In January 2005, Vivendi said it sold 1.7 million copies of Half-Life 2 in just two months; much more than either Crysis or Unreal 3 for a similar period.
Sorry, maybe my sarcasm didn't shine through, prolly should have put a rolleys after my first sentence![]()
should anyone with an IQ higher than their Crysis framerate take it seriously.
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I don't buy that. Crysis was made first and foremost as a game, and Crytek did not say at all that it's a tech demo. People use this as a defense way too much. If the game itself bombs, how would any other licensed games help to 'generate huge sums of money'? Doom 3 and Farcry are classic examples of this. I will bet you that the next two Crysis games in the trilogy will appear on consoles.
But aren't these sales for only 1 or 2 months? that's still a large amount of sales.
No it's not
Halo 3 got 2500,000 on its first day alone.
So ?
Alright, 1500,000 in the US on first day. Crysis with 87,000 in a week is laughable. It's a flop, no matter which way you look at it. Large amount of sales, no sir it is not.
Also Halo 3 isn't a PC game, so it's a bit of a moot point.
A better comparison would be Halo 2 PC sales vs Crysis PC sales.
The amount of advertising that Microsoft could afford to do meant ads for Halo were everywhere on tv, non gaming magazines and other avenues they used. It is little wonder Halo sold as well as it did they hyped it to the hilt and used their financial base to make sure it sold in large numbers.
There is not many pc game producers who can afford to do the same thing as microsoft did as they just don't have the cash to do so. So not a fair comparison in any way comparing halo made by microsoft to any pc based producer the financial gulf is too much to compete with.
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Also Halo 3 isn't a PC game, so it's a bit of a moot point.
A better comparison would be Halo 2 PC sales vs Crysis PC sales.
So ?
Alright, 1500,000 in the US on first day. Crysis with 87,000 in a week is laughable. It's a flop, no matter which way you look at it. Large amount of sales, no sir it is not.
And even that ain't fare seeing as i had already played it on my Xbox years before but would have gotten the PC version if it was out at the same time instead.
A flop loses money, if they make more money than they spent it is a success.
Saving face I see.I'll give up on you.
My point: consoles have a far larger installed base. Crysis bombed for many reasons, Halo was successful in part due to advertising, but also because it's on consoles.
What if I told you that UT3 sold more on PS3 than PC? What would you say then? It's inevitable.