Monday, December 17th 2007
Crysis and Unreal Tournament 3 Sales 'Tank'
Some of the most anticipated titles of the year, Unreal Tournament 3 and Crysis, have failed to sell very well. In contrast to the overly hyped Halo 3, which boosted actual Xbox 360 sales, Crysis and Unreal Tournament 3 sales were, in short, abysmal. Since last month, neither game has managed to sell even 100,000 units. To be precise, EA sold 86,633 copies of Crysis, and Epic Games sold 33,995 copies of UT3. The Inquirer claims that Crysis, despite having a beautiful graphics engine that will have benchmarkers twiddling their thumbs for years, failed to impress anyone without a very expensive gaming machine. And Unreal Tournament, despite being absolutely breathtaking, had gameplay that was uncannily similar to the previous two versions of Unreal Tournament. Hopefully, as systems get better and gamers get more money to spend on games, these sales figures will increase.
Source:
The Inquirer
83 Comments on Crysis and Unreal Tournament 3 Sales 'Tank'
Things look more gloomy for UT3 but maybe it will sell better at the console level.
BTW, the UT3-demo was fun for a while, but it's not my "thing".
UT3 despite good, it's more of the same.
COD4 it's a fantastic interactive movie, but I have some issues to call it a game, seriously. I enjoyed it, don't get me wrong, but I can't understand all the hype. It's more of the same too, nothing really new or worthy compared to earlier versions IMHO (the scene on the plane and the one of the snipers... pff boring and a POS, the final... better not talk about it), Also I found earlier versions a lot more immersive. That's my opinion, it was a dissapointment for me.
And MP it's ok, but since I don't have the time to play all MP games, if I have to choose between COD4 and TF2, I choose TF2 without a doubt.
I think that both Crysis and UT3 will sell a lot more with some time, just as Farcry did. Consoles and PC are different in this regard. Console gamers go in a rush to buy the games they want. Most console games don't sell a lot more than what they do in the first months, but PC games sellin a more slow but steady fashion.
i suppose that crysis is just not advertised enuf neither is unreal tournament, COD 4 is allways in deals and on tv, thb id rather play those 2 games but its personal preference.
oh you mentioin old cod games i think 1 was the bbest if they could make a game like that again id be happy 2 was good but a little to much drama and less of the grittyness and realism.
COD 4 just concentrates on small places pack full of bad guys and some gimmicky sniper stuff just a bit of the same already
Though I wouldn't call it a crisis for Crysis. It has better storyline, game-play and replay-value than what Doom 3 had in its time.
Anyway, COD 1 was the best game that year, and one of the best in history. I agree there, but the sequels are just not as good as the original. They are good games and their execution is superb, but they just don't have the uniqueness of the original. They felt like "been there, done that" to me. Even COD4, which is in a totally different set, felt the same to me.
Games like HL2, FEAR and Prey (yes, Prey) have changed how modern FPS gameplay should be, at least for me. I'm talking about what makes those games unique, immersiveness. I know that COD aims for some realism, but somehow sequels failed there, and COD4 fails there more. COD1 was so great because you felt as if you were in the middle of a war, something COD4 doesn't deliver in a feasible manner. I never felt like in the middle of anything in COD4 and that's the problem. And this happens, oddly enough BTW, because you are the center of everything. They make you do everything that needs to be done, all enemies try to kill you (they even forget about your allies) allies constantly know and say waht you have to do next... Real wars are not like that, war it's mess, so it's a failure IMO.