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[Jawmuncher]

That's totally shipped

 

[JuanLatino]

wut? People are already selling it for 25 Euro and iirc some shops here in Germany offered it for 35

 

[Kiru]

Good. That means more Mafia in the future.

All that matters! Nice!

 

[KingBroly]

what the hell?

 

[ashecitism]

Isn't GTA a 2k published game?

Rockstar. They're their own thing in T2. Separate from 2K.

 

[Broken Joystick]

Isn't GTA a 2k published game?

That's R*

 

[Finaj]

How is that possible?

 

[Zalman]

The marketing budget for this game has been insane. I've been to three European countries in the past month and I saw Mafia III ads everywhere.

 

[Chase17]

Rockstar. They're are their own thing in T2. Separate from 2K.

Ah right. And take two is the parent company

 

[Spring-Loaded]

That gif of the main character using a LMG on that klan rally worked wonders in the current social climate

 

[Vinc]

Gameplay is way better than the other two Mafia games though, (repetition aside I mean things like movement, shooting, melee, driving, etc.).

I guess I should have said gameplay structure as that's really what I meant, but I also disagree about the driving and movement, though it's been a loooong time since I played Mafia II. It just felt better in my memory. But the repetitive structure with lots of padding, and the in-game presentation (graphics and bugs) is nowhere near the quality of the story and cutscene quality.

 

[tdwig]

Congrats to 2k, but wow what I don't understand, the game was definitely not received well.

I guess no review copy did the trick.

Expecting more publishers to follow.

I don't like this trend at all.

Edit: Sold-in makes more sense, curious how many were actually sold to consumers.

 

[Mcdohl]

People want more open world cities.

GTA VI is going to make so much money...

 

[LiK]

Black protag sells games.

 

[Trace]

Wait what? I thought we all agreed the game sold like shit. And I even like it!

 

[dcx4610]

But how much did it cost to advertise? I see the commercial airing multiple times during the World Series.

I don't follow the Mafia series at all and I know about Mafia 3 just because of the ads and commercials.

It pays to advertise.

 

[peakish]

That's insane. Steamspy is pegging it at 350k for the PC version and I didn't expect such a discrepancy.

I have a ton of issues with the game but the things it does well (everything around the writing: cutscene direction, voice acting and dialog are all excellent throughout the game) are better than most other stuff I've seen in gaming. Hopefully they'll take the right lessons moving forward, which is hopefully going to happen with these sales.

 

[jonno394]

Just incase people don't actually click the link

The game sold-in 4.5 million copies in its first week, the company said. (Sold-in is the industry term for the amount of units sold to retailers.)

 

[Gator86]

Is there anyone here who expected this? Shit, that I'd a ridiculous launch. I like that they had to guts to do something fresh with the game. I just got my gamefly copy yesterday and look forward to starting it.

 

[Coreda]

Just fwiw the quote in the OP changed 'sold-in' to 'sold'. Original line with parenthesis from the WP:

The game sold-in 4.5 million copies in its first week, the company said. (Sold-in is the industry term for the amount of units sold to retailers.)

 

[Bits N Pieces]

Its easily the game with the most TV spots I've seen all year, UK here.

Congrats to 2K, the power of advertising!

 

[Lime]

FUCK YES! Now games industry diet racists won't be like "non-white characters don't sell"

I hope 2K allow Hangar 13 some time and budget to fix the current technical mess the game is in. It definitely needed 6 months more of dev time.

 

[PR_rambo]

Isn't GTA a 2k published game?

Nah GTA is from Rockstar but they and 2k are a part of Take two interactive.


Holy fucking he'll, what a shocker. I'll be grabbing a copy on Black Friday, see what all the fuss is about.

 

[Crossing Eden]

I guess I should have said gameplay structure as that's really what I meant, but I also disagree about the driving and movement, though it's been a loooong time since I played Mafia II. It just felt better in my memory. But the repetitive structure with lots of padding, and the in-game presentation (graphics and bugs) is nowhere near the quality of the story and cutscene quality.

I would definitely go back and play Mafia II, doesn't hold a candle on Mafia 3's core gameplay mechanics. You have a point with the bugs, they need to work on that engine ASAP if they even wanna think about making a sequel.

 

[Mr. Tibbs]

That's insane. Steamspy is pegging it at 350k for the PC version and I didn't expect such a discrepancy.

The PC launch was botched: 30fps, poor performance, lighting issues, and bugs. I wouldn't be surprised if there were a lot of refunds.

 

[Zedark]

They edited the article. The quotation in OP now says "sold-in" instead of "sold". This number is shipped to retailers, not sold to consumers.

Edit: beaten by Coreda.

Edit 2: The fact that it is shipped might line up with it being sold at very low prices already: the game may have overshipped and retailers are now trying to emptytheir over-stocked magazines.

 

[pip77]

Always bet on Black.

LOL

 

[Gator86]

Black protag sells games.

Fucking yes

I guess no review copy did the trick.

Expecting more publishers to follow.

Fucking no...

 

[dealer-]

Wait what? I thought we all agreed the game sold like shit. And I even like it!

It did well in the UK, sold 119k in the first week I think.

 

[Briarios]

I liked what I could play of it, except it keep crashing on my PS4, so I traded it :/ Maybe I'll try again when we get a GOTY edition or something

 

[LowRoller]

Just fwiw the quote in the OP changed 'sold-in' to 'sold'. Original line with parenthesis from the WP:

That makes a lot more sense.

 

[InquisitorAles]

Out of nowhere. I seriously don't understand how this happened lol

 

[Ray Down]

Just incase people don't actually click the link

Okay now the 4.5 makes alot more sense

 

[CrichtonKicks]

Sounds like that disgruntled 2K employee was way off the mark (they said sub 1m sales to date and it needed like 8m to break even IIRC). Congrats to the devs and all but this is just going to reinforce the notion that no early review copies are good for business and that's not great for us in the long run.

He cited Chartz as the source for the numbers so we already knew they weren't correct.

 

[gdt]

Wait que?

 

[Jay Sosa]

Well, I can only repeat what I said in the Skyrim thread. People are so starved for games they'll buy pretty much anything right now.

Besides Titanfall 2 that is...

 

[K.Sabot]

So it didn't actually sell 4.5 million.

Congratulations to 2k successfully overhyping retailers into taking a bunch of shipments of their god awful videogame.

 

[SinCityAssassin]

Just fwiw the quote in the OP changed 'sold-in' to 'sold'. Original line with parenthesis from the WP:

For shame, Mr. Tibbs.

 

[Mr. Tibbs]

Just fwiw the quote in the OP changed 'sold-in' to 'sold'. Original line with parenthesis from the WP:

Mate, I just copied and pasted the quote directly from WP's page. I didn't edit it beyond adding quote marks.

Thank God I didn't refresh:

 

[g11]

Just fwiw the quote in the OP changed 'sold-in' to 'sold'. Original line with parenthesis from the WP:

That....makes a lot more sense.

 

[ElzarTheBam]

Well deserved.

Cant wait to see where they go next.

But hopefully they listen to criticisms of the current game.

 

[oti]

Sold-in makes way more sense but still, how? What did retailers expect this to be? So this is why its price dropped from 60€ to 30€ in the very first week?

 

[GravityInsanity]

The Power of Ice Cube.

 

[jonno394]

Mate, I just copied and pasted the quote directly from WP's page. I didn't edit it beyond adding quote marks.

Likely WP edited the article, you should edit the OP to follow suit.

 

[Ray Down]

Wonder how much it actually sold, especially after the reviews came out.

 

[Ninja Scooter]

So basically expect to be able to get this for $20 or so around Black Friday?

 

[psychotron]

I'm playing it now and I love it. It has some warts, but overall it's been fantastic. I think it just needs to be played in sessions rather than one long grind. The characters and soundtrack are top notch.

 

[SmokedMeat]

Good news! Certainly preferable to it flopping and the franchise being in jeopardy.

 

[Lime]

Oh shit that's unexpected, could've sworn there was a dev that said pretty much the opposite, (less than a million as of a couple weeks ago).

That was a bullshit article by an "anonymous Irrational employee", which used numbers from vgchartzzz and made claims that other Irrational people have debunked.

Good news for the franchise if true, I would definitely be down for another helping of the black mafia life, (maybe don't kill a shit ton of the cast at the beginning this time?)

Female Mexican/Cuban Mafia 4 would be so cool

 

[sanstesy]

If they really shipped 4,5 million copies, no wonder I see this thing in the bomba bin in very game store I go to here in Germany. What were they thinking?