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subversus · Dec 29, 2010

PC
1) Call of Duty: Black Ops (4,270,000)
2) Battlefield: Bad Company 2 (3,960,000)
3) Mafia 2 (3,240,000)
4) Mass Effect 2 (3,240,000)
5) Starcraft II (3,120,000)

Xbox 360
1) Dantes Inferno (1,280,000)
2) Alan Wake (1,141,000)
3) Red Dead Redemption (1,060,000)
4) Halo Reach (990,000)
5) Call of Duty: Black Ops (930,000)

Wii
1) Super Mario Galaxy 2 (1,470,000)
2) Wii Party (1,220,000)
3) Donkey Kong Country Returns (920,000)
4) Kirbys Epic Yarn (880,000)
5) Red Steel 2 (850,000)

TorrentFreak article.

Discuss.

tiff · Dec 29, 2010

Why Dante's Inferno?

TheUsual · Dec 29, 2010

Wow at Dante's Inferno. Figured BLOPS and Reach would be #1 and #2 for 360.

Y2Kev · Dec 29, 2010

Bullshit. No hackers gonna pirate wii party.

Archurro · Dec 29, 2010

Puzzled at Dante's Inferno being at the top. Otherwise, pretty expected. The sheer numbers are a bit shocking though.

LiK · Dec 29, 2010

the only one i feel really bad for is Alan Wake.

CrunchinJelly · Dec 29, 2010

Mafia 2? Lol.

baylon452 · Dec 29, 2010

I guess all them Super Bowl Ads for dante didn't exactly work out as planned.

gkryhewy · Dec 29, 2010

These are crazy big numbers.

echoshifting · Dec 29, 2010

I always find it amusing when I see someone asking why they can't get the Starcraft II multiplayer to work.

LiK said:
the only one i feel really bad for is Alan Wake.

Same.

Vinci · Dec 29, 2010

Legendary Warrior said:
Why Dante's Inferno?

360 owners desperate for a God of War game?

cosmicblizzard · Dec 29, 2010

Kind of ridiculous that some of these are triple or even more than the ltd.

Grisby · Dec 29, 2010

Alan Wake

Granger Danger · Dec 29, 2010

Expected Civ V to end up higher because of the DRM debacle.

Dick Laurent · Dec 29, 2010

Legendary Warrior said:
Why Dante's Inferno?

because everyone wanted to see how terrible it was, but no one wanted to pay to see it

I guess the ps3 numbers weren't exciting enough to warrant a list?

CozMick · Dec 29, 2010

Jesus Christ, PC piracy is fucking insane!

No wonder Developers are going elsewhere.

kamspy · Dec 29, 2010

Since neither EA or Activision released public server code for BLOPS or BC2, what's the point in pirating the game?

darkpaladinmfc · Dec 29, 2010

subversus said:
5) Starcraft II (3,120,000)

This would likely also count people who couldn't or didn't want to use the Blizzard Downloader to install the client, as well as people who wanted a client for a different region.

CozMick said:
Jesus Christ, PC piracy is fucking insane!

No wonder Developers are going elsewhere.

:lol

Kusagari · Dec 29, 2010

I'm not surprised by Dante's Inferno. It seems like a good example of a game people probably wanted to play but not buy.

The Take Out Bandit · Dec 29, 2010

Well it's good to see no good developers were harmed.

StuBurns · Dec 29, 2010

Didn't PS3 piracy start this year?

zoku88 · Dec 29, 2010

Emonga said:
Expected Civ V to end up higher because of the DRM debacle.

DRM debacle? You mean using Steamworks, which requires a client that a lot of PC gamers use anyway?

friskykillface · Dec 29, 2010

:lol :lol :lol wtf surprised Wii party is on that list

so that's where alan wake sales number went............

Nemo · Dec 29, 2010

360 first two are pretty sad

Metalic Sand · Dec 29, 2010

Seeing Alan Wake on there makes me sad.

Femmeworth · Dec 29, 2010

Y2Kev said:
Bullshit. No hackers gonna pirate wii party.

:lol Exactly. People pirating Donkey Kong Country Returns makes me sad, though.

Dreohboy · Dec 29, 2010

How did 3 million people get around Starcraft 2's antipiracy?

DAMN. People suck.

iconoclast · Dec 29, 2010

Vinci said:
360 owners desperate for a God of War game?

They already had plenty of God of War clones though. It was probably the tits.

Dick Laurent · Dec 29, 2010

darkpaladinmfc said:
This would likely also count people who couldn't or didn't want to use the Blizzard Downloader to install the client, as well as people who wanted a client for a different region.

isn't the blizzard downloader just a torrent? :conspiracy

echoshifting · Dec 29, 2010

CozMick said:
Jesus Christ, PC piracy is fucking insane!

Yes and no. Piracy on the PC is insane, yeah, but it isn't the plague it is often made out to be. I don't even think it's all that harmful to the platform these days, really. Most pirates don't equate to a lost sale. Doesn't make it right! But it doesn't justify draconian DRM, either, and these figures are typically used as a justification for such measures. They serve no other purpose.

BloodySinner · Dec 29, 2010

Emonga said:
Expected Civ V to end up higher because of the DRM debacle.

Why would it hurt the title? Because a publish decides to take steps to protect themselves from people ripping off their work?

echoshifting said:
Yes and no. Piracy on the PC is insane, yeah, but it isn't the plague it is often made out to be. I don't even think it's all that harmful to the platform these days, really. Most pirates don't equate to a lost sale. Doesn't make it right! But it doesn't justify draconian DRM, either, and these figures are typically used as a justification for such measures. They serve no other purpose.

Haha. What? Pirated copy = lost sale. That's all there is to that.

TemplaerDude · Dec 29, 2010

The biggest shame of all of this is that publishers will use this list to justify their fucking retarded DRM that makes the legitimate consumer want to pull their hair out.

Rahxephon91 · Dec 29, 2010

Well at least Alan Wake hit a million in something.

As for Dante's Inferno. Well piracy is bad, but why I even waste your time pirating that piece of crap?

Jigsaw · Dec 29, 2010

no psp numbers?i remember dissidia was pirated 5 million times,i want to know how many mgs fans pirated peace walker

Granger Danger · Dec 29, 2010

BloodySinner said:
Why would it hurt the title? Because a publish decides to take steps to protect themselves from people ripping off their work?

Making it too annoying for honest customers who are then forced to resort to piracy.

marathonfool · Dec 29, 2010

PC piracy is insane. Dante's Inferno and Alan Wake is not really a surprise. People wanted to play them, but didn't feel the short single player experience warranted a purchase. Damn pirates.

Kimosabae · Dec 29, 2010

How are they extrapolating these numbers??

Granger Danger · Dec 29, 2010

Jigsaw said:
no psp numbers?i remember dissidia was pirated 5 million times,i want to know how many mgs fans pirated peace walker

I expect HeartGold/SoulSilver piracy numbers will be pretty huge as well.

TheSeks · Dec 29, 2010

subversus said:
2) Battlefield: Bad Company 2 (3,960,000)

SHAME ON YOU, PC PIRATES. SHAME ON YOU. You should be BUYING this game, assholes. :|

Rapstah · Dec 29, 2010

I haven't played a CoD seriously since 2, but isn't the main point of the newest games the multiplayer? Can it be assumed some of the people who pirated Black Ops decided to buy it later for MP access?

Lagspike_exe · Dec 29, 2010

Seems like Alan Wake DL numbers trashed actual sales by a wide margin. Really sad for Remedy, I hope the sales were enough for them to continue pumping out great games.

:lol @ Wii Party. Did not expect that at all.

soldat7 · Dec 29, 2010

Legendary Warrior said:
Why Dante's Inferno?

Envy? Greed? Gluttony? Sloth? Wrath? Pride? Probably not lust.

Volcynika · Dec 29, 2010

The PC numbers don't surprise me, considering tons of them won't buy Vampire: The Masquerade Bloodlines for $19.99!

echoshifting · Dec 29, 2010

BloodySinner said:
Haha. What? Pirated copy = lost sale. That's all there is to that.

That's actually a pretty grand distortion of the truth. There was an interesting write-up on this from someone in the industry last year...I go now to find it. Anybody know the article I'm talking about?

subversus · Dec 29, 2010

I remember how I blamed low Alan Wake sales on piracy and people were like "Boooo, piracy doesn't hurt console sales" :lol

Well, but Red Dead has done pretty well on the other hand. So there's no straight correlation. And BFBC3 sold more copies on PC than on PS3 and almost outsold xbox version at one point.

I think Red Dead had mainstream appeal and BFBC2 is a multiplayer game. That's why they sold well.

Owzers · Dec 29, 2010

LiK said:
the only one i feel really bad for is Alan Wake.

even though i didnt' like the game, no game should be pirated more than it sold

archangelmorph · Dec 29, 2010

Legendary Warrior said:
Why Dante's Inferno?

Bum & Boobs probably...

WickedAngel · Dec 29, 2010

BloodySinner said:
Haha. What? Pirated copy = lost sale. That's all there is to that.

It really isn't, but this argument has been done to death.

iconoclast · Dec 30, 2010

BloodySinner said:
Haha. What? Pirated copy = lost sale. That's all there is to that.

And away we go.

BloodySinner · Dec 30, 2010

Emonga said:
Making it too annoying for honest customers who are then forced to resort to piracy.

How are they forced to steal? And wouldn't that stealing justify the publisher to find new "annoying" ways for protection? The cycle continues.

I love PC gaming as much as the next guy, but some of you are full of shit.

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