UFC Undisputed 2010 sales disappoint

@kingatrock If you play this game at all you'll immediately notice that the gameplay has been hugely redone. It's much better, and I can say from real life experience much more realistic and intuitive to what it's like to actually fight. The literally went in and re-programmed the code for the games engine, which runs everything. Now I agree they shouldn't release a new one every year, but this one is a pretty huge improvement to the last one. One really stupid thing is all the stuff in the PS3 version that you can't get on the xbox version. REALLY frustrating.

No innovation, trying to milk a new franchise like madden. Gameplay looks the same, why bother buying.. looks like others agreed with me. Hope they learn.

A guide to having a successful title: 1. Dont alienate your fanbase from previous games (online code). 2. Dont release a game anytime near something from Rockstar is coming out (even if the Rockstar game sucks). 3. If a game isnt suited for annual releases.....dont make it released annually. 4. If your first game had glaring problems, fix them! PS. In #2 I wasnt saying RDR sucked, because it doesnt. I was saying that Rockstar could release "Pillowfight Arena: Carebears vs My Little Pony" and people would still buy it.

big update ufc 2010 ....

"UFC games aren't suited to annualized releases in the same way other sports are." That line says it all

Actually, I don't there's anything wrong with Undisputed at all, just that Red Dead Redemption really smashed into UFC's sales. UFC is solid but everyone was hyping RDR as THE game to own.

Brock Lesnar was the wrong guy to put on the cover..IMO.I would have used Pierre or Silva to grace the cover.And if pushed came to shove BJ Penn..hell even Tito Ortiz.

It was a mistake to announce UFC 2010 a few days UFC 2009 was released. Then, have the game pretty much look the same.

obviously ufc 2010 isn't all that much different then 2009, 2010 still has issues and thq just needs new developers, get the right team and I'm sure you can create a good ufc game that looks and feels authentic. i love watching ufc on spike and payperview but these games suck and until they find the right crew to develop ufc games there sales will suck and the game will suck as well.

I played this game seemed ok but the gameplay is random so its really not a game id consider it more a novelty item.

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I think it has to do more with EA and their stupid online code to play. I for one will not buy anymore EA products until they drop that stupid idea..

@ Tapout "With car companies that is why they sell cars for above cost because of labor and other losses such as cars resale." according to this logic Video game devs also charge more than cost, wayyy more than cost you don't honestly believe it costs 60 dollars per disc, that is for labor and marketing just as with car companies.

@ Tapout It is exactly the same thing. Cadillac( or any other manufacturer) doesnt make any money when you buy from carmax or any other used car company.

ji long im sorry to tell you but your car comparison is off base because they are two totally different things one game companies don't make any money when the game is resold (that is why they are charging for online use now to used copies). With car companies that is why they sell cars for above cost because of labor and other losses such as cars resale.

Maybe it was too soon for it

@ caveman lawyer I agree 100% I don't really Game on my PC but my friend refused to buy many games for this very reason.

HAHA!!!! This is beautiful! Ok story time - Not the people here, but the majority of people say that piracy has hurt PC gaming, which is totally wrong. The true fact is that DRM has hurt PC gaming. Now people say that's crap since a "smalllllllll" problem like DRM would NEVER halt gaming sales on high proportions like we have seen with PC gaming sales... Wellll lookey here. We have people on Gamespot saying they didn't buy because of the, essentially, DRM! Now the consoletard kiddies finally see the light and can understand why PC gamers have got in such an uproar over the past 10 years.

Sports games do not need an annual release. It would make more sense if maybe they just offer roster updates and stuff via dlc or somthing. Especially if your not doing anything innovating in terms of the actuall gameplay.

I loved UFC 2009, but skipped this one because of charging for online to used customers, even though I would have bought it new. Thats like if you buy a used car they charge you an extra 1,000 dollars for the steering wheel. Devs are really screwing themselves over by trying to make people buy new, if they eliminate the used game market then people wouldnt be as willing to pay 60 dollars for it if they knew that they couldn't sell it later on.

I'd have bought it, but I want to see what the competition has to offer before making a decision.

@theMirrorsTruth Im one of the many who decided not to buy it new or used for that matter, cause of that...

Loved '09, but after playing the demo and hearing that a lot of things remained unchanged I decided against getting it. "THQ said it has shipped 2.6 million copies of UFC Undisputed 2010 to date, but sell-through to consumers has been below expectations" Doesn't say over 2 million sold there is no sales figure just whats been shipped.

If you want more sales... PATCH THE GAME ALREADY!

2 million is quite alot....

The game is a little more polished, but a lot of the big problems from last year are still prevalent, primarily in Career mode and multiplayer. The last game was good. They could easily have waited for 2011 and made more significant improvements and the game would have sold much better.

Sales sucked because they wanted to screw the fans by forcing them to buy new, and the whole multiplayer fiasco. Release a good game without screwing your customers. Maybe then they'll realize they're only disappointed because their customers are disappointed.

because not a whole lot has changed to need to buy this game. Most of my friends only got 09 and are waiting for 11. There isnt a whole lot you can change with a fighting game to release a new one every year.

over 2million and not happy about it

Their analisys on what went wrong is right on: it's not an annual sport and mostly RDR.

It would probably help sales if they didn't release the game with glaring imbalances and game-breaking bugs.

I haven't bought any UFC game, but if im correct you can just quit out of a multiplayer match when you're losing, and neither player wins or loses, which basically ruins the multiplayer, so im not surprised. correct me if im wrong

lol fail

ungreatful aint they 2million + sales and they still aren't happy lol