| Slimebeast said: I understand Crytek. You could compare Crysis with Oblivion. Both AAA games, although Crysis had even more hype. Or let's say Assassin's Creed. The PC version will hardly reach even 1 mill. But on all platforms AC sold 6-7 mill already. That's a huge difference. |
Actually I thought Oblivion did better on PC than 360+PS3 combined, and it's still selling on PC (unlike it's console counterparts)
Far Cry was in the same position as Crysis, and it only sold 730k in the first 4 months (1 million LTD). It was still considered a success because it's biggest money maker were the deals with the hardware manufacturers.
But Crysis now did over expectations and much better than Far Cry:- Crysis only took 1.5 months to sell 1 million (what Far Cry did in it's lifetime).
- Crysis is still charting in several PC Top10's, and no doubt that Crysis will keep selling for atleast a couple of years
- The deal that Crytek made with Nvidia, which no doubt made alot of money for Crytek.
- Cry Engine 2 is being a success, having already been licensed for several other games (unlike the first engine, which was used for Far Cry).
No wonder Crytek announced a trilogy for Crysis.
Assassin's Creed has already been explained by Benkenobi88, but it has been charting in several PC charts AND it's selling on Steam. If it does reach 1 million it will be great, considering the circusmtances.
