Miles Quaritch
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To put it in perspective... Hot Shots Golf outsold GT5 in Japan. It is getting off topic but Fifa is still the biggest IP when looking at the worldwide market and not just Europe. But then again, Fifa doesn't really push that big of numbers in the US either.
That can't be good. Sony's premier racer seeing declines in their second biggest market.
You're calling for data where data can't exist, setting up a false standard of proof.
To illustrate that, what kind of data do you think would prove GT to be the stronger IP? Short of a mind reading device being employed across Europe you can't quantify brand strength into data.
You can however make logical deductions based off of the data we do have, sales figures. Does FIFA sell significantly more units per year than PES did in it's peak? No it does not. So has FIFA grown the market or did they just take over the market? Obviously the later. That doesn't imply any kind of brand strength, just currently holding the poll position, as it where.
Does any other racing game sell GT numbers in Europe? Obviously not. When GT was on hiatus for much of the first part of this past generation did anything even fill it's void in a noteworthy fashion? Again, no. So people who buy GT are in fact only buying it because it's GT. It's sales are entirely driven by it's own brand strength.
If you can't see the difference between those two I don't know how to more clearly outline it for you.
You're assuming. So be sure to qualify your posts with as much whenever you make such claims in future.