Chade on 24/4/2009 at 04:27

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Holy cow those Tomb Raider sales spell a sad story for Eidos ...

And DX / DX IW sold about the same. I wonder what platform those sales are on - and if it's all platforms, then I wonder if the DX figures include DX conspiracy or not.

Ostriig on 24/4/2009 at 18:23

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I think you want to say "either DX game". But, regardless, it's not really surprising. The bulk of those Deus Ex sales are likely in the 2000-2002 timeframe, and at that point 1 million units was enough of a big deal. That article's author is either not well aware of what commercial success was at that time for games, or he's simply being a bit of a tool when he's looking down on the game's market performance. As for Invisible War not mopping the floor with its competition, well... hm.

Still, I think Papy's find here is pretty solid. Regarding the commercial side of Deus Ex, we can say we know:
- It cost ~ $5.5 mil. (Warren Spector, UoT Masterclass 1, 01:36 hr.);
- It "sold really, really well" (same, 00:10);
- "Really, really well" means ~1.1 million units around the 2000/1 level (Squeenix/Eidos charts);

P.S. Am I the only one who gets a strange vibe of dick measuring on Square's side from that first slide of theirs?

Zygoptera on 24/4/2009 at 23:49

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Well, I guess that settles the 'argument' with Jashin once and for all. DX did in fact sell slightly more than 100k 200k copies.

Necros on 15/5/2009 at 14:24

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Then how about garbage like the Halo or the GoW games? "Shiny & cool" games with enough hype always sell well...