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UNCHARTED GOT OUTSOLD BY RESIDENT EVIL: UMBRELLA CHRONICLES

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In a Media Create thread 1 or 2 days ago you wrote this:

What's up with the Uncharted and No More Heroes comparison anyway? I don't see how you can compare such completely different games. Or has Sony fans hit a new low?

Some people in the Media Create thread said that Uncharted outsold No More Heros and you wondered why they compared those 2 games. Then you ask if Sony fans have hit a new low because of this. Now you are doing the exact same thing with Uncharted and RE:UC, why?

If you say that its "hitting a new low" when comparing NMH with Uncharted since they are 2 completely different, why are you comparing RE:UC and Uncharted (which is also 2 completely different games) yourself?

Your comment is also much "bigger" than the No More Heros VS Uncharted comment because you write in caps and adds alot of lol icons. The NMH VS Uncharted comments were written with lowercase letters and only had one lol icon.

 

[mabuza]

:lol why the hell are you devoting so much text to a comment that clearly a troll?

 

[test_account]

:lol why the hell are you devoting so much text to a comment that clearly a troll?

Its not that much text I just had to ask him that question.

 

[AdventureRacing]

To an large extent, yeah. You are underplaying the 360's fervered pace though. The PS2 never had software numbers matching its installedbase ratio, nevermind surpassing it. As the installed base grows, the more likely it is that there are a bunch of gamers that will just not buy software on a consistant basis. This has yet to happen to the 360 and has even grown to some extent. It deffinatly is not guarenteed to happen to the PS3 and the Wii as their installed base grows to match the 360's. In fact if history is anything to go by, they probably won't

Wow besides the bad grammar and spelling this is basically what i was going to post.

 

[Chipopo]

sooo any good meltdowns in this thread or do PS3 fanboys just totally ignore NPD at this point?

 

[Lobster]

sooo any good meltdowns in this thread or do PS3 fanboys just totally ignore NPD at this point?

Ps3 sales Quadrupled!!!! Watchu talking bout?

 

[Rowsdower]

Well, the question is more what is wrong with you? You seem to be the only PC gamer left who hasn´t made the transition to console. "I am legend", right?

There are plenty of PC-only gamers. Most of them just don't pay for their games.

 

[Thunder Monkey]

Ps3 sales Quadrupled!!!! Watchu talking bout?

De Nile and something about Rivers...

Watch Firefly?

 

[eviltasan]

Could use some of Donnys charts about now, where art thou.

 

[AniHawk]

In a Media Create thread 1 or 2 days ago you wrote this:



Some people in the Media Create thread said that Uncharted outsold No More Heros and you wondered why they compared those 2 games. Then you ask if Sony fans have hit a new low because of this. Now you are doing the exact same thing with Uncharted and RE:UC, why?

If you say that its "hitting a new low" when comparing NMH with Uncharted since they are 2 completely different, why are you comparing RE:UC and Uncharted (which is also 2 completely different games) yourself?

Your comment is also much "bigger" than the No More Heros VS Uncharted comment because you write in caps and adds alot of lol icons. The NMH VS Uncharted comments were written with lowercase letters and only had one lol icon.

He can't hear you anymore.

 

[Hammer24]

There are plenty of PC-only gamers. Most of them just don't pay for their games.

Sounds like the situation here, in europe. At this point I don´t get dev´s anymore, who make PC only games. When piracy is the gold standard, it makes absolutely no sense.

 

[Sean]

sooo any good meltdowns in this thread or do PS3 fanboys just totally ignore NPD at this point?

Nah, they just keep pushing the goal posts back further and further (like usual).

Wait until 2008, wait until MGS4, wait until GT5, wait until $249, etc.

 

[Thunder Monkey]

He can't hear you anymore.

Cloaking himself in his veil of hypocracy no doubt.

*snooty*

Indeed.

 

[nofi]

Nah, they just keep pushing the goal posts back further and further (like usual).

Wait until 2008, wait until MGS4, wait until GT5, wait until $249, etc.

We just ignore America.

 

[test_account]

He can't hear you anymore.

Ye, i noticed that he was banned, but isnt that just from logging in? Or is the banned person's IP blocked from reading the forum at all?

 

[Son of Godzilla]

sooo any good meltdowns in this thread or do PS3 fanboys just totally ignore NPD at this point?

AltogetherAndrews wasn't quite living up to his name, but he bailed before doing something truly nutzo.

 

[Thunder Monkey]

Ye, i noticed that he was banned, but isnt that just from logging in? Or is the banned person's IP blocked from reading the forum at all?

Reading at all.

I had to clean out my cookies just to get my fix. (meaning probably not an ip ban)

 

[Lobster]

Ye, i noticed that he was banned, but isnt that just from logging in? Or is the banned person's IP blocked from reading the forum at all?

Logging in and yeah your right..when I was banned I was viewing GAF a lot anyway. He probably saw it.

 

[Brashnir]

There are plenty of PC-only gamers. Most of them just don't pay for their games.

Or they play one MMO and absolutely nothing else.

 

[Kill Your Masters]

We just ignore America.

"We don't need USA, we're Sony!"

 

[nofi]

"We don't need USA, we're Sony!"

Desperate times call for desperate measures.

I'm kidding of course.

 

[test_account]

Reading at all.

I had to clean out my cookies just to get my fix. (meaning probably not an ip ban)

Logging in and yeah your right..when I was banned I was viewing GAF a lot anyway. He probably saw it.

Ok, thanks for the info

 

[Gibb]

Nah, they just keep pushing the goal posts back further and further (like usual).

Wait until 2008, wait until MGS4, wait until GT5, wait until $249, etc.

Hey.. patience is a virtue.

 

[Gadfly]

Microsoft's announcement was both for world-wide, and included a week after the NPD numbers. A million is pretty reasonable.

Yes, I will not be surprised if ME puts out some strong numbers for December.

Anecdotal evidence, but some of my son's friends that were not interested in ME at first (and said so) are asking me to get it for them from MS store.

Live is a powerful medium for spreading word of mouth.

 

[Thunder Monkey]

Ok, thanks for the info

Getting banned at least once seems to be a right of passage... :lol

Some push a bit too much.

 

[mr_bishiuk]

Sony's holiday qtr financials are going to be horrendous, PS2 games well down on last year, a huge hit on PS3 selling price but not the games too match, PSP software minimal.

I mean surely it will be the gaming divisions biggest ever loss?

 

[AniHawk]

Sony's holiday qtr financials are going to be horrendous, PS2 games well down on last year, a huge hit on PS3 selling price but not the games too match, PSP software minimal.

I mean surely it will be the gaming divisions biggest ever loss?

I dunno. They lost $2B last year and that was pretty huge.

 

[Opus Angelorum]

I mean surely it will be the gaming divisions biggest ever loss?

Surely Sony themselves won't make light of this though?

 

[AniHawk]

Surely Sony themselves won't make light of this though?

Well they sorta have to release their financial statements every fiscal year.

 

[The Innocent X]

Seven straight loss making quarters from the division that used to be the most profitable, I predict more "re-organization" at the games division ( and probably some good games canned )

 

[mr_bishiuk]

Surely Sony themselves won't make light of this though?

They wont be able to, shareholders are going to start kicking and screaming

I dunno. They lost $2B last year and that was pretty huge.

I think it will be a lotworse! The PS3 was $599 then and the PS2 was holding up games wise and was selling more than the 360.

 

[Kill Your Masters]

They wont be able to, shareholders will start kicking and screaming

They can still pull the "Sony Family" trick, including TVs, Vaios, just everything they got...

 

[Chipopo]

*is disappointed*

 

[AniHawk]

They wont be able to, shareholders are going to start kicking and screaming



I think it will be a lotworse! The PS3 was $599 then and the PS2 was holding up games wise and was selling more than the 360.

I think that had R&D costs factored into it though.

 

[mr_bishiuk]

They can still pull the "Sony Family" trick, including TVs, Vaios, just everything they got...

They have been lucky they have been able to pull the other divisions around otherwise they would be in the shit!

 

[test_account]

Getting banned at least once seems to be a right of passage... :lol

Some push a bit too much.

How do you mean?

 

[mr_bishiuk]

I think that had R&D costs factored into it though.

R&D is almost certainly being written off over 10 years hence the constant reference by Sony execs to the 10 year plan. In the UK you write off R&D over the life of the project and you have to have evidence for the Inland Revenue as to how much the R&D came to and show workings as to why you think the project will be profitable (otherwise you have to write it off there and then) and you have to provide eveidence as to whu you think it will last for that period.

I assume Japan is similar.

 

[lexi]

Well, the question is more what is wrong with you? You seem to be the only PC gamer left who hasn´t made the transition to console. "I am legend", right?

I'm a PC gamer and while I own 2 current-gen consoles, I don't play them all that much, bar Mario Galaxy.

 

[Frenck]

AC

Gaming has officially been saved.

 

[Thunder Monkey]

How do you mean?

Keeping the schtick that got you banned is one way (ala my lost buddy Crushed).

My banning was more fluke then something malicious on my part though.

 

[Lobster]

AC

Gaming has officially been saved.

Huh? Gaming was never dying..You must be looking for the MC thread..

 

[RJT]

R&D is almost certainly being written off over 10 years hence the constant reference by Sony execs to the 10 year plan. In the UK you write off R&D over the life of the project and you have to have evidence for the Inland Revenue as to how much the R&D came to and show workings as to why you think the project will be profitable (otherwise you have to write it off there and then) and you have to provide eveidence as to whu you think it will last for that period.

I assume Japan is similar.

Yeah, that's a major accountancy trick (which can be easily abused...)

I doubt they'll use 10 years to write off the R&D costs though. I suppose this is going to be one REALLY bad year for Sony's game division.

 

[mr_bishiuk]

Yeah, that's a major accountancy trick (which can be easily abused...)

I doubt they'll use 10 years to write off the R&D costs though. I suppose this is going to be one REALLY bad year for Sony's game division.

You think they will try and write it off sooner? I doubt it companies are always looking at short term profitability in their accounts because the directors dont know if they personally will be around in the next year.

The problem will be if the auditors decide that the 10 years is too long and that it would be correct to write it off quicker.

Altenatively they may have said that we will sell 100m PS3's so we will divide the R&D by 100m and charged it on a per console basis.

 

[Hammer24]

I'm a PC gamer and while I own 2 current-gen consoles, I don't play them all that much, bar Mario Galaxy.

Hmm, lets get back to the "statistical noise" argument, k?

 

[Xirj]

Fascinating NPD month and love all the discussion. I surely have spent more time reading this thread than studying for the final in an hour and a half.

Does anyone know when NPD Canada's coming out?

 

[frAntic_Frog]

many people believe that MGS4 and FF will come to 360 anyway, so I don't really see those as being an ace in the hole for Sony, and what with the way things are looking, I wouldn't doubt that Konami and Square-Enix could pull a Capcom with their exclusivities

squarenix, not likely. PS3 still too formidable in japan to lose FF exclusive. MGS4......i think will be time exclusive, but most likely at least one to two years. by then i dont think anyone will have cared its 360-bound. Those who buy it will probably play it on PS3

so yes, those exclusives still matter in the foreseeable future to PS3

 

[Visualante]

From the amusing Predict November's biggest disaster thread: As you can see GAF has it's finger on the pulse of the industry

Unreal Tournament III - 4
Assassin's Creed - 19
Mass Effect - 19
Crysis - 4
Viva Pinata (PC) - 20
Blacksite: Area 51 - 24
**** and *****: Dead men - 27
Sim City: Societies - 4
Rock Band - 11
Haze - 38 (unreleased)
Raving Rabbids 2 - 3
Soul Calibur Legends - 2
Trauma Centre: New Blood - 6
Resident Evil: Umbrella Chronicles - 3
Uncharted - 11
Fire Emblem - 6
Mario and Sonic at the Olympics - 5
Beowulf - 6
Ghost Squad - 6
Scene It - 1
This thread - 1

Special mentions: Titiklabingapat for saying Mario will outsell Call of Duty 4. Bannings across the board for many including PhoenixDown.

 

[test_account]

Keeping the schtick that got you banned is one way (ala my lost buddy Crushed).

My banning was more fluke then something malicious on my part though.

Ah ok, i understand what you mean now. I think atleast

 

[TunaLover]

We just ignore America.

PS3 in America is the 360 of Japan.

 

[dejan]

I actually read all 47 pages of this thread (hey it's friday and I'm alone in the office) and yes ... there was some arguing and spinning and quite a bit of trolling, too yes ... but besides that ... WHERE ARE THE OBLIGATORY NPD MELTDOWNS, GAF? WHERE ARE THEY, HUH? Disappointment total ... time to call it a day.