That must be ancient history then, since I don't hear a lot of it anymore.
Yeah, but I also cannot recall the last time the gaming "press" went on a crusade against a game like this. Usually it's nothing but praise for even the weakest of games like Oblivion.
That's true. But that, once again, maybe due to unrealistic expectations. Like BioWare of Bethesda sales figure expectations.
Eeeh, I was more thinking about Germany, Europe's biggest market for adventures and RPG's. Also sale figures says little because, as I stated before DD is a lot more mainstream here in Europe than in the US and store sales likely don't even make 20% of the sales. If you look at them it's like the PC is dying. If so, why do so many DD-distributors like GOG, Steam, DD, D2D, GamersGate etc. rise up?
As such, 700K shipped units might even be better than 700K SOLD games (incl. DD sales).
Sale figures might be a good indication for consoles, but once again, the PC is more popular than consoles in Europe.