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Saints Row The Third sold 5.5 million copies prior to the Humble Bundle
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JehutyRunner
Banned
Blimey. Well deserved numbers, though. Hope to see the sequel do just as well.
Kuro Madoushi
Unconfirmed Member
I do like the gameplay and how it works overall...maybe I should be playing it right now, in fact.
SniperHunter
Banned
I gave the game multiple chances but it just didn't click with me, after 5 hours of play time...I just deleted it today.
I actually loved Red Faction Guerrilla way more, infact it's my game of the generation. The only reason why I bought SR3 was because I thought it would be as good as RFG.
I actually loved Red Faction Guerrilla way more, infact it's my game of the generation. The only reason why I bought SR3 was because I thought it would be as good as RFG.
Impeccable
Member
Was my first Saint's Row game.
The best part about it was it felt like a game.
The best part about it was it felt like a game.
PinkCrayon
Member
5.5 million people playing that embarrassing content?
Glad it's selling well.
Glad it's selling well.
Combichristoffersen
Combovers don't work when there is no hair
Well deserved, I had loads of fun with the game.
Bring on SR4.
Bring on SR4.
BadAss2961
Member
Well deserved, although SR2 was a little better. I thought everything lost momentum near the end of SR3.
i don't think they have the rescources for that
It had absolutely horrible mission structure half the time. The highs of the missions were unbelievably high, when they were creative and fun. But half of them were garbage filler mini games.
Parakeetman
No one wants a throne you've been sitting on!
While they might have upped the ante with the character making bits in SR3, they went backwards in terms of clothing vs. SR2. Unfortunate since SR2 allowed for a little bit more customization which was quite amusing.
Hero_of_the_Day
Member
How the shit is THQ hurting for money so bad if they really sold that many copies?
Same here. Different strokes and all that, though. I think it got a little over-hyped for me since I had no idea what it was until everyone started talking about how awesome it is. What I played had some real high highs, but I was really bored in between those highs and just gave up after a while.
Same here. Different strokes and all that, though. I think it got a little over-hyped for me since I had no idea what it was until everyone started talking about how awesome it is. What I played had some real high highs, but I was really bored in between those highs and just gave up after a while.
I didn't like it either. My problem was the highest difficulty only made the AI bullet sponges. That coupled with the boring missions, and I just can't find myself finishing it.
Auto_aim1
MeisaMcCaffrey
He confirmed Saints Row 4 as well in a next tweet I think.
https://twitter.com/saviour131/status/280124006005358592
https://twitter.com/saviour131/status/280124006005358592
Lord British
Member
90 hours so far, a complete blast in both single player and co-op. Loved every minute of pure, unadulterated gamey fun.
Net_Wrecker
Member
Always happy to see a non-annual series do well. SR2 was the better game though, so here's hoping SR4 is a similar jump to SR1 --> SR2.
Hero_of_the_Day
Member
It's been confirmed for forever. Started out as DLC for SR3, and they decided they wanted to go all out and turn it into a sequel instead. Probably in part because THQ needs that money.
Source.
Yeah there had to have been at least 10 missions that served as introductions to activities. And just about every time I had already done those activities on my own too. Such a waste of mission space.
The Dutch Slayer
Member
It was at 5 last Feb, so 500.000 in the last 10 months is pretty good, steam sales and all.
While Saints Row 3 is good playing solo, it really was meant for co-op. I can't count how many times my brother and I laughed while playing that game. One of my favorite things to do was drive as fast as possible, find a bridge, steer the car toward the railing and bail out while the car careened off the side (with him still in the passenger's seat). You can't have moments like that playing solo.
All the talk about THQ trying to hold on until Darksiders II, and now South Park, I've always known that Saints Row 4 was their goal. I think that year they made 800 million dollars... they just lost it all and then some because of the other horrible uDisasters. If they can capitalize on Saints Row 3, without uDraw... maybe they can make it.
shaowebb
Member
I thought everyone knew Saints Row was a hit already? It was pretty much the biggest selling point for THQ in my eyes as it seemed to out GTA the GTA guys at every turn. Its likely not going to die even if THQ folds as its so well received someone is almost guaranteed to nab the studio just for the rights. I hear Ubisoft is interested in them.
GraveRobberX
Platinum Trophy: Learned to Shit While Upright Again.
Smart thing they ever did with Saints Row the Third was to release a GOTY version called the Full Package
Also with Black Friday and the $24.99 asking price, it should have sold through Truck Loads
"$30 worth of DLC" (most of it over-priced or gutted) really did do an awesome job of getting a complete game
If games sold Full Package style @ a $29.99 or even $39.99 price point, I think you can sell ridiculous amounts
No clue why the don't
Also with Black Friday and the $24.99 asking price, it should have sold through Truck Loads
"$30 worth of DLC" (most of it over-priced or gutted) really did do an awesome job of getting a complete game
If games sold Full Package style @ a $29.99 or even $39.99 price point, I think you can sell ridiculous amounts
No clue why the don't
Ploid 3.0
Member
The weapons, abilities, and vehicles fun factor was greatly enhanced with another player in the world. I really wished there was a extended multiplayer mod made for this by now. Something like Just Cause 2 MMO like Multiplayer mod. Can you imagine the mayhem and awesome moments with all that?
THQ you hear me? Allow SR4 to have a flexible multiplayer player count. Limit console all you want, but let us do what we can on PC.
Hero_of_the_Day
Member
South Park will do well for them. Not these numbers of course, but more than Darksiders 2 I'm sure (unless it turns out like shit and reviews kill the hype). As long as they can make it to SP they'll be able to make it to SR4. Hopefully by then they'll have a plan in place that doesn't consist of jumping from Saints Row to Saints Row just fighting to stay afloat.
to this day I don't know how they thought uDraw HD is a good idea. it was just too expensive and there is no market/audience for it (and when it got released Wacom Pen and Touch was cheaper than it)
I really like SR3 for what it is - good, stupid fun - but after three games the series should be better than it is. It still feels like that unashamed GTA clone it was in the first game back in 2006, with nothing much going for it. I would like to see something a bit more outside-the-GTA-box and ambitious next time. Failing that I at least hope it's still good, stupid fun. 
Because in the modern gaming industry, it takes just one failure to bring a company to its knees.
dark_chris
Gold Member
I really enjoy this game. =) So good