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On Darksiders II Sales

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GamesIndustry International has the NPD Group's estimate that Darksiders II sold just 247,000 units in the U.S. in August, saying it reflects how weak game sales have been lately that this still managed to place THQ's action/RPG sequel on the top ten bestseller list for the month. They were unable to get a comment on this from THQ, but have a reaction from analyst Micael Pachter who presumes the game has sold about a million units internationally by now, but that he doesn't think the game will be profitable, saying: "my understanding is that breakeven is greater than 2 million units, so it's not likely to get much higher than that."

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Re: On Darksiders II Sales

Sep 9, 2012, 10:33

Prez

netnerd85 wrote on Sep 9, 2012, 07:01:
Prez wrote on Sep 8, 2012, 16:27:
The game is way over-priced on PC for how bad of a port it is. I also question the rationale of a company that would release a game that could only be profitable with 2 million units sold.
Games cost a lot to make because YOU as a game buyer DEMAND that they be made to a certain quality. That qaulity comes with a price.

Stop bitching about voice acting and animations and game will be cheaper to make.

I said not one word about voice acting or amimations, so you are just making shit up. All I want is the game to be ported with decent m+k controls, the basic graphics options, and minimal bugs. If that's asking a lot then yeah, I guess I'm demanding. I don't think it's asking too much myself. I certainly didn't ask them to release a game that was so expensive that they needed to sell a ridiculously high number of units just to break even. 2,000,000 units? Just to make their investment back? That's just frickin' insane.

This comment was edited on Sep 9, 2012, 10:38.




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