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, they don't necessarily need to be into games or even games that are similar.
  
  I'm surprised though, I thought games like this sell by the bucket load. Then again saying it didn't make any money doesn't mean it didn't sell. Perhaps it was a case of being over budget.

  Jul 25, 2011 8:42am PDT
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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
• 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