PS3 exclusives have fallen into a trend of under performing on the sales charts, a trend continued with Uncharted 2: Among Thieves, which failed to chart in the top 20 software titles in the month of November.  Many analysts have begun to question whether highly acclaimed Sony franchises such as God of War and Gran Turismo can break that trend.

However, it appears that the God of War brand does remains popular in the eye of the average joe.  The God of War Collection, a repackaged version of the first two games in the series, did manage to chart in the top 20 for November.  This indicates that the franchise still has some pull among consumers, selling approximately 150,000 copies - not bad for a quick port of 2 PS2 games.

With the exception of the PSP spin-off, it's been almost 4 years since we've seen Kratos in action.   God of War 3 launches in March 2010, exclusively on the PS3.