Lost Planet 1.4 million

Dead Rising 1.3 million

Madden 07 1.1 million

Dead or Alive 4 1 million

Tom Clancys' Advanced Warfighter 1 million

See a theme there? Al the best selling games are shooters or ultraviolent games, save for Madden.. So yeah 10% shooters makes up for alot bigger margin of total software sold.

VideoGameGuy

erm...

Oblivion is hardly known for it's violence, Lost Planet is hardly violent at all, same with Halo 3.

You're missing some other 360 million-sellers:

PGR3

Guitar Hero 2

Need for Speed: Most Wanted

Need for Speed: Carbon

Pro Evolution Soccer 6

Guitar Hero 3: Legends of Rock

Marvel: Ultimate Alliance

Forza 2

You might want to pre-emtively add games like Mass Effect and Assassin's Creed :)

Americans like xbox 360 because americans like what the xbox 360 has to offer. Namely, a blood-drenched gun-happy gaming experience. No one else really wants that.osirisomeomi

Stop being ridiculous :roll:

Although I don't like shooters (yes I own a 360... and I'm not in America, shock! horreur!) I'm starting to prefer them to the unoriginal ladyboy/emo extravaganzas that Japanese games have to offer at the moment, and haven't changed since the early 90's.

I never thought I'd see the day where I thought that Western developers are overtaking Japanese developers in terms of quality, but here we are.

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Okay, has the fact that thereview states that you cannot move the Mako's turred up and down, when in fact you can, been addressed yet? :?

myke2010

LMAO. That actually shocked me when I first got in the Mako. I was like, WTF? Did this guy even play the game are just watch a bunch of videos?

He should be called on it by his superiors. He basically lowered the games score because of something that doesn't exist.

This is so far one of the best games I've ever played. I'm not a new gamer either been playing since BBC Acorn and Spectrum days.

I'm a few hours in and its so engrossing and I'm quite surprised about GS's review as compared to RPG's its a genre defining title that deserves credit. Like Gears which is genre defining for 3rd person action shooters even if its not my cup of tea you have to give itr credit and a high score.

This game is far more amazing then Assassins Creed which got a 9.0. Very confusing ratings usually I agree with GS in many terms. I remember Jade Empire getting a 8.7(?) and other sites giving it like 9.5+ and I agreed it lacked a certain sumthing from Bioware and RPG's.

But this game is a must have and play game. It's crazy how this isnt a GOTY contender. Assassins Creed, Halo3, R&C, COD4 are all fine games. But Mass Effect, Orange Box, Crysisand SMG are all genre defining amazing games that play well and will define games for the future.

So far Orange Box, and my time with SMG and Mass Effect makes me think these 3 games are the real contenders for GOTY. Its shocking that Assassins Creed got more than a 7.5 its a decent game like the Darkness, Crackdown etc but fails in so many areas like those games mentioned.

Enough of my blabber. I dont wanna upset any massive AC fans as its a decent title. But ME is a amazing game that all RPG fans (including Eastern fans) should play.

mightyboosh13

I agree.

Certainly the staff at GameSpot are a all 'WTF' at how Assassin's Creed scored higher than Mass Effect when it's absolute rubbish (easily my worst purchase of the year, too).

Kevin VanOrd shouldnt review RPG's as far as I'm concerned he gave Blue Dragon a 6.0 when it deserved, at the very least, a 7.5, and Completely underscored Mass Effect, largely because of the Mako :roll:

The game is really good, overall, but anyway trying to say the combat in this game is awesome is just getting caught up in the greatness of the story, more than likely. The combat is pretty bad. The cover mechanics are pure balls, especially when you have trouble pressing against walls and the fact you have to actually crouch before you can cover against low walls. Your teammates are stupid, even if you issue commands. They'll still stand out in the open until they die, randomly shoot at walls or get stuck trying to move through impassable objects. And the parts in the Mako are so boring, they're practically coma-inducing. The story, the situations, the atmosphere and the RPG elements of Mass Effect are great, but when I take into consideration how pedestrian the combat is in ME, I can easily agree with the 8.5 score.QuasidodoJr

"RPG elements"

Thats the entire game. Have you even played it ?

ME Combat > turn based rubbish.

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[QUOTE="Number_1_Gamer"]I'm so glad us sheep aren't getting this game. It's garbage.dream431ca

You're glad your console has 1 less game?

1 less game not worth getting. It's a good thing.

Yeah, sorry, as bad as AC is, the majority of games on the Wii arent even worth pissing on if they were on fire.

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[QUOTE="deavincalhoun"]All thier games in the main series of dragonquest and fianl fantasy were almost all AAA. the also had a AAAA chrono cross and ff12 scored a 9.0 so it makes them the best rgp developer.sam890

No, they aren't.

No other company milks franchises like SE, when's the last time they came up with a GOOD, new IP ?

There are currently rumours circulating that they're going to ressurect 3 IP's, all of them older than 10 years.

SE isnt milking FF every single game is completely different and they are making a new IP called "Lord of Vermilion".

Sounds terribly familiar to Sega's Sword of Vermilion >_>

...or are they losing cash in abundance as they are with the BS3 ?

DressYouUp

LOOKS FAMILIAR >_>