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Akia · Jul 15, 2011

link: http://www.joystiq.com/2011/07/15/zelda-sold-well-in-june-child-of-eden-and-shadows-of-the-damned/

At the same time, Shadows of the Damned managed to sell 24,000 copies, combined, on PS3 and Xbox 360.

Child of Eden, the NPD told Joystiq, sold approximately 34,000 units in its debut month, ranking at number 83.

EAP just dropped the ball. I mean holy freaking crap.

Suda51 can't catch a break.

Mikami is probably too busy counting his $$$ from Zenimax to notice, good thing he locked down that contract before this game hit shelves.

daffy · Jul 15, 2011

Trojita · Jul 15, 2011

Dat Suda Effect

Tigel · Jul 16, 2011

Damn...

TheOddOne · Jul 16, 2011

Signs that the world is coming to the end.

StealthGoblin · Jul 16, 2011

Is this the biggest bomb of this generation? Thats mental.

electroplankton · Jul 16, 2011

Uhm, so it was the game, not the console! I remember when No More Heroes sold just 60k the first weeks in NA, and Mad World as well, and people was trying to give all the responsabilities to the console.
Some games are simply out of business before they are released.

StunandStab · Jul 16, 2011

It kinda makes me feel sad that I rented it and got the Platinum trophy in 4 days

Celsior · Jul 16, 2011

NMH sold like gangbusters comparability.

Deleted member 8095 · Jul 16, 2011

Never heard of it.

Deadstar · Jul 16, 2011

Customers aren't willing to pay $60 anymore for a game unless it's a sequel. Of course there are some exceptions but I think that's what we are dealing with.

lightless_shado · Jul 16, 2011

Haven't played the game myself, and probably won't because of the aesthetic. I'm guessing many people who didn't buy the game felt the same way.

I think that if the game were released in the fall it might've sold more copies

DryvBy · Jul 16, 2011

Never heard of it.

Kyon · Jul 16, 2011

Omg

Bread · Jul 16, 2011

I had never even heard about it until I saw my buddy playing it on my XBL friends list, did they have a marketing budget?

Tagg9 · Jul 16, 2011

I am being 100% honest when I say that I know very little about this game. I've heard it in passing at NeoGAF, but I couldn't tell you what genre the game is or anything.

/edit: Woah... The game is published by EA?!

Mikey Jr. · Jul 16, 2011

Sweet Jesus.

AceBandage · Jul 16, 2011

Maybe Suda should just continue to milk NMH on the 3DS and Wii U for a while.
I wouldn't complain.

ZealousD · Jul 16, 2011

This is really a failure of EA's marketing department.

Nobody knew this game was coming out when it did. Read the GAF official thread. Even we didn't know this game was coming out.

Kacho · Jul 16, 2011

Trojita said:
Dat Suda Effect

Cracked me up.

Mega bomb for Suda and company.

FoxSpirit · Jul 16, 2011

Yeah, as some have already said, no hype, no marketing. Game flew COMPLETELY under my radar.

Somebody at marketing really failed when I see how lauded it actually is.

JJD · Jul 16, 2011

That's sad. I wonder if the game tackled horror in a serious, pretentious way (like RE) it would do better (instead of the slapstick horror). I mean the gameplay is there...

SuperSonic1305 · Jul 16, 2011

I know I'm not alone when I say I was shocked that this was even releasing in June. I thought this was a Q4 or even 2012 title.

BY2K · Jul 16, 2011

I said ouch.

Ouch.

Mikey Jr. · Jul 16, 2011

Tagg9 said:
I am being 100% honest when I say that I know very little about this game. I've heard it in passing at NeoGAF, but I couldn't tell you what genre the game is or anything.

Yep. The ONLY reason I knew it existed was because of the Giant Bomb quick look.

Bovadose · Jul 16, 2011

I didn't hear anything about this game until about a week before it came out... marketing failure?

Amir0x · Jul 16, 2011

oh then there should be some sick price drops on this soon. I hesitated on it 'cause, ya know, Grasshopper Manufacture and all, but I guess I'll pick it up when it's $6.85.

Majukun · Jul 16, 2011

i didn't buy the game and now i'm feeling guilty

buttonsmasher · Jul 16, 2011

:[

I loved this game.

Corran Horn · Jul 16, 2011

Honestly outside of Giantbomb and Weekend Confirmed I have never heard of this game and part of my job is to sell games in a retail store... (we dont carry the game).

Still yet to hear about this game outside of gaf and a few podcasts.

cosmicblizzard · Jul 16, 2011

Terrible terrible marketing. I didn't even know it was out until like a week after it released.

It's really sad when a good game with an all star staff does poorly

TheOddOne · Jul 16, 2011

EA's partner program game Alice didn't sell so good either

Salih · Jul 16, 2011

... but the game deserves a sequel !

StuBurns · Jul 16, 2011

It's quite low, but the game is pretty strange. It's solid, but nothing spectacular.

johnsmith · Jul 16, 2011

I didn't even know this was out until a few weeks after, and I own Killer 7 and both NMHs.

Terrible marketing, and I knew i'd be able to buy it for $20 or less by the end of the year. It should have been a $39.99 budget release.

Version 3.0 · Jul 16, 2011

Never heard of it. Admittedly, I don't follow game development as closely as I used to, but I'm still in the loop far better than 99% of the gaming population. They must've been anti-marketing this one. It's crazy that I don't even recognize the title.

Skel1ingt0n · Jul 16, 2011

Was waiting for a sub $30 price.

Guess I'll be able to snag it for ~$10 in the next couple months. Poor Suda...

Wario64 · Jul 16, 2011

AHUAHUAHAUHAUUAHUAHA

AceBandage · Jul 16, 2011

TheOddOne said:
EA's partner program game Alice didn't sell so good either

It likely did a LOT better, though. Especially after the Steam Summer Sale.

Tiktaalik · Jul 16, 2011

This is probably the biggest bomb I can think of. The next closest one I can think of is PGR4, which did more than this I think (~30k?)? I guess that was only one platform though.

Hyuga · Jul 16, 2011

TheOddOne said:
Signs that the world is coming to the end.

!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!SOOOOOOOOO THIS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

MarshMellow96 · Jul 16, 2011

Well..

Shurs · Jul 16, 2011

It's a niche title.

For me, it's certainly not a GOTY contender.

Ken · Jul 16, 2011

When I went to pick the game up within it's week of launch, Gamestop didn't even put it up on the shelves behind the counter where all new releases are displayed. Even the new Transformers game was up there instead of SotD. When I asked for SotD, the cashier seemed like she had never even heard of the game before that only came out a few days ago.

It's too bad but I guess poor sales were probably expected awhile ago.

LQX · Jul 16, 2011

Heard nothing about this game until last week on a podcast. They really should have released a demo or at least provide more preview converge until the release.

Neuromancer · Jul 16, 2011

I blame EA for shit marketing.

SolidSnakex · Jul 16, 2011

ZealousD said:
This is really a failure of EA's marketing department.

Nobody knew this game was coming out when it did. Read the GAF official thread. Even we didn't know this game was coming out.

Alice's marketing was really no different and it apparently sold quite a bit better than this. The reviews also destroyed it.

ezekial45 · Jul 16, 2011

Neuromancer said:
I blame EA for shit marketing.

What marketing?

SafeinSound · Jul 16, 2011

Amir0x said:
oh then there should be some sick price drops on this soon. I hesitated on it 'cause, ya know, Grasshopper Manufacture and all, but I guess I'll pick it up when it's $6.85.

Sadly, this is pretty much what I've been waiting for too, because I knew it was going to bomb and I am tight for money right now. I personally think it looks awesome, but really am just broke.

TheOddOne · Jul 16, 2011

Neuromancer said:
I blame EA for shit marketing.

I would have respected shit marketing, but this had... none.

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