Latest News
spacer View All spacer
 
February 10, 2010
 
Analysts: EA On The Right Track At Last
 
GamesBeat@GDC Confirms OnLive, GameStop, PlayStation Home Speakers
 
Ubisoft Q3 Sales Edge Down, As It Ramps Up Big Franchises
spacer
Latest Features
spacer View All spacer
 
February 10, 2010
 
arrow Television, Meet Games
 
arrow Two Halves, Together: Patrick Gilmore On Double Helix [1]
 
arrow The Road To Hell: The Creative Direction of Dante's Inferno [20]
spacer
Latest Blogs
spacer View All     Post     RSS spacer
 
February 10, 2010
 
Lineage 2 Interview - 'Freya Update Is Just a Beginning' - Pt.2
 
Fixing the GDC 2010 Schedule Builder [3]
 
Swashbuckling for Landlubbers: Why you may already be encouraging piracy! [20]
spacer
Latest Jobs
spacer View All     Post a Job     RSS spacer
 
February 10, 2010
 
Konami Digital Entertainment Co., Ltd.
Programmer
 
THQ
Animator - Motion Builder (contract)
 
LucasArts
Senior Systems Designer
 
Trion Redwood City
<b>Sr. Brand Manager</b>
 
Telltale Games
Game Designer
 
Telltale Games
Senior Software Engineer - Core Technology
 
Airtight Games
IT System Administrator
 
Roblox
Apple Game Engineer - Kids' Virtual World
spacer
About
spacer News Director:
Leigh Alexander
Features Director:
Christian Nutt
Editor At Large:
Chris Remo
Advertising:
John 'Malik' Watson
Recruitment/Education:
Gina Gross
 
Feature Submissions
About
spacer If you enjoy reading this site, you might also want to check out these Think Services sites:

Game Career Guide (for student game developers.)

Indie Games (for independent game players/developers.)

Finger Gaming (news, reviews, and analysis on iPhone and iPod Touch games.)

GamerBytes (for the latest console digital download news.)

Worlds In Motion (discussing the business of online worlds.)

Game Set Watch (the Group's alt.game weblog.)
News

  Capcom On 130,000 Rearmed Units Sold: 'The Bar Has Been Raised'
by Leigh Alexander
3 comments
Share RSS
 
 
August 25, 2008
 
Capcom On 130,000  Rearmed  Units Sold: 'The Bar Has Been Raised'
Advertisement
Bionic Commando: Rearmed has sold over 130,000 units in its first seven days. That's according to producer Ben Judd, who also says the downloadable franchise reboot, available on Xbox Live Arcade, PlayStation Network and PC, has earned the highest aggregate metacritic ranking of any of Capcom's digital titles to date.

On the game's official blog, Judd says his original estimation for how Rearmed might perform was 100,000 units, and that the estimate felt "overzealous" to him at the time.

"Consumers voted with their dollars," says Judd. "They basically have sent the message loud and clear: We are tired of meta-emulated crap; we want the titles of yesteryear to be paid the proper respect; we want them done right, and if the price is right, we'll buy."

"Basically, we have set a standard in digital gaming. The bar has been raised and [consumers] have let developers around the world know that if they invest the time, money, and heart into making (and remaking) some great games, [they] will support that initiative."
 
   
 
Comments

Anonymous
profile image
"Basically, we have set a standard in digital gaming"

arrogant much?

Magnus Runesson
profile image
Will the project break even?

Yannick Boucher
profile image
Judd is a great public figure, he REALLY contributed a LOT to hyping the game up...


none
 
Comment:
 


Submit Comment