alanschu Posted September 1, 2009 Posted September 1, 2009 (edited) It's sold over a million units, pleasing THQ, the publisher and beating (at least some) analysts' expectations of ~500k-650k. Even if that wasn't the case, RF:G had pretty much the best possible conditions to sell as much as it was going to. If it hadn't sold, you'd have to look at faults with the game itself or the marketing. Fair enough. I have no real knowledge of the game in any way. And a delay could just as easily be the end of them too. Edited September 1, 2009 by alanschu
Purkake Posted September 1, 2009 Posted September 1, 2009 (edited) The PC version(of Red Faction: Guerrilla) will come out September 15th. EDIT: Obviously it's too late to delay it now. Edited September 1, 2009 by Purkake
WILL THE ALMIGHTY Posted September 1, 2009 Posted September 1, 2009 (edited) PC version of Alpha Protocol in September? Sweet. I'm getting it for PC then, but I won't promise not to crack the DRM if it's SecuROM or worse. Edited September 1, 2009 by WILL THE ALMIGHTY "Alright, I've been thinking. When life gives you lemons, don't make lemonade - make life take the lemons back! Get mad! I don't want your damn lemons, what am I supposed to do with these? Demand to see life's manager. Make life rue the day it thought it could give Cave Johnson lemons. Do you know who I am? I'm the man who's gonna burn your house down! With the lemons. I'm going to to get my engineers to invent a combustible lemon that burns your house down!"
alanschu Posted September 1, 2009 Posted September 1, 2009 PC version is out a month before the console version?
Purkake Posted September 1, 2009 Posted September 1, 2009 PC version of Red Faction: Guerrilla, sorry for the confusion.
WILL THE ALMIGHTY Posted September 1, 2009 Posted September 1, 2009 Oh. Damn ye. "Alright, I've been thinking. When life gives you lemons, don't make lemonade - make life take the lemons back! Get mad! I don't want your damn lemons, what am I supposed to do with these? Demand to see life's manager. Make life rue the day it thought it could give Cave Johnson lemons. Do you know who I am? I'm the man who's gonna burn your house down! With the lemons. I'm going to to get my engineers to invent a combustible lemon that burns your house down!"
Zoraptor Posted September 1, 2009 Posted September 1, 2009 It's sold over a million units, pleasing THQ, the publisher and beating (at least some) analysts' expectations of ~500k-650k. Probably ship to figures. Sell through is around 860k (540k 360, 320k PS3), if only a mid budget game that should be profitable.
Purkake Posted September 1, 2009 Posted September 1, 2009 Damn gaming websites making sensational titles. As long as THQ is "pleased" with the sales, it's probably a success.
Oblarg Posted September 2, 2009 Posted September 2, 2009 Maybe Yahtzee will review it and like it. That would be incredible, and almost impossible. "The universe is a yawning chasm, filled with emptiness and the puerile meanderings of sentience..." - Ulyaoth "It is all that is left unsaid upon which tragedies are built." - Kreia "I thought this forum was for Speculation & Discussion, not Speculation & Calling People Trolls." - lord of flies
Purkake Posted September 2, 2009 Posted September 2, 2009 I'm sure he'll rip it apart, he only really likes Portal, Silent Hill 2, Sands of Time, Dizzy and like 2 other blurry games
WILL THE ALMIGHTY Posted September 2, 2009 Posted September 2, 2009 Maybe if AP has awesome characters enough, or has really good writing, it'll impress him. Zero Punctuation is a powerful marketing tool. "Alright, I've been thinking. When life gives you lemons, don't make lemonade - make life take the lemons back! Get mad! I don't want your damn lemons, what am I supposed to do with these? Demand to see life's manager. Make life rue the day it thought it could give Cave Johnson lemons. Do you know who I am? I'm the man who's gonna burn your house down! With the lemons. I'm going to to get my engineers to invent a combustible lemon that burns your house down!"
Cl_Flushentityhero Posted September 2, 2009 Posted September 2, 2009 I wouldn't count on Yahtzee to have good taste. Sometimes it occurs by chance, but as often as not it doesn't.
Purkake Posted September 2, 2009 Posted September 2, 2009 I wouldn't count on Yahtzee to have good taste. Sometimes it occurs by chance, but as often as not it doesn't. ZP is not about having taste, it's about being funny while truthfully bringing out the bad parts in games.
RPGmasterBoo Posted September 2, 2009 Posted September 2, 2009 And he does it well for third person action games, shooters, and other various stuff. But as far as RPG's go he's clueless. Imperium Thought for the Day: Even a man who has nothing can still offer his life
Cl_Flushentityhero Posted September 2, 2009 Posted September 2, 2009 I wouldn't count on Yahtzee to have good taste. Sometimes it occurs by chance, but as often as not it doesn't. ZP is not about having taste, it's about being funny while truthfully bringing out the bad parts in games. Exactly, which is why I wouldn't count on Yahtzee having taste.
Purkake Posted September 2, 2009 Posted September 2, 2009 Zero Punctuation is not really an accurate reflection of his tastes. Also, not liking a particular genre doesn't mean you lack taste.
Cl_Flushentityhero Posted September 2, 2009 Posted September 2, 2009 Notice I said "Yahtzee," not his actual name. Yahtzee is the persona he puts forth in ZP; I don't particularly care what he's like as a person.
Purkake Posted September 2, 2009 Posted September 2, 2009 I think that's just his general nickname. ZP is just ZP.
uzivatel Posted September 2, 2009 Posted September 2, 2009 Obs should delay it until June/July 2010. Unless you have some huge IP, those months are pretty much dead.
Purkake Posted September 2, 2009 Posted September 2, 2009 Obs should delay it until June/July 2010. Unless you have some huge IP, those months are pretty much dead. Which is why even a relatively unknown game like Red Faction: Guerrilla managed to exceed expectations and keep people talking about it for a whole month.
Humodour Posted September 2, 2009 Posted September 2, 2009 And he does it well for third person action games, shooters, and other various stuff. But as far as RPG's go he's clueless. He was spot on for Oblivion. But then that's not really an RPG.
kreese12 Posted September 2, 2009 Posted September 2, 2009 I think the think is, with comedy , it is much easier to be funny by tearing something apart and pointing out its flaws, than it is to be funny describing how good something it is. So naturally ZP's are mostly going to be negative. That being said, I personally find myself agreeing with many of Croshaws / Yahtzee's points. I think AP looks great and I'm looking forward to the game more than anything coming up -- but even still, I think Ben Croshaw would have a field day with AP. Just due to the fact of the cliche-ridden spy-theme going on (which I also like, but ya, the spy thriller genre is built on cliches that are easy to spoof; Austin Powers anyone?)
Purkake Posted September 2, 2009 Posted September 2, 2009 They should have done an NOLF/Austin Powers-style spy RPG instead and made billions. Now I'm sad
Guest PoziomyPion Posted September 2, 2009 Posted September 2, 2009 (edited) Well AP has Kill Bill like characters, it's good enough for me! Oh snap, you made me miss NOLF2 and I don't own this game anymore Cate Archer is like one of the best video game heroines next to Lara Croft and Jill Valentine. Edited September 2, 2009 by PoziomyPion
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