Retailers buy the game from the publisher. It's not a worthless statistic. This shows that the game, almost surely, is already profitable.
-
Hey, guest user. Hope you're enjoying NeoGAF! Have you considered registering for an account? Come join us and add your take to the daily discourse.
Resident Evil 6 Ships Over 4.5 Million
- Thread starter cvxfreak
- Start date
Retailers buy the game from the publisher. It's not a worthless statistic. This shows that the game, almost surely, is already profitable.
lunchwithyuzo
Banned
The projection isn't 7 million lifetime, it's 7 million this fiscal year (ending March 31, 2013).
Alcoholikaust
Member
I bought it, so at least one of those numbers is correct.
mugurumakensei
Member
Indeed. It's a good game 75-80 is. It's leagues better than RE5 at least.
>> cvxfreak @cvxfreak
>> I hate to say it, but RE6 is a huge, steaming pile of mediocrity.
It must be true, when even cvxfreak is not on board.
toastyToast
Member
Which only increases the likelihood that it'll reach bargain bin prices sooner
Thanks Capcpom
Thanks Capcpom
ConradCervantes
Banned
Buying on Christmas break for $20. Thanks, Capgod!
alfredofroylan
Member
TemplaerDude
Member
Whatever. Mediocre. Average. Par. The game is meh, but there is one incontrovertible point: it is a bad Resident Evil game.
Less than 2m, for my money.
R
Retro_
Unconfirmed Member
Didn't this game come out like yesterday?
Why are people so sure of the overall quality of the package already?
Played a bit at a friend's earlier today and it seems like a solid game most people will enjoy. No more or less than 5 was.
Changes the formula quite a bit though so I'm more interested in 6 than the last game having played it
Who?
Why are people so sure of the overall quality of the package already?
Played a bit at a friend's earlier today and it seems like a solid game most people will enjoy. No more or less than 5 was.
Changes the formula quite a bit though so I'm more interested in 6 than the last game having played it
Who?
Only the biggest RE fan.
RE expert, super fan, and the guy who made the thread your in. He tweeted that.
So now we KNOW the game's not good. And FYI the game was leaked in Poland and the street date was broken in lots of places last week. Aside from that, there were two pre-release demos. A lot of RE6's issues are down to basic mechanics and game design. You don't need to play the whole game - you don't need to play half of it - to get a fair idea of what's wrong with it.
brochiller
Member
Any game can ship 4.5 million copies no matter how shitty.
Relaxed Muscle
Member
The game has a lot of flaws, and definetly is not the best resident evil game ever.... But is still fun and there's plenty of good ideas in the combat.
Is a solid 7-8 game.
A bad game is ORC, not this.
I appreciate the vote of confidence, but every opinion is equally valid.
Except Jim Sterling. Holy shit.
Riposte
Member
I appreciate the vote of confidence, but every opinion is equally valid.
Except Jim Sterling. Holy shit.
lol, I think I can get down with that spoiler.
R
Retro_
Unconfirmed Member
Oh
So he's just another guy
alright
I think it's crazy that people treat another person's opinion as objective fact in a discussion about entertainment but neogaf I guess.
What are its issues?
Didn't people have a bunch of huge issues with 5's design at launch?
Seems like alot of people here want to hate it
I appreciate the vote of confidence, but every opinion is equally valid.
Except Jim Sterling. Holy shit.
Already like you for not being as crazy as your followers or SUPER FANS or whatever. lol
GraveRobberX
Platinum Trophy: Learned to Shit While Upright Again.
Black Friday Fire Sale INCOMING!
Any game can not get retailers to take 4.5 million copies.
I think you are taking this way to personal. I trust his opinion, on RE, more than others. I also trust my friends more than every game reviewer in the world, but they all share the same opinion on RE6.
For the record: I liked RE5. I only hated the QTE. (Only played it co-op with a friend)
Spazznid
Member
lol, so much hate.
"It's not how I wanted Resident Evil to be!!"
I Freaking love it so far.
Did Leon 1-3, Chris 1&2, Jake 1-3 and a bit of coop mercenaries.
So far, this game is great. I like RE5's art-style more, but the game is a great action game with a bit of horror thrown in.
I reckon if they made a GTA in the RE world and it wasn't that scary and didn't have inventory and had different controls, people would hate on it regardless of how great it was.
Sometimes a brand can be a curse.
"It's not how I wanted Resident Evil to be!!"
I Freaking love it so far.
Did Leon 1-3, Chris 1&2, Jake 1-3 and a bit of coop mercenaries.
So far, this game is great. I like RE5's art-style more, but the game is a great action game with a bit of horror thrown in.
I reckon if they made a GTA in the RE world and it wasn't that scary and didn't have inventory and had different controls, people would hate on it regardless of how great it was.
Sometimes a brand can be a curse.
Not only is that incredibly insulting and insensitive, but ban-worthy as well.
I was only joking about him, by the way.
What the hell is this?
Anyway, I get the feeling that people will be more willing to give this game a try if it gets a good price cut (which seems will be the case), it has it's flaws but there's some good fun in it.
A meta commentary on the internets treatment of women?
It was probably funnier in my head.
SolarPowered
Member
The atmosphere and co-op, but almost everything else about 5 was solidly built. No one could deny it's graphics, gunplay or how entertaining it was even if it lacked horror. It was a great third person shooter and a mediocre Resident Evil. Six barely steps up to mediocre.
R
Retro_
Unconfirmed Member
How so?
Like I'm just genuinely curious what people don't like about it
Since I just played it and came away from it enjoying it more than 5 at least
I seriously can't see what's so much worse about it than that game
For a change Sterling actually made sense. His review sums up everything horrible about this game.
Spazznid
Member
I assume people (RE fans for the most part) generally dislike the direction the series is heading. Sort of like if MGS 5 played more like Gears of War. It might not be the same style, but people will judge it as a whole because they dislike the idea.
lastflowers
Banned
I'll be able to get this for less than 20$ by the end of the year.
R
Retro_
Unconfirmed Member
Well that was a tedious read :x
Seems overly reductive to me. but answers my question I guess
Live Free or Die
Banned
Not surprised. It's a good game.
Yep. $20-$30 by Black Friday!!
No, a company as large as capcom doesnt get to go JOKES ON YOU MOTHERFUCKERS and run away laughing when retailers cant sell a game
That's what all publishers do. Why do think retailers have clearance sales?
MiamiWesker
Member
Good. Let people make up their own mind than be like sheeps just going along with extreme reviews.
ThoughtsOfSpeaking
Banned
And this is why capcom doesn't give a fuck. The RE name is big enough that the next 2 installments can be just as bad as this one and there still will be a return on investment.
But no, judging by the reception (even sme of my casual gamer friends are dogging this game) it will take a while for retailers to burn through those 4.5 million and I'm not expecting them to hit that 7million goal this FY.
But the game was never going to be a failure no matter how bad it is.
NB: Even if it was a excellent universally praised game, it would run the risk of being discounted really early, simply because of what time of year it's launching. Saying that you happy that it will be $20/30 in a months time doesn't mean much because even if it was doing well, it probably would have be put down to that price anyway.
But no, judging by the reception (even sme of my casual gamer friends are dogging this game) it will take a while for retailers to burn through those 4.5 million and I'm not expecting them to hit that 7million goal this FY.
But the game was never going to be a failure no matter how bad it is.
NB: Even if it was a excellent universally praised game, it would run the risk of being discounted really early, simply because of what time of year it's launching. Saying that you happy that it will be $20/30 in a months time doesn't mean much because even if it was doing well, it probably would have be put down to that price anyway.
Wouldn't the opposite also be true that you are buying games regardless of quality? Wouldn't that also make you just a sheep?