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Crash Bandicoot has sold over 2.5 million copies worldwide!
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The Artisan
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they might as well announce it now then
WrenchNinja
Member
That's a lot of copies for a series that some people kept saying no one cared about it.
Attack on Woah is there. I'm satisfied.
I've never tried, but I'm inclined to say probably not. A publisher such as Night Dive might have better luck considering its interest would be professional. Of course, there's also the distinct possibility the details of what assets were sold and where they went have been lost to time.
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I think the difference between Crash and our own random childhood game is that Crash was actually good.
GabeTheGrouch76
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Good on Crash and Sony/VV/Activision. IIRC this easily makes it the best-selling game since the original Naughty Dog games, and considering it's only made that much in just three months, I could see the total lifetime sales going being close to the original entries (which were 5-6 mil.).
Ought to be really interesting to see how a new Crash sequel turns out, as well as a Crash Team Racing remake/sequel.
Ought to be really interesting to see how a new Crash sequel turns out, as well as a Crash Team Racing remake/sequel.
Wrath of Cortex sold really well. It sold 2m in US only and IIRC was one of the 2001 best-selling games in UK.
xviper
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well deserved, it's the most fun i had in a platformer game since Mario galaxy 2, even thought they haven't improved the controls and just improved the graphics, it still felt like i was playing it for the first time again, maybe now we will get a proper sequel and most importantly, CTR remake
I find it hilarious that some people are legitimately upset by Crash's success. I guess some people don't want others to have some enjoyment.
That's super weird considering that Universal themselves weren't pleased with the end result and actually planned to kill the series off with CNK according to Charles Zembillas who worked on the original trilogy and was brought back by VV/Universal for CNK.
That's super weird considering that Universal themselves weren't pleased with the end result and actually planned to kill the series off with CNK according to Charles Zembillas who worked on the original trilogy and was brought back by VV/Universal for CNK.
Spieler Eins
Member
But it's never been good.
Whatever helps you sleep at night.
McMoneyman
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My man Crash still tearing up the sales charts!
Via Purifico
Banned
At this point it's just pathetic and flat out weird. I'll never understand the ire a harmless series such as this raises.
These sales are deserved.
It's not about me, though. I'm talking about the wonderful commercial performance of this game, and trying to explain the factors and the environments behind this successful game.
Perhaps they had higher expectations...? After all, the franchise went to sell from 6-7m units on PS1 to below 5m on PS2/GC/Xbox.
PeregrinSe7en
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NintendosBooger
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SFIV: 3D was a launch game. And the highest profile third-party game to launch alongside the system.
Dead or Alive: Dimensions, which was critically praised, failed. Tekken failed. That sorry DBZ game failed.
What else you got besides launch game outliers?
GabeTheGrouch76
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Only source I could find on WoC was The Magic Box, and it sold 1.21M in the US. Am willing to take your word for it though, I don't have any qualms to challenge anyone on the sales numbers.
I'm so fucking ready for it.
The 6-7 million is lifetime though, correct? N.Sane has crossed 2.5 million in just under three months, and looks to have legs. I could see it crossing reaching 6-7 million lifetime, especially if it ends up getting Switch/Xbox/PC ports.
He's just upset that Crash has crushed his dreams of wishing the remakes crashed and burned.
pixelation
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Why are people so sure that this is coming out on any other platform other than the PS4?
The Magic Box has Wrath of Cortex at 1.95m.
LTD.
Of course the Trilogy will keep selling well over time. Those are timeless games, after all.
CoolZombie360
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And Switch.
alexbull_uk
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Really glad its done well. Hoping for a legit Crash 4 (+ CTR remaster if theyre feeling generous).
GabeTheGrouch76
Member
Yeah I got the sales number wrong, lol. It does supports my prediction/guess about N-Sane being the best-selling game after the originals.
mejin
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We had several games beating 1M this year on PS4. That's where those 60M come in hand.
Crash was going down a pretty bad path before they put the series on hold. I think it's for the best that they scrapped the series and made a strong comeback when the mediocre games were largely forgotten. Hopefully the next game in the franchise builds on the momentum this one created, rather than being a low budget imitation or a completely different game with Crash's face slapped on.
Necron
Member
Oh wow...
I also thought about this just the other day. Who knows what happened to that IP with Psygnosis/Studio Liverpool gone.
Rellik
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There is already a CTR sequel and it was shit.
I mean, there was another pack of remasters that fit that description that bombed horribly. Every time I see how popular the Crash collection was, it reminds me of it.
WipeOut Omega Collection fell straight off the face of the earth. A week after launch I couldn't find anyone streaming it anymore
MulderYuffie
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WOAH!!!
Passive-aggressive bitterness at the success of the game being a PS4 exclusive.
pretty done
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I mean, there was another pack of remasters that fit that description that bombed horribly. Every time I see how popular the Crash collection was, it reminds me of it.
WipeOut Omega Collection fell straight off the face of the earth. A week after launch I couldn't find anyone streaming it anymore
Weekend of release the online was a fucking ghost town. Never more than 2-3 races up.
I can't really blame Sony for not supporting Wipeout when it's really just gamers who don't support Wipeout.
pretty done
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Crash 1 has more platforming in any one level than Ratchet has in the whole game. I don't even get the comparison.
DriftingSpirit
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Chartz isn't a good source.Ratchet sales for comparison
OrbitalBeard
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Ratchet sales for comparison
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DangerMouse
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Do it Sony.
Yeah I definitely think Spyro will come now, I just wonder if they'll be able to announce it that fast since it hasn't been that long since they finished Crash.
And hopefully more platformers in general too.
With this success Acti and Sony should make a deal for a new Crash game, if VV is ready to do it, to help get it off the ground quickly so that it can be ready in a couple of years, maybe even around launch of PS5 if it takes 2-3 years to develop.