Wolfenstein....Poor Sales

[MTDEW]

http://www.gamespot.com/news/6...atestheadlines;title;3
Shame really,cuz its a GREAT game IMO.
I'm assuming it because nowadays people prefer multiplayer over single player and Wolfensteins multiplayer supposedly isnt that great.(i only play sp, so i have no idea)
And the fact it didnt really seem to be marketed or hyped very well.

 

[coloumb]

I guess nobody will be getting the game for free since it couldn't out sell Madden?

 

[zagood]

It's gotten some bad reviews, kept me from buying it.

 

[Schadenfroh]

I will pick it up once it is around $10. I do like a good game with Nazis AND zombies. A great combination.

Commander Keen (and games based on its engine) and Wolf3D bring back memories.

 

[Jack Flash]

In other news...

Very popular with the pirates.

 

[shortylickens]

I dont believe in piracy but I also dont believe in paying for dog shit.
I'll wait for the bargain bin. In the spring. Because I am balls deep in college and cant afford to lose focus right now. If the game sucks I'll be pissed and short fifty bucks.
If it rocks I'll lose too much time from school work.

 

[newb111]

I was excited about it because I really enjoyed RtCW, but it was very disappointing.

 

[zerocool84]

Originally posted by: zagood
It's gotten some bad reviews, kept me from buying it.

Yep I might pick it up on the bargain bin but I'm very picky with my game buying.

 

[Modelworks]

Bargain bin material. Played it on a friends pc, even higher end than mine. Has that consolish gamepad aiming, even with a mouse.

 

[KMFJD]

Originally posted by: Modelworks
Bargain bin material. Played it on a friends pc, even higher end than mine.Has that consolish gamepad aiming, even with a mouse.

that explains a lot, why the fuck do they do that to pc games?

 

[zerocool84]

Originally posted by: KMFJD

Originally posted by: Modelworks
Bargain bin material. Played it on a friends pc, even higher end than mine.Has that consolish gamepad aiming, even with a mouse.

that explains a lot, why the fuck do they do that to pc games?

Because they're all console ports and it's cheaper to just port it over and not change anything to make more money. Hell some games don't even have the Xbox button icons removed from the game.

 

[Fanatical Meat]

Agreed I was excited when I first heard about it but as I read more about it seemed way too consolized and a bit over the top like Red Alert 3. Then I heard about poor multiplayer and opted out. MP was great in RtCW

 

[drebo]

Perhaps people didn't buy it because they're sick of playing crappy FPS games with no (or very little or already-done) plot and so little diversity that once you've played one, you've played them all.

They'll ride the piracy train to explain bad sales, but maybe, just maybe, PC game sales are down because there hasn't been an original game in 10 years.

 

[Industrial]

the lack of marketing priority from Activision is what the guys at id didn't like, thought maybe it would clash too much with CODMW2, that was partly the little push when they sold to Zenimax(?)

I'm tired of hearing about the piracy crap, yeah, it's there. it's been there since the days of when I had a Commodore 64!

but seriously, I think there wasn't much to the actual gameplay and MP, so ho-hum. I think they were banking on the Wolfenstein name a little too much.

 

[WraithETC]

The game reminds me of Prey.

 

[thilanliyan]

Poor reviews also kept me from getting it.

 

[Udgnim]

lol at the PC version only selling 17k. I wonder what the piracy numbers are for it.

anyways, add me to the list of mediocre reviews being a factor of not purchasing the game.

 

[Bryf50]

in the five days from its August 25 launch to August 29, when NPD's monthly reporting period ended.

106k for only the five days it was released doesn't sound that horrible.

 

[emilyek]

Die, PC-classic franchise raping console money whores, die.

 

[StinkyPinky]

Apparently pirating doesn't have any impact of pc sales. Honest.

 

[schneiderguy]

Yet another generic made for console FPS. *snore*

 

[Sylvanas]

It got some pretty crappy reviews, I'm not buying.

 

[nitromullet]

I got it for the 360. Yahtzee sums it up pretty well IMO.

http://www.escapistmagazine.co...uation/916-Wolfenstein

 

[Raduque]

lol @ the ZP review.

I did my part, anyway. Bought a copy for PC.

 

[you2]

They might blame pirates; but if they produce shit they should expect bad sales. Good (or even 1/2 decent games) tend to sell; just look at witcher; mass effect; and a few others. Most of the recent FPS have been dog shit like far cry 2; wolfenstein; ... of course they don't sell.