NPD: BioShock 2 Feb. PS3 sales just shy of 200k mark

Oh once I get my condo, I will own a PS3. Too many games on it I want to play!!

Yea between exclusives like Heavy Rain, and God of War 3, not to mention non-exlusives like FF-XIII and Bad Company 2.... Bioshock 2 just isn't on my list right now. Maybe this summer though.

I definitely bought Bioshock for 360 and Heavy Rain for PS3. Both were fantastic.

Bizzare they these publishers still don't get it. They shat on PS3 owners with the original Bioshock, and yet expect us all to rush out an buy the sequel?

I've got too many great PS3 exclusives playing right now to spend my cash with them. Why reward their disloyalty?

I also won't be buying any Valve titles either, when Valve come grovelling back to PS3.

You wish, Mark! Valve has sustained itself forever on the PC. Valve doesn't need 360 or PS3 sales at all.

@Mark

Why reward their disloyalty? Wow... I feel really bad for you. You are missing some amazing titles.

Heavy Rain plus Bioshock 2 combined to sell less than the 360 Bioshock 2 alone. And didn't ME2 sell almost as much as Heavy Rain this month?

So that excuse would seem to be a bit of a reach. Actually, a lot of a reach.

The fact that most people consider it a 360 game probably had a lot more to do with it, just like when the PS3 version of FFXIII ultimately wildly outsells the 360 version next month.

I bought Mass Effect 2 for 360 and Heavy Rain for PS3.

Still counts as awesome, right?

same here, it came out right around the time I pre-ordered heavy rain, and gow3...and to top it off I just bought bad company 2. I definitely want to try it but, there are just too many games out right now.

it doesn't have the same charm of bioshock 1 but it has its own thing going for it.

its a sequal, it automatically is pigeon-holed into the sequal genre which has a track record of being inferior to originals. (many exceptions to this of course exist)

all in all bioshock 2 is a good game and worthy of the bioshock name.

Says you.

Says me too

Are you guys quoting Lionel Richie again?

That's the way it should be.

Hey you.

Beer me.

Beer me for always.

I think this says something about the PS3. It's a strange pond with tougher competition. It's probably harder to make as much money, and many say it's a lot harder to develop for, but the competition is fiercer anyway. That's great for gamers, but I hope PS3 gamers buy more games as time goes on.

Thats where the IMO part comes in ... IMO = In my Opinion

^ What exclusive extra content? (I picked up the ps3 version but was unaware of any difference).

they're the same. he's just saying bioshock might be associated with the 360 because the first one was only on the 360 for a while. Kind of like how Final fantasy is associated with playstation.

Exactly. Your average PS3 owner is simply less likely to be aware of BioShock than your average 360 owner, due to the severely timed exclusivity of the original (or did it ever come to PS3 at all, i forget)

Sorry, I can't read. hahaha.

Except the PS3 version was acknowledged to be the superior version, also containing exclusive extra content.

The PS3 port of Bioshock was excellent. I don't know what you're talking about.

I see I'm downvoted by fanatic fanboys that can't stomach the truth?
Even after patch first Bioshock was dissapointing port.
http://www.eurogamer.net/articles/analysis-bioshock-ps3-1-10-released

"BioShock on PlayStation3 is a classic example of a great game compromised by a disappointing conversion. It’s like a textbook rendition of what’s typically wrong with the poorer ports onto the Sony platform: lower, wildly fluctuating frame rate, lower resolution, and zero appreciable bonus content (that you don’t have to pay for) despite a wait of 12 months for the port. Plus a horrible blur on top of all that. The game has just been patched to remove its occasional lower resolution textures, its white bar that surrounds cut-scenes and numerous other small glitches. "

Good that Bioshock 2 is better port - still inferior on PS3 but not bad as PS3 ports sometimes go:
www.eurogamer.net/articles/digitalfoundry-bioshock2-face-off-article
"In terms of purchasing decisions for those who own both HD consoles, it's fairly self-evident that the Xbox 360 version of BioShock 2 is the one to have: graphics are undoubtedly superior with four times the resolution on transparencies, the frame-rate is undoubtedly smoother, there's no HDD-sapping mandatory installation and control varies from slightly crisper to considerably more responsive, depending on the status of the PS3's frame-rate at any given point."

I didn't experience any of those problems...

I had none of those problems either, since I used the locked framerate. The framerate stuttering issue existed in all versions. The white bar was patched out and the blur was reduced.

There were no game-breaking bugs in the port, and it looked very good. I don't know who expects bonus content with a port anyway.

I never said the port was better, I just said they did a good job. A bad port is one that introduces game-breaking bugs or looks entirely like shit, usually because the port is an extreme afterthough. Bioshock was no better or worse than any other multiplatform title that was originally developed on the PC/360.

So would you kindly STFU and just play the game?

@anonim

It's Eurogamer so what did you expect? They always crap on the PS3.

I'm in that boat. All the PS3 games I own are exclusives (except Arkham Asylum) and everything else is on 360.

Why the 360 though? If it fails (and they fail at a higher rate), that game's effectively out of commission until a repair or replacement occurs.

I use my 360 for exclusives. My multi-plats are on my PS3 in general.

Once it's scratched your discs a few times, you tend to spend less money in games for the 360...

@ kentuckyfried

because a lot of people who own multiple consoles are also early adopters, so they got the 360 first, built up their gamerscore/online community and don't want to give that up, especially with games that have multiplayer, like Bioshock 2.

^that's actually exactly the reason. I already have an established friends list and community on the 360. I only have one other friend with a PS3 (but trust me I'm trying to get everyone to buy a PS3).

haha yeah it was a long wait for me but now I'm only waiting on 2 more people to come over to PSN! one will make the switch with god of war. that last person I don't know...he's holding on strong despite being on his 5th xbox.

"built up their gamerscore/online community and don't want to give that up, especially with games that have multiplayer, like Bioshock 2."

Ok, I hadn't thought about that, makes sense esp. in regards to MP and just gamescores in general. I never realized that that many people put such an emphasis on them.

Trophies are nice and all, and I sometimes go the extra mile to get them, but I never placed them as a mandatory requirement for completion.

Damn...the haters are out here in full force. I just asked a question.

in the end, I don't have friends on either console that care about these scores.

YOUR RUDIMENTARY MIND - MADE OF FLESH AND BLOOD - FUMBLES IN IGNORANCE.

yeah I'm with you I stopped playing shortly after beating andrew ryan. there was just too much back-tracking. but I think it was justin on here who said that aspect is gone, and it's pretty much forward-moving. I might give it a shot when it drops in price.

Rudimentary? seriously?? Forgive me for not enjoying the frivolity that is Bioshock....

to each his own, but I think Bioshock is a great game. I don't really mind backtracking if implemented well, which this was. FPSs are a great way to get into the game, but it's been done to death. Bioshock innovated the FPS into something so much better. It's pretty, it's interesting, the dynamics reward thinking. The plot is dumb and typical, but I didn't mind too much.

If you like FPSs and don't like Bioshock, I think you're boring. If you just can't stand FPSs and also Bioshock, I can understand that. One of the best $20 I ever spent (I'm a cheapskate and buy games used unless they are truly special).

Bioshock is a good game. You should give it another chance, Chris.

What did you not like about it?

its more of the "Survival/Horror" type games that I don't particularly like....YES Bioshock did add quite a bit to the FPS genre, but its just not my cup of tea....L4D....don't much like that either....again....not that its not a GOOD game...just the genre to me is just something I can't get with