GOW III will be a sales monster? I Don't think so

VGArabia.com : GOW II sold over 2.5 million copies even it was an option for more than 120,000,000 PS2 owners at that time, then why being so much optimistic about GOWIII?

[Jerk120]

God Of War III will be a FLOP? I think so.

[saint_john_paul_ii]

Troll fail.

[Shadow Man]

but it won't sale 10 million like Halo3, but thats ok.

[PotNoodle]

Shadow man has said some questionable things in the past here. But that is right on the money.

Look at regular games, Tomb raider: underworld - with all that brand recognition, on 4 platforms and loads of advertising - sold 1 million in one month across all platforms.

That was praised as good sales by analysts, but when an exclusive game with little brand recognition sells 1 million in just over a month it is classed as a flop? Come on people, stop being silly.

Halo, Call of duty, Gran turismo, Grand theft Auto and Wii fit have phenomenal comercial success. You can't compare all games to them, because in reality, a developer is happy to crack 2 million sales.

[topdawg122]

It won't flop by any means but it will sell a couple million. I'm geussing between 2 or 3 mil. No multi. won't give it as much sales as a Halo or Modern Warfare 2. Real fans will get this day one as it will be epic just like the others

[Snake Raiser]

For once I actually gave shadowman an agree...never thought i'd see the day...did someone hack his account? Oh well. Now about the sales, I don't know how much the PSP game sold, but maybe you should take that into consideration as well. If I had to guess the series as a whole probably sold about 7mil.I think GOW 111 will also sell better than this guy expects because it will be hyped through the roof! When GOW 1 +11 came out Sony had already beaten xbox and sony fanboys had lots of other games to hype as well, they had no reason to bother with a new ip at the time. Now that it is a proven franchise I think people will notice it more. Remember GTA1 sold just over 1mil. It was only after GTA3 that the franchise took off. (this is also due to 3-d I know, but you get the point.) Now IF sony will just market the game it could easily top 5mil.

[Solid_Snake666]

your right it wont sell as much as Halo but halo wont ever sell as much as Grand Turismo

[likedamaster]

let's be realistic here. God of War 3 won't sell 5 million if even Microsoft advertised it.

From what I've read, it doesn't pack any multiplayer modes. Some co-op would have been indeed something to look forward to. You gotta give gamers some incentive to make the purchase or only the hardcore story-loving gamers will buy it.

Btw, I thoroughly enjoyed 1 & 2. Theseus on Titan mode is haaard(GoW2).

[Defectiv3_Detectiv3]

GoW3 will easily be the best selling PS3 exclusive(aside from GT5), I see it doing about 4 million in sales.

A lot of people try and tout the fact the the PS2 had sold 120 million consoles when GoW2 was released, but a lot of those people had also already moved on to Xbox by that time.

Not to mention, GTP sold almost 4million, and that was just a glorified demo. MGS4 - another ps3 exclusive that has sold 4 million. I really don't see all these people buying MGS4 for its less than impressive MP.

This game has a lot going for it that other hacknslashes don't. Its got brand recognition, a great story, huge scale(the size of the titans, the amount of enemies onscreen), and fun little things on the side like flying through the catacombs - that looks sick.

[AngryTypingGuy]

Fernando, Halo 3 just sold 10 million and is still going strong. No GT game will outsell Halo 3. I know GT4 for PS2 sold 10.4 million but the key here is that Halo 3 is still selling very well.

[Darkeyes]

Meh... I don't care if the game sells 1 copy as long as that copy is mine.....

GOW will be Epic... Anyone who say the demo knows what true gore gameplay really means. The game looks better than anything, play better than anything and is better than any game....

Can't wait to see what GOW has at Gamescom....

GOTY 2010 in the making.

[PirateThom]

Hands off! That 1 copy is mine!!

[Arsenal4Ever]

nu uh, that copy is mine =]

[krouse93]

did I say you would be able to have my copy? :P

[Time Lord]

N4G has been on slide for long time.

[Noob]

People on this site invest too much of their time worrying or speculating on how much a game will sell rather than enjoying it. I don't even consider people like that gamers. Honestly, how do you degrade how good a game is based off of sales? It's irrelevant and only here to make fantards feel good about their decision. Pathetic when you think about it. I can't wait to get my hands on this game, even if it sells 10 copies.

[JsonHenry]

I see where he is coming from due to a numbers only standpoint. But he is forgetting a few details.

First off the PS2 had a LOT of competition in terms of high quality AAA games for sale at the time of GoW release(s). The PS3 by comparison (to the PS2) has very limited competition for your money and I know myself, as a PS3 owner that rarely uses his, that I can't wait for a game like GoWIII to let me use my PS3 for something other than a Blu-Ray player.

[poindat]

Time to leave, bud...

Although I do agree. This and a lot of articles posted here are complete garbage.

[BulletToothtony]

is just this pressure to hate on the ps3 is quite silly...

I wish fanboys would just realize that sales doesn't make a great game.. at least for true gamers..

Look at Wii Sports..

The only reason i wish that ps3 games sold millions is just so more people could enjoy its great games. You know even the ones that the media trashed like Heavenly Sword, etc.

Anyhow.. i still think that GoW3 will sell just fine..

[InfectedDK]

Ridiculous..

You could also say:
1. The people that bought God of War II still wants III... And has bought or will buy a PS3.. I bet around Chritsmas or when GoW III comes out..
2. More people has got interest in GoW III.. (I don't have the first two but I am for sure getting GoW III!)

But the real system seller will be GT5..

[Sarcasm]

You guys are silly! You should go and buy Wii Sports, the greatest game of all time since it's sold 30 million copies!

Remember folks,

Game sales always = Game Quality

:)

On a serious note, yes I don't care if GoWIII sells 3 copies or 3 million. Like the first post, just as long as I have my copy that's all that matters.

And people are forgetting, Gran Turismo is the true system seller.

[fishd]

smh

[InfectedDK]

Anyway I wouldn't be surprised if GoW III sells atleast 4,0 million in 6 months. And GT5 atleast 4,5 - 5,5 million in 6 months.

[ultimolu]

All I care about is that copy in my hands. Kratos is gonna be rockin' my PS3 when it comes out. :D

[Time Lord]

This will be my last post here. I hope things improve in future.

** Removes N4G bookmark**

[RememberThe357]

I hear you on that. The speculation articles are so juvenile. I wonder if these guys could have predicted that Assassin's creed would sell over 6 million copies? Or that Killzone 2 would barley break 1.5 million? Or that Uncharted would end up out selling Mass Effect?

They could predict it, and they wont be able to predict the sales of GoW3 either. We'll have to wait and see how Sony pushes the game before we can make any predictions.

[Captain Tuttle]

lol at timelord

[anh_duong]

hmm.. explain:

gt 5 prologue for ps3 sold 4 million copies

Gran Turismo 4 Prologue for ps2 has shipped a total of 1.36 million copies.

but i am really not bothered about sales.. so long the game is good. if i was bothered about sales i would only buy wii and ds games .. only using examples above as a counter argument to the journalist

[masterg]

The math is flawed.

First of we need to take at least half away because of chipped consoles.

Then we have to take another half away because those consoles were not owned by active gamers anymore or consoles that wasn't working anymore.

120 million consoles means 30 million active gamers tops.

[ZOMBIEMAN1]

let me point out with this dumbass neglected to add GOW2 came out in 2007 and was the last triple A game to grace the PS2 and in 2007 Wii , PS3 & 360 have already been out putting new games what i'm saying GOW2 came out during a time were PS2 games stopped selling no i honestly don't care about sales as we all know ( and by all i mean ppl with a brain ) agree sales does not equal quality example Ice amazing game poor sales now i'm not saying GOW3 will pull out a Gears 2 or a Halo 3 sales number but it will do very well and with right advertisements could be a PS3 best seller and i think we all agree on that ( and by all i mean ppl that aren't 360 fanboys )

[AngelorD]

The PS2 was by far the easiest console to pirate.
I can assure you more than 20 million people pirated God of War II.
Now they have no choice but to buy it.
And I know many people who will buy a PS3 just to play GOWIII.

[HammockGames]

It would be a crime to not buy this game if you own a PS3.

It's rare that games that are BOTH worth every penny AND define their generation. The God of War games are precisely that - no matter how many or how few people buy them. Even if you chalk the series up as "simply hack and slash", you have to give some props to the epic story. I mean really - this guy brings the pain to Zeus and anything else unfortunate enough to get in his frickin' way - 'nuf said.

Sad that so many people would have pirated a copy of one of the greatest games ever made.

[cmrbe]

to get that 1 copy lol!.

@Time Lord, as i said many times. You get the good, the bad and the Ugly. This one is ugly!!.

If a new IP like Uncharted can do 3 million with only 23 million PS3 (13 million when it came out) then a well know IP like GOW3 will definately sell more than 3 million. I will say it will be close to MGS4 numbers if not more.

Its very simple for people to forget that the 120 million PS2 owners are very diverse and not all of them would have bought GOW2 which came out when the PS2 has past its peak.

I wish the author would have more common sense than this.

[RedPawn]

I love gayass sole 360 fanboys on this site, kudos to the true gamers, and to you fakers stop eatin
the D I C K sandwhich and get a clue.

[Wakka_]

Damage control already? Geez...

[ia_studio]

Believe me God Of war 2 is probably the most pirated playstation game of all time, Go to a third world country like peru or colombia they sell that game at 1 to 5 dollars everyone has it everyone played it, I believe this game with no exageration has been played by at least by 10 million people, with a fanbase that huge how can they fail, when the ps3 is almost hack proof compared to the ps2.

Awful truth but I think there's a bright side of it.

[donnie-2105]

gears of war 2 sold 2.5million in a WEEKEND with a far far smaller user base.considering the massive budget/dev time GOW3 will have to sell these figures in its 1st month to be considered a sucess commercially.looking at past "hyped"ps3 exclusive sales(lbp anyone) it will only be a moderate sucess at best.

[shadow2797]

The logic is wrong, but the verdict is probably correct.

The huge install base of the PS2 is irrelevant. God of War is a hardcore franchise, it's about demographics, not percentages. Look at the sales for MGS4 vs. the sales of the other MGS games. They aren't that different even though there's a huge difference in install base. Casuals and kids don't play God of War. Casuals and kids are always last to enter a generation.

God of War 3 will sell similarly to it's predecessors, maybe more, maybe less. But it won't sell like Halo, and I'm not confident in it's ability to move consoles either. I just think most of the people who want to play it already have a PS3. We might see a spike for a month or two, but I just don't think it's going to be a huge spike.

However it's going to be very hard to determine that, considering what Q1 2010 looks like. There's a ton of big games coming in a short period of time.

If Sony's smart, they'll start advertising their Q1 games before Christmas. A lot of families aren't going to be willing to spend $299 -$499 (US) post-holiday. Which is another reason it'll be hard to see GOWIII's (and all the other Q1 games') impact on hardware sales.

It should be interesting, there usually aren't a lot of releases this early in the year for these very reasons.

[gaffyh]

It honestly doesn't matter if GOW3 doesn't sell that much, I don't think anyone expects it to sell like Gears or Halo, because it is a completely hardcore M rated game.

But there is flawed logic in this guys arguments, you also need remember the fact that PS2 was one of the most hacked systems ever, whereas the PS3 is the only current gen system to have not been hacked at all. So those 2.5 million sales on PS2 are not really indicative of the fans of the game, because 5 million people may have played the game, but only 2.5 million bought the original game.

As long as I can play this game, I don't really care how much it sells, I only care that the devs cover their costs enough so they can make another fantastic AAA exclusive game.

[god_o_war]

what he didnt put in to consideration is that most ppl had modded ps2's and jus got pirated games i was one of those ppl ( i was young and naive)

[Kratos19]

What an idiot. By his logic, MGS4 shouldn't have outsold MGS3 but it did.

[saint_john_paul_ii]

who's VGarabia? a blog? this site looks like its full of fail. and its not using proper evidence to back their statement up. lmao

[biloz]

Man let me know if u have an evidence on anything that will happen in the next year!! I think no one has "evidence", Its a matter of speculation, nothing more nothin less!

[hardcore1912]

"its not using proper evidence to back their statement up."

Have you read the article? Proper evidence is the sales of the previous GOW games.

No mater how many copies it will sell, GOW 3 will be epic and it is a contender for GOTY 2010.

[TheMART]

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itll sell-

3 mil. if its advertised like KZ2 was

6 mil. if they REALLY advertise this game.

EDIT: i think if we look at uncharted 2 sales+ a mil. that will probably be GOW 3 sales"

Uh. How much copies has KZ2 sold with all that advertising???

Right. 1.5 million.

EDIT

@ The one below. I wasn't saying that. The guy said GOW3 would sell 3 mln. if it had the advertising KZ2 had. It would be logical to say that KZ2 then also should have sold 3 mln. I guess.

[FlipMode]

"How much copies has KZ2 sold with all that advertising???"

what are you talking about killzone 2 didnt have alot of advertisements

[only on playstaychun]

Once again you guess WRONG! GOW is an established franchise which has had great critical and fanbase success; while killzone 2 on the other hand had a lot to prove and improve. The game appeared late into the PS3 cycle and so trust me, the game will eventually outsell all the other 3 games but not by huge amounts. The sales will still be great for a game that doesn't appeal to everyone - due to its gore and extreme violence...

[TheMART]

"GOW is an established franchise which has had great critical and fanbase success"

With 2.5 mln. sales on 120+ mln. PS2 users I wouldn't call it that. Less then a couple of % bought the game.

"killzone 2 on the other hand had a lot to prove and improve. The game appeared late into the PS3 cycle and so trust me, the game will eventually outsell all the other 3 games but not by huge amounts. "

Late in the PS3 cycle? It released feb. 2009, thats less then 2 years after the Europe PS3 launch and just 2 years and 3 months after the USA launch. Thats late in the PS3 cycle??? The next gen won't arrive untill 2013, you know that right?

GOWIII will outsell all other 3 games? Wut? You expect GOWIII to sell more then 3 mln. on an installed base of about 25 mln., while GOWII only sold that on 120+ mln. PS2 users?

[only on playstaychun]

If you read closely you would have noticed that I started both sentences talking about GOW and therefore I was referring to GOW1 (new IP) and GOW2 being released pretty late in the PS2 lifecycle; which to anyone that would make sense but it doesn't seem like it to you. Why was it late? Maybe because the new generations had started: PS3 had just arrived in Europe and the rest of the world was already enjoying it; and some ppl had moved on to xbox360 much earlier than that. Yes GOW is an established franchise. Do I need to remind you that it was awarded the Best Overall Game of the Year in 2005 by AIAS??

The bots like to spin sales round and round until it comes to a point nothing seems to make sense. You do know that it isn't just the sales on the first year that counts? You do know that the PS3 install base and attach rate is increasing? Eventually all these games that seems to have sold so "little", will eventually sell much more than expected.

I don't even see the point talking about sales for a game that is about 8months off from being released. Just worry about playing great games and not playing Microsoft exclusive gaming experience which is "sales".

EDIT: My mistake didn't mean to say late into PS3 but PS2 lifecycle in the previous comment. My bad...

[Snake Raiser]

"The one below. I wasn't saying that. The guy said GOW3 would sell 3 mln. if it had the advertising KZ2 had. It would be logical to say that KZ2 then also should have sold 3 mln. I guess."
But KZ2 was coming off of a franchise that was considered mediocre. (yes KZ1 had it's fans, but I mean generally) I have never heard anybody who played GOW 1 or 2 say that the games were anything less than amazing. So I think the statement that GOWlll will outsell KZ2 with the same amount of marketing is correct. Simply because God Of War is probably a better known brand and the first two games were amazing. Also don't forget the PSP game Chains of Olympus.

[Defectiv3_Detectiv3]

God, it never ceases to amaze me how much people overrate advertising. Don't get me wrong, its important, but its really not going to make or break the sales. People who are going to buy this game know when its going to come out. Like if they don't advertise for GT5 nobody is going to buy it when it comes out? Give me a break, word of mouth is just as important as advertising - which means make a good game and get people talking about it.

[PLAYSTATIONGENRATION]

there where like 100 million plus ps2 owners out there it was late in the ps2 libary so who cares...it was still great

[Redempteur]

lol god of war 2 was an action game on a very heavy pirated console ..2.5 mil is great ...

[iTzNath]

I'd say around 4 million copies will be sold without decent advertising

[kissmeimgreek]

itll sell-

3 mil. if its advertised like KZ2 was

6 mil. if they REALLY advertise this game.

EDIT: i think if we look at uncharted 2 sales+ a mil. that will probably be GOW 3 sales

[table]

I'd say 3.5m lifetime so that includes sales about 6-7 years from now. GOW is not a system seller though, the sales will be gradual but sure.

I personally won't be buying it until it's very cheap since I'm not a huge fan of button mashers.

[mastiffchild]

No stewie baby it's NOT a button masher-not if you play gracefully raining stabby death from every direvtion imainable and some that aren't! It's acttually not the way to be good at the game and I should know as I CANNOT play b/mers at all yet am practically a genius at GOW!

As for the sales(who cares?)I imagine you'll see just a little under MGS4 figures depending on the level of advertising it's given but to aim for 4 million is possible.

[iceman06]

Have ya played it!?!?!? It is not possible to "button mash" your way through the ENTIRE game. Yeah...you might buy yourself a level or two, but sooner or later...you will be forced to master the combat system just to get through the various types of enemies that come at you at one time...each with it's own way to defeat it.

[callahan09]

I don't care about sales. I care about getting to play a fun game. God of War 3 will deliver on that.

[Saaking]

A lot of games have been selling a lot more on a smaller install base this gen than last.

[Blaster_Master]

Yeah, the only games that dont really sell well are rpgs on the 360. I would like to see more rpg's on both systems.

[Saaking]

Another jealous bot trying to tell himself GOW III won't sell well. Well, guess what? Even if it sells 1 copy I'll still enjoy it as much as if it sold 10 million.

[mrv321]

And I was hoping for a fun game now 10 million people won't buy it I guess it wont be fun.

[gamejediben]

Article epic fails because it doubts the power of Kratos. All hail Lord Kratos, the end all, be all of action games!

[Unicron]

Man... it's a pity Okami is such a crappy game because it didn't sell 10 million copies! Why oh why can't I have more fun with it, if only it had sold 10 million copies!

[Megaton]

Heh, yeah. Okami and Wii Sports are great examples of why you can't judge quality by sales.

Okami is one of the best games I've ever played in the 20 years I've been gaming, sold like crap. I'd rather watch grass grow than play Wii Sports, and it's the best selling game of all time.

[Covenant]

And Psychonauts! Well, that game didn't sell well, so obviously it sucked. Madworld, too. And Zack and Wiki, as well. Sales dictate quality, of course. :)

[Unicron]

Mad props for remembering Psychonauts. One of the funniest games ever man!

[Serg]

Shadow of the Colossus sold so few copies, it sucks to death, judging by the reviewers it's one of the best games in gaming history, but what do they know! Sales numbers are the new reviewers!

All hail Wii Sports!

[Golfcoachh]

That being said, why do people throw wii sports as a terrible game that sold like crazy. Hey people, it didn't sell 30 mil it was given away with a system. God I hate when people talk about the sales of wii sports. I bought a wii, and I would have bought the wii withougt wii sports if that was an option, but it wasn't. People who count that as a sale are idiots. You couldn't buy a wii without it. Plain and simple. I think the only place you could was japan. So STFU

[Jmlopezbr]

You are right...

All hail Wii Fit*

[RealityCheck]

Bubble up to Unicron, Covenant and Serg just for mentioning amazing games like Okami, Psychonauts and Shadow of the Colossus. Such great memories.

[cond3m3r]

regardless on how well it sells or not...i am still getting it...its all about the quality of the game...not the quantity on how it sells. u didnt buy it..ur lose buddy.

[PotNoodle]

I don't think anyone is really getting excited just to see what it sells, but because the previous games were amazing. The god of war franchise cemented itself as one of the best actions series of all time by the time the second one game around and god of war chains of olympus for the PSP confirmed it.

[redrockstar15]

is it me, or did the guy just say 120 million ps2 owners, when it sold just 50+ million...There is something not right here

[Covenant]

Worldwide numbers for the PS2. If I remember correctly, 50 mil represents lifetime sales just in North America.

[PotNoodle]

Yeah, there is now around 132m PS2's out there. It sold 50 million in North america.

[redrockstar15]

sorry my bad, i misread the info.

[biloz]

Man check the link below before we "Wait a minute" !!

http://vgchartz.com/hwtable...

[Covenant]

Is this article an epic fail? I think so.

It's a major franchise with instant name recognition...it will sell millions even with the PS3 having a smaller install base than the PS2.

Sorry, but he's wrong. Uncharted sold millions in spite of the then-lower PS3 install base. GoW will be no different.

[wxer]

ps2 was a heavy pirated console

i think the GOW3 well tap 5 millions

[Alex_Mexico]

So now 2.5million is not much? WTF, not every game will sell to levels of COD, damn it.

GoW3 will sell more than GoW2 that Im sure.

[Enigma_2099]

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Signed,
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[tonsoffun]

"GOWIII will be a fantastic game for sure and undoubtedly it will do just fine in the market but let’s be real and far from any fanboisem which causing “Gamers Blindness” illness for some of us, GOWIII will never be a match for top sellers like GTA or HALO series, even though if u asked me I know the game will be more than a match for them technically."

mmmmm...... "even though if u asked me..."

Lost interest right there, if the author can't even bother to use the correct spelling and grammar, then I'm not even going to consider his opinion....

[Sarcasm]

Improper grammar is a staple of so-called journalist sites. Look at HipHopGamer, that guy doesn't have a clue what a comma or period is.

[ballsofsteel]

i forgot only games that sell are good stupid me(obvious sarcasm)

[mrlahey]

Im so tired of blogs and attention whores.

[DonCorneo]

madoff scammed a lot of suckers for $65 billion.. high sales =/= quality.. it just proves that there are a lot of suckers in the world..

grays of war 2 sold better then LBP in 2008.. but AIAS GOTY went to LBP last year.. it was the best game of 2008, LBP>grays.. it's just that there were a lot of suckers who bought the buggy, glitchy grays..

[TheMART]

Sorry dude, but Gears 2 is a great game also. Shows on the average rating also, 9.3 out of 10. I agree, LittleBigPlanet is GOTY 2008 with a 9.5 out of 10 for the PS3. So it was LBP > all games, including MGS4 which sold 4.5 mln. That doesn't mean that MGS4 is rubbish.

This is a legimate question. GOWIII doesn't become a better game with high sales. BUT the PS3 crowd themselves are often saying that GOWIII and some other games will be sales monsters. They said it about Resistance 2 (1.6 mln. sold) or Killzone 2 (1.5 mln. sold). It just wasn't what many expected around 5 mln. sold.

GOWIII same story. But advertising is just the key. Sony doesn't market its games properly, so it doesn't get the sales it could deserve. There is the problem. A great game should get great sales.

[mrv321]

Gears 2 is really colourful ermm... there's the.... erm... I suppose the fire is red is 'colourful'? And besides GOTY of means nothing, just because lot's of people prefer the game doesn't mean it's great...

/sarcasm.

[Jack-Pyro]

This is one of the few times I haven't heard explicit fanboy logic come from you.

An excelent post with more than one valid point, Bubble Up!

GOW3 will be a fantastic game (I should know I played the Demo at CC) However it probably won't sell over 3 or 4 million, why? Because Sony needs to advertise their games BADLY!

[Waldex]

Is going stick his own head into master chief's ass in complete and absolute rage when he find out that GOW3 absolutely destroys Alan Gaywake in terms on sales... beacuse it has already blow it away graphically and technologically speaking

I HAVE SAID BIATCHES!!!!

[kaveti6616]

I'm trying to get a PS3 for this game. Will it be a sales monster? Who knows? I'm predicting 3 or 4 million total.

[sephy 9 2 5]

people hype as selling a lot don't even break the 10 mil mark like GTA, Gran Turismo, Nintendo titles, Sims, etc. Every game can't achieve those numbers on a single platform and that's why there are only a handful.

[BigMassacre]

That whole first paragraph was like a huge run on sentence. I guess God of War does that to people...so much excitement that they can't even type things properly.

Anyway, as long as God of War 3 ends up a fantastic game, and it makes enough money so that it can be called a success (doesn't have to be 5 million plus, people), then everything will be fine.

[NegativeCreep427]

Are they now allowing select Bots from the MS butt-buddie cliqs compose and submit their own articles now?

What would the author consider as a successful sales monster? A complete %100 attach rate? Are Fanboy logistics now telling us that a game on a console with a 120,000,000 approx. user base must sell at least to an 70% attachment rate to be considered a commercial success? I mean seriously, where do they draw the line? Just the fact that the author didn't even go that far into what really classifies a game or franchise as a "Sales Monster" just goes to show the desperation, lack of consideration, and need for attention from the source.

With confirmed news of impending PS3 price cuts from a SCE executive just two days ago, it seems the MS Bots are in full-blown desperation mode now.

LOL! Talk about throwing the damn dogs some bones!

[xBlitzx]

Is he forgetting that GOWII came out in 2007 and people were already buying next gen consoles which could have affected GOWII sales.

[farsided]

flamebait much? the only limitation i'd see is the graphic violence preventing the kiddos from playing this one, but even then there are more 18+ gamers than ever, so I'm seeing bigger sales.

[keysy420]

this game wont break sales record but if you pick up a ps3 you have the option of this game vrs the competition.

[tawak]

VGArabia.com = terrorist

alalalalululu!!!booooomm!!!!

[vShinobi]

I remember when the popularity of a game wasn't judged by sales it was judge by how good it was, there has been plenty of games who have sold just a handful of copies and yet are very underrated, this generation of gaming focuses more on hyping up a game, sales, fanboy nonsense and media coverage what ever happened to buying a game because it was good not because it had trophies/achievements, its popular, media has thousands of videos of it its a sad day in gaming when you have 2 games one sold half a million yet it got amazing reviews, won awards and is one of the best games out there and yet the game that sold a million is the one to get praised.

Gaming is slowly dying, you know who to blame.

[chriski333]

this guy is stupid for writing this article N4G close this post down please

[Tee7soo]

what a stupid arabic site !!
god of war 3 well be epic and well sell At least 2 million copies .

[gano]

hmm.. vgchartz, vgarbage, i think vg247 is well.... garbage.

[PLAYSTATIONGENRATION]

I played GOW2 on my ps3

[Light Yagami]

It'll be more of the same.

[villiers]

God of War series is far from a sales monster. (that doesnt stop it from being epic)

Heck Kingdom Hearts 1 sold 3 million in North America ALONE back when the PS2 install base was around 30million or so.

[360isthebestps3sucks]

yep. like lair, haze, resistence 2..

"system seller"

[Corepred4]

did a 10 year old write this? Even on the first couple of sentences I couldn't understand this.
"GOW II sold over 2.5 million copies even it was an option" wtf
"then why being so much optimistic about GOWIII?" lmao

[CryWolf]

God Of War 3 will be bigger then Halo 3 when it coming out.

[360isthebestps3sucks]

troll so much?

[Jack-Pyro]

I don't think that'll be the case, I mean just look at this from a logical perspective. Halo has sold more than 10 MILLION copies, thats an enormous amount, infact its only 35th game in history to sell it.

GOW3 is going to be an excellent game, I don't think anybody is going to dispute that, but to achieve the sheer level of Halo's success, it would take a tremendous amount of Advertising on Sony's part!

That Aside, I think God of War WILL be one of the best selling games on the PS3, probably in the ballpark of 3 to 4 million.

Heres hoping that our latest adventure with Kratos is just as vicious and viceral as always!

[saimcheeda]

do u even know what trolling is idiot?

[danthegardner]

It won't be as big as Halo 3, but it will be the better game.

[DelbertGrady]

And Elvis is alive.

[Christopher]

I think N4G survives 99% off of crappy opinion articles.

[vader1231231]

That statement couldn't be more true. Oh and add rumors to what N4g survives on.

[CryWolf]

God Of War 3 will be the biggest Monster for PS3.

[Superduper09]

I disagree. I think GT5 will have the highest sales for a PS3 game.

[Darkfiber]

I'm guessing Killzone 2 numbers. Yes, everyone is anticipating it, but come on, the others didn't sell THAT many. The only way is if there is an official price drop of $100 before the game comes out and the only reason people are buying new systems is for God of War 3.

[Harry190]

probably everyone who wanted to mod his/her PS2 had done so and were enjoying pirated games. I use the term 'enjoying' because spending minimal money on something you like is the cherry on top of a delicious cake.

[darkknight0996]

so after E3 the game looks grate on every aspect from graphics to game play the only thing fan boys can do is us the new review tool the sales and if god of war 3 dose not sell 10 million copies day 1 it will be consider a flop....

F*** all fan boys ( 360/Ps3/WII/PC ) and so called video games journalism.

[ZILLA]

hey xbots want some more haterade,what a bunch of losers!!

[josephayal]

SALES? I DONT CARE!! I JUST WANT GOW 3 !!!!

[yog-sothot]

GOW III will be a sales monster? I Don't think so

weird title...

GOW III will be a sales monster? I Don't care, just give me the game

sounds better !

[MrWegman]

I never played the first two, but will get this one when it is released...

[RGB]

worst logic ever, that is like saying halo only sold 1/3 of it's user base or gears only sold a 1/5 of it's user base. ridiculous article.

not every gamer is a GoW fan or Halo fan, individual f*ck!ng taste.

GoWIII will sell better than first two, probably.

[Neo604]

I just want crazy graphic and game play.

Kratos does it.

[Superduper09]

I think it's pathetic that people are using sales to downgrade what is likely to be a good game.

[Quikchicken_Fly]

i think GOW3 will sell more than its older brother GOW2 because GOW3 will have new fans...

they should blame the PS2 emulator that lessen the sales of the previous games...

[shysun]

Ps2 had like 30000 game come out every month, I mean damn now 2.5 mil is a flop?

[aiphanes]

God of War 3 will rule them all!

Hahaha!

But really it will be a big seller for sure....because there is nothing better and there is nothing comming out in the spring of 2010...to beat this game...

[PS360PCROCKS]

well numb nuts considering the hardcore PS2 fans are the same ones who played GOW 1 and 2, SOTC, DMC, Tekken and so on. They are the same ones who moved onto the PS3, so therefore yes it will sell quite well. The other 100 million people were addicted to singstar and DDR or something else or just bought it because it was the "it" thing, like the Wii.

[donnie-2105]

these sales figures although a great game are not really impressive considering the ps2 userbase.anyway if gow3 sells similar numbers it will be regarded a failure commercialy.considering its been in development many years/cost 10"s of millions to make it will have to sell a million in its 1st few days on release.you only have to compare KILLZONE2/LBP figures for reason to doubt it being a sales sucess, also its a niche/hardcore game like mgs4,which wont bring in any new fans.imo i expect about 2/3 million in its 1st year which this gen is not great when halo3/cod4 sell 10mil and gears2 sells 2.5 in its opening week end to put it in perspective

[Persistantthug]

Btw,
Little Big Planet won GAME OF THE YEAR at the AIAS awards (The game industry's Oscar equivalent).

I would say that makes LBP VERY impressive indeed.....Very.

http://www.interactive.org/...

[God_of_War]

Every ps3 owner is going to buy this game, so u do the math.

[-Mezzo-]

I do not give a rats ass about how much this game sells or any game for a matter of fact, but all i care about is that i get to play such awesomeness exclusively on PS3.

[i_zamorak_i]

nicely said MEZZO ,
and remember kids , it's a PS3 exclusive. :D

[gameman]

don't you have anything else to show off like a decent game bots ?

[donnie-2105]

we are talking about sales here.my comments are not reflective of game quality.

[Persistantthug]

I guaranty you not one of those hamburgers was impressive.....

Take my word for it, ok.

;)

[DW]

the numbers in that article ... is that 2nd grade math?

[roflmuffins8]

The way I see it, GOWII wasn't a sales monster because at the time it came out, the PS2 was losing momentum due to the release of the Xbox 360.

I don't think GOWIII will face the same problem, since by early 2010 the PS3 will have alot going for it thanks to exclusives like UC2 and GT5.

Either way sales won't really matter, as long as the game delivers an epic experience (and it undoubtedly will).

[ShadowCK]

"God Of War 3 will be bigger then Halo 3 when it coming out."

Failure.

[ico92]

i couldnt care less how many its gonna sell if i cared about sales i wouldnt have bought a ps3, ico and shadow of the collossi didnt sell all that well but they were still great games and are widley considered to be the greatest of all time along with pshychonauts, and beyond good and evil, the person who posted this article is an obvious attention wh0re as long as i get my copy im fine.

[5abimunda]

The only reason it didnt sell that well is because most people already had 360's and ps3's or at least were trying to get one so i highly doubt that they would want to invest in a last gen game when everyone is hyping the HD systems!!!

P.S.

Get ur head out of ur ass Bawaleez!