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Like a proud parent, Bethesda Softworks has announced that 4.7 million units of Fallout 3 were shipped worldwide last week during launch, across Xbox 360, PlayStation 3, and PC. Translated into retail sales, Bethesda says that's in excess of $300 million, which is pretty good ... we guess.
The game is currently available worldwide (unless you're in Japan, where the game ships on December 4) and regardless of where you live, we suggest that you get it. We liked the game, and we predict that the words "Fallout 3" and "game of the year" will appear in the same sentence many times before the end of the year.
OK, now that the game's been on store shelves for a little over a week, we think it's safe to start whining -- where is all of the downloadable content already?
Bethesda Softworks Announces Successful Launch of Fallout 3
$300 Million Worldwide Launch Across Three Platforms
November 6, 2008 (ROCKVILLE, MD) – Bethesda Softworks®, a ZeniMax Media company, announced that its hit title, Fallout® 3 has enjoyed record sales at launch, reflecting the huge consumer demand for the game. Approximately 4.7 million units of Fallout 3 were shipped worldwide last week for the Xbox 360®video game and entertainment system from Microsoft, PLAYSTATION®3 computer entertainment system, and Games for Windows® representing retail sales in excess of $300 million.
Released on October 28 in North America at midnight store openings in over 2,000 retail outlets nationwide jammed with fans eager to get the game, Fallout 3 quickly became one of the industry’s top sellers around the world. For example, in the United Kingdom where it was not released until Friday, October 31 the rapid sales of Fallout 3 have led the game to be ranked number one among all video games, as well as being the number one game on each of its three platforms.
Hailed as one of the most anticipated games of 2008, Fallout 3 received a 10 out of 10 review score from Official Xbox Magazine, a result then repeated around the world with perfect scores by some of the industry’s most influential and respected critics including: Gamespy, GamePro, UGO, the Associated Press, MSN, The Washington Post, Guardian, FHM, Scripps Howard, G4-TV, The Toronto Star, MSN, and Eurogamer. MSNBC’s review offered the observation that it viewed “Fallout as a no-brainer for game of the year.” The Daily Star in the UK echoed that conclusion, saying “You can hold all bets on game of the year – I think we have a winner.”
The successful launch of Fallout 3 by Bethesda Softworks follows the success of The Elder Scrolls® IV: Oblivion®, which remains one of the highest scoring games ever published and earned “Game of the Year” honors in 2006. Fallout 3 has been featured on over 100 magazine covers across the globe and is available in eight languages. The initial retail shipments of Fallout 3 included both the Regular version of the game as well as a limited “Collector’s Edition.” A Fallout 3 Official Game Guide in both the regular and collector’s edition versions has also been a strong seller. Fallout 3 is slated for release in Japan on December 4th.
Fallout 3 features one of the most realized game worlds ever created. Set more than 200 years following a nuclear war, you can create any kind of character you want and explore the open wastes of Washington, D.C. however you choose. Every minute is a fight for survival as you encounter Super Mutants, Ghouls, Raiders, and other dangers of the Wasteland.
This game is great, but there's so much to do that I don't know what to do so I end up meandering and trying to find the most efficient way to do two missions at once. I don't like that you have ...... read more
We picked it up on Monday and I've been able to put about 16 hours into it. Damn what an awesome game. It's like experiencing Oblivion for the first time again. They've added tons of new stuff which makes me not mind how incredibly Oblivion-ish the game is.
If Fallout 3 is game of the Year I'll eat my hat. There's nothing to suggest it deserves it, there's hardly anything that has been improved since Oblivion.
Check the previous winners (in the case of the AIAS), they all bring something new/unique to the table, what does Fallout do that is new or has been substantially improved over Oblivion? Nothing.
was never interested until a friend of mine played for about an hour. Now I NEED this game. but the store over here is all sold out so I gotta wait for amazon.
Oblivion just left me overwhelmed..why are there fifteen shops three feet from one another where I can barter for a jewled cup? I'll probably get it down the raod when all the more quick fix games of the season have run their course..
I wasn't too into Fallout 3 the first time I played it. Maybe there was just too much to take in all at once... but I made myself a goal to get to the Whitehouse and in 13 hours I made it there. Now I can't stop thinking about this game and my girl is a sweetheart for not complaining about how much time I spend in the living room.
I just finished the game, but I left the bulk of the sidequests because I want to re-enjoy the game when trophy support comes out, godamn I love this game.
"OK, now that the game's been on store shelves for a little over a week, we think it's safe to start whining -- where is all of the downloadable content already?"
For me that's a big do not want. Like Mass Effect, I'd have to start the game over (which I don't want to do) or go back to save game to access it. I don't save very much so my last save is about 5-10 hours from the end.
"Damn what an awesome game. It's like experiencing Oblivion for the first time again."
I definitely felt this way when I stepped out of the vault for the first time and was blinded by the sunlight. I thought that was a very clever way to transition between segments in the tutorial.
This moment definitely reminded me of stepping out of the Imperial Sewers for the first time and thinking "What the fuck do I do now?!"
I'm about 40 hours in, I've done a bit of the plot, but my character is maxed out at level 20. While this game is awesome and respectfully improves from the first two games, the level cap needs to go. How could they add so much content but leave the level cap? You had to roam and kill quite a bit to come near the level cap in Fallout 1 and 2, but I reached it so quickly (40 hours is quick, theres enough content for 100+ easy). I no longer care about side missions, exploring buildings off the map, I just want to finish the game and start again.
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I am positively in love with this game. Blah blah Oblivion with guns -- There were a lot of people out there who loved Oblivion y'know.
I'm nearing the end of my 'good character main quest' run, and I'm planning on following it with an 'evil character content' run, and then a 'neutral-ish main-quest avoiding' run.
When I'm done all that, I'm going to drive down to Bethesda and start cracking the whip on TES5.
@ Timmeh: Its called and RPG dude. I would say that this game is far different from Oblivion. Not just in the whole guns respect either. Something about it makes it more accessible, and has a different style and feel to it. I realize its the same engine and stuff, but really, a lot of RPGs can be the same (Final Fantasy 7-132). So for Game of the Year it shouldnt be did it innovate (Yaris was different) but rather was it good (Halo 2).
I'm really happy to see Bethesda enjoying all this success. It's good to see great games (and their developers) succeed.
On a side note, it's sad to see how vocally people love to crap on great games, like they continue to with Oblivion. There are about, oh, 10,000 much worse games that are waiting for you to direct your ire towards them. But then I guess it wouldn't be fun, because you wouldn't be getting to play the dissenting opinion...oooooh, fun!
I'm about 25 hours in, at level 23 and have finished maybe 1/3 of the main quest. I am absolutely loving this game so far. I have heard the ending wasn't very good, so we'll see.
"OK, now that the game's been on store shelves for a little over a week, we think it's safe to start whining -- where is all of the downloadable content already?"
Screw the DLC, where are the patches to fix broken quests and fix all the crashing and glitches on the PC version?
This game is great, but there's so much to do that I don't know what to do so I end up meandering and trying to find the most efficient way to do two missions at once. I don't like that you have to make some choices whether to [spoiler] blow up the town or do more missions in it[/spoiler] and you have to start over to the the other missions. The world is so vast that it's almost impossible to choose where to go.
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We picked it up on Monday and I've been able to put about 16 hours into it. Damn what an awesome game. It's like experiencing Oblivion for the first time again. They've added tons of new stuff which makes me not mind how incredibly Oblivion-ish the game is.
Where is my Dogmeat armor?
Amazing game, amazingly bad ending.
picked up fallout 3 and resistance 2 today - i went a little insane and bought the collector's editions for both.
I love the Pipboy bobblehead, and im still thinking of what i want to store in the lunchbox it came in. Oh, and the chimera figure is neat too =p
If Fallout 3 is game of the Year I'll eat my hat. There's nothing to suggest it deserves it, there's hardly anything that has been improved since Oblivion.
Check the previous winners (in the case of the AIAS), they all bring something new/unique to the table, what does Fallout do that is new or has been substantially improved over Oblivion? Nothing.
was never interested until a friend of mine played for about an hour. Now I NEED this game. but the store over here is all sold out so I gotta wait for amazon.
Oblivion just left me overwhelmed..why are there fifteen shops three feet from one another where I can barter for a jewled cup? I'll probably get it down the raod when all the more quick fix games of the season have run their course..
I wasn't too into Fallout 3 the first time I played it. Maybe there was just too much to take in all at once... but I made myself a goal to get to the Whitehouse and in 13 hours I made it there. Now I can't stop thinking about this game and my girl is a sweetheart for not complaining about how much time I spend in the living room.
I just finished the game, but I left the bulk of the sidequests because I want to re-enjoy the game when trophy support comes out, godamn I love this game.
wait, fallout 3 is out?? They guy at gamestop just sold me fallout 2 for 60 bucks!!! that bastard!! im going back!!!
As a long time Bethseda fan, this makes me happy. Now if only people quit buying Far Cry 2.
"OK, now that the game's been on store shelves for a little over a week, we think it's safe to start whining -- where is all of the downloadable content already?"
For me that's a big do not want. Like Mass Effect, I'd have to start the game over (which I don't want to do) or go back to save game to access it. I don't save very much so my last save is about 5-10 hours from the end.
"Damn what an awesome game. It's like experiencing Oblivion for the first time again."
I definitely felt this way when I stepped out of the vault for the first time and was blinded by the sunlight. I thought that was a very clever way to transition between segments in the tutorial.
This moment definitely reminded me of stepping out of the Imperial Sewers for the first time and thinking "What the fuck do I do now?!"
So, is it really Oblivion with guns?
If so, oblivion fucking rocked, and guns go bang, so woo :D
I'm about 40 hours in, I've done a bit of the plot, but my character is maxed out at level 20. While this game is awesome and respectfully improves from the first two games, the level cap needs to go. How could they add so much content but leave the level cap? You had to roam and kill quite a bit to come near the level cap in Fallout 1 and 2, but I reached it so quickly (40 hours is quick, theres enough content for 100+ easy). I no longer care about side missions, exploring buildings off the map, I just want to finish the game and start again.
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IM having a blast on the pc verison, runs smoothly and i have seen ant glitches yet. BTW its also collector edition.
I am positively in love with this game. Blah blah Oblivion with guns -- There were a lot of people out there who loved Oblivion y'know.
I'm nearing the end of my 'good character main quest' run, and I'm planning on following it with an 'evil character content' run, and then a 'neutral-ish main-quest avoiding' run.
When I'm done all that, I'm going to drive down to Bethesda and start cracking the whip on TES5.
@ Timmeh: Its called and RPG dude. I would say that this game is far different from Oblivion. Not just in the whole guns respect either. Something about it makes it more accessible, and has a different style and feel to it. I realize its the same engine and stuff, but really, a lot of RPGs can be the same (Final Fantasy 7-132). So for Game of the Year it shouldnt be did it innovate (Yaris was different) but rather was it good (Halo 2).
I like it, it's good: it's not GoTY though. Maybe if it had a bit more polish. I'm still waiting to be blown away by an obvious runaway winner.
So far, Dead Space, Far Cry 2, and Fallout 3 have all been solid, but nothing fantastic.
Totally worth it
more like "bring on the MODS!!!!!!!"
I'm really happy to see Bethesda enjoying all this success. It's good to see great games (and their developers) succeed.
On a side note, it's sad to see how vocally people love to crap on great games, like they continue to with Oblivion. There are about, oh, 10,000 much worse games that are waiting for you to direct your ire towards them. But then I guess it wouldn't be fun, because you wouldn't be getting to play the dissenting opinion...oooooh, fun!
I'm about 25 hours in, at level 23 and have finished maybe 1/3 of the main quest. I am absolutely loving this game so far. I have heard the ending wasn't very good, so we'll see.
Fallout and Resistance 2 have me in a chokehold. but its okay i guess.
btw FALLOUT 3 GOTY!!!
I really love Fallout 3. It's incredibly easy to lost yourself with side-quests, but I love it.
I love it more than Oblivion (although they're pretty much the same) because of the post-apocalyptic world it show (pure scifi, I love it!).
"OK, now that the game's been on store shelves for a little over a week, we think it's safe to start whining -- where is all of the downloadable content already?"
Screw the DLC, where are the patches to fix broken quests and fix all the crashing and glitches on the PC version?
Good for them. Bethesda's probably the second best developer after Blizzard.
@ MotoRobo
and Valve.
This game is great, but there's so much to do that I don't know what to do so I end up meandering and trying to find the most efficient way to do two missions at once. I don't like that you have to make some choices whether to [spoiler] blow up the town or do more missions in it[/spoiler] and you have to start over to the the other missions. The world is so vast that it's almost impossible to choose where to go.
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