Why are Crysis's and UT3's Sales Horrible?

[Bond]

*cough*BioShock*cough*

[manasecret]

*sneeze*Elder Scrolls*sneeze*

[Professor S]

*cough*I never said they don't exist, dummies, I said there needs to be more of them*cough*

For every exception to the FPS rule I can rattle off about 30 that fall right in line. The fact is that the genre, in general (happy now?) is stagnating.

[manasecret]

Well shucky darn and slop the chickens, you think they should be making more of those hugely critically acclaimed games? That's quite the statement.


*cough*Portal*cough*

[Professor S]

Originally Posted by manasecret

Well shucky darn and slop the chickens, you think they should be making more of those hugely critically acclaimed games? That's quite the statement.


*cough*Portal*cough*

No, I said they need to take a look a those games, see WHY they stand out as successes, and then build on it. We don't need more copy cats, we need INNOVATION.

*cough*Unreal 1,2,3*cough*
*cough*Doom 1,2,3*cough*
*cough*Wolfenstein, new and old*cough*
*cough*Halo 1,2,3*cough*
*cough*Resistance*cough*
*cough*Quake 1,2,3,4*cough*
*cough*Painkiller*cough*
*cough*Soldier of Fortune series*cough*
*cough*Crysis*cough*
*cough*F.E.A.R.*cough*
*cough*Call of Duty 1,2,3,4*cough*
*cough*Anything Clive Barker*cough*
*cough*Medal of Honor games*cough*
*cough*Anything Tom Clancy*cough*
*cough*S.T.A.L.K.E.R.*cough*
*cough*Half-Life 1,2 and Episodes*cough*
*cough*SiN*cough*
*cough*Starship Troopers*cough*
*cough*Star Wars FPS games*cough*
*cough*Serious Sam series*cough*
*cough*Area 51*cough*
*cough*Tribes series*cough*
*cough*NRA Varmint Hunter*cough*
*cough*Far Cry series*cough*

I'll continue once I get myself a losenge, or is that good enough?

[Fox 6]

Ive got my hands full with Mass Effect/ CoD 4 plus theres that tiny other facts that i really dont care.........................................at all................................................................................................. .....ever........................................................................................... .......yeah..........

[GameMaster]

Hey, I thought it was cool

[Bond]

Someone must have a lot of time on their hands...

[Angrist]

Awesome, although the barrels seem a tad bit too light.

[Angrist]

I've just finished the demo of Crysis. It's a nice game, better than expected. Using the different force powers (eeeh) is fun. This must be the first game where I've succesfully sneaked around some enemies. I usually just blow stuff up.

[DeathsHand]

Originally Posted by Angrist

I've just finished the demo of Crysis. It's a nice game, better than expected. Using the different force powers (eeeh) is fun. This must be the first game where I've succesfully sneaked around some enemies. I usually just blow stuff up.

It's by Crytek, the same studio that did Far Cry (the original PC version)... Not sure if you caught that one when it came out a few years back, but it's also a very decent game...

I played the Crysis demo admittedly just to check out what my new computer could do (which was all details set to high on max resolution, running at a fairly steady, playable-if-not-quite-30FPS speed), but when it came down to purchasing a game last weekend, I settled on Oblivion GotY...

However, while the great reviews put it on my maybe list, finding out that it's by the Far Cry folks made it a definitely... Somewhere down the line... Plus it's already down to $40...

As for "slow sales"... Not sure how reliable wikipedia is in this case, but...

"Initial NPD sales numbers were taken as a sign that the game had flopped.[5] However, during EA's Q3 2008 Earnings Conference Call, it was stated that Crysis had sold over one million copies worldwide in the fiscal quarter and that the game continues to exceed sales expectations."

[Angrist]

VGChartz doesn't have any data on it.

[DeathsHand]

Originally Posted by Angrist

VGChartz doesn't have any data on it.

Eh, well the wikipedia article lists an EA earnings conference call as the source...

This site provides a link to the official investor's site, along with a third-party transcript...

Not that it's really a big deal... But they basically mention that Crysis "went platinum this quarter" (worldwide sales)... And that it has "exceeded expectations"...

Here's a site that shows the game as being the #2 selling PC game for the week ending Dec. 22nd... Which is actually UP two slots from the previous week...

So it wasn't exactly released with the bang of a big-name franchise, but it didn't fizzle into obscurity either...
It's also apparently a pretty big seller in the UK and Germany (where it's developer is based)...

[Angrist]

But seriously, I just cashed out €700 for a new PC and it still runs so-so. Sure, it's purdy.

I also tried the demo of BioShock. Didn't lure me in. It was moody, but I didn't care much about what was happening. Or about the world.

[thatmariolover]

Yeah. I can almost max out the Crysis demo on mine at ~35 fps and I still didn't buy it. The graphics just weren't enough to keep me playing. As for UT3, I'd like to get it eventually but haven't gotten around to it.

As far as PC games with great graphics go, I'm really looking forward to Mass Effect for PC. I don't have an HDTV so I'm itching to play through it again on a HD monitor.