Manhunt 2

[Dodece]

So many questions. I will do my best to explain.

First Manhunt 2 has been released in North America, and Europe. Even so a number of European countries have effectively banned the title, but geographically consumers can still circumvent that with ease if they want the title enough.

There are no official numbers all numbers in regards to sales are estimates. That said the NPD provides estimated sales figures for North America. They are a analytical firm that uses test samples, and real data from retailers to produce their estimates. The only real difference between the NPD and VGchartz is the sample sizes. The smaller the sample the more likely variation, and software sales are many fold larger then hardware sales. So there will be a degree of variation.

That said however this site routinely adjusts its sales figures when new relevant data is provided. Basically NPD is probably closer to the numbers on software thanks to having a month of time to fine tune their estimates, and their larger sample size. You might say VGchartz is somewhat crude in comparison however it is more timely, and remember this is a hobbyist site not a large corporate firm.

The NPD doesn't publish all its software sales numbers for public review. Only the numbers for the top sellers. I doubt the NPD has provided guidance on the sales of Manhunt 2. That said this site is probably your best guidance.

Given the sales listed on this site. Well I wouldn't say the sales were great, good, decent, or average. They weren't abysmal, god awful, or bad either. I would say they probably made a little less then their investment. What I am saying is they probably lost money on the game just not a lot of money. Given that it was brought to three gaming devices with all the added expense of doing so. They probably needed to see sales of around half a million total to have generated a real profit.

So if you were hoping for a Manhunt 3 given the blood letting over this game I wouldn't expect it. Were you hoping for validation that this was a bad, evil, or horrific game that should not have been released you have a little vindication. While it didn't bomb supremely the developer probably didn't get what they were hoping for.