Is Crysis 2 a financial megaflop?

Some info first

http://www.neoseeker.com/news/8632-crysis-budget-unveiled/

The original Crysis costed€15m ($22m) to make

http://www.gamersbook.com/scene/developer-spotlight/crytek-crysis-2-much-better-than-crysis/

You have to understand that thebudget for Crysis was much lower than for Crysis 2. We could spend much more on Crysis 2 because we expected to sell more through multiplatform development.

For laughs

http://www.pcplay.hr/modules.php?r=23&id=15

Similar games on consoles sell factors of 4-5 more

http://www.tomshardware.com/news/Crysis-Crysis-Trilogy-Cevat-Yerli-FPS-Black-Ops,12080.html

"But if it sells anywhere near what [Call of Duty] Black Ops has, there may be more from Crysis,"

http://n4g.com/news/729346/crysis-2-crytek-wants-to-sell-7-million-copies

-> The game was constantly marketed on TV,Viral marketing and every single gaming site.

March NPD Numbers

1. Pokemon White Version (DS) - Nintendo
2. Pokemon Black Version (DS) - Nintendo
3. Homefront (360, PS3, PC) - THQ
4. Dragon Age II (360, PS3, PC) - Electronic Arts
5. Call of Duty: Black Ops (360, PS3, DS, Wii, PC) - Activision
6. Lego Star Wars III: The Clone Wars (Wii, 360, DS, PS3, 3DS, PSP, PC) - LucasArts
7. Crysis 2 (360, PS3, PC) - Electronic Arts
8. NBA 2K11 (360, PS3, PS2, Wii, PSP, PC) - Take-Two Interactive
9. MLB 11: The Show (PS3, PSP, PS2) - Sony
10. Fight Night Champion (360, PS3) - Electronic Arts

They expected to sell 7 million copies... They expected to score 94 in metacritic. I believe a lot of things went wrong.

The community is not very active it seens. Giving a quick look in Amazon, it's not top 10 anywhere. It is not on steam's top 20 played games. Their forums are just a trolling ground. Sales generally stop at 8 weeks from launch in consoles. At the end it should sell about maybe 2 million. In the PC it's not a good MP game, does not have mods, it's not a benchmark title... it has little value. I don't think it will have strong legs like the first one.

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Conclusion:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yJxCdh1Ps48&feature=related

Meh, they abandoned their PC core for the consolites and got screwed for it. Can't say I feel sorry for them.

Highly doubt it was a financial flop. Randoggy

I always said that it was gonna be really funny when Crysis 2 was worse and sold less. :P

Meh, they abandoned their PC core for the consolites and got screwed for it. Can't say I feel sorry for them.

htekemerald

[QUOTE="htekemerald"]

Meh, they abandoned their PC core for the consolites and got screwed for it. Can't say I feel sorry for them.

WilliamRLBaker

[QUOTE="WilliamRLBaker"]

[QUOTE="htekemerald"]

Meh, they abandoned their PC core for the consolites and got screwed for it. Can't say I feel sorry for them.

DarkLink77

Lets look at how Crysis 1 sold in the first few weeks. http://www.techpowerup.com/47250/Crysis-and-Unreal-Tournament-3-Sales-Tank-.html Oh, 86,633 units.AAllxxjjnn

Console shooters will sell the most in the US the first few weeks, you know this to be true.

Crysis was something different entirely.

Don't expect Crysis 2 to reach the same numbers on PC or on consoles.

Lets look at how Crysis 1 sold in the first few weeks. http://www.techpowerup.com/47250/Crysis-and-Unreal-Tournament-3-Sales-Tank-.html Oh, 86,633 units.AAllxxjjnn

lol, I guess there are still people who havent realized retail American sales mean nothing for PC games. and BTW, Crysis and Warhead sold roughly 4 million together.

[QUOTE="DarkLink77"][QUOTE="WilliamRLBaker"] the PC core users would have bought it in droves right? all games on the PC have 100% sell through.

GeneralShowzer

[QUOTE="GeneralShowzer"][QUOTE="DarkLink77"] The original Crysis/Crysis Warhead sold upwards of four million copies...AAllxxjjnn

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[QUOTE="GeneralShowzer"] It's somewhere five actually.GeneralShowzer

Crysis 2 released near the end of March.Stevo_the_gamer

[QUOTE="GeneralShowzer"][QUOTE="AAllxxjjnn"] No, it's not. http://www.zuse.hessen.de/mm/Konrad_Zuse_Kongress_Yerli_Final.pdf

AAllxxjjnn

Yes, being made for console peasants ruined what was once the pinnacle of PC gaming.Heil68

[QUOTE="htekemerald"]

Meh, they abandoned their PC core for the consolites and got screwed for it. Can't say I feel sorry for them.

WilliamRLBaker

Mediocre games deserve mediocre sales.

Until we see numbers the only answer that can be given is "I don't know.".i5750at4Ghz

pft thats nothing @ the one saying crysis sold 4 million

goldeneye for the n64 sold 9 million lol a console that only sold 34 million in contrast

so have fun with crysis 1 maybe crysis wanst ment to be a franchise but a 1 hit wonder,

its happened to alot of sellers,

you want to know which 1 ,

well look at test drive unlimited 2 vs the original which came a hit

or perfect dark vs perfect dark zero same thing happened

between the Xbox 360 and PS3 sales of Crysis 2 combined they've already sold like 1 million so that should have already covered the development costs of $22 million and then somelamprey263

no it wont, not even close. Not to mention theres marketing costs, which are far higher anyway.

between the Xbox 360 and PS3 sales of Crysis 2 combined they've already sold like 1 million so that should have already covered the development costs of $22 million and then somelamprey263

[QUOTE="i5750at4Ghz"]Until we see numbers the only answer that can be given is "I don't know.".GeneralShowzer

[QUOTE="lamprey263"]between the Xbox 360 and PS3 sales of Crysis 2 combined they've already sold like 1 million so that should have already covered the development costs of $22 million and then somecobrax55

no it wont, not even close. Not to mention theres marketing costs, which are far higher anyway.

If it sold a million it would be higher on the lists don't you think? GeneralShowzer

[QUOTE="GeneralShowzer"]If it sold a million it would be higher on the lists don't you think? Stevo_the_gamer

Oh please, who else buys console shooters? UK and USA. The marketing was the most aggressive in the USA too.GeneralShowzer

Crysis 2 released near the end of March.Stevo_the_gamer

[QUOTE="Stevo_the_gamer"]Crysis 2 released near the end of March.Cranler

Well Black Ops for example, 14 million units out of 20+ were sold in the USA.GeneralShowzer

[QUOTE="GeneralShowzer"][QUOTE="Stevo_the_gamer"]Is this a joke?lawlessx

[QUOTE="GeneralShowzer"] Well Black Ops for example, 14 million units out of 20+ were sold in the USA.Stevo_the_gamer

The debut sales of Killzone 2 in the United States were 323,000 within 48 hours of launch.[56] The game failed to meet expectations in March and April, when it sold 296,000 and 58,000 units respectively; by the beginning of May, the game had sold 677,000 copies in the United States.[57] Killzone 2 debuted at number one in UK sales to become the fourth fastest-selling Sony published title ever.[58] In Japan, the game debuted at number 3, selling 41,000 units.[59] On April 16 2009, Sony announced that sales of Killzone 2 had surpassed one million worldwide.[60]

Yes, you're out of arguments.

Crysis 2 released near the end of March.Stevo_the_gamer

[QUOTE="lawlessx"][QUOTE="GeneralShowzer"] Well Black Ops for example, 14 million units out of 20+ were sold in the USA.GeneralShowzer

Do we have any actual numbers for the game's sales?ferret-gamer

general..did you just copy and paste a Wikipedia page?lawlessx