Why in the world would you want it on? Never give MS any real CC info.. I'm afraid of even buying games on XBLA because I absolutely do not trust them.
"Shipped = given to retailers"
Uhhh, you do know that retailers BUY the shipped product right? SONY doesn't just give it to them, LMAO.
Yet 360 fanboys will fill Gears 3 sales thread with references to PS3 games.....
IIRC, Kinect had a 500m ad campaign.. . thought that isn't really a game. IIRC, Gears and Halo have huge ad campaigns almost, if not more expensive than the actual production costs.
If you're a big UC fan then yea, if not not really. Personally, I found it quite cool.
Given that retailers have bought more units after each installment, I'd say they do sell quite well. Stop with hate, seriously. Retailers would never buy this many if they thought it wouldn't sell, obviously, there is plenty of demand for it.
Shipped or sold doesn't matter.
Look at it this way, you own a game store right? If you think a game is gonna sell only 100 copies, would you order 2000? NO, you'd only order 2-300. So if UC3 shipped this many it means the there IS DEMAND FOR IT. Retailers aren't gonna buy them just for kicks, or just to have them sit on the shelves. Hell no.
Besides, SONY gets their money once they sell to retailers so I don't see the big issue here. IIRC, Ge...
Why is it hard to swallow? IIRC, there's like 55 million PS3s in the world so what's so "hard to swallow" as you put it?
THIS is exactly why I just laugh at people in Pre-order articles talking about what sells and what doesn't. Pre-Order =/= sales. Hell, I've preordered some games that I never even picked up. Seriously man, take those fanboy goggles off. UC3 is a beast. Great job ND.
@blaze
Shipped or sold doesn't matter. Tell me, do you think a retailers would buy that many copies if they were just gonna sit there? OF COURSE NOT. They bought them because that'...
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But what does unique players means? I bought Gears 3 and counting myself about 4 people have used my copy and played online. So do those 4 people count as 1 unique person or 4? If 4 then obviously you can't say that 3 million unique users equals 3 million sold as we don't know how many of those 3 million users are sharing their copies. Unless you mean, they were online at the same time? I really don't know. Anyways, great job UC3,. 5-6 million life...
I've seen much worse in movies, anime, and other entertainment media. This is pretty tame compared to some of those.
Really? I've seen guns everywhere all my life....then again I do live in Texas haha.
So far each installment has been really good so as long as they keep the quality up I don't mind yearly release. Unlike Call of Duty which just changes skin, AC actually adds new mechanics, a great SP, and now MP.
As long as there are internet caps, it will limit the advance of this kinds of technologies. Greedy corporations can go to hell.
I think video games and other media have largely desensitized us. Of course, if it happened in real life it'd be shocking but when something "shocking" happens in games, movies, etc. it just doesn't hold the same impact. Not after years of seeing it happen.
Gears 3 was good but I think storywise it just can't compete with the top tiered franchises like UC and TES. Though the story was great improved, whenever one thinks Gears you think about steroid fueled macho men shooting down wave after wave of aliens. Pretty generic and even though it's great, it just isn't of the same caliber as say UC. When you think UC you think epic cinematic, great characters, amazing story and graphics, not to mention sound. Which one sounds like the bette...
Both should sell almost the same amount in their lifetimes with Gears 3 probably beating UC3 anywhere from .5-1 million units. So it's all good.
And a Million world wide IS an amazing feat as only a very few amount amount of games ever even sell that much in their entire life times.
Your comment is so delusional it's actually funny. Please, do some research next time before writing completely false statements. Both GOWIII and GT5 have sold more than a million day 1.
And no, not all 360 games sell over a million in one day, the ONLY ones capable of doing that are Gears and Halo (and it has to be a Halo FPS, Halo Wars didn't do too hot, now did it?)
My god I don't get the point of all these articles. Yes, we all know that the 360 version sold more and it's quite obvious why:
1. The 360 leads by 11 million in shooter nation
2. Shooters are very popular with the 360 fanbase
Is anyone really surprised?
You should man. Contrary to what many people claim, the Wii does have plenty of great games that make it worthwhile.