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ash31 on 22 December 2010

a shame for alan wake one of my favourite games



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toastboy44562 on 23 December 2010
Seece said:
Vetteman94 said:
Seece said:
Vetteman94 said:
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stopstopp said:


Switch Modnation and Alan wake, considering here Modnation racers has sold more.

Wasn't leo predicting 5 million for MNR


Werent there people prediction multiple millions for Alan Wake?

Don't remember, I imagin not. People were comparing MNR to LBP (because of the creat, share)

No,  I remember people like selnor predicting over 2 Million easily for that game,  and he wasnt alone.  But of course that would be forgotten


Aw 1/2

MNR 1/5

 

Uh huh, comparable.

actually alan wake will hit 2 million easily because its bundled



noname2200 on 23 December 2010
Mr Puggsly said:

Metroid Other M: I'm more surprised when a Metroid game does good.


Ouch!

I'm not saying you're wrong, but OUCH!



NotStan on 23 December 2010

Hasnt AW crossed 1M by now if digital sales included, there was a bundle which allowed free digital download of Alan Wake and that sold about ~250k along with Forza 3, I think it was introduced on the GT5 week :lol:.

A shame about Alan Wake, thought it'd hit 2M by now, but I guess the lack of multiplayer element just made it a rental for most people.



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Galaki on 23 December 2010
alfredofroylan said:


Exaggeration much? Those are far from big.



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Dallinor on 23 December 2010
Galaki said:
alfredofroylan said:


Exaggeration much? Those are far from big.


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WereKitten on 23 December 2010
Conegamer said:

When I saw the header image I thought I'd gone into the wrong place

However, all of those games should have done well, but some are a bit rough. Other M, Alan Wake and Red Steel 2 have all sold well, and I'm sure Red Steel 2 wil hit its target of 500k LT sometime next year. Not great sales, but what they wanted. Maybe Red Steel 3 with a Move PS3 option as well?

Heck, if 380k for Conduit was enough to warrant a sequel...

That seems to imply that the sequel was planned or greenlighted depending on "The Conduit" sales. Not so, if you read the interview with HVS it's clearly stated that they started developing Conduit 2 as soon as the first was shipped. The fact that they always planned to make at least two of them was also in another interview I can't find right now.

It actually stands to reason: if you invest money into an engine or middleware like they did, coming up with a part 2 that reuses most of the tech is a safer way to recoup your investment with limited additional resources. As far as we know, the Conduit franchise might be in the red right now, or have provided a negligible return - 380K lifetime on the Wii amounts to what, about $5-6M revenue between publisher and devs? - with better hopes for when part 2 hits the market.



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Raze on 23 December 2010
Mr Puggsly said:

No More Heroes 2: I love the story of No More Heroes, but technically they are not good games. Very clunky and just boring. The sequel bombed because the original wasn't fun either.


Agree 100%. I can not understand why people like these games, but I guess maybe I've just moved on from hack and slash games.



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Mummelmann on 23 December 2010
BengaBenga said:

A shame for Alan Wake. One of my favorite games this gen. Loved the atmosphere and story.


Indeed. Best 360 game of the year imo. The music is also incredible!



stopstopp on 23 December 2010
alfredofroylan said:
stopstopp said:


That's no reason on why we shouldn't add sales we know it got.

It'll be a big list, and quite painful because Valkyria Chronicles II is there too, love that game even with the crappy gakuen story and the bad character design. Now:

 

 

Biggest Busts on handhelds.

Well this list is quite hard to do for two things. First handheld games have a much smaller budget than console games, so a number that could be bad for a console could be good for a handheld, and second most people will use the argument of “digital sales aren’t counted” But because few companies give number for their digital sales we’re going to use good ol’ retail sales.

Valkyria Chronicles II (PSP): Ok, guys. The main character is plain and boring, the female lead is “Mary Sue 101”, the “best friend-rival-Gary Oak-Vegeta –thing” is bad, the story involves predictible twists with a villain that has a  spike on his crotch. But everything else is awesome, from the technical point of view is way better than the first game so there isn’t any justification for just 340k units sold, not even the half of sales that the PS3 version has.

SOCOM: U.S. Navy SEALs Fireteam Bravo 3 (PSP): Shooters are the king in consoles, but not in the consoles, despite some good reviews this game only put 270k units in the market.

Modnation Racers (PSP): Yep the console version didn’t set the charts on fire, but the handheld version is doing worse, even wit the inclusion of this game in some bundles the numer is stuck at 220k units sold with few hopes to recover.

 

Dante’s Inferno (PSP): Why this game exists is a mystery. Sure EA push a lot in the marketing department for the 3 versions but with just 110k units sold this version is pretty much a waste of money, talent and resources.


 

Fine, I don't care anymore, it doesn't seem to be worth it. If you want to make seperate list for console then be my guest but at least label it as such because it is misleading.