An analyst has recently revealed that evidence from THQ's Q3 earnings report may suggest that Darksiders sold well under the publisher's expectations. Signal Hill Capital's Todd Greenwald believes that the excellent action/adventure game couldn't shift a million copies, despite the critical success and significant marketing campaign.
"[Darksiders] didn't perform up to THQ's expectations," explains Greenwald, "likely selling less than 1 million units despite heavy marketing dollars [and] 2-3 years of development costs." The analyst also adds that the game was being discounted in stores after only two weeks of sale.
If this is all true, then I'd like to mount a significantly large f*ck you to the gaming public in advance. Darksiders was awesome, and if we don't get a sequel now because a bunch of spunkdrenched c*ckgiraffes would rather buy a load of bullshit, then there are some frigging executions that need to be had.
If a game like Darksiders can't sell, when Darksiders had everything needed in order to sell, then screw everybody in the so-called civilized world because they're all f*cking stupid and have no idea how to have proper lives. They can all go back to Modern Warfare 2 as soon as they're done sucking my gigantic cock.
Darksiders Not Performing Up to THQ's Expectations, says Analyst [Industry Gamers]
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9:20 AM on 02.03.2010
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I'll get Darksiders when it goes on clearance at Target for $15.
meh, at best stirring the pot
So THQ used all their money to advertise the game, I get that they'd like to make it back in sales. But as a consumer, I found those commercials needlessly annoying and insanely plentiful.
THE WORLD IS ENDING! PEOPLE EAT PEOPLE! THERE IS ONLY ONE PERSON WHO CAN STOP IT...YOU WHY? CUZ YOU STARTED IT. CUZ THAT TOTALLY MAKES SENSE! I CANT STOP TALKING CAPS CUZ THATS HOW IT GOES. YEAH... FOUR HORSEMEN (does the molly shannon pose)
*Walks to corner with 360 controller and plays Mass Effect 2 as he cries*
It's hard to generate buzz for a new IP. Before THQ points fingers at Darksiders for not hitting the right target market, maybe they ought to look at their incompetent fucking hype machine.
Still totally worth every penny. I played it through twice, once getting everything, another time upgrading my weapons to max. It was a REALLY good game.
Also, I have no idea what ManAnimalX is saying. Have you even played the game? That might change your mind.
Will give this a chance when it's cheap.
Darksiders is great, but at the risk of sounding like I'm agreeing with the lowest common denominator here, it did have one hell of an uphill battle to fight with regard to its release date. Releasing just after Christmas, right up against a title like Bayonetta, and just before something like Bioshock 2, seems like a massive risk.
I'm not sure how you avoid that without rushing it out the door or holding on to it longer than necessary (and not making money off of the title), but there's no doubt in my mind the release date put it far behind the 8 ball from the outset.
That, and the marketing for it really did suck. I had to convince myself to buy it despite the advertising, not because of it.
oh well, back to modern warfare 2!!
I'm saving my money for Dante's Inferno and the money I have in between went toward Tatsunoko vs Capcom.
Also they priced a new IP at $69 and then complain that it's not selling.
They're just greedy and sad it didn't work out which is a shame as this is one of my favorite games of the current generation :-(
There, I said it.
And with the Wii, its just that somehow, its third pary exclusives don't get the message to the Wii audience. They just see the number of consoles sold and think that's instant bank. Doesn't help that the hardcore and casuals within that audience don't speak well to each other.
Besides I don't exactly have much money coming in. So for now I'm playing games that are larger in scale than average and take longer to complate. Dragon Age: Origins and Mass Effect 2 for example.
And I've got Splinter Cell:Conviction and FFXIII on the way. So I can't afford anything extra.
Aside from this, the more professional opinion is that maybe Darksiders released a few months too late. The fact is last year was quite dry on new releases. This year has got tonnes of big hitting sequels and generally blockbuster games coming out. Maybe it would've done better in October last year.
Ah well...
Damn game just sucked at being a zelda/GOW rip