Left 4 Dead 2 sells two million in two weeks
Left 4 Dead 2 is selling well without even taking Steam sales into account
“Left 4 Dead 2 is off to a great start with strong support at retail and great reviews from the press,” commented VP of marketing and general Valve big-wig Doug Lombardi, who's obviously been reading our review of Left 4 Dead 2 where Joe praised its superb level design and wide range of new game modes.
What's perhaps even more impressive though is that this sales data doesn't include any sales from Steam, Valve's digital distribution platform. This means Left 4 Dead 2 has undoubtedly sold much more than the quoted two million, although Valve are famously tight lipped when it comes to publishing Steam sales data.
These healthy sales come despite a vocal fan boycott of the game earlier this year, following disappointment that Valve were not supporting last year's original Left 4 Dead to the same degree as the developer had other titles, like Team Fortress 2. Obviously the majority of users aren't bothered though, with the game selling faster than brain flavoured cup cakes at a zombie convention.
Have you been enjoying Left 4 Dead 2 along with the two million+ other owners? Or are you boarding up the windows and waiting out the zombie apocalypse? Either way, let us know in the forums.
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Discuss in the forums Replyand what is the split between 360 and PC (even just for retail) ?
I presume the steam amount doesnt change the overall total that much.. which means retail sales are still King (by a long way ?)
If they want to promote the Steam platform as a sales channel, then they need to release the data ????
Doubt it, I imagine they haven't release Steam sales because it's doing brilliantly. They're keeping schtum because they don't want to quantify just how much money it makes them.
I imagine Steam sales are about 50% of units for something like this.
Although it was possible to pick up L4D2 for about £16.something iif you got a 4-pack in the Steam sale, I'm waiting for it to drop under £15 before I buy - I made the mistake of paying £26.99 for L4D1 and although I got maybe 75 hours out of it, considering I paid £24.99 for the Orange Box which includes TF2 (which I've had 350+ hrs playtime) I think I paid a bit too much. Come on Valve, drop it to £15! :D
+1000!
The PC platform is still going strong, but it's essentially all but dead in regards to retail sales.
Though i'd really like to know the PC/360 split of sales as it'd be interesting.
Going from what i've seen personally (my group and my younger brother's group of friends) it does seem to be a 50/50 split, with none of the PC players buying at retail.
I pre-ordered L4D2 and played the pre-order release, but once Shattered Horizon came out I logged zero (0) hours on L4D2, no relfection on Valve, they are still gods, it is just that 6 degrees of freedom holds my passion more than shooting up Republi.... uh er Zombies.
All Hail Valve (and their Finnish cousins!),
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What are they going to do? They need to wrap up a story arc that has become way too large to effectively conclude in a five hour game. They just have writer's block. I wouldn't be surprised to learn that they don't even have a story written for it yet.
I dunno, I didn't like it either. Couldn't get into it and not being a fan of multiplayer that isn't Battlefield 2, it seemed a bit shallow. It was almost as if it was developed by SEGA and designed for the arcades.
Have you actually played it?
Everyone I know who had the same opinion as you rapidly changed their minds after 20 minutes with the game.
I even uninstalled the original.
Problem with the release of L4D2 was that it was too close to the release of L4D. It divided the community. I still get invites to join L4D games...
...and then you start repeatedly beating them senseless with a frying pan.