DOOM 3 Sales

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This press release (thanks Frans) announces that DOOM 3 is selling like hotcakes: "The game debuted as the #1 best-selling PC game in the U.S. for the week ending August 7, according to NPD Techworld. Additionally, DOOM 3 was the #1 best-selling game overall in the U.K. for the weeks ending August 14 and August 21, according to the U.K. Chart Track and the #1 best-selling PC game in Australia, for the weeks ending August 8 and 15, according to GfK Inform Database. For the week ending August 15, DOOM 3 also was the #1 best-selling PC game in France, according to GfK; the #1 game in Germany, according to Media Control; and the #1 game in Sweden, Denmark and Norway, according to Manual Sweden, Manual Denmark and Manual Norway."

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Re: selling like hotcakes?

Aug 24, 2004, 18:25

Warhawk

Doom3 is a beautiful engine wrapped around a tired shooter

Hey, that's your opinion. Mine is that I LIKE "tired" shooters, and this game was (correction, is, as I have not finished yet) a lot of fun for me as well as lots of others, apparently including the majority of reviewers.

Doom 3 has a story (apparently too thin by your standards, but it's there), it's got beautiful graphics (both the levels and creatures), it has fun gameplay, and the sound effects are really well done. What else do you want?

Do you want lots of enemies? Play Serious Sam - this isn't that game.

Do you want huge environments? Play Far Cry - this isn't that game.

Do you want challenging puzzles? Play Myst or Chess Master - this isn't that game.

Do you want great multiplay? Play Q3A or UT2k4 - this isn't that game.

IT IS WHAT id PROMISED IT WOULD BE. If you bought it expecting something else, it's your own damned fault.




Have I lied to you? I mean, in this room? Trust me, leave that thing alone. - GLaDOS Did IQs just drop sharply while I was away? - Ripley

		Date	Subject	Author
	1.	Aug 24, 09:12	Sales	VT Hoodlum
	3.	Aug 24, 09:23	Re: Sales	Furious
	2.	Aug 24, 09:19	nUmba\|-\|5?	Ray Marden
	4.	Aug 24, 09:24	Re: nUmba\|-\|5?	Duc
	5.	Aug 24, 09:28	Re: nUmba\|-\|5?	Ray Marden
	33.	Aug 24, 12:37	Re: nUmba\|-\|5?	Scottish Martial Arts
	34.	Aug 24, 12:42	Re: nUmba\|-\|5?	Kobalt
	35.	Aug 24, 12:56	Re: nUmba\|-\|5?	BicycleRepairMan
	39.	Aug 24, 13:10	Replayability	KaRRiLLioN
	6.	Aug 24, 09:45	yawn	The Half Elf
	7.	Aug 24, 10:07	Re: yawn	Furious
	8.	Aug 24, 10:07	Who gives a shit	Kobalt
	12.	Aug 24, 10:22	Re: Who gives a shit	Jim
	13.	Aug 24, 10:24	Re: Who gives a shit	MyRealName
	14.	Aug 24, 10:31	Re: Who gives a shit	cia
	18.	Aug 24, 11:00	Re: Who gives a shit	MyRealName
	43.	Aug 24, 14:21	Re: Who gives a shit	Jojo BoZley
	9.	Aug 24, 10:08	Re: yawn	famished
	10.	Aug 24, 10:09	Re: yawn	kanniballl
	16.	Aug 24, 10:41	Re: yawn	Eon
	17.	Aug 24, 10:54	Re: yawn	MMORPGHoD
	19.	Aug 24, 11:04	Re: yawn	nin
	20.	Aug 24, 11:24	Re: yawn	DDI
	72.	Aug 24, 18:25	Re: yawn	Creston
	73.	Aug 24, 18:27	Re: yawn	ColligoMortis
	74.	Aug 24, 18:28	Re: yawn	ColligoMortis
	75.	Aug 24, 18:33	Re: yawn	ColligoMortis
	76.	Aug 24, 18:34	Re: yawn	Warhawk
	129.	Aug 27, 05:42	Re: back to the piracy issue	SirAnthony
	130.	Aug 27, 05:51	Re: back to the piracy issue	SirAnthony
	21.	Aug 24, 11:24	Re: yawn	kanniballl
	22.	Aug 24, 11:30	Re: yawn	jm0ris0n
	23.	Aug 24, 11:33	Re: yawn	S_DOG34
	44.	Aug 24, 14:37	Re: yawn	eje
	70.	Aug 24, 18:22	Re: yawn	Creston
	83.	Aug 24, 19:13	Re: yawn	Ray Marden
	85.	Aug 24, 19:19	Re: yawn	padlock
	100.	Aug 25, 01:01	Re: yawn	Sixis
	102.	Aug 25, 02:05	Re: yawn	Ray Marden
	122.	Aug 25, 19:34	Re: yawn	Creston
	121.	Aug 25, 19:25	Re: yawn	Creston
	11.	Aug 24, 10:18	hotcakes	Jim
	15.	Aug 24, 10:34	Re: hotcakes	Tom
	24.	Aug 24, 11:33	Re: hotcakes	SmyTTor
	25.	Aug 24, 11:57	Re: hotcakes	Animals for Crackers
	26.	Aug 24, 12:05	Try this	sidepocket
	32.	Aug 24, 12:36	Re: Try this	Kobalt
	27.	Aug 24, 12:06	No subject	Acleacius
	28.	Aug 24, 12:11	Re: No subject	kanniballl
	31.	Aug 24, 12:34	Re: No subject	Warhawk
	36.	Aug 24, 13:03	Re: No subject	cia
	37.	Aug 24, 13:04	Re: No subject	cia
	38.	Aug 24, 13:06	Re: No subject	Kobalt
	40.	Aug 24, 13:13	Re: No subject	Ray Marden
	63.	Aug 24, 17:35	Re: No subject	Tango
	45.	Aug 24, 14:45	Re: No subject	Gandhi
	105.	Aug 25, 02:39	System Shock vs Doom (insult to doom3)	nully null
	106.	Aug 25, 02:59	Re: System Shock vs Doom (insult to doom	Undead Scottsman
	107.	Aug 25, 03:16	Re: System Shock vs Doom (insult to doom	nully null
	108.	Aug 25, 03:27	Re: System Shock vs Doom (insult to doom	Undead Scottsman
	109.	Aug 25, 03:37	Re: System Shock vs Doom (insult to doom	S_DOG34
	29.	Aug 24, 12:23	POS	Feral
	30.	Aug 24, 12:34	Re: POS	famished
	41.	Aug 24, 14:02	No subject	space captain
	42.	Aug 24, 14:18	my opinion	mat0
	47.	Aug 24, 14:57	Re: my opinion	Warhawk
	46.	Aug 24, 14:54	Pirating	Yosemite Sam
	48.	Aug 24, 15:01	No subject	Ronin
	51.	Aug 24, 15:40	Re: No subject	LugNut
	54.	Aug 24, 16:23	Re: No subject	sinner's saint
	49.	Aug 24, 15:33	selling like hotcakes?	vacs
	50.	Aug 24, 15:38	Re: selling like hotcakes?	sponge
	52.	Aug 24, 15:51	Re: selling like hotcakes?	Warhawk
	55.	Aug 24, 16:36	Re: selling like hotcakes?	neko_
	56.	Aug 24, 16:53	Re: selling like hotcakes?	Warhawk
	57.	Aug 24, 16:53	Re: selling like hotcakes?	MMORPGHoD
	59.	Aug 24, 17:15	Re: selling like hotcakes?	S_DOG34
	60.	Aug 24, 17:25	Re: selling like hotcakes?	MMORPGHoD
	62.	Aug 24, 17:35	Re: selling like hotcakes?	nin
	116.	Aug 25, 13:35	Re: selling like hotcakes?	Beamer
	61.	Aug 24, 17:32	Re: selling like hotcakes?	Warhawk
	67.	Aug 24, 18:07	Re: selling like hotcakes?	S_DOG34
>>	71.	Aug 24, 18:25	Re: selling like hotcakes?	Warhawk
	82.	Aug 24, 19:09	Re: selling like hotcakes?	Jojo BoZley
	77.	Aug 24, 18:35	Re: selling like hotcakes?	Smellfinger
	80.	Aug 24, 19:05	Re: selling like hotcakes?	S_DOG34
	112.	Aug 25, 06:23	Re: selling like hotcakes?	famished
	113.	Aug 25, 06:25	Re: selling like hotcakes?	famished
	65.	Aug 24, 17:57	Re: selling like hotcakes?	Celestial Toad
	53.	Aug 24, 16:13	No subject	Acleacius
	58.	Aug 24, 17:01	No subject	RazorWynd
	64.	Aug 24, 17:36	Its also	MajorGeeks
	66.	Aug 24, 18:01	Speaking of System Shock 2...	Duc
	68.	Aug 24, 18:13	No subject	RazorWynd
	69.	Aug 24, 18:20	Sophistry is hip!	Smellfinger
	78.	Aug 24, 18:40	HL2 fanboys	Creston
	79.	Aug 24, 19:02	Re: HL2 fanboys	Tim
	81.	Aug 24, 19:05	Re: HL2 fanboys	MMORPGHoD
	84.	Aug 24, 19:17	Re: HL2 fanboys	Warhawk
	86.	Aug 24, 19:31	Re: HL2 fanboys	Orogogus
	88.	Aug 24, 20:11	HL Story	Furious
	89.	Aug 24, 20:24	Re: HL Story	MMORPGHoD
	90.	Aug 24, 20:35	Re: HL Story	vacs
	91.	Aug 24, 20:49	Re: HL Story	Furious
	92.	Aug 24, 21:19	Re: HL Story	ColligoMortis
	93.	Aug 24, 21:39	Re: HL Story	ColligoMortis
	94.	Aug 24, 22:18	Re: HL Story	S_DOG34
	104.	Aug 25, 02:22	Re: HL2 fanboys	Duc
	111.	Aug 25, 05:31	Re: HL2 fanboys	Tango
	87.	Aug 24, 20:06	No subject	ildon
	95.	Aug 24, 22:49	Re: No subject	mat0
	96.	Aug 24, 22:56	Re: No subject	ColligoMortis
	97.	Aug 24, 23:20	Lets recap for a moment	Kobalt
	98.	Aug 24, 23:46	Re: Lets recap for a moment	Smellfinger
	99.	Aug 24, 23:51	Re: Lets recap for a moment	Tim
	103.	Aug 25, 02:13	Re: Lets recap for a moment	Kobalt
	118.	Aug 25, 16:08	Doom 3	Celestial Toad
	119.	Aug 25, 18:54	Re: Doom 3	Kobalt
	120.	Aug 25, 19:02	Re: Doom 3	Celestial Toad
	123.	Aug 25, 20:30	Re: Doom 3	Kobalt
	126.	Aug 26, 21:43	Re: Doom 3	Celestial Toad
	127.	Aug 26, 23:02	Re: Doom 3	Undead Scottsman
	128.	Aug 26, 23:30	Re: Doom 3	Kobalt
	101.	Aug 25, 01:41	ha	Ronin
	114.	Aug 25, 09:09	Re: ha	famished
	115.	Aug 25, 09:51	My only complaint	FRAGaLOT
	124.	Aug 26, 00:52	Re: ha	Ronin
	110.	Aug 25, 04:50	old times ;)	TiberiusBlue
	117.	Aug 25, 13:35	Team Fortress/Weapons Factory	Powerflinch
	125.	Aug 26, 02:28	Consoles are no better than PCs.	Smellfinger

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