SEGA has announced that it has shipped 1.76 million copies of Alien: Isolation worldwide. This is definitely great news for all Aliens fans, as Alien: Isolation targeted a really niche market.
Let’s also not exclude the fact that a lot of fans were disappointed after the previous Aliens game, Aliens: Colonial Marines, meaning that The Creative Assembly had to offer a really good product in order to restore the game’s image.
Back in January, SEGA claimed that Alien: Isolation had sold through in excess of one million units worldwide.
In case you’re wondering about the above numbers, know that sell-through (sell numbers) refers to sales which reached the end consumer, while sell-in (ship numbers) refers to sales into the retail channel (sales which just put product in the shelves, which the consumer might – or might not – buy).
It’s definitely good witnessing such numbers as Alien: Isolation – while it has a number issues – it was a great and polished product. Oh, and we do have to note that this game made us wish for a Jurassic Park survival game in the exact same style.
Now that would be glorious!
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they deserve it. IGN 5/10 too hard.
Probably ’cause SEGA didn’t cough up the dough.
They didn’t meet their target of 2 million but given the wording it
sounds like they didn’t lose money on it either. Still, would have been
nice if this had done bigger numbers imo. I want to stream this but I
think I’ll sh*t my drawers, I screamed all the way through Ravenholm in
Half Life 2…. That’s the scariest thing I’ve ever managed to play
through in a game.
So 200.000.000 $ (maby More?) For Devs to Create a New Alien for Us 😀
This was released on 5 platforms and sold only 1.76mil. Is this a success?
Consider this:
-It’s a niche genre;
-It came after the disaster that was Colonial Marines;
So yeah, I think it is a success.
They said it sold under expectations but given the wording it sounds like it still did ok for them.
In this age of the “YT fodder” and steam opening the flood gates, a survival horror game licensed from a movie franchise that received a panned generic shooter the year before it’s release, I say it’s quite surprising what they’ve achieved 😀
Those fast zombies, that screaming, THAT MOTHERF* WITH THE POISON CRABS!
Great game alien saga deserves it.