Batman: Arkham City Ships 6 Million

Amazing sales for an amazing game, also it beat MW3 at Gamefly. :o

Batman: Arkham City ships 6 million

Rocksteady's well-received Caped Crusader action title helps Warner Bros. game/film sector surge 9 percent to $12.6 billion.

Batman has infiltrated retailers by the millions.

Batman: Arkham City is continuing to be a big hit for publisher Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment. As part of its parent publisher Time Warner's full-year 2011 financial report, the company said Batman: Arkham City has now shipped 6 million units worldwide since its launch in October.

Time Warner's Filmed Entertainment business, which houses its game development unit, saw revenues rise 9 percent to $12.6 billion during its fiscal year ended December 31, 2011. The company said revenues benefited from a "stronger" game release slate and called out the aforementioned Batman: Arkham City, as well as Mortal Kombat and "several" Lego titles as "key" contributors to its bottom line.

The company has not revealed specific sell-through figures for the Caped Crusader title, but the first-week shipment tally for the game stood at 4.6 million. The NPD Group placed the game as the seventh-best selling title at US retailers in 2011.

Additionally, Arkham City was by-mail game rental company GameFly's most-requested title of 2011, beating out the year's best-selling title, Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3.

Finally, Arkham City has been nominated for two Game Developers Choice awards, including Game of the Year and Best Game Design. That award show is part of the annual Game Developers Conference and will be held on March 7 at 6:30 p.m. PT.

http://www.gamespot.com/news/batman-arkham-city-ships-6-million-6349980

Haven't played yet, heard the pc version is terribly bad for a port.kris9031998

[QUOTE="kris9031998"]Haven't played yet, heard the pc version is terribly bad for a port.TH1Sx1SxSPARTA

[QUOTE="kris9031998"]Haven't played yet, heard the pc version is terribly bad for a port.TH1Sx1SxSPARTA

Well deserved for this awesome game.

The game and developers deserve these sales.

Well deserved.

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[QUOTE="kris9031998"]Haven't played yet, heard the pc version is terribly bad for a port.princeofshapeir

[QUOTE="princeofshapeir"][QUOTE="TH1Sx1SxSPARTA"] you heard very wrong, its fantastic on pc. at llaunch there was frame rate issues when using DX11. **** all good now, should def play it

RyviusARC

Yeah, I forgot to mention I don't play with AA, and I have SSAO set to low.

[QUOTE="RyviusARC"][QUOTE="princeofshapeir"] Agreed, the PC version is the best version. It plays extremely well even on my 4670, I have everything maxed out at 1920x1080 and I never go below 30 FPS.princeofshapeir

Yeah, I forgot to mention I don't play with AA, and I have SSAO set to low.

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[QUOTE="RyviusARC"] I find that very hard to believe. I can tell when someone is BSing especially since I own many PC builds and I've test the game with three of mine. I tested it on an 8800gt, GTX 275 and GTX 570.RyviusARC

Yeah, I forgot to mention I don't play with AA, and I have SSAO set to low.

[QUOTE="RyviusARC"][QUOTE="princeofshapeir"] Agreed, the PC version is the best version. It plays extremely well even on my 4670, I have everything maxed out at 1920x1080 and I never go below 30 FPS.princeofshapeir

Yeah, I forgot to mention I don't play with AA, and I have SSAO set to low.

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[QUOTE="kris9031998"]Haven't played yet, heard the pc version is terribly bad for a port.princeofshapeir

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[QUOTE="RyviusARC"] I find that very hard to believe. I can tell when someone is BSing especially since I own many PC builds and I've test the game with three of mine. I tested it on an 8800gt, GTX 275 and GTX 570.Da_lil_PimP

Yeah, I forgot to mention I don't play with AA, and I have SSAO set to low.

Honestly I think the game looks weird with tessellation set to max instead of normal, it makes snow slush piles 4 feet tall for some reason.

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Yeah, I forgot to mention I don't play with AA, and I have SSAO set to low.

topgunmv

Honestly I think the game looks weird with tessellation set to max instead of normal, it makes snow slush piles 4 feet tall for some reason.

GREAT! Sell baby, SELL!! I love to see news like this. Great effort needs to be rewarded, especially with a new IP and one that is in a genre of games that a majority of the time are simple cash-ins. I'm very happy for Rocksteady, they deserve it.

If you were able to have dx11 turned on, you wouldn't be saying you can max it.Da_lil_PimP

Looks the same to me :/

dx 11:

dx 9:

dx 11:

dx 9:

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[QUOTE="Da_lil_PimP"] If you were able to have dx11 turned on, you wouldn't be saying you can max it.Da_lil_PimP

Honestly I think the game looks weird with tessellation set to max instead of normal, it makes snow slush piles 4 feet tall for some reason.

Haven't played yet, heard the pc version is terribly bad for a port.kris9031998

Nope. I played it on my laptop and it was fine. No need to tweak graphics or anything.

Totally deserved them. One of the few games that actually did deserve them.

I need to finish AA before even thinking about buying this.funsohng

Considering that Arkham Asylum was one of if not THE greatest game I had ever played, I am very happy to hear this news. :D

[QUOTE="funsohng"]I need to finish AA before even thinking about buying this.princeofshapeir

It'd be nice to have some back story.

[QUOTE="princeofshapeir"][QUOTE="funsohng"]I need to finish AA before even thinking about buying this.FashionFreak

It'd be nice to have some back story.

[QUOTE="Da_lil_PimP"][QUOTE="topgunmv"]

Honestly I think the game looks weird with tessellation set to max instead of normal, it makes snow slush piles 4 feet tall for some reason.

princeofshapeir

It'd be nice to have some back story.FashionFreak

[QUOTE="Da_lil_PimP"]If you were able to have dx11 turned on, you wouldn't be saying you can max it.FashionFreak

Looks the same to me :/

I'm talking about performance, not looks.

[QUOTE="princeofshapeir"][QUOTE="Da_lil_PimP"] I wouldn't know. After flying around for a second and getting 9 fps on my 6970, I immediately turned off dx11. And to think they delayed the game for optimizing dx11. Da_lil_PimP

[QUOTE="funsohng"]I need to finish AA before even thinking about buying this.princeofshapeir

What You Need to Know Before Playing Batman: Arkham City

This is a summary of what happens between Arkham Asylum and Arkham City. DC Comics released a series of comics as a prequel to Arkham City.

note: It's kind of a spoiler but not really since the games don't mention it at all.

Very much deserved.

Can't wait for Arkham World!

One of the best games of this generation.

I just with the PC version performance was better. I mean B:AA ran amazingly well compared to B:AC.

Is this an open world game?

Can you drive around? How do you travel?

Is it like Grand Theft Batmobile?

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[QUOTE="kris9031998"]Haven't played yet, heard the pc version is terribly bad for a port.princeofshapeir

[QUOTE="princeofshapeir"][QUOTE="TH1Sx1SxSPARTA"] you heard very wrong, its fantastic on pc. at llaunch there was frame rate issues when using DX11. **** all good now, should def play it

svenus97

Controls the same as the consoles, when you plug in a controller....:roll:

Yeah I shouldn't have bought it. Uses GFWL and there was no warning when I bought it.

Anyway. Finished it once, riddled with riddler stuff and challenges but can't be bothered to do those.
Good game, but it doesn't grab the player as much as some other games. Had the same issue with AA.
There's a difference of immersion between AC/AA and I don't know, Skyrim/Red Dead/other games. Maybe too much happened in a row and lost my attention? Maybe someone who felt the same knows what I mean.
I had a hard time concentrating and feeling involved in the game. Even though all the things seem polished and they put some cool stuff in it, especially for Batman fans.

That's amazing news, it's a wonderful game and it doesn't deserves any less.

[QUOTE="kris9031998"]Haven't played yet, heard the pc version is terribly bad for a port.TH1Sx1SxSPARTA

Played on PC and was my GOTY By far so much fun. :D

[QUOTE="svenus97"][QUOTE="princeofshapeir"] Agreed, the PC version is the best version. It plays extremely well even on my 4670, I have everything maxed out at 1920x1080 and I never go below 30 FPS.Metalscarz

Controls the same as the consoles, when you plug in a controller....:roll: