'God Of War 2' For Playstation 2

Originally Posted by Infernal Monkey

Probably because there's more crazy fun bucks to be made on PS2, what with seven hundred zillion people owning one. Unless everyone throws them in the bin the instant PS3 launches.

It would probably make more money in the long run if they just waited and released it on PS3. Once PS3 is out, not as many people are going to be buying new PS2 games. I don't think God of War was a mega seller anyway. So GOW2 is only going to sell less copies on PS2. And if it came out for PS3, once people got their PS3s they would buy this game if its good, so it would sell tons. Plus, you have to take into account that they are not going to selling this game for $50 once PS3 comes out, it will most likely go down for $40 or less. If they sell it new for $60 on PS3, they are making at least an extra $20 for each copy. That's huge money.

Jam it back in, in the dark.

Originally Posted by Chaotic

Let's think about this though. PS3. At least $700 on launch day. Only the hardcore fans would buy it on launch day. Give or take 1000 people (i'm just making random numbers). So let's say that 1000 people in the US are the lucky ones to get a PS3 because of a major shortage in machines (*cough360cough*) and God of War 2 comes out for the PS3 only.

What's gonna hurt the sales more? Releasing it on PS3 with a small group of people who own the system, or releasing it on the PS2 where there's still a huge audience wanting to play their favorite game, while waiting for the PS3's price to drop?

And if God of War isn't a mega seller, explain to me why it's a Greatest Hit now.

There's just so much I could shoot down in your post... The XBOX 360 is out, they're still releasing games for the XBOX. You still have a huge crowd of people who own an XBOX. Why let a good system fall when your last gen system could still do just as well as your current gen. You're a complete idiot thinking people would stop buying PS2 games because the PS3 is out. Not everyone owns a PS3 yet.

I know i'm repeating details, but live with me. I needed to rant.

My point is, in the long run, it will make more money being released on PS3. If its a great game and released on PS3, years from now, people will still be buying copies and they won't have to do a price drop for a long time. If its on PS2, it will not continue to sell for a long time, plus they will have to lower the price even more very quickly.

And just because GOW is a greatest hits title, doesn't mean it's a mega-seller(meaning millions of copies). The greatest hit library includes games such as Cabela's Big Game Hunter....

There's nowhere I can't reach.