Ps3 catching back up to 360 in sales?

[BreakABone]

Originally Posted by TheGame

BaB you referenced wiki, but I'm adding the numbers differently from that site.

According to those numbers, MW2 is still sitting at just over 12 million for Ps360. GTA4 is at 2.6 mil on Ps3 and 4.3 on 360...

Those numbers have to be severely out of date, but using Wiki

On MW 2,

On June 15, 2010, Activision confirmed that the game had sold over 20 million copies worldwide, making it the second best-selling game of all time in the UK, and the third best-selling game of all time in the US.

http://www.mcvuk.com/news/39540/E3-2...million-copies

On GTA 4,

As of 9 June 2010, the game had sold over 17 million copies

http://www.videogamer.com/news/gta_4...7_million.html

So both of those, would have sold better than the best GT game last gen.
And that's not even counting the other big franchises that emerged this gen.

And BaB I'm not saying it's the "biggest HD franchise". I'm saying it's the most popular franchise that's still around that will be on the HD consoles. There are no other game franchises that will be released on Ps360 that have historically sold as well.

You see that's just narrowing down the argument more and more.
YES, its the last big franchise that hasn't had a game this generation.
And I'm sure it will sell well, but will it sell as much as last gen? Or even cater to the same audience?

And GT5 may well suffer the same fate as GTA.. But I don't see any racing games out there even trying to compete. GTA has had it's fair share of shooters and action games to compete with, but GT these days is pretty much THE racing game. (That and Mario Kart lol) Plus the install base for Ps3 is much bigger now.. I don't think there's much question about if it will outsell GTA honestly.. but we will see.

Forza as gekko pointed out, while doesn't sell nearly as well, did break 4 million with the 2nd one, 3rd slipped a bit, but there are other games.

Again, no one is saying GT won't sell well. I just don't think it will sell as well as you think nor do I think it will push Ps3 as much.
Though as always gonna be hard to tell with the bump they will get for Move.