Only one PS3 title has passed a million stateside
New stats surprise us
According to an interesting piece of analysis from GameSetWatch (thanks VG247), just one PS3 game has so far sold more than one million units at US retail; Resistance: Fall of Man.
Based on figures from NPD Group (who collate monthly totals that send the business world crazy), only the first Resistance title has sold more than a million copies (outside of bundles with the console), with just LittleBigPlanet coming close.
Resistance 2, Killzone 2, Uncharted and Gran Turismo 5: Prologue are all still stuck in the 500 to 750,000 bracket - we're told.
Analysis from the article in question suggests that while Sony have been pushing new IPs hard, they should really now be focussing on some sequels in order to garner some hefty numbers.
Of course, it's also worth noting that when game-console bundles are included titles like Uncharted have faired somewhat better than you might think; so perhaps Sony don't have too much to fret about.
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This is really surprising when you consider high quality games, like Grand Theft Auto 4 not selling a million in the US on Playstation 3. Grand Theft Auto 4 is multiplatform but still surprising.
Update to previous post I misread the article. NPD meant first party Playstation 3 games not selling more than a million in the US. Now this makes a lot more sense.
Using data from VGChartz:
Resistance Fall of Man 1,400,349 - 136 weeks
Uncharted: Drake's Fortune 964,237 - 82 weeks
Gran Tourismo Prologue 658,284 - 62 weeks
LittleBigPlanet 909,023 - 34 weeks
Resistance 2 834,867 - 33 weeks
Killzone2 815,696 - 17 weeks
Looking at these numbers indicates that the newest games are merely on their way to selling more than one million copies much more quickly than before.
The real thing that this study shows, is that while the 360 is a gaming machine, it's not much more than that. And most people that bought it use it for one purpose more than any other. The PS3, on the other hand, does much more than just play games. There must be more going on with the PS3 than just playing games when less than 1/9 people who own one purchase games... This and Sony with a supposed higher attach rate...
Don't know what to think