Left 4 Dead Sells 1.8 Million at Retail

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  if you mean Turtle Rock Studios no. TRS is Valve South. Micheal Booth who came up with the idea for L4D... : i poop from there
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    ^ This. : Godhatesfatpeople
    • you wouldnt believe how many times ive seen ppl or even publications call L4D a TRS game. it drives me c... : i poop from there

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• It's a secret. : deject

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  I'd be super happy with more achievements, opening those two versus maps, adding two campaign maps, and a... : nevlos
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    i could really dig Dead Air and Death Toll hitting VS. asap. i know Valve wanted to have a demerit s... : i poop from there
    • a demerit system? wow i'd play it even less than i already do. it's hard enough that you can't just join/... : yacoub35

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  Versus is fucking amazing. It makes TF2 look boring and stale. : stelth
  • the one big difference is the two versus campaigns are already played out AND unlike TF2, you are more ob... : yacoub35
• I thought the same thing, but that was because I didnt play the demo correctly. I was just running throu... : Igthuse
• VS mode is where it's at. Lots of fun. But I really wish they'd release the SDK for new content. We j... : kainen1
• The full game is pretty much more of the same, Versus is the campaign but with human bosses so while it's... : Mystery0000

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  Who knows, all I know is Steam's the only way me and all my friends buy Valve games now. : ReckHavoc
  • Same. Plus they got that 4 copies of L4D thing as a Steam exclusive. : hool10
  • I bought over 150 games on Steam. But after they changed so Eurpoeans has to pay 40% more, I dropped it. ... : GenRabbit
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  I think it depends on how much of those sales are X360. : schnitz76
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    I've always assumed Steam sales of Valve games were some relatively stable proportion larger than reporte... : kungfusquirrel
    • I agree. I only buy shit over steam too, and that's double, because I buy for two machines. I'm glad fo... : Tauru
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  I would say no more then a 100k : stgdz
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    Nah I doubt it, if it's sold over a million on the 360.. it must have sold at least that if not double, c... : ReckHavoc
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      BF2 has sold a total of 4+ million copies so far, this game has been out for less then a couple of months... : stgdz
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        unless they are Valve games. PC gamers know to buy Valve games for the PC and not their 360's. : i poop from there
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          And why is this? : stgdz
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            free updates, constantly patched, superior controllers.... : i poop from there
            • BINGO. The 360 version will almost certainly be paid DLC, PC version will be free ongoing patches. ... : MeestaNob
• I remember reading that Valve's Steam sales surpass their retail sales (or at least they expected them to... : Leviathan41
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  A conservative guess would be at least a million. IMO it's more likely that they sold more copies via Ste... : wviperw
  • I agree, 2 million sounds about right for the Steam version. : ReckHavoc
• I would say 1.5 million. They were rumored to have sold 3 million total so that seems about right. Of the... : Wisp!
• Valve's digital sales now outstrip retail sales. Of course we're talking strictly about PC. : ajvitaly
• i have a feeling, the bulk of the 15million Steam Users bought L4D..... : mrhankeydinks

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  free on PC, maybe free on 360 : jermm
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    Knowing Microsoft.. probably not free on the 360. : ReckHavoc
    • Depends. If the TF2 DLC costs money then maybe they'll let Valve off paid DLC for L4D. : AlexW1203

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• Ditto. Forget GTA IV, Fallout 3, Fable 2, and Dead Space. I've spent more time playing L4D than all of th... : hypn0t1c
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  I got bored in the demo and didn't really play the full game seeing as it felt like it was all the same o... : Johnnsen
  • VS. my friend....plus Expert Campaigns are tough. i cant get enough of this game. : i poop from there
  • Yeah, you pretty much clearly missed the fun, Johnnsen. Sorry man. It's a great ride. I felt the same ... : wytefang

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  Same here. I'm going to assume another million : Godhatesfatpeople
  • Not even close to that. Most people still buy retail and this includes 360 sales. This game was pretty he... : Pettytheft
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  Wow. Ditto here, the number's higher than I expected. Either A LOT of people still buy retail, including ... : zehh
  • Oh, it includes consoles. Duh, silly me. Forget it then. : zehh
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  agreed. but lets stop talking numbers here and start talking new maps. NEW MAPS!!!!! : jedi_27
  • Once the SDK is released we will see a lot of new things. They said Soon around late November. So im hop... : triton666
• It's interesting. Of the eight or nine people that I play with on a daily basis... only two or three of t... : stelth
• Yes. Long live Valve. One of the few and perhaps foremost guardians of my beloved PC platform. I hope Ste... : Dr_Cube

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• No. And I am pissed. : Igthuse

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• Just because Valve doesn't announce Steam sales to the public doesn't mean they don't tell other develope... : Sapiens

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  actually the Total is 1.03 million , typo. : Digital-Hero
  • 1.8 million without Steam sales is fucking great. : i poop from there
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  I doubt it - this was a hugely anticipated PC release. Anecdotal though it may be, I don't know anyone i... : wytefang
  • Well remember.. most PC gamers purchased Left 4 Dead through Steam. : ReckHavoc
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    Also remember... Most of the gamers in the world are not like you and me. How many people do you know tha... : famine101
    • Yep, people that attend the Shack think it's some kind of microcosm of the gaming world. If it were true ... : Pettytheft