ssj12 said:
Barozi said:
Foamer said:
Barozi said:
Foamer said:
Barozi said:
not bad, but overall I'd say the 360 version will outsell the PC version even though it's mainly a PC franchise.
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Really? So selling a couple of million of both 1942 and its sequel, plus shitloads of the expansions isn't 'as big as many might think'? The figures are on Wikipedia from DICE's financial reports. How is BF not big on the PC? What are you comparing against?
Not that it matters anyway, as profit is vastly more important than unit sales (something most of the posters on this site don't seem to have grasped), but where's your proof that the 360 version will outsell the PC version? Given that console sales are massively frontloaded and the iniital report suggest more PC players than 360 players, it seems unlikely.
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Well I thought the BF series is much bigger.
Something like 5m+ sales for BF1942 and 5m+ for BF2
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So you were wrong and it hasn't lived up to your expectations.
Big fucking deal.
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No matter how you see it, but the BF series isn't even in the same league as Gears of War, MGS, CoD, Assassins Creed, The Elder Scrolls, Gran Turismo, Final Fantasy, Halo, GTA, The Sims, WoW, Half-Life, Crash Bandicoot, Tekken, NFS, MoH, Kingdom Hearts, Resident Evil, Guitar Hero, Tony Hawk, Madden, FIFA, PES and literally dozens of Nintendo games.
Battlefield is one of the key PC exclusives. Very popular and you'd think it has massive sales. But in fact it hasn't.
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the fact that you put so many titles, not even in the same genre, into your list and stated not in the same league... is pretty ignorant to BF's greatness.
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I only compared it to other key exclusives or popular multiplat games on other platforms.
I'm of course not talking about quality here. Just about popularity.
And yes BF2 is on steam now (for about 6 months). But I hope you don't expect something like 500k more sales in those 6 months....
Foamer said:
I don't understand why well over 2 million in sales isn't considered 'massive'. That would be enough to place a game in the top 30 of 360 software, or the top 20 of both Wii and PS3 software. Some people on here really seem to be blinded by the numbers- there's a mindset that unless a game sells 5 million +, it's almost considered a failure.
Also, given around 5 million sales of the main games, and 3 million sales of the various add-ons, the franchise will have generated well over $250 million in revenue. Again, how is this not 'massive'?
It's not a failure at all. But given the userbase of PC gamers, the popularity of first person shooters and lots of exclusive releases it's just one of many game franchises.
