I'm just wondering why you're assuming the PS3 version would be so much higher considering that it's a series that is traditionally based on the PC and the PC version has been released to twice as many consumers.
We know that the PS3 version did less than 376k in Nov and less than 612k in december.
We also know it did less than 132k in Jan.
As far as I'm aware this is the first time we've had any indication whatsoever about exactly how much it's doing, but considering collectively that would put the PS3 sales at less than 1,118k in the US I think theres plenty of room for speculation on this one.
Basically, we haven't had any reports that it's not doing well, I think that 1.2 million shipped is higher than many were speculating.
Has there been any indication that the PS3 version has done well, aside from your assumption that it must perform better than a PC version?
We've had a few examples of how we vastly underestimate PC sales (such as Crysis), but I don't see any reason to think that a PS3 game would completely slip under the radar (though it did have an unfortunate release date).
In a 1.2 million shipped statement there is no account for digital downloads, which would lend even stronger argument to more than 50% of those sales being from the PS3.
I would argue that out of 1.2 million shipped so far, a minimum of 750k have to be for the PS3 version of the game.
@pilias_simber, They are still sales of the title and in a GLS, that would include digital sales of a game as publishers/developers know these numbers and are most of the times included in their press releases. Digital distribution sales are tracked and recorded - just not in a way that is freely available to the public via NPD numbers. NPD futures would not include digital sales as they are not tracked by NPD, but GLS stocks would because they are still sales of a title.
@pilias_simber, Not my point, I was merely contradicting your statement that U.S. PC sales are pathetic and that the NPD numbers are not highly reflective of PC game sales because of not including digital distribution in their numbers. I wouldn't think that "shipped" would include digital distribution sales, but if they wanted to increase the number to make it seem more impressive, then I could see a company doing it - though, I don't have an opinion one way or the other directly related to UT3.
@pilias_simber, Actually U.S. sales of PC games are better than most think and definitely better than what NPD reports. This is because of digital distribution increasingly achieving a greater share of consumers on the PC.
Doesn't change the fact that PC game sales are minimal compared to Console Sales. PC game sales are higher in Europe than in the US, but Console Sales in Europe are still higher than PC game sales, we know that, plus we also know that PS3 games sell relatively better in Europe than they do in the US.
This title has already shipped 1.2 million copies in 4 months, I don't think it's unreasonable to say it could do another 2.5 million between the PC and PS3 with the upcoming European launch, even dividing that up 50/50, which I think is being extremely generous to the PC would make this stock drastically undervalued.
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I'm just wondering why you're assuming the PS3 version would be so much higher considering that it's a series that is traditionally based on the PC and the PC version has been released to twice as many consumers.