Resident Evil: Operation Raccoon City

[Dracarys]

Is it? I'm not sure first, even second, week sales figures are much to go by when determining if a game has been a financial success or not (unless you're Call of Duty and sell a billion copies on release day).

It is not first week or any weeks sales that determine if a financial success, is all Capcoms shipment numbers. Judging by the first few weeks sales this likely had a large enough shipment (that exceeded sales to have stock for coming weeks obviously) to have already been a success. Looking at the dev time and production values of the game it clearly was not big budget.

[Code_R]

It's not over... yet.

Dracarys' has made one fatal flaw, forgetting this is Capcom we're talking about...



:p

And this is why, even after the terrible reviews my remaining inclination to check the game out is totally dead.

[Dracarys]

I dunno if ORC will get a 'Super/Gold' edition due to the critical reception. Not really selling the numbers that make it re-release worthy either and they cannot force people like they do the competitive fight community.

[Code_R]

But can they resist that extra $$$ 6 months later ?

[Darkmoon]

Depends on if they decide it'll cost more to make than can be reasonable for the expected returns.

[Code_R]

Printing a few DLC codes and some new box art is probably not a problem for them.

[Darkmoon]

So...according to that VGChartz place, the sales have dropped pretty dramatically since week one. Roughly a quarter of there first week sales.

I'm gonna assume that's not a good thing, given Mass Effect 3 on the 360 is outselling them still...

Given how slowly they're now selling, it's actually looking like Revelations will be somewhat comparable, at least compared to a single console. Across the 360 and PS3 combined, this has already sold more.

Still, quite cheered up.

ORC PS3 - http://www.vgchartz.com/game/50669/r...n-city/Global/
ORC 360 - http://www.vgchartz.com/game/50670/r...n-city/Global/
Revelations - http://www.vgchartz.com/game/45684/r...ations/Global/

[Vector]

WE'VE WON!!!

[Mr. Spencer]

RETAKE RESIDENT EVIL!

[Wrathborne]

Sorry the RE5 audience won back in 2008 :/.

[Pikminister]

So...according to that VGChartz place

So you believe in VGchartz numbers, after all? Why you...

Oh wait... News Bot was the one that didn't believe in them.... Carry on.

[Dracarys]

Keep in mind ORC has yet to released in japan.

[Wrathborne]

I think they'll chastise it more than we have.

[Det. Beauregard]

^ Agreed. I've always been under the impression that shooters aren't big in Japan.

[Dracarys]

There are exceptions, depends on the series I think. Metal Gear Online was popular for instance and even had a stand-alone version released.