Ben-DutkaWe sorta liked your crazy, over-the-top style, Bulletstorm , but sadly, your name is not "Call of Duty."
Based on the recent sales numbers, it seems the FPS that urges you to "kill with skill" isn't exactly burning up the charts. According to Cowan & Company analyst Doug Creutz, People Can Fly's in-your-face shooter has been "disappointing" thus far: it has sold around 279,000 total units on the PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360. The analyst compared that number to the impressive 790,000 tallied by Capcom's Marvel vs. Capcom 3: Fate of Two Worlds . It's interesting because both games in question hold just about the same average review score (about an 8.5), and one would assume that the latest, hottest shooter would hit big. But Killzone 3 sales haven't skyrocketed, either, so it appears that only one FPS is allowed to own the sales charts this generation… Then again, we shouldn't forget about that bad-ass Battlefield franchise, now should we?
But anyway, the competition continues to be extra stiff in most all categories of gaming, and it seems as if everyone is saving their money for the elite titles.
Related Game(s): Bulletstorm
It's fun for a little while but it's never a good sign when you see a brand new game already going on sale for $20-30 less two weeks later.
Yes, Bulletstorm sales might be dissapointing, yet acording to NPD it managed to sell better than KZ3 and it's a new IP. Go figure. That being the case I wonder how many copies KZ3 sold.
Bulletstorm should have left the adult-orientated tongue in cheek dialogue in the game rather than tame it with a patch.
Killzone 3 needed a better marketing stretch than just a Kevin Butler commercial.
Playstation needs to expand their marketing further than Kevin Butler. Who wants to take a serious-epic game seriously if the commercials to just about every awesome Playstation exclusive are so….cheesy.
I think Bulletstorm is a really good game, different enough to keep me interested where I find myself constantly going for the skill points because it's just that fun kicking ass. Given that it was released around the same time as KZ, the sales part does not surprise me one bit, but I don't think this should concern us gamers. Buy it when you can afford it and just have fun with it.