Barozi on 11 September 2012
milkyjoe said:
Yes. VGC has the first game at around 600k sales, which obviously doesn't count digital sales but they probably wouldn't produce a spectacular difference. That can't have been a great success for them and would be a testament to their problems. I'm surprised they've gone for a sequel at all, but then we might be seeing the sunk cost argument rising its head again. |
another late reply.
http://www.videogamer.com/xbox360/metro_2033/news/metro_2033_was_very_profitable_for_thq.html
Metro had next to no hype surrounding it. Word of mouth and especially the trailer for the sequel at E3 left many speechless and helped a lot to improve awareness among gamers. Believe me the sequel is going to fare much much better.
