Deus Ex sold quite well.

An exact number would be more helpful I think.

http://www.geek.com/articles/games/square-...games-20090423/

 

 

2 million

 

 

EDIT: That's the franchise. Though I'm skeptical that Deus Ex 2 makes up any significant chunk of that, given how poorly received it was.

 

I'll look a bit more later.

 

 

 

EDIT 2: Hmmm, I remember it doing fairly well. Well enough for a GOTY edition as well. The number I was going to say off the top of my head was over a million sold, but not really sure if that was the case.

 

 

Having said that, it did underperform IMO, because IMO it's probably the best game I've ever played =D

Edited August 11, 200916 yr by alanschu

Nice. Though I wonder how many of those were sold after Ion Storm closed.

See my edits >.>

Having said that, it did underperform IMO, because IMO it's probably the best game I've ever played =D

Agree.

I agree that it's sad to see this game end up like Deus Ex or No One Lives Forever or Torment (great games with soft sales due to lack of an advertisement push), which it invariably will.

 

I was always under the impression that Deus Ex sold quite well later on...

 

So did Torment. But that's not what publishers, and even dev studios themselves, tend to look at.

I think Torment reached 500k (not counting stupid $5 version sales like 10 years later)?

I think Torment reached 500k (not counting stupid $5 version sales like 10 years later)?

MCA mentions here (plug, plug) that Torment turned a profit, though not one that exceeded that of Baldur's Gate... which had 2m sales, so that's perhaps to be expected.

I think Torment reached 500k (not counting stupid $5 version sales like 10 years later)?

 

That's a massive amount of sales. But I actually recall Feargus giving bigger figures than that.

Agree with OP. I have three games pre-ordered and want to add Alpha Protocol, right now I'm not convinced though... the E3 demoes were extremely glitchy and buggy and the game looked very unpolished to me. Almost none of my shooter/RPG friends know or are even interested in this, very little hype, mini previews with few comments, little word of mouth, even this official forum seems quiet.. isn't the game coming out early october?

Yes and that's the problem -release date is so close and the game is practically an unknown.

Yes and that's the problem -release date is so close and the game is practically an unknown.

 

Maybe if they dropped the price down to about $10, it would get more sales. Just a suggestion.

Get Fox to run a sex scandal article.

Yes. Make some bungled comment about children and sex in the game. That'll get it talked about. >.>

Yes and that's the problem -release date is so close and the game is practically an unknown.

 

Maybe if they dropped the price down to about $10, it would get more sales. Just a suggestion.

 

Say the average game sells for $40 and they expect to get 1 million sales with that price.

 

Then if they want to sell it for $20 on the potential of increased sales they need to sell 2 million copies. Now it's quite possible that such a price reduction would end up selling 3 or 4 million copies instead (probably), but how do you model that?

 

So you can see the dilemma here: what's the sweet point for cost that maximises profit? It's certainly not the highest number you can think of, but it's also not the lowest.

 

Unfortunately, I fear most game publishers these days fall on the "as high as you can think of" end of the spectrum.

Yes and that's the problem -release date is so close and the game is practically an unknown.

 

Maybe if they dropped the price down to about $10, it would get more sales. Just a suggestion.

 

Say the average game sells for $40 and they expect to get 1 million sales with that price.

 

Then if they want to sell it for $20 on the potential of increased sales they need to sell 2 million copies. Now it's quite possible that such a price reduction would end up selling 3 or 4 million copies instead (probably), but how do you model that?

 

So you can see the dilemma here: what 's the sweet point for cost that maximises profit? It's certainly not the highest number you can think of, but it's also not the lowest.

 

Unfortunately, I fear most game publishers these days fall on the "as high as you can think of" end of the spectrum.

 

Exactly. But there was no need to put all those smileys in your post.

I was pleasantly surprised when I got my new issue of GI in today to see two pages of Alpha Protocol ads.

I was pleasantly surprised when I got my new issue of GI in today to see two pages of Alpha Protocol ads.

lol you still buy GI.

 

I have two major memories of Game Informer:

 

1. They gave Paper Mario 2 (or whatever the hell) a bad rating because they didn't like the plot, even though they thought the gameplay was good.

 

2. They said Mad Catz makes quality controllers. I have bought two controllers from Mad Catz. Both of them are broken.

I was pleasantly surprised when I got my new issue of GI in today to see two pages of Alpha Protocol ads.

lol you still buy GI.

 

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2. They said Mad Catz makes quality controllers. I have bought two controllers from Mad Catz. Both of them are broken.

 

Doesn't gamestop still give out free subscriptions to Game Informer when you pick up an Edge card or something? I seem to recall them practically giving the subscriptions with every transaction at one point.

 

Many of the older Mad Catz controllers were absolute crap. They've made some decent stuff much more recently.

I was pleasantly surprised when I got my new issue of GI in today to see two pages of Alpha Protocol ads.

lol you still buy GI.

 

I have two major memories of Game Informer:

 

1. They gave Paper Mario 2 (or whatever the hell) a bad rating because they didn't like the plot, even though they thought the gameplay was good.

 

2. They said Mad Catz makes quality controllers. I have bought two controllers from Mad Catz. Both of them are broken.

 

Yes, game informer reviews are usually pretty worthless.

I was pleasantly surprised when I got my new issue of GI in today to see two pages of Alpha Protocol ads.

 

What was the relese date?