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[reKon]

I don't understand why this is the title. I expected to see a larger difference in percentage..

Or this:

I was hoping that there was an actual Gears of War advert that starts out as an ad for Uncharted 4/Overwatch and then literally gets chainsawed to turn into an ad for Gears.

 

[aBarreras]

Kind of off point, but talking about Gears and reading that sentence really made me sad there isn't a sequel to Bulletstorm.

Since Epic gave away the ip to People Can Fly i hope the find a publisher and make a sequel

 

[WhiteRabbitEXE]

I thought it "literally" chainsawed through. Like, they somehow used an Uncharted 4 ad, and 5 seconds in a chainsaw cuts through the screen and it's replaced with a Gears ad.

I'm disappoint.

Edit: Guess I'm not the only one, lol

I was hoping that there was an actual Gears of War advert that starts out as an ad for Uncharted 4/Overwatch and then literally gets chainsawed to turn into an ad for Gears.

 

[timmyp53]

I thought it "literally" chainsawed through. Like, they somehow used an Uncharted 4 ad, and 5 seconds in a chainsaw cuts through the screen and it's replaced with a Gears ad.


I'm disappoint.

Same.

 

[zsynqx]

I was hoping that there was an actual Gears of War advert that starts out as an ad for Uncharted 4/Overwatch and then literally gets chainsawed to turn into an ad for Gears.

I took the title literally as well, now I'm disappointed

 

[Abdiel]

Thread title is kind of dumb.

Thread info is interesting. Certainly a big boost of interest on that ad push, though not a huge difference in percentage.

Wonder what their ad spectrum is going to look like for the rest of the lead in.

 

[Primethius]

I don't really have a reference point for most of this.

Though, 42 million ad impressions for UC4 sure does sound nice.

 

[Theorry]

Sorry i am just bad with making up my own thread titles lol.

 

[Steverulez]

Sorry i am just bad with making up my own thread titles lol.

Not sure why people are complaining at the thread title tbh, you just used what was on the article...

 

[Ricerocket]

They have a free top 10 AD for past 7 days here https://www.ispot.tv/most-engaging-tv-ads

You'd think GoW4 would be up there at #4 but DooM is the only game ad that ranked when mixed with all ads.

 

[Primethius]

I don't have a problem with the title but it makes it sound like Gears had a TV ad that beat UC4s TV ad. But the latter had a TV ad and the former didn't (going by the article) and the comparison is more off online ad views.

So the title is definitely confusing in some regards.

 

[sleepykyo]

I was hoping that there was an actual Gears of War advert that starts out as an ad for Uncharted 4/Overwatch and then literally gets chainsawed to turn into an ad for Gears.

That was what I expected from the title.

 

[Elixist]

i thought there was some classic system wars shit goin down.

 

[Montresor]

The Gears 4 trailer/teaser is incredible. Thread title could use some work.

 

[tattooed_dwarf]

I took the title literally as well, now I'm disappointed

Me too, that would be so tasteless but still awesome commercial.

 

[Stereogatari]

I thought the title literally meant what it said.

 

[Sojgat]

I thought the title literally meant what it said.

Same.

That would have been an audacious marketing campaign to say the least.

 

[koutoru]

I would of added "VentureBeat" to the thread title as to make it clear that it's their wording and not to be taken literally.

 

[Illusive_Juan]

I expected to see a YouTube clip about an official ad showing part of an Uncharted ad that is interrupted by a chainsaw going through the middle and a bunch of explosions and pre order bonuses.

 

[Floody]

I'm also in the camp that thought MS had done an ad starting with Uncharted 4 getting chainsawed through. Extremely disappointed.

Those are some nice numbers, though I bet a lot of them views come from skippable ads that appear before another YouTube video.

 

[JP]

OK, I'm going to admit that the thread title lead me to believe there was going to be something very different here.

 

[Ocarina_117]

The new Gears of War trailer is incredible. As someone who had no interest in the new game and series post the ending of Gears 3 (which I believed was a perfect place for the series to end) it says a lot that it managed to ignite my interest in the game.

It also rapidly became the most viewed video on Microsoft's Xbox channel; the thirst for this game is real. I foresee it overtaking Halo as Microsoft's big dog this generation. It'd be nice for the pressure to be taken off of 343i for the next entry. Although the multiplayer is incredible, I really feel 343i can knock the campaign out of the park on their next attempt - hopefully in includes more Master Chief.

 

[Daft Punk]

Not sure why people are complaining at the thread title tbh, you just used what was on the article...

Because the nature of the title just comes across as cringe worthy material you would see at the bottom of a game site ala "You won't believe what she did next!" type fare.

 

[reKon]

Not sure why people are complaining at the thread title tbh, you just used what was on the article...

Really? Cmon now, use your head

 

[Steverulez]

Really? Cmon now, use your head

I mean, did anyone really think there was going to be a Gears of War 4 advert chainsawing through Uncharted 4/Overwatch characters? Not sure I'm the one that needs to "use my head".

Not really all that hard to click the thread and read what its about, when I saw the article on my twitter feed I knew pretty much instantly it was going to be about TV or otherwise ad metrics of some sort

 

[Memento]

Uncharted 4 will still sell better though. Significantly better.

 

[Vire]

It's a better ad than all the rest listed so it doesn't surprise me.

 

[gamz]

I mean, did anyone really think there was going to be a Gears of War 4 advert chainsawing through Uncharted 4/Overwatch characters? Not sure I'm the one that needs to "use my head".

Not really all that hard to click the thread and read what its about, when I saw the article on my twitter feed I knew pretty much instantly it was going to be about TV or otherwise ad metrics of some sort

Same. Not sure what the confusion is? The title is fine and not misleading at all. No different then other thread titles.

 

[Psychoward]

Gears has always been better than Halo

Halo campaigns pre-4 are better than any campaigns Gears has but 1 and 3 mp are better than Halo mp personally.

 

[Vire]

Same. Not sure what the confusion is? The title is fine and not misleading at all. No different then other thread titles.

Chainsaw implies utterly obliterated.

3% difference is practically within the margin of error.

 

[ShadowSwordmaster]

Sounds about right.

 

[Psychoward]

Uncharted 4 will still sell better though. Significantly better.

PS4 has double the install base so of course. What were the sales comparisons between UC3 and Gears 3 though?

 

[Steverulez]

Chainsaw implies utterly obliterated.

3% difference is practically within the margin of error.

I think it was just a metaphor, rather than to suggest obliteration... chainsaws are a pretty big thing in Gears

 

[Primethius]

PS4 has double the install base so of course. What were the sales comparisons between UC3 and Gears 3 though?

Roughly the same IIRC.

 

[Shao Kahn Brewing a Stew]

lol What a clickbait title.

Right? I was hoping for a bigger split than mere percents to use the metaphor "chainsaw".

 

[Mr.Fletcher]

PS4 has double the install base so of course. What were the sales comparisons between UC3 and Gears 3 though?

It's really hard to gauge figures.

I don't know if Sony factors in The Uncharted Collection (like it does with TLoU:R) and Gears 3 figures were never updated after the initial launch which bagged around six million.

 

[Ecto311]

What? We've become Reddit now?

Just now? Shit if we had up/down votes we would be the same exact place. Infact there are times reading here or there and I forget all together where I am except people here can get banned and not so much over on reddit.

 

[farisr]

What a garbage clickbait title.

Title should only have been used if the gears ad destroyed the competition (rather than just being like 3% more), or if there was an actual literal ad that started off with a chainsaw cutting through an uncharted 4 or overwatch ad.

 

[Memento]

PS4 has double the install base so of course. What were the sales comparisons between UC3 and Gears 3 though?

They are basically in the same realm, but Uncharted is growing with each installment. Uncharted 3 sold better than any Gears.

 

[Vire]

What a garbage clickbait title.

Title should only have been used if the gears ad destroyed the competition (rather than just being like 3% more), or if there was an actual literal ad that started off with a chainsaw cutting through an uncharted 4 or overwatch ad.

The three percent thing isn't even entirely accurate.

The pie chart represents Microsoft, Sony and Blizzard as a whole, not the individual games themselves. Reading the article (which apparently the OP didn't do)

Gears only made up 87% of the market space for the ads for Microsoft, while Uncharted made up 97% for Sony.

 

[StrongBlackVine]

It's really hard to gauge figures.

I don't know if Sony factors in The Uncharted Collection (like it does with TLoU:R) and Gears 3 figures were never updated after the initial launch which bagged around six million.

Uncharted 1-3 had already sold 21 million before that collection released.

 

[Primethius]

The three percent thing isn't even entirely accurate.

The pie chart represents Microsoft, Sony and Blizzard as a whole, not the individual games themselves. Reading the article (which apparently the OP didn't do)

Gears only made up 87% of the market space for the ads for Microsoft, while Uncharted made up 97% for Sony.

Not really OPs fault because he just used the article headline, which is poor. But thats headlines these days.

 

[EvB]

Chainsaw implies utterly obliterated.

3% difference is practically within the margin of error.

It's not 3%

If people actually looked they would see that this is a measure of the brands, not the games themselves.

Uncharted made up 97% of Sony's 21%
Gears made up 88% of MS's 24%

 

[Mr.Fletcher]

Uncharted 1-3 had already sold 21 million before that collection released.

The last update we had for both was that Gears of War had hit 22 million by January 2014 and Uncharted had hit 21 million by June 2015.

I fully expect the latter to oursell the former nowadays, for a multitude of reasons.

 

[Triggerhappytel]

Uncharted 4 will still sell better though. Significantly better.

I'm really interested to see how Uncharted 4 sells. I can see it doing Halo 3/4 numbers.

 

[Nev]

Yet both Uncharted and Overwatch will sell double the numbers.

 

[Theorry]

The three percent thing isn't even entirely accurate.

The pie chart represents Microsoft, Sony and Blizzard as a whole, not the individual games themselves. Reading the article (which apparently the OP didn't do)

Gears only made up 87% of the market space for the ads for Microsoft, while Uncharted made up 97% for Sony.

Guess you didnt read the article. Just used the article headline. Wich is quite poor. I see that now.

 

[Miles Quaritch]

You all know what this means right?

Year of the Xbox is finally upon, like the Wii U years of old. Much like Nintendo before them, this will be the year that MS leapfrogs over Sony and reclaims their rightful spot as leader of the console market.

And not a moment too soon, arrogant Sony is back and more Kutaragi than ever.

 

[c0de]

They are basically in the same realm, but Uncharted is growing with each installment. Uncharted 3 sold better than any Gears.

Oh, you have data? Let us all participate.

 

[Amgash]

Uncharted sales are gonna be huge right?