New Vegas still in Top 10 for July 2011

[Elzair]

1. NCAA Football 12 – Electronic Arts (360, PS3) = ~796K (15% YoY Increase)
2. Cars 2 – Disney Interactive Studios (NDS, Wii, 360, PS3, PC)
3. Call of Duty: Black Ops – Activision Blizzard (360, PS3, NDS, Wii, PC)
4. Lego Pirates of the Caribbean: The Video Game – Disney Interactive Studios (Wii, NDS, 360, PS3, 3DS, PSP, PC)
5. Just Dance 2 – Ubisoft (Wii)
6. Major League Baseball 2K11 – Take-Two Interactive (360, Wii NDS, PS3, PS2, PSP, PC)
7. Zumba Fitness: Join The Party – Majesco (Wii, 360, Ps3)
8. Fallout: New Vegas – Bethesda Softworks/ZeniMax (360, PS3, PC)
9. New Super Mario Bros DS – Nintendo (NDS)
10. Mortal Kombat 2011 – Warner Brothers Interactive (360, PS3) = 85K

Maybe people are more receptive to old-school RPGs than was previously thought?

 

[Metro]

old-school RPG

Stretching the definition there just a tad bit, aren't we?

 

[Jaesun]

Were there any NDP numbers released about sales for Fallout 3?

I'd love to know if this is outselling Fallout 3.

 

[attackfighter]

I'm pretty sure it surpassed F3 awhile ago. If it's still going strong then the gap in sales must be quite significant at this point.

I doubt the industry will learn a lesson from this though. At best they'll start marketing their games as being oldskool (while still calling them 'innovative', 'cinematic', etc.), an actual change in design philosophy is too much to hope for.

 

[Barrow_Bug]

For me, NV helped nullify the dumbfuckery of F3. I, like others, think MCA is a keen guy ( and a good writer, which is fucking rare in this industry). Sawyer is an okay technical designer, but his ideas are all concept and without character or emotion.

In other words, I like NV. I'm too drunk to really get into it.

 

[Admiral jimbob]

Christ, Mario DS is still in the top ten? It's like five years old now. That makes me happy.

 

[Freelance Henchman]

Just came in here to curse Gamebryo/Bethesda's shit FPS design again unto the seventh generation.

 

[Destroid]

I'll bet Obsidian are sad they didn't have royalties in their contract.

 

[Volourn]

I never played FO:LV but to call the game 'old skool' is lying. It's an action rpg based on the FO3 enegine. It may or may not be a good game but old skool it ain't.

So sad that FO:LV has easily outsold both DS3 and AP combined. HAHAHAHAHA!

 

[VentilatorOfDoom]

Not to mention that it sold like 3 times as much as Dragon Turd 2.

 

[J_C]

Elzair, how did you get this NDP report? I thought these are not open to public.

 

[Volourn]

"Not to mention that it sold like 3 times as much as Dragon Turd 2."

And, 4 times as much as BG2. And, about 20 times mroe than FO or PST.

R00fles!

 

[sgc_meltdown]

what about NWN1

did it beat NWN1

 

[Xor]

I'll bet Obsidian are sad they didn't have royalties in their contract.

Was that ever actually confirmed?

 

[Angelo85]

Elzair, how did you get this NDP report? I thought these are not open to public.

It's in the News: http://venturebeat.com/2011/08/11/july- ... ince-2006/

I guess snippets of that report are a legal gray area.

 

[covr]

what about NWN1

did it beat NWN1

 

[CrunchyHemorrhoids]

Kinda disappointing of obsidian to follow up FNV with DS3, as a slam dunk company they should be working the hype machine on at least 2 different games now.

 

[Roguey]

I'll bet Obsidian are sad they didn't have royalties in their contract.

Was that ever actually confirmed?

http://www.formspring.me/JESawyer/q/176005095375281766
Bethesda basically did them a favor by allowing them to play in their sandbox, why should they give them extra money?

 

[attackfighter]

I never played FO:LV but to call the game 'old skool' is lying. It's an action rpg based on the FO3 enegine. It may or may not be a good game but old skool it ain't.

So sad that FO:LV has easily outsold both DS3 and AP combined. HAHAHAHAHA!

the writing is very oldskool (ie good)

 

[CrunchyHemorrhoids]

Wouldn't royalties go to Obsidian owners like Aballone, uncle Feargus etc, not employees like Sawyer?

 

[attackfighter]

typically programmers are paid by commision so they would of course earn a percentage of the profits

 

[Volourn]

"what about NWN1

did it beat NWN1"

If FO:LV sold 6mil, it beat by 2x.


"the writing is very oldskool (ie good)

oldskool writing was hsit. Did you actually play old skool rpgs? Writing was NOt their strongsuit.


"typically programmers are paid by commision so they would of course earn a percentage of the profits"

I doubt this is true for employees in game companies. They are paid a salary plus potntially a bonus. Theyt're like regualr employees. Now...a lead designer like Sayer... maybe depending on his contract. but, if he says no then he means no...

 

[IronicNeurotic]

For me, NV helped nullify the dumbfuckery of F3. I, like others, think MCA is a keen guy ( and a good writer, which is fucking rare in this industry). Sawyer is an okay technical designer, but his ideas are all concept and without character or emotion.

In other words, I like NV. I'm too drunk to really get into it.

What the fuck has Avellone so big to do with New Vegas. Again he only wrote a few charachter and did the DLCs. Nothing else apart from his CCO duties. John Gonzalez was Lead Writer on New Vegas and Sawyer Lead Designer/Project Lead.

I have no Idea how people still not know that by now. Fuck.

 

[Vaarna_Aarne]

Well, it just happens to be that Dead Money and Old World Blues are the best stuff in New Vegas.


The best part is that it seems most of the Bethtards are still thinking NV and the DLCs were made by Bethesda.

 

[J_C]

For me, NV helped nullify the dumbfuckery of F3. I, like others, think MCA is a keen guy ( and a good writer, which is fucking rare in this industry). Sawyer is an okay technical designer, but his ideas are all concept and without character or emotion.

In other words, I like NV. I'm too drunk to really get into it.

What the fuck has Avellone so big to do with New Vegas. Again he only wrote a few charachter and did the DLCs. Nothing else apart from his CCO duties. John Gonzalez was Lead Writer on New Vegas and Sawyer Lead Designer/Project Lead.

I have no Idea how people still not know that by now. Fuck.

Still, he was the senior designer of the game. Meaning that he made feedback to the devs, participated in the development process and so on. He was not the lead designer, but this doesn't mean that all he did was writing a few characters, then taking off his vacation. And as you said he made the DLCs, and he did a pretty good job with them.