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[Die Squirrel Die]

I imagine that EAP's marketing budget has all been reserved for putting out as many 'from the creators of Call of Duty' adverts as humanly possible, whenever Respawns game comes out.

 

[TheUnknownForce]

Child of Eden bombed too.

Unfortunately expected. :/

 

[7threst]

Not cool...

 

[dallow_bg]

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

Milk?
Didn't the second one do terribly?

 

[outunderthestars]

I didn't know this game existed until the NPD thread

It has the most generic title of a game I have ever heard. Even when responding to this thread I had to look up the name again.

After reading about the pedigree of the game, really shocked that EA didn't do more to slowly develop hype for the game over the course of spring and early summer.

That said, I don't think the game should have launched at $60 . This sounds like a perfect example of a game that should have launched at $40.

EA published two niche games in the same month. Would it have been that hard to package a demo for Alice in this package and vice versa? Find small ways to increase the value of the game, while also building hype for the other.

EA really needs to look at smaller companies like NIS and Atlus that are doing well at marketing smaller more niche Japanese titles...

 

[daffy]

Child of Eden bombed too.

The definitive version will do better.

 

[Acquiescence]

Akira will be crying at Konami to take him back.

 

[gregor7777]

That cover art isn't doing it any favors, either. Dogshit.

 

[Salsa]

well to be honest i blame people as much as EA

you just cant sell shit if you're not a sequel anymore

 

[Foliorum Viridum]

Child of Eden is just too expensive for me. As a XBLA game I'd eat it up for 1200pts, but anything more than that? Nope.

Especially since I heard you have to grind it out to get to the next level. Awful design.

 

[AceBandage]

Milk?
Didn't the second one do terribly?

Worse than the first. Not terribly. It also came out at a time when the Wii was basically dead for third parties period.

 

[Refreshment.01]

This is way i fucking hate the Wii, hardcore games doesn't sell in the console. Two No More Heroes games and now Shadows OTD, Lets just hope EA decides to port the game to the HD consoles.

 

[cosmicblizzard]

Milk?
Didn't the second one do terribly?

It did worse than the first, but not terribly. Enough that it could be a real series given the right conditions.

 

[TheUnknownForce]

Milk?
Didn't the second one do terribly?

It sold 25k in 5 days. It clearly missed the mark of the first, but it also came out quietly compared to the first (though both did not have ads). Still sold well considering his other works.

That and Marvelous has been releasing the first game on HD platforms. It has some potential left.

This is way i fucking hate the Wii, hardcore games doesn't sell in the console. Two No More Heroes games and now Shadows OTD, Lets just hope EA decides to port the game to the HD consoles.

not sure if serious

 

[Cheska]

Non-existent marketing

 

[StuBurns]

How well did EA market Crysis 2 for Crytek?

Crysis 2 is massively better than SotD.

Child of Eden's sales make me sad, but I know I'm waiting for the PS3 version, maybe others are.

 

[daffy]

They like put up one picture and linked to Grasshoppers twitter....

:lol omg this thread is going sky high. Im gonna have a heart attack soon.

 

[SolidSnakex]

The reviews destroyed Damned?

I was referring to Alice. People in the official thread were surprised by how negative a lot of the reviews were.

 

[Akia]

Sales numbers don't lie. Here's an example of two premiere Japanese studios that are just out of touch with worldwide audiences.

 

[bobbychalkers]

This is way i fucking hate the Wii, hardcore games doesn't sell in the console. Two No More Heroes games and now Shadows OTD, Lets just hope EA decides to port the game to the HD consoles.

I laughed at this more than I should have.

 

[Kerrby]

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.

That's not as funny as you think it is.

 

[Chittagong]

I like to think I follow games quite a bit but I have absolutely no idea what Shadow of the Damned is or that it is out already.

Child of Eden , on the other hand... Shame on you world!

 

[Mark-Bozon]

Marketing = Sales. It's almost a direct correlation at this point.

Some exceptions apply, of course.

 

[The M.O.B]

We get numbers for these games but not Alice? That is also an EA published game.

 

[EmCeeGramr]

Duke Nukem Forever: 376,300

 

[johnsmith]

This is way i fucking hate the Wii, hardcore games doesn't sell in the console. Two No More Heroes games and now Shadows OTD, Lets just hope EA decides to port the game to the HD consoles.

Joke post? I can't even tell anymore.

 

[outunderthestars]

Child of Eden should have launched at $20 at retail and DD. It could have developed into this generation's Katamari Damacy: SOmething quirky and fun that people try out because of the low barrier of entry.

 

[Ozzykamikaze]

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

Same.

 

[TheOddOne]

I blame Wario64.

Its always 70% Wario64 fault.

 

[Apdiddy]

It's possible people didn't buy it because they heard the main plot and thought it would be like Dante's Inferno but different.

Dante's Inferno is an OK game but it's GOW Again. And the last hour or so is bad.

 

[AceBandage]

Does Suda keep his budgets insanely under control? He gets some good publishing deals for how consistently awful his games sell.

I mean, I personally would throw millions at the man if I had them, but I'm kind of surprised to see EA getting involved with him.

Oh yeah, I didnt know this game was out either. Fucked up.

Prior to NMH he got tiny budgets for games.
After that, he expanded his studio quite a bit and probably got larger budgets, but they are still not even close to say... Darksiders.

 

[dallow_bg]

It sold 25k in 5 days. It clearly missed the mark of the first, but it also came out quietly compared to the first (though both did not have ads). Still sold well considering his other works.

That and Marvelous has been releasing the first game on HD platforms. It has some potential left.



not sure if serious

Games are front loaded though, I can't imagine it doing much in the long run.
Is there a recent LTD?

 

[LethaL ImpuLse]

What the flying fuck. I'm a huge Suda fan. Killer7 is my favorite game. And yet I had no idea this game existed. Guess I better go out and buy it.

 

[walking fiend]

edit, beaten as hell, threads sure moves fast!

 

[Joe Molotov]

Console gamers too busy playing casual games on their waggle machines. Should have put it on the PC, EA.

 

[StuBurns]

Duke Nukem Forever: 376,300

Fourteen years of hype, no one really gave a fuck.

 

[∀ Narayan]

Duke Nukem Forever: 376,300

 

[angelfly]

I think Shadows of the Damned could have done a lot better had EA bothered to actually do any marketing for it. As for Eden, clearly it would have done better not being timed exclusive.

 

[Jo Shishido's Cheeks]

I only know of this game due to the video on Qore that I couldn't even finish as the game looked so terrible. These sales pretty much seem like just deserts. Will probably go OOP very quickly.

 

[outunderthestars]

That cover art isn't doing it any favors, either. Dogshit.

Oh God That look's like something a redneck would have on the cover of his Trapper Keeper

 

[electroplankton]

When Extraction bombed hard, it was Wii fault, not the marketing, the votes on Metacritic, the genre, the cover and so on.

 

[RurouniZel]

This is because Wii doesn't sell games! We all know that if this were on the HD twi- what?

Oh.

EDIT: Beaten

 

[ScionOfTheRisingSun]

This is just the latest in a very long string of signs that something has gone horrendously wrong on home consoles over that last decade.

At this point I'd say a new 1980's Atari crash type of situation is in high order to hopefully kick things back on the right track or just put it out of it's misery.

 

[Seven Force]

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

I think Spyborgs for Wii didn't even manage to break 1k.

 

[Pyccko]

Games are front loaded though, I can't imagine it doing much in the long run.
Is there a recent LTD?

Valkyria Chronicles ended up selling a good bit more down the road from its release from the strong word of mouth.
Hopefully something similar will happen with these two. ;_;

 

[walking fiend]

Console gamers too busy playing casual games on their waggle machines. Should have put it on the PC, EA.

child of eden selling 34K on a side note.

 

[Hazanko]

I didn't even know it was released! Such awesome marketing lol.

 

[AceBandage]

I think Spyborgs for Wii didn't even manage to break 1k.

Would have sold better with singing fish still intact.

 

[Data West]

Crysis 2 is massively better than SotD.

If you like a choppy framerate, sure it is.

 

[Jigsaw]

mikami's name doesn't mean shit in america,see pn03,godhand or vanquish...if it's not called resident evil it will bomb

the game can't do that bad in europe though,it still fullprice here,while alice or dungeon siege dropped to 25€ two weeks after release