Saturday, February 2nd 2008

Crysis has Sold over 1 Million Copies in Less than 3 Months
Crytek's first person shooter game, Crysis, has been reported for selling over 1 million copies in less than three month during the Electronic Arts third quarter earnings conference call yesterday. Even though the game has gone platinum, CEO John Riccitiello said that EA is "not satisfied" with the overall third quarter financial results. The company was disappointed that none of the big successes were developed internally. "We did not have any internally developed breakaway titles," said Riccitiello. "The closest thing we had to breakaway titles in 2007 were Skate and FIFA," he continued. Riccitiello expects Burnout Paradise to be another big hit, but he didn't give any more indications than that at this early stage in the game's shelf life.
Source:
Bit-tech
10 Comments on Crysis has Sold over 1 Million Copies in Less than 3 Months
EA is big business meets good developers with a passion for games, which then in turn makes bad games.
The biggest thing hurting the PC gaming market is big business publishers like EA. I wouldn't be surprised if we see World of Warcraft on the PS3 and Xbox 360 soon.
I can't wait for part 2 to be released.