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This seems to validate Ars's Steam list from some time ago.
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Borderlands 2 = 9 million shipped, NBA2K14 = 6.5M, Civ 5 = 5M
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Baron_Calamity
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I know people who work for Firaxis and they told me that Xcom units sold exceeded both Firaxis and 2Ks expectations by a significant margin. Also they monile ports did amazingly well. Maybe they are BSing me but I don't think so.
thebigaristotle
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i dont know why but when people say "pls" it makes me die of laugther hahahah
Basileus777
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If it were a failure, I doubt they'd keep green lighting XCOM projects.
SteveO1683
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I did my part and bought it both for iOS and Android recently. If the rumors are correct I'll be buying it a fourth time if it comes to Vita.
Beelzebubs
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Although it gets annoying when you've spent 12 hours on a one city challenge, deity, on a large map and then Korea beats you to the space race by 1 turn
Bringing the game to mobile in its initial form fills me with hope that they see some future in the franchise beyond the name, but it also tells me that they are looking for other places to put it because it might have not done as well as expected.
I'm optimistic of course. I think they are happy with the critical reception, so it might just need some marketing work, especially when something like Civ is doing that good.
AbortedWalrusFetus
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Although it gets annoying when you've spent 12 hours on a one city challenge, deity, on a large map and then Korea beats you to the space race by 1 turn
Korea will always win the space race. Their boost to science is unstoppable.
demosthenes
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Good for Civ5, BL2 and Bio3. Bio3 had its flaws but I still enjoyed it. Spent a ton of time on BL2 and need to finish the DLC. Played Civ5 a bunch as well, and now I want to play another game now that I have time again :lol
Yeah, i got my Civ 5 with X-com for example.
I should note that Take-Two sees Firaxis as one of their leading mobile teams, so I would expect more mobile ports and titles from them in general.
Basketball
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BigTnaples
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Nice.
All of those games deserved those sales or better.
NBA2K14 is the first basketball game I've ever bought.
Bioshock Infinite was amazing despite critics IMO.
Civ needs no explanation.
And Borderlands 2 was a fantastic sequel, thinking about double dipping on the vita but my backlog is so huge....
All of those games deserved those sales or better.
NBA2K14 is the first basketball game I've ever bought.
Bioshock Infinite was amazing despite critics IMO.
Civ needs no explanation.
And Borderlands 2 was a fantastic sequel, thinking about double dipping on the vita but my backlog is so huge....
2K biggest seller is something they don't even own. (Gearbox own the IP) they really need to try with new IPs or search for other devs because if Gearbox jump with Borderlands to another publisher then they'll be screwed.
It's still very decent(with the problem it has) and it's the only real option for basketball fans right now.
It's still very decent(with the problem it has) and it's the only real option for basketball fans right now.
True. Mostly because of it being only for last gen consoles. Not sure why a quick and dirty port of an UE3 engine game couldn't be done on current gen consoles. Just port it from the PC version. Anything to increase sales and the userbase of people who are big Borderlands fans who want to play it on PS3/360 would be small I would think.
Will do decent on PC hopefully. I'm still looking forward to it because I can't get enough of the franchise personally. Something about playing an FPS with full Diablo style loot and skill increases from leveling.
(Can't wait for Destiny for the same reason. Could make this BL game a tougher sell too.)
KojiKnight
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Really, it's likely to happen... they just likely don't have the resources to do so up front. I'd be flabbergasted if they didn't announce a current gen port a short while after the main release.
Bonus to waiting a bit is you'll surely nab people who'll double dip that way.
Online is so broken
Twenty7KVN
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Alot of things are broken.
ANuclearError
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If we use Ars Technica as an estimation, 1.5 million people have XCOM on Steam. Combine that with other platforms, I'd guess about 2.5 million overall, which seems pretty decent to me.