Epic: Bulletstorm hasn't been profitable

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• Great game, despite its marketing : Chipwarrior
• They missed alot of fun opportunities, but I still enjoyed it. : Pneum0
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  was gonna say it's underrated but metacritic gives it 80+ on all platforms. wonder wtf happened. : [fry]
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    bad demo, peoples hate for over done bro talk in all the marketing leading up to it. : sigpro
    • I love the game its awesome, but I agree with you on what you say, it is probably what happened. For t... : valcan_s
    • I'll agree. I did not pick up the game because I didn't like the demo and the marketing made it look like... : uglysad
• That's too bad, it's a great fun game, I've been recommending it to people that will like it. : g0nk
• Well that's a shame because i thought it was pretty fun. : Dschinghis Khan
• The bum-blasting Bulletstorm "didn't make money for us," Epic Games president Mike Capps has told Kotaku.... : saturn96
• the demo killed it for a lot of people. that game was fun as fuck. : maulla
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  Didn't it launch at $60 on pc? I think that's why I didn't buy it if my memory serves. : schnitz76
  • yeah. I heard that price point and gameplay length and... yeah. I am waiting a lot more for reviews and... : Downforce
  • Yup. That's why I didn't buy it. : Rice-Rocketeer
  • Same here : Regim
  • That, Games for Windows Live, and Dicktits. And then those who bought it complained about console-rific ... : the archvile
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    You'd think the publisher would see the success of steam sales and that volume ˃ margin, but apparently ... : twifosp
    • I feel like a total cheapskate, but you can get so many hours of gaming on Steam for less than the price ... : aethyr
    • launching at $60 gets those who want it at that price, and then gives you room to sell it cheaper on sale... : derelict515
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    Good call. It was probably the worst purchase I've made all year. : Witch_Doctor
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      Did you buy Homefront? : the archvile
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        Homefront launched at $50. Was Bulletstorm $10 better? I never played Bulletstorm, but at least Homefro... : schnitz76
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          considering how Homefront was pretty universally panned and Bulletstorm got pretty solid reviews... yes i... : derelict515
          • I wouldn't play either on 360 though. : schnitz76
      • Funny, that was my second worst purchase of the year. Once in a while I need a reminder of why I should n... : Witch_Doctor
  • Same here, although I wasn't really impressed with the demo either. : jdcope
• A shame. The beginning was a bit clunky (i experienced 2 bugs within 5 minutes of starting playing) but b... : TrulyVexed
• I'm liking the game, but maybe because I didn't come expecting much. And I know it's not the reason, b : zehh
• best fps of 2011 so far : NukemFornever
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  I had a blast. Great fun. In my mind, the true successor to DNF : pzilla
  • correction: DN3D : pzilla
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  Wow, they sold ~1M copies worldwide. Game budgets are really high, I can't imagine what it will be next ... : aethyr
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    Which is why I respectfully disagree with Jeff on Weekend Confirmed when get talks about pushing for the ... : Conniption-Fit
    • It's crazy, it just doesn't seem sustainable for most studios. : aethyr
• Awesome game marred by some of the worst dialogue in a game in recent history. : Entity
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  maybe because it didnt have no true multiplayer : AxeltheCold
  • Why would a game fail by having multiplayer? : zehh
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  Tried the demo, got dissuaded. Ran like crap on 2500k, 8gb ram, 2x460 SLI. Low FoV, forced gameplay style... : Marrbe
  • Agreed on all accounts. Fov is horrible. : shirif
  • We must have played different games. The full game ran perfectly on a i7 920 with 6 GB RAM and a single 6 : Rooster Cockburn
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  Perhaps people are finally tiring of these kinds of games. Call Of Duty player base has Call Of Duty, the... : Lord Skellington
  • I didn't get the impression that this was aimed at the Call of Duty playerbase. They seem like two very d... : Arceihn
• Bulletstorm was impressive for a brand-new action/FPS franchise. I loved how not-serious the game took it... : varsindarkin
• Well, maybe they shouldnt have used GFWL. Maybe developers will start getting the hint that we dont want... : davetripled
• The demo wasn't fun and it cost too much at launch (for PC anyway). :( : guido anchovy
• Too much Cliffy B in the previews. That guy, while capable of making fun games, just comes across douchy... : Distortion462
• Maybe if they put it up on the steam sale they would have sold a few units. : Sgtfraser
• It was a really, really fun game. Save for Portal 2, probably my favourite of 2011 so far. : peanut-
• That's unfortunate. I thought Bulletstorm was a fun, inventive, and bold step for fps(much, MUCH moreso t... : jtthe2nd
• I was just wondering this the other night. Didn't seem like it did well. : GoldfishInAJarOfPickles
• Bulletstorm was super fun from start to finish. If you enjoy FPS games that don't take themselves too se... : Sapiens
• I picked it up when I could for $5! I got frustrated by some design decisions but it was fo-sho worth mor... : Zolneirz
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  They made a game in a dead genre. Apparently no one wants stupid over the top action shooters, they want ... : sammyl
  • It will do ok because it originates from that era. Now is just not the time for new IP's in that sub-gen... : one random winner
  • I dont think that has anything to do with it. if it had been released with a solid MP component then it w... : maulla
  • well, serious sam has a pretty respectable pedigree. bullestorm had nothing but bros bros and mammary pe... : vitek r
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    It bombed because it sucked. Also no jumping, wtf?! : shirif
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      It didn't suck. It was actually pretty fun. : Fred Garvin
      • I'll wait for another demo. : shirif
  • Serious Sam probably costs less money to make, so it has that going for it. : Lucy Labia
  • I disagree! I want realistic sim style stuff and my options are limited to Arma 2 at this point. I find i... : marmite
• After hearing how fun the game was, I finally picked it up a while back. It was pretty decent but it jus... : wytefang
• That's a shame, it was the most fun I've had with an FPS in a long time. : dpgagnon
• the game was fun but it felt a bit repetitive and easy even on the highest difficulty : hanged_man
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  I loved that game. My game of the year so far. Too bad they will probably not make another.

  Jul 25, 2011 10:36am PDT
  I loved that game. My game of the year so far. Too bad they will probably not make another. : baron calamity
• i guess the 12 year old beavis and butthead addicts that built time machines in the mid 90's and came to ... : vitek r
• I had a great time with that game. The weapons were fun and even the multiplayer was fun but definitely ... : hrdwregk
• unfortunate - it was a game i actually played to completion : bolneze
• the intro level in that game was so cool and interesting.. the rest of the game was the same crap over an... : crypt420
• Best classic FPS in a long time. Great level design, great mechanic with the whip, and the action is just... : pyros
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  It was a $60 console port. Epic/PcF get what they deserve for trying to push that garbage on us PC users ... : Saldrin
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    I played it on the PC and it looked amazing and controlled like I would have expected any FPS to control. : OverloadUT
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      This. The graphics and controls were awesome, except for inside menus. I don't understand why a good PC ... : Entity
      • Yeah MS and Sony totally do! It's quite a large amount too! : marmite
• I liked it for the 30 bucks I spent on it. I can't imagine buying it at the 60 dollar release price. T... : spl
• It seems like a failure on the business and marketing side of things rather than a developer failure. I q... : Psigun
• the demo bored me : techx4
• Nooooooooo. It was awesome and funny. : Dontdrop
• Bulletstorm is a shallow but exciting new IP that could easily and comfortably cross into genres with low... : badcaps
• I have to laugh silly game over all. The voice work was poor only made worse by every shoving the word... : Twin--Sword
• I had to decrypt the ini file to fix the FOV and mouse acceleration in the demo. Instant non-purchase. : Liquid
• I played and hated the demo. Heard the game was actually a lot better than the demo and then saw the pric... : marmite
• Too bad, it was a really fun game and I'd like to see a sequel : Serpico74
• I'm not surprised it didn't make money. It was pretty forgettable. : EnderWigginDA
• See Epic, now you can't blame PC on your failure. : nwillard
• I thought it was fun... :P : darthfusion
• I will always remember that part with the vent shaft and you come back in the same room. Loved that :D : Snipergen
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  pretty good game. i really hate the way epic makes all their games looks sepia and washed out colors tho... : smax
  • And all their characters look stumpy-muscular and overly-designed. When you put too much 'stuff' on a ch... : Jobos
• A combination of GFWL and Epic's generally awful attitude to the PC stopped me having virtually any inter... : MeestaNob
• Maybe people don't want those types of games? Hey, I bet they could learn something from this. : Jobos
• If they had player versus player it would had stood out a lot more I'd think. : Helz91
• One of the best and most fun games I played in about 7 years. Those that bought it and loved it BRAVO! ... : rtricoche