Biggest *system* game of the year

Originally Posted by BountyWarrior

Theres absolutely no chance in hell that Sims 2 will be the biggest seller this year.

Frank Gibeau, senior vice president of marketing, EA. "The game has sold one million units worldwide in its first ten days at retail -- more than fifty percent of those games were sold in Europe."

Love it or hate it Sims 2 is there and will be up there if not top seller.

[JoyBoy]

Dude, thats just in comparison to other PC Games. Obviously the Sims is the biggest Franchise the PC has. But in comparison to other formats, it pales in comparison. Just compare it to Gran Turismo, in total that has sold something like 35 million +. I think GT3 alone has sold 16 million. You honestly think, Sims will shift those kinds of numbers. If I remember correctly, the first Sims has 'only' sold 6 million+. Face it, if developers want to make money, they should be developing for consoles.

By the way, I'm not disputing that the Sims is not a huge franchise. It is, and the girls love it. I'm just saying that it doesnt sell as well as other license to print money franchises. (Stuff like FIFA)

*cough*

So far the The Sims and it's seven expansions have sold well in excess of 30 million copies and sales are still going strong.

Now ok you can say that this isn't just 1 game cos it has 7 expansions. In fact you could go a bit further and say 30,000,000 / 7 and say it really has only sold 4.28 mill copies. But it's still a gaming phenonina (sp), don't get me wrong here I hate the Sims as much as it's evident that you do but u can't deny it's not up there....

[JoyBoy]

OK, to make it simple. Sims 2 will not be the biggest game this year.

Look out for the numerous press releases Rockstar releases next week when GTA: San Andreas breaks records and makes a few new ones too.

[JoyBoy]

GTA: SA MURDERED MY MOMS WHILE ON ROUTE TO LEAVING A HOLE IN MY ANUS

GTA: SA STABBED LITTLE SALLY WHILE HUMPING MY ARM CHAIRS ARMREST!

UK data only, but puts it into perspective how big the game will be. If Microsoft, Nintendo* and SONY, had any sense, they would secure the next game in the Franchise as an exclusive launch title. It just makes sense.

* Nintendo are very strict as to what kinds of games are released on their systems. So I'm not sure they would ever allow a GTA title on the 'Revolution' system. Yeah, yeah theres now a GTA on the GBA, but thats some 2D bollocks.

[Grumpy]

@ Luciel
You say the MOH expansions were crap! Have you played the 'Breakthru' expansion? This is an absolute awesome expansion! The only complaint I have about it is it wasnt long enough! But it looks, sounds and plays great!
@ BW
You have really got me wanting to download some of those GTA SA trailers now.
@ everyone else
Bring on Halflife 2!