EA: Crysis Sales Strong - Exceeded Expectations

After listening to the Q3 2008 Electronic Arts Earnings Conference Call we have learned that Crysis has been a strong performer with sales having exceeded expectations. EA also reported Crysis reaching the platinum mark meaning over 1 million copies of the game have been sold worldwide.

http://www.incrysis.com/index.php? [...] iew&id=612

Note to industry: Feel free to be experimental with gameplay and while scalability is always important in PC gaming, also feel free to push the tech! Great news IMO

This really is good news as I was under the impression that it only sold ~100k after watching one of toms vids when they said that certain games weren't doin so well.

Best,

3Ball

Does that include GPU bundles I wonder? I just got a copy of Crysis with my EVGA 8800GTX...

Although Crysis is a bit generic I like to see the tech being pushed as it lays the way a far more interesting of PC gaming - like perhaps Far Cry 2??

The game itself didn't blow me away the way that Doom 3 did so I guess it probably hit the right sales mark (especially given the demands it puts on systems hardware specs. for the higher levels of graphics.) I went back to play Doom 3 when my GPU caught up with it (X1950 Pro 512Mb vs. 9800 Pro 128Mb) but would I go back to play Crysis again - probably not!!

Bob

It's the reason why I haven't bought it yet. I will, when I get my new rig somewhere before the summer holidays. Hopefully it will be in the bargain bin by then but if it is still going strong it may still be full price (in which case I will "only" profit from the $ vs euro transfer rate ). At least there will still be plenty supply of the game when it's time for me to start playing it.

No idea about the bundles

It's unfortunate you didn't enjoy Crysis very much it was hands down my favorite game of 2007

However, it kind of makes sense if you are a huge Doom 3 fan (which I also enjoyed by the way). Run and gun, linear style, ala Doom 3, play in Crysis will really relegate it to a more "average" title. The sandbox, free-roam, object/environment interactivity, and the openness for player creativity is where it truly shines! For me, generic is by far the last word I would use to describe Crysis.

However, that in no way means it's everyone else's favorite style of play as well, nor should it be, the very good news is you didn't pay for it!

That's a good point, has anyone actually listened to the EA conference call? I've just been taking it on good faith that the reports that 1 million copies has been sold is accurate, and of course maybe shipped = sold (as in sold to retailers) in EA's terminology.

LMAO!

Best,

3Ball

If CRYSIS:VENGANCE with enhanced DPRK throwing motion controls is what it takes to get more money in line for Crytek's next video card melting spectacular, preferably for better QA, or smarter flying jellyfish, then fling away.

Agreed, doom 3 - gripping, quake 4 - a bit flat.

Wasn't overly impressed with doom3, but what i LOVED was pciking up the PDAs, hiding in a quiet corner where i felt 'safe' reloading my biggest gun just in case lol, and listening to the audio log. "This is Dr Mitch Halstrom, ´we had some guy from maintenance brought into medical, strange marks on his body, more strange noises from the lower levels, gonna check it out..." and then you find his mangled body lol. Loved it.

- Crysis sucked
- Doom 3's first level was AWESOME
- Doom 3 level 2 and beyond SUCKED

Right now money as tight as the Michigan economy sucks. I asked for one thing for Christmas, it was Crysis, and boy was I disappointed.

Crysis was good (above average) until halfway through when you're no longer fighting the Koreans. Then they game was HORRIBLE. Just plain HORRIBLE. The game was short and the second half of it was totally uninspired and just BORING.

Yesterday I reinstalled Far Cry. FarCry is by far the best game ever made for PC. Even better than Half Life or Half Life 2. Far Cry is completly opened ended and allows for many different strategies. In Crysis all the cloaking, uncloaking, and recharging got BORING.

One thing that did make Crysis a little more fun was turning down all the options except for Physics, turn those all the way up. Then you can actually destruct the environments.

All they needed to do was make a sequel to Far Cry with updated graphics, and they ruined it instead.

Doom 3 starts sucking as soon as the lights go out.


Thanks for the info about Far Cry 2.

it's good to actually hear about pc games sales going up, with so many people just flat out not paying for games at all it really kills the market for all of us. I'm on the fence about the "sharing" thing because of how it affects the market in the long term. I would prefer to play a pc game over a console game most of the time, unless i've got friends over and we're all around one screen. And when a big group of people stop buying pc games entirely, smart developers stop making them. Why pour your hard work into something that won't sell? If you really want to try the game, get a demo, or something... or buy it used off one of your friends. or even a used game store will do.... honestly. If you want more pc games and better games... the best thing you can do is go out and BUY a good pc game. :-p