It really is all about the gameplay...

That has a lot to do with it, but I think the biggest thing is its low system requirements. Most people are not geeks like us and don't have the latest/greatest hardware.

Yup, CS Retail has easily sold more than 1 million units. Not bad considering a mod for an 8 year old engine is out-selling the latest and greatest tech demos.

It really is all about the gameplay...

Actually Counter-Strike broke several million copies sold last I checked.

That's way more than Deus Ex, System Shock 2 and a buttload of other way-more deserving games.

david

Does this mean maybe Valve will tell us how to uninstall the Sierra Utilities installed with Half-Life that no longer work and cannot be uninstalled?

If anyone knows how to get the uninstaller to run without uninstalling all my Half-Life programs, let me know.


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How many copies could Counter-Strike have possibly sold? Maybe that's what's really going on here - Counter-Strike performed like a dog at retail and Sierra passed on DoD. I wonder what Activision is thinking then?

really though, when any game company sells a mod for retail they realize almost complete profit: there's no development cost, only the the manufacturing costs.

I have no idea why Sierra passed on this one and am curious to find out...

It must be the sophomore jinx. 3D Realms is MIA, now Valve remains off the radar of any new original game releases. Perhaps one day there will be a show called "Behind the software", and we will see people like Gabe Newell and George Broussard on there talking about the "good old days" of game development and how after their one big hit things just never seemed to be the same. So much for capitalizing on the momentum of their previous hits. Rumors of Half-Life 2 (and some other game called Duke Nukem Forever I think)have ocassionally surfaced, but other than that, I find it thoroughly depressing that the company who redefined the action shooter genre has not even ANNOUNCED their INTENTIONS to develop a new, ORIGINAL game title. Deus Ex, save me!

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fuck DoD. I'm so tired of all these Mods being sold as retail games, when they engine that they're modded for is old as hell. Its time to put the HL engine away, and in with the newer engines. I think its great that Mods are going retail now, but make DoD on a newer engine, maybe then it will sell.

Well, I respect Valve for not forgetting the loyal fans and releasing the new updates for free downloads.

enough with the HL engine... isn't it a bit tired?

You have to still be alive to be tired.

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Well for the legions of people why can't run BF1942 probably don't mind. You can sell much more to a lower common denominator.

What I want to know is how many of those people haven't bought Half-Life yet. I mean, the original game can still be had for like $30 or less (non-precious metal versions) and you can just download the mods for free.

How many copies could Counter-Strike have possibly sold? Maybe that's what's really going on here - Counter-Strike performed like a dog at retail and Sierra passed on DoD. I wonder what Activision is thinking then?

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DoD's a great mod ...but... enough with the HL engine... isn't it a bit tired?

this prety much opens the floodgates