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Aliens: Colonial Marines Release Date Dependent on Aliens vs. Predator Sales, Says Sega
by Nick Breckon, Aug 24, 2009 3:02pm PDTSega now says that Gearbox's delayed Aliens shooter Aliens: Colonial Marines may ship earlier or later depending on the success of Rebellion's Aliens vs. Predator.
"What I would say is it's unlikely that we'd launch anything within six months [after Aliens vs. Predator], but probably nine months, eight to 12 months possibly," said Sega president Mike Hayes to G4TV. "Though we literally are looking at that at the moment and a lot of is going to depend, as well, on how successful AvP is at the box [retail]."
Aliens vs. Predator is scheduled for a first quarter 2010 release, meaning that Colonial Marines might be pushed into 2011 if demand for Rebellion's game is less than expected.
"It's what level of 'well' does it do," added Hayes, "do we then determine when we want to bring the next one out and then, of course, determine what the third one in the series is likely to be."
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"Release date of game xxx depends on the sales of games xxxx"...Always like that..How predictable.
Sorry, this might be unrelated, but I'm still bitter about them not releasing/localizing Yakuza 3 stateside because the sales of Yakuza 1 and 2 is horrible, and thats even their fault.
On topic though, I loved Alien vs Predator game, even the second game. There is no doubt I will buy this game (Colonial Marine, not so much though)...
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at least AVP is looking great though :P
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Just release them When It's Done. Good games sell, fucktards.
(personal opinion: I hope Sega are at least sticking with Steam integration, and I am DESPERATELY hoping Rebellion are using some Steamworks stuff for multiplayer)
I think they might have to push it up their butts if AWP is less good than expected. By this I mean that alot of fans will be very pissed when it fails to deliver, and thus probably not going to buy the next Alien game.
I sure hope they are both good tho.
If not, may as well just go on and make Colonial Marines instead. Cause AvP won't sell if it's not up to snuff.
I think the problem (in general) is that devs/publishers are really REALLY counting on these older IPs to come back and rake in the money. They forget that there are 300 other games coming out this year, too.
They need to make a good game, first and foremost.