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Zuhzuhzombie!! · Sep 12, 2013

Zuhzuhzombie!! said:
http://www.starbreeze.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/09/Pressmeddelande_2013-09-12.pdf

1.6 million copies, over a million were digital sales.

Felt this deserved it's own thread for the accomplishment. Good job, guys. I have issues with the game but the absolute commitment I've seen from the developers on improving and expanding it has really really impressed me. I am very likely to support Overkill's games in the future.

Congrats.

FACE said:
For reference, the first game sold 700k in a year.

Messofanego · Sep 12, 2013

That's crazy. Nice to see mid-tier games being sales successes.

dave is ok · Sep 12, 2013

FYI, That PDF is not in English

FACE · Sep 12, 2013

For reference, the first game sold 700k in a year.

Nirolak · Sep 12, 2013

Messofanego said:
That's crazy. Nice to see mid-tier games being sales successes.

I think once you go digital with them a lot of the structural issues start to go away.

Kade · Sep 12, 2013

In Canada, digital was the only way you could get it for a week or two because the games were recalled because the packaging wasn't bilingual.

Das-J · Sep 12, 2013

Well deserved! Now give me more missions...

Lactose_Intolerant · Sep 12, 2013

Really happy for the success. Some good people work there.

Median · Sep 12, 2013

Kade said:
In Canada, digital was the only way you could get it for a week or two because the games were recalled because the packaging wasn't bilingual.

Oh man, was that why I couldn't find a copy anywhere? Good ol' bilingual packaging laws.

wutwutwut · Sep 12, 2013

The game was sold physically? Wut?

Mpl90 · Sep 12, 2013

1.6 millions, of which 1 million digital? Yeah, we need those freaking digital sales trackers.

.GqueB. · Sep 12, 2013

Doesn't surprise me at all. Fucking thing took me a good week to find in stores. I kept not ordering it on Amazon because I figured it would be easy to find.

Cheddahz · Sep 12, 2013

Das-J said:
Well deserved! Now give me more missions...

One of the reasons I got bored with the game after ten hours of playing it

Parham · Sep 12, 2013

wutwutwut said:
The game was sold physically? Wut?

For PS3 and Xbox 360

SwiftDeath · Sep 12, 2013

wutwutwut said:
The game was sold physically? Wut?

Yep it actually was hard to find in the states for a while I think as some copies went for a decent amount on ebay, although some of that was likely just ebay being ebay

I have the PS3 CE and am very happy with it

Karak · Sep 12, 2013

Loved it. Good for them.

XANDER CAGE · Sep 12, 2013

I actually totally forgot that this game even came out physically on consoles. Or that it even came out on console at all.

Grief.exe · Sep 12, 2013

Essentially, PC counts for the vast majority of the sales.

Momentary · Sep 12, 2013

Dem PC sales.

Interceptor · Sep 12, 2013

Are digital sales included in the monthly npd numbers? If not, are these numbers still worth mentioning?

Grief.exe · Sep 12, 2013

Interceptor said:
Are digital sales included in the monthly npd numbers? If not, are these numbers still worth mentioning?

No. NPD only counts sales from certain retail outlets in America.

For PC sales numbers, we generally have to rely on publishers or developers releasing numbers.

Einbroch · Sep 12, 2013

Fun game, but just didn't have the legs for me. Still, it's a great time with friends.

Silky · Sep 12, 2013

God damn good. That game is great.

CheesecakeRecipe · Sep 12, 2013

Somewhat well earned. I have been in disagreement with a chunk of the changes they've made and find myself quite annoyed with their refusal to do anything more than try to band-aid a bleeding out workhorse but yet I'm still playing. I love the game, and i'm glad to see it do so well especially considering the near total lack of actual advertising for it.

RE_Player · Sep 12, 2013

And this is why NPD will be useless next generation.

HK-47 · Sep 12, 2013

Maybe now they can make the number of heists they promised initially.

Zuhzuhzombie!! · Sep 12, 2013

Mpl90 said:
1.6 millions, of which 1 million digital? Yeah, we need those freaking digital sales trackers.

Approximately 1.3 million were digital, actually.

Fracas · Sep 12, 2013

Good to see. I didn't care for the first game, but Payday 2 has sapped away my last few weekends. Very good game.

Interceptor · Sep 12, 2013

Grief.exe said:
No. NPD only counts sales from certain retail outlets in America.

So with the vast increase of digital sales in the next gen.. will npd numbers essentially be same as VG charts?

derExperte · Sep 12, 2013

Grief.exe said:
Essentially, PC counts for the vast majority of the sales.

Still number two on the Steam chart. And 80% of 1.6 means 1.25 million digital sales.

razoftblend · Sep 12, 2013

Square Enix: what a bomba. They were 3.4 million short of real success.

In all seriousness, that's pretty good. Congrats to them.

Zuhzuhzombie!! · Sep 12, 2013

XANDER CAGE said:
I actually totally forgot that this game even came out physically on consoles. Or that it even came out on console at all.

I would like to see a PC>Console break down.

MarshMellow96 · Sep 12, 2013

So to put that into perspective, they've probably made enough money to buy about 10 in-game silencers and take them on and off a few times.

ashecitism · Sep 12, 2013

derExperte said:
Still number two on the Steam chart. And 80% of 1.6 means 1.25 million digital sales.

It's been in the top 2 ever since the pre-orders went up, right?

Kade · Sep 12, 2013

ashecitism said:
It's been in the top 2 ever since the pre-orders went up, right?

It was #1 from the day it went up for pre-purchase to the day Rome 2 came out.

MR BLACKMAGIK · Sep 12, 2013

Good for them. Game is very fun, especially with friends.

Grief.exe · Sep 12, 2013

derExperte said:
Still number two on the Steam chart. And 80% of 1.6 means 1.25 million digital sales.

ashecitism said:
It's been in the top 2 ever since the pre-orders went up, right?

Very impressive.

Data West · Sep 12, 2013

According to the 'average gamers' I know, it was pretty much impossible to find retail

Grief.exe · Sep 12, 2013

Dragonzord said:
According to the 'average gamers' I know, it was pretty much impossible to find retail

At Steam, we never run out of copies!

Saty · Sep 12, 2013

So it wasn't offered digitally on the PS3 and 360?

Hero_of_the_Day · Sep 12, 2013

wutwutwut said:
The game was sold physically? Wut?

What I came to post. Had no clue you could even buy a physical copy.

Pain · Sep 12, 2013

Saty said:
So it wasn't offered digitally on the PS3 and 360?

It's on PSN for sure.

shuri · Sep 12, 2013

Just how many missions is there in this game? 4, 5? It's a shame theres so little content. Also the game gets incredibly easy after a while, I randomly joined an overkill level job with dudes who were like level 61 and 81, and they would speedrun the missions never alerting anybody, etc etc.

zma1013 · Sep 12, 2013

I guess it's... Payday?

Grief.exe · Sep 12, 2013

shuri said:
Just how many missions is there in this game? 4, 5? It's a shame theres so little content. Also the game gets incredibly easy after a while, I randomly joined an overkill level job with dudes who were like level 61 and 81, and they would speedrun the missions never alerting anybody, etc etc.

Did they support Payday 1 with free content? Or is it all paid DLC?

In the PC space, generally developers make free content for their fans and then are supported through increased sales.

EDIT: Looks like they charged for it http://store.steampowered.com/app/207815/

Zuhzuhzombie!! · Sep 12, 2013

shuri said:
Just how many missions is there in this game? 4, 5? It's a shame theres so little content. Also the game gets incredibly easy after a while, I randomly joined an overkill level job with dudes who were like level 61 and 81, and they would speedrun the missions never alerting anybody, etc etc.

More maps coming. Don't worry. For free.

kmg90 · Sep 12, 2013

Median said:
Oh man, was that why I couldn't find a copy anywhere? Good ol' bilingual packaging laws.

So is that why some games released in the past 4 years have the same text on actually packaging (back cover) in three languages? I live in the US and have seen a few games with multilingual packaging including the platform specific specifications (players, size required, resolutions supported etc)

papersleeves · Sep 12, 2013

Kade said:
In Canada, digital was the only way you could get it for a week or two because the games were recalled because the packaging wasn't bilingual.

That's a bit of an exaggeration. The game came out a Tuesday and I bought it Thursday or Friday the same week.

BoosterDuck · Sep 12, 2013

Grief.exe said:
Did they support Payday 1 with free content? Or is it all paid DLC?

In the PC space, generally developers make free content for their fans and then are supported through increased sales.

EDIT: Looks like they charged for it http://store.steampowered.com/app/207815/

Overkill also gave Payday 1 owners a free map 8 months after release.

iNvid02 · Sep 12, 2013

hope brothers 2 sons does as well, brilliant little game

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