Crytek In Deep Trouble – Adoption of CryEngine Not Good, Ryse Development Catastrophic (Update: Crytek denies claim)

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osed125 said:

true_fan said:

MSFT funded Ryse, so they would be the ones in financial trouble if it didn't sell well, which is sitting around 1 million sales. If 1 million is unsuccessful there is a lot of failures so far this gen. Wouldn't suprise me if this is nothing more than a rumor and full speculation, with a tiny bit of truth..

Many companies have already stated that they need 3 or even 5 million units to make a profit, this isn't really a big surprise. This is also one of the reasons Ubisoft recently stated that they won't be making many AAA games in the future.

But asking for 3-5 million as a console launch title is ridiculous and just stupid.  They can't have expected that to happen.  

 

Top-selling game exclusive to one of the PS4/Xbox new consoles is Tianfall, at 1.88 million on XOne.  Overall PS4 has two multi=plats that broke 2 million - COD and FIFA, I think.  There's no way anyone would sell 3m at launch game status.  No install base.