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We Didn't Know "Failures" Could Sell 1 Million Copies

VGW: Despite being inaccurately labeled as a failure from everyone to gaming websites to industry analysts to, presumably, THQ’s own stockholders, Homefront just sold through 1 million copies across North America, Europe, and Asia in just over one week.

Funny, that doesn’t sound like failure to us.

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Kran5545d ago (Edited 5545d ago )

Kane and Lynch 2 says Bonjour!

Deadly Premonition also says hello.

@Echo307 I dont hate Homefront. I dont see why people are bitching about it. I mean this is Kaos' second game. Give them some slack.

Echo3075545d ago (Edited 5545d ago )

The word 'failure' is subjective in this case. If you like the game, play it. If not, then don't.

But one million sold and over 2 million shipped does say something. I personally believe the reviewers were a little too hard on this game.

So many of them wrote the game off because of 'bugs' and it is admittedly buggy, but it just shows the industries occasional bias. Fallout: New Vegas (one of the glitchiest games I've ever played) won GOTY awards and did NOTHING new that previous games hadn't done before.

Homefront has the battlepoint system and battle commander modes, both of which I've never seen done in a game, and people still fault it for 'lack of innovation'.

/bitter rant

thugbob5545d ago (Edited 5545d ago )

Haha this was how much KZ3 was suppose to sell on launch day. To bad Guerilla Games dumbed down KZ3 for CoD noobs. So all that enjoyed KZ2 didn't buy it. Maybe they'll learn their lesson for KZ4.

Anyways, congrats to THQ. And homefront is not a failure.

Sunhammer5545d ago

Really? You didn't know? Look at Halo.

Any game could sell 1 million copies given that kind of marketing push. You spend as much money as THQ did advertising Homefront, you shouldn't act surprised when it breaks a million sold.

Dumb article.

gypsygib5545d ago (Edited 5545d ago )

@ Echo307:

So true! The reviewer inconstancy with what add/detracts points is getting ridiculous. It's like they already have their opinion based on how much they like the dev and their anticipation (hype) before playing the full game and then nitpick or ignore the exact same flaws based on how much they wanted to love the game and on developers previous record.

Some games surprise them but most are strongly affected by preconceived notions of what they want to be good before actually fully playing the game.

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FACTUAL evidence5545d ago

Hey when ps3 exclusives sell around a mil, it's considered a failure, so why not? /s

blackburn55545d ago (Edited 5545d ago )

Ha! good one. Everyone is jumping to defend Homefront despite it's low scores but as soon as games like KZ3 and MS:A get a score lower then an 8 it's a 'faliure' and a crappy game.Even when games like UC2 make 4 million it is still a 'failure' because it didn't sell 8 million and up.

I don't know why anyone even bothers to give scores for games anymore. People defend what ever they want to defend. UC2 got perfect scores all around and more then one hundred awards and GOTY and people still think it undeserving. Give Homefront is getting a 5s and 4s and suddenly it is not fair and it deserves better.

Ducky5545d ago

...you two still managed to play the victim card.
Bravo.

Hufandpuf5545d ago

COD is excluded only because it sold over 1 mil.

Active Reload5545d ago

That's good, even better is THQ has pulled in actual profits from 2.4 million shipped. The 1 million is actually the amount that has reached gamers' hands.

user8586215545d ago

hah, lets just see if the sequel would sell at all after this

thrasherv35545d ago

Exactly. I was tricked into buying this.

KrystofKage15545d ago

Yes, because the majority of those that bought it enjoyed it. Doesn't matter what the critics think when it's flying off shelves and player feedback is great.

dragon825545d ago

I will buy the sequel day one if they release one. I love Homefront.

Stealth20k5545d ago

as a game it is a failure. It sucks, its generic, its a ripoff.

but brain dead pew pew pew fanboys will buy it

killyourfm5545d ago

You were just describing Call of Duty, right?

Danielmccue5545d ago

This pretty much IS call of duty.

Dasteru5545d ago

That doesn't make it a failure, A dictionary might help you in this case but ill go ahead and try to explain it myself anyways. If a game earns its developer a profit, then it is not a failure by any accurate use of the word. A crap game, possibly, but not a failure.

thugbob5545d ago

"We Didn't Know "Failures" Could Sell 1 Million Copies"

Black Ops is a failure and it sold over 7 million.

hellzsupernova5544d ago

it sold over 20million last i seen it was at 8million on ps3 and 10million on 360 add in pc to that and its huge

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Looking back to 2011 and the arrival of Homefront

Jack writes: "Back in March 2011, the first-person action shooter Homefront arrived on the Xbox 360 from THQ, along with a storm of publicity which included a really cool live-action trailer"

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matt1391901d ago

Fantastic game, shame about the terrible sequel.

LucasRuinedChildhood1901d ago

The multiplayer in Homefront was actually really fun.

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Devs Share Personal Touches They've Hidden in Games

Last week game dev Steve Thornton took to Twitter to ask: fellow devs, have you ever slipped something into a game you're working on that's just for you? The replies are well worth a read.

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SlashHabit2946d ago

I liked the State of Decay graphic artist whom put penises in the textures.

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Homefront is available for free on Humble Bundle for the next 48 hours

Deep Silver and Humble Bundle are currently offering the first Homefront game for free. This offer will last for the next 48 hours, so be sure to visit its Humble Bundle page in order to acquire your free copy.

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yeahokwhatever3095d ago

get it! the single player is excellent and intense and the MP is pretty fun, too.

Razzer3095d ago (Edited 3095d ago )

Uh....it’s free so...

nowitzki20043095d ago

lol at dislikes.. look at OP's name

C-H-E-F3095d ago

Ehh, PS4 needs these deals too, or consoles in general we always get discounts rarely free stuff that's REALLY free (games with gold / psplus isn't free)

nowitzki20043095d ago

Yeah its nice, Just sign up and add them to your steam. even f you dont own a gaming PC, you might one day.