Fallout 3 Has $300 Million Launch, Ships 4.7M Units

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• ditto.. bugggggggggggggggggggggggy : magicfucker
• sucks to be u : mansonist2000
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  No crashes here after 20 hours. Try removing the ffdshow codec. Close any unnecessary background apps. Dr... : Rehevkor
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    This is exactly why I stopped playing games on the PC. The mouse is the best input device ever, but it's... : UberKalden
    • What bullshit? The game has yet to crash for me under XP64. I've been playing this and Dead Space -- ano... : JackAxe
    • *shrug* The only error I've gotten is on exit. It's a nuisance, but meh. And "this bullshit".. whatever. ... : GrandBreton
    • What bullshit, you download broken codecs and expect other companies to comply with something outside the... : skitzo
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      if you bought over $1K of computer hardware (yes i know you can put together rigs for much less than that : ballystix
      • Yes, i know all of these issues can be resolved with some time and investigation. However, if i drop a g... : UberKalden
• Run in windowed mode, no crashes for me after 4 hours of play. : ebok007
• I have had only one crash with about 14 hours of play : WadeMcLain
• 2 gamestopping crashes so far in about 20 hours of play. : jtthe2nd
• Mine crashed like 20% of the time, when I exit the game. I guess I should not quit the game if I don't wa... : Sailor of Fortune
• Aw dude, ever face that infinite load screen? That thing's impossible to get out of (in fullscreen mode, ... : Cihte
• I just built my new rig and Fallout 3 was the newest game I loaded on it. It has not crashed at all while... : bstrad
• Every 15 minutes? Its your computer. I get some but nowhere near that many. : aznboysix
• Try this http://www.bethsoft.com/bgsforums/index.php?showtopic=899053 : Mondo

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• haha so true. I'm amazed how shitty the animations are. Same shitty level as oblivion. You'd figure they ... : buttawippo
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  Yeah that was one surprisingly unpolished aspect of the game. : aznboysix
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    I've read it's a tech limitation in the engine they licensed and not the animators fault. Still quite a f... : Marauder IIC
    • ...uh. What? : snot3353

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• fi dollah : Dave-A

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• PPS: thanks for making me pee my pants in Vault 106. Cheers! : ReiMomo

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• Exactly. : House
• Well, "retail sales of $300,000,000" means success no matter what. : Cihte
• Where can I get games shipped to me without paying for it? :) : shotgun1

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  Dude, you need to do all the side quests. I've put in like 20 hours and I haven't even gotten to GNR yet. : MaxPete82
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    Guns n' roses are in Fallout 3?.....awesome. : SlingBlaze
    • That'd be GNFNR : boredguy
    • haha, I thought this too : Goblin au
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    Yeah I'm in the same boat, I've been screwing around with side quests and I'm level 8 or 9 and I really h... : Dynotaku
    • yeah, im lvl 8ish now, starting gnr...but im already sad that i know it will end sooner or later =P : sanewave
  • same. my save is almost 18 hours and i haven't found Galaxy either : eeeealmo
  • same. 24 hours and no radio station. : vertdang
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    Same. I just did the Galaxy quest two nights ago, but there is still plenty for me to do in the mall and : deathofrats
    • haha, Galaxy Quest. : lookitzpancakes
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    isnt oblivion like 100+ hours though? i guess FO3 will be if you replay...anyone confirm how many endings... : sanewave
    • nah, just do the sidequests. that should be 100 easy. I haven't even scratched the main quest yet. : vertdang
  • Where all of you guys getting these side quests? I've put 20 hours in but thats just me roaming around do... : Sgt_Boomstick
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  Maybe it's because this game actually has a SOUL. Fallout universe >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Oblivion universe... : kpxkrnjc
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    I have to agree, however, I miss the complex and beautiful graphics from Oblivion. The war happened over ... : Visceral Monkey
    • You should visit Oasis. :) : kpxkrnjc
    • It's a 1950's version of a post-nuclear war. Sure, now we know that life would come back pretty quickly,... : Arcanum
• god im not sure id want it to be any longer than it is... ive got at least 50 hours into it already, and ... : radio_babylon

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  Whats the cost of each of these I wonder? Who's making more money for the investment? : aznboysix
  • gta4 made 500 mil on launch, cost 100 : filthysock

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  p.s. - where is that patch? : eeeealmo
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    Yay, thanks. Also, soon I hear. : lplasmatron
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      can you give any indication on what's gonna be in the patch? : eeeealmo
      • From what I've heard, the only "useful" thing in the patch is a solution for the crash on exit. : kpxkrnjc
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        Honestly I don't even know, I'm busy with other stuff. : lplasmatron
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          LIKE?!?!?!? : eeeealmo
          • TES:V ?!?!? : Goblin au
        • Like buying your Farari, right? : gooblerampling
  • Mine patched when I ran it this morning : Judecca
  • Sign into live and youll get the patch (bloody quickly, too) : Beady
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  I want to second the congratulations. This means you guys will release mod tools, RIGHT?! Because then I'... : Mad Brahmin Disease
  • that's the plan, as I understand it. : vertdang
• Goddammit Bethesda! Fucking great game!!! : utgaardsloke
• You guys really do deserve it. The game is extraordinary : Modulus
• indeed, the game is fantastic! : tunis5000
• It blows my mind how amazing this game is. : Poor Yurik
• Loving every minute of it. I can't wait to see whats going to happen w/ ES4 and FO4. unf unf unf unf : happynoodle
• Good for them. A good product with proper marketing. : aznboysix

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  Think games are more expensive in the UK... Maybe that has something to do with it. : Cihte
  • That's a portion of the entire 4.7M shipped (Around the world) but definitely also worth considering when... : Sailor of Fortune

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• you have the game on PC and console both? : reznory
• I've got it on PC, the girly friend has it for the PS3. : pipboy

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• it's a fresh breath of air I think...everything has become so linear these days it's great to see a game ... : Bumpmapped
• I don't think it's so much that you don't like the game as it is that you don't like working ;) : ebok007
• I agree. Just give me a 30-minute linear level with a boss at the end. : House
• you need to set yourself a goal for that hour and stick to it. i have very limited time these days for vi... : trelain

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  Shipped does not equal sold. And shipped only applies to retailers, leaving Steam figures up in the air. : Chris Faylor
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    But doesn't shipped mean retailers bought? So as far as bethesda is concerned they are sold. : headbone
    • true. the retailers have purchased them. : vertdang
    • Unless there is a 'return' feature of the sale : dlr(2)

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• I bet people are 94 million people (x * 20) are pirating it RIGHT NOW! : zehh

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• I would love to see a dungeon-crawler style expansion that adds some huge new Vaults to explore. Checking... : Rehevkor
• Which I will gladly buy because this is an awesome game. I'll never ever get tired of slow-mo bloody mess... : jtthe2nd

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• My thoughts exactly. Mmmm. : d fluke