UbiSoft - Red Steel 2 sold almost 300k copies

VandenBerghe talked at length about the underlying problems behind Red Steel 2's lacklustre sales figures – the game only managed 270,000 worldwide, he claimed.

As well as the restrictions of being single-platform and requiring a peripheral, he thinks it has a lot to do with players themselves. "I isolated this factor called audience willingness. There is a small group of people that is willing to get up and move and exert themselves for fun ... We had to ask ourselves: how many gamers are willing to move? I don't know how many there are, but it's no higher than 20 per cent. That's actually probably optimistic."

http://www.next-gen.biz/news/vandenberghe-motion-control-must-become-standard

Seemed like an okay figure for a Wii game, but hes not happy.

The game deserves more salesDiviniuz

Not paying 70 bucks for a game with no replay value and wasn't even that good. sorry??? Wait no, I'm actually not sorry :)

Not paying 70 bucks for a game with no replay value and wasn't even that good. sorry??? Wait no, I'm actually not sorry :)

ActicEdge

Perhaps Ubisoft should have actually advertised the damn game. The commercial they had was more about the guy walking around and the only memorable thing about it was that the awkwardly touching the other guy. They didn't bother at all to show off the actual game or explain it. It had the same result of them doing nothing at all. Even with all that it was a midnight or later advertisement. Shown at a time when the target audience was long asleep. So yeah because it didn't sell it's back to blaming the actual Wii owners. Let's totally ignore Ubisoft's own incompetence in the matter.

I enjoy Red Steel 2 but crap like this makes me wish I didn't buy it at times. Seein gthat Ubisoft wants to pawn off another rail shooter on the Wii I'm done with them.

Alan Wake only sold about twice as much, but probably cost ten times more to make than Red Steel 2.

Perhaps Ubisoft should have actually advertised the damn game. The commercial they had was more about the guild walking around and the only memorable thing about it was that the awkwardly touching the other guy. They didn't bother at all to show off the actual game or explain it. It had the same result of them doing nothing at all. Even with all that it was a midnight or later advertisement. Shown at a time when the target audience was long asleep. So yeah because it didn't sell it's back to play the actual Wii owners. Let's totally ignore Ubisoft's own incompetence in the matter.NeoStar9

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Not paying 70 bucks for a game with no replay value and wasn't even that good. sorry??? Wait no, I'm actually not sorry :)

Merex760

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Not paying 70 bucks for a game with no replay value and wasn't even that good. sorry??? Wait no, I'm actually not sorry :)

Merex760

They're called sheep for a reason.

Not paying 70 bucks for a game with no replay value and wasn't even that good. sorry??? Wait no, I'm actually not sorry :)

ActicEdge

The Game itself is $30.

The Bundle is $70 cause it comes with Motion Plus which is like $30 as well (maybe more.)

I'm one of those people that bought this game new and BY GOLLY IF YOU HAVE A Wii AND ARE COMPLAINING ABOUT MOTION CONTROLS THEN GO OUT AND GET THIS GAME AND YOU'LL SEE THAT THE MOTION CONTROLS ARE AMAZING!

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Not paying 70 bucks for a game with no replay value and wasn't even that good. sorry??? Wait no, I'm actually not sorry :)

Merex760

SMG is a 15 - 20 hour platforming masterpiece. Red Steel 2 is like an 8 hour decent shooter/slasher. Its hardly the same thing.

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Not paying 70 bucks for a game with no replay value and wasn't even that good. sorry??? Wait no, I'm actually not sorry :)

LegatoSkyheart

The Game itself is $30.

The Bundle is $70 cause it comes with Motion Plus which is like $30 as well (maybe more.)

I'm one of those people that bought this game new and BY GOLLY IF YOU HAVE A Wii AND ARE COMPLAINING ABOUT MOTION CONTROLS THEN GO OUT AND GET THIS GAME AND YOU'LL SEE THAT THE MOTION CONTROLS ARE AMAZING!

when it launched it was 70 where I live, its now 30 since it bombed but even then there are better games on the Wii for 30 bucks. and I lack motion plus.

when it launched it was 70 where I live, its now 30 since it bombed but even then there are better games on the Wii for 30 bucks. and I lack motion plus.

ActicEdge

The Bundle is still sold at Launch Price and I bought it at that price. Well Worth it for the Accessory Alone.

Alan Wake only sold about twice as much, but probably cost ten times more to make than Red Steel 2.

Bigboi500

Another developer that looks at everything else except the game they've made for all the reasons why it didn't do well.

I smell a Kinect/Move port :Pnavyguy21

You know they will port it to Move. Developers are doing that now. If it doesn't work with Wii then Give it for Free for the PS3!

Shame, Red Steel 2 is great but if It had Online and Local Multiplayer like the First One (I don't think it had Online but it had Local.) then it probably would have more Sells.

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Alan Wake only sold about twice as much, but probably cost ten times more to make than Red Steel 2.

osan0

Cry some more Ubisoft sheesh, It's their own fault it that it only sold that if they don't know how to advertise they should go talk to Capcom and take notes from the Monster Hunter Tri ad campaign. That is how a 3rd Party game should be advertised for the Wii, Im in Australia so 3rd Party Wii ads are almost an endangered species but there where Monster Hunter Tri ads all over the sports channels, music channels, comedy/drama channels and on most of the regular non-cable channels. Also the ads where actually on when people would be up and watching TV and not at some obscure time like 3am. The Tri ads where being shown on a regular basis as well as short gameplay demo's that lasted about 5 to 10 mins explaining what it was and how it's played. Thanks to all that advertising it's current worldwide sales are at 1.8 million copies sold by July 30, 2010 of that figure 690,000 copies where sold outside of Japan.

It's Ubisoft's fault Red Steel 2 sold poorly, the first one was nothing special but there was a lot of advertising for that and it still sold up to 1 million. So then how is it possible that the better game then sells worse than the craptacular first game it's because no one wants to get burned twice by a game series and Ubisoft's lack of advertising for Red Steel 2.

And I helped. :)

I love Red Steel 2. I can play the story mode over and over.

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Not paying 70 bucks for a game with no replay value and wasn't even that good. sorry??? Wait no, I'm actually not sorry :)

Merex760

motion controls and fps games are fail, thats why.

Another developer that looks at everything else except the game they've made for all the reasons why it didn't do well.

foxhound_fox

motion controls and fps games are fail, thats why.

TerrorRizzing

No just no

motion controls and fps games are fail, thats why.

TerrorRizzing

BTW Red Steel 2 did have Advertisements. I even saw it on TV.

and Gamestop had ADs of it too.

No Excuses this time dudes.

motion controls and fps games are fail, thats why.

TerrorRizzing

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motion controls and fps games are fail, thats why.

Dibdibdobdobo

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motion controls and fps games are fail, thats why.

Thunderdrone

Proof! Proof that disk swapping is bad :P. I have to admit; I would rather not.

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motion controls and fps games are fail, thats why.

TerrorRizzing

BTW Red Steel 2 did have Advertisements. I even saw it on TV.

LegatoSkyheart

Just for that ad it deserved to sell badly, that can never compare to the Awesomeness that is Ironbeard and where is the gameplay.

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BTW Red Steel 2 did have Advertisements. I even saw it on TV.

ugoo18

Just for that ad it deserved to sell badly, that can never compare to the Awesomeness that is Ironbeard and where is the gameplay.

I just edited that Post with this one which I was more familier with.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BCE0pPnbINc

Remember Gamestop had Pre-order codes for this?

[QUOTE="TerrorRizzing"][QUOTE="Dibdibdobdobo"] L4D2 is fpsDibdibdobdobo

I read it still had auto aim, all I needed to know really.

not this one, unless they magicaly fixed the controls I find motion controls extremely annoying, even in metroid.TerrorRizzing

Never played the Original Red Steel but this Game didn't feel like a Gigantic mess like what the first one was rumored to be.

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BTW Red Steel 2 did have Advertisements. I even saw it on TV.

LegatoSkyheart

Just for that ad it deserved to sell badly, that can never compare to the Awesomeness that is Ironbeard and where is the gameplay.

I just edited that Post with this one which I was more familier with.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BCE0pPnbINc

Remember Gamestop had Pre-order codes for this?

Yeah i remember that, that ad was much better than the other one but the best one so far was this one

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

Yes some parts where a bit corny :P but it was still good.

[QUOTE="Dibdibdobdobo"][QUOTE="TerrorRizzing"] i mean in combination.TerrorRizzing

I read it still had auto aim, all I needed to know really.

Yeah i remember that, that ad was much better than the other one but the best one so far was this one

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

Yes some parts where a bit corny :P but it was still good.

ugoo18

That was the E3 Teaser Trailer.

I only saw that on TV when E3 2008 or 9 Happened on G4.