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Unreal Tournament III hits 1million sold
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On IGN's (yes, yes ign sucks) main page, there's a short article showing Unreal Tournament's sold over 1million copies now, there's also a link to a PA comic!
I think this is good news, I really enjoyed UT3, but didn't give it as much time as I should have. And last I heard this game was selling disappointingly, some blamed this on piracy. Whatever the case, it's nice to see the game is finally coming around.
I think this is good news, I really enjoyed UT3, but didn't give it as much time as I should have. And last I heard this game was selling disappointingly, some blamed this on piracy. Whatever the case, it's nice to see the game is finally coming around.
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Didn't Gears of War go through a million worldwide in like a month or two?
...Sorry. It had to be said, can't have a thread without it.
Still snazzy that it sold that many. Not quite the flop it's often made out to be, really.
I think it's good just because people were wondering if it was going to even hit that plateau at all, so it's nice that they did, even if it's 5 months late. And if history is any indication, they'll make back the money spent, and then some, just by licensing the UT3 engine, like they always do.
I see what you did there...... and I like it.
It's also the only mouse-enabled game currently offered.
I was hoping UTIII would sell like crazy on the PS3 and usher in the mouse as a must-have option. Sadly, that is not the case. At least, not yet.
Say what you will about controller FPSes, but coming from the PC world and moving to the PS3, I just can't get comfortable without mouse aiming. It's like trying to write with my left hand. And I'm not left handed.
But good for Epic. Their franchises tend to have longer legs than most, given how much support they give modders. Even though the core game may be the same old thing warmed over, I'd buy it just for the mods.
ps3 can support mouse input? Why was I not informed?
I'm the same as you though, I can't adjust to controller fps the same way as keyboard+mouse combo...
It's not too great for a console title, especially one that should have a lot of name recognition behind it. Then you consider the fact that this is combined sales across PC and PS3, and I have to wonder how much it actually sold on each. Less than a million units on the PS3 isn't too great, not necessarily bad, but not too great. And on the PC side? The platform where the game has traditional made its home? I think they were expecting more than this.
I think Epic were expecting it to sell a lot better than it ended up doing. But speaking as someone who actually bought the game on release, I can't say I'm surprised that it didn't do better.
But not really an Epic success, either.
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To be fair, Unreal Tournament 3 is still a shitty game no matter how much it sold.
The game was cool to me... I was never really an Unreal person myself so it all seemed fairly new to me. But after picking up the anthology for 20 bucks and playing 2k4 I agree that UT3 is pretty much the same game with graphical upgrades.
Fixed.
The Assault gametype would like to have a few words with you.
With his minigun.
Because it took the creators of Unreal Engine 3 themselves to make a passable, bug free, smooth running game using the engine on PS3. And it took them 2 years.
I miss the Assault Gametype a LOT.
I hated playing FPSes on the PS2 but loved them on the Xbox. I don't know if this was because nothing else was available (olol) on the Xbox or what. I mean part of it is the way the thumbsticks are positioned. Also I like the fact that I'm not getting head shotted from 500 yards away the moment I spawn when I play console FPSes. While I appreciate the increased accuracy of a mouse I hate using the keyboard and I find some benefit to my play experience from not having such finite aim.
It's just because the Playstation controller is (and has always been) so awful. Can't stand the damn thing. Tiny, awkward, cheap piece of plastic.
I was never a huge fan of the assault game type myself. I loved the onslaught, however I much prefer VCTF in UT3 and I don't play the onslaught as much. I think it's because this game feels so much faster then older versions of the game
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They probably already have made a bunch off it, given the huge amount of AAA titles released on the engine before UT3 even came out.
http://www.beyondunreal.com/daedalus/singlepost.php?id=11678
Facing Worlds? Goddamnit, now there's going to be tons of "FACE 24/7" servers. Thanks.