Regardless of hardware numbers, it's ultimately software that means the most to any publisher's bottom line. Unfortunately, in 2007, PS3 exclusives didn't fare too well. The top selling PS3 exclusive, Motorstorm, managed to become a million-seller worldwide, but ranks 51st in overall 2007 sales (according to Next-Gen).There are a number of reasons for the sluggish software sales on PS3. Most obviously, the low system install base will keep PS3 sales from ever reaching the highs that many Wii and Xbox 360 titles can produce. However, we've said it time and time again: 2008 is looking to be a banner year for Sony's black box, and we think things are going to look up. If PS3 can push some strong bestsellers this year (we think they will), publishers and developers are very likely to strongly reconsider how much effort goes into PS3 development. If not, then there's a serious problem.
Check out key PS3-exclusive bestsellers, after the cut.
- Ninja Gaiden Sigma - 470k sold (99th place)
- Ratchet & Clank: Tools of Destruction - 600k sold (81st place)
- Heavenly Sword - 630k sold (78th place)
- Uncharted - 730k sold (64th place)
[Via Joystiq]
Reader Comments (Page 1 of 2)
4-10-2008 @ 12:52PM
NaCHOburger said...
So Warkhawk didn't even make the top 100?
-Ouch!
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4-10-2008 @ 12:53PM
Andrew Yoon said...
Granted, I don't think downloaded numbers were included in that list. Warhawk may have sold pretty well--just not at retail.
4-10-2008 @ 1:46PM
Hashbrown Hunter said...
Yeah, games that are released digitally aren't recorded in sales except by the host (i.e. Sony, Microsoft, Nintendo, etc.)
4-10-2008 @ 2:05PM
NaCHOburger said...
your right, I wasn't thinking that they might only consider retail products
4-10-2008 @ 1:07PM
Philip said...
Does this include mororstorm that was bundled with the ps3??
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4-10-2008 @ 1:16PM
dabamf said...
Yes, I believe so...insult to injury, no?
4-10-2008 @ 5:31PM
Eggy said...
* Pack-in titles were not counted.
So no bundles did not count.
4-10-2008 @ 1:10PM
Spoony said...
Don't Forget Oblivion. The numbers counted on that are for the PS3 Version Online.
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4-10-2008 @ 1:11PM
sUnHeAd said...
this is BS accorrding to VGCharts
uncharted:1.44m
ratchet: 0.99m
heavenly sword: 0.96m
it also says in the notes of next gen that Numbers take into account North America and Western Europe only.
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4-10-2008 @ 1:11PM
Spoony said...
Don't forget Oblivion It's sales were only for the PS3 version since it was the only version released in 2007.
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4-10-2008 @ 1:13PM
Dan Davis said...
MGS4, GT5:P, SOCOM, FFXIII, Killzone 2, Little Big Planet, Tekken 6, RFOM2(?)...
I'm sure I'm missing a ton more, but I'd say 2008 is looking a lot better.
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4-10-2008 @ 1:30PM
Watcher said...
I'm not sure why this is a suprise. 07 was a rough year for Sony. Sales didn't take off until the price cut and the holiday season.
This year will be different. GTP is already showing promise. Sony has a killer lineup this year, and MSG4 will take the crown in exlusives. I'd like to revisit this topic next year and wouldn't even bother with polling anything for PS3 in 07.
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4-10-2008 @ 1:43PM
DMeisterJ said...
Too bad they don't use Japanese numbers also. That'd change a lot up
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4-10-2008 @ 1:43PM
Lars said...
I don't find this type of stuff all that useful or important. My personal decisions are all that matter. I'm glad that a lot of people make the same decisions, but it's meaningless to me whether my decision was #1 or not.
I mean, most people buy (pun alert!) shitty toilet paper, but my ass thanks me for always buying charmin with aloe. As long as that product exists, I'll be happy, I don't need it to be the best selling TP out there.
And anyways, getting in the top 100 is pretty damn respectable. How many games came out last year? Many thousands, a lot of which were so crappy they didn't even get reviewed let alone sell hundreds of thousands of copies.
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4-10-2008 @ 1:51PM
lucious said...
vgchartz.com shows Motorstorm selling 3.10 million. Also, there's only 3 or so xbox titles that were exclusives ahead of it. This article is not really all that telling other than to say the Wii is really doing good. If MS had a year headstart and was at full steam last year, you'd think they would have saturated the charts........not so.
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4-10-2008 @ 2:18PM
Doug said...
vgchartz is hardly what I would call a reliable source. The published numbers in this post may or may not be giving enough credit to game sales, but vgchartz' numbers are notoriously highly dubious.
4-10-2008 @ 2:03PM
PS3FanxD said...
WOW. You guys make the PS3 look bad. Uncharted sold 700k. Almost a mill, isn't that good? It will be still selling when MGS4 gathers a lot more people over. If you look at the list, almost 80% of the games are multiplatform games. The only ones that are not are the obvious ones, Halo 3, Pokemon, Mario, Bioshock, and Mass effect. We all knew those were going to sell very well. PSP on the other hand, is kinda sad.
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4-10-2008 @ 2:03PM
Lars said...
I don't find this type of stuff all that useful or important. My personal decisions are all that matter. I'm glad that a lot of people make the same decisions, but it's meaningless to me whether my decision was #1 or not.
I mean, most people buy (pun alert!) shitty toilet paper, but my ass thanks me for always buying charmin with aloe. As long as that product exists, I'll be happy, I don't need it to be the best selling TP out there.
And anyways, getting in the top 100 is pretty damn respectable. How many games came out last year? Many thousands, a lot of which were so crappy they didn't even get reviewed let alone sell hundreds of thousands of copies.
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4-10-2008 @ 2:38PM
Real Gambler said...
It's hard to fight HUGE titles like:
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtle 1.2 M
High School Musical: Makin’ the Cut! 1.2 M
Transformers: The Game 3.3 M
Spider-Man 3 3.4 M
The Simpsons Game 3.9 M
Pokemon Diamond/Pearl 5 M
; )
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4-10-2008 @ 3:12PM
marklar said...
yup, that's highly embarrassing