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Warner Bros. Has Sold 1.6 Million LEGO Games since 2013

Spencer Crossley, sales and marketing director at Warner Bros Interactive Entertainment in the UK, has pitched the LEGO franchise as a huge success, revealing that the entire LEGO games franchise has moved over a million units since 2013.

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abzdine3703d ago

Lego games are amazing, especially Lego City on Wii U.

mcstorm3703d ago

I agree Lego City was a really fun game. I am looking at getting the Movie game on the WiiU too.

abzdine3702d ago

do you know if it uses gamepad the same way as City?

mcstorm3702d ago

Im not sure but that was my thinking and the reason I was looking to pick it up on the WiiU over the xbox one.

barb_wire3702d ago

@abzdine

Yes, The LEGO Movie Videogame uses the GamePad.

barb_wire3703d ago

Is that all? Seems very low actually and that's across all formats as well.

Hk85karlsson3703d ago

Doesn´t seem to be the most expensive game to develop either.
I love the 2 demos though (Marvel/LEGO:The Videogame)

Skate-AK3703d ago

I actually came here to say the same thing.

Baka-akaB3703d ago (Edited 3703d ago )

Low ? Guys it's for 2013 , against every blockbusters even like GTA ... and in the "kids" department some competition with Disney's Infinity and Skylanders ... And it's already going faster a 400+k for early 2014

i'm sure they are happy , and it will probably go higher in the following years with the hype from the Lego movie

barb_wire3703d ago

The thing is, sales wise that's terrible.. just look back at previous LEGO games, sales wise across all formats and the 2013 numbers are truely terrible.

A few examples and some of these are old now since the games don't sell anymore.

LEGO Star Wars (as of 2009) 6.7mil copies
LEGO Star Wars 2 (as of 2009) 8.2mil copies (heck, it sold 1.1mil copies on in it's opening week)

LEGO Indy 1 (as of 2012) 11mil copies
LEGO Pirates (as of 2012) 3mil copies

Maybe the LEGO have played out? (hope not, I love them, think they're amazing little time suckers and a blast to play)

But it's obvious that the sales have been declining more and more as time goes on.. I haven't found sales' figures for LotR, Batman 2, or both HP's.

Either way, won't stop me from getting 'LEGO The Hobbit' next month.. and I see TT Games has a LEGO Marvel vs DC Superheroes listed on it's wikipedia page but that hasn't been announced yet.

Baka-akaB3703d ago (Edited 3703d ago )

Of course it's wearing out , but again you have to remember what they are going against at the holidays . besides it's only UK

--Onilink--3703d ago

yeah... seems a bit low. Probably the quote is being taken out of context and its for Nintendo platforms or something like that

vikingland13703d ago

Considering the number of consoles that seems low. 160 million+ 360's & PS3's. Not even counting PS4 & XB1 & WiiU. Those numbers can't be right.

MegaRay3703d ago

"Since 2013" i am sure WB is happy about 1.6+ million a year.

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Brothers: A Tale of Two Sons Remake Review - Alternative Magazine Online

Originally developed by Starbreeze Studios and released in 2013, this modern remake from Italian developer Avantgarden S.r.l. switches from Unreal Engine 3 to Unreal Engine 5 – adding a high-fidelity, 4K lick of paint to a timeless classic that still packs an emotional punch over a decade later.

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The turn-based roguelike/dungeon-crawler/RPG "ARHAEKON" is coming to PC via Steam EA in Q2 2024

"The Arad-based (Romania) indie games developer Predict Edumedia are today very happy and excited to announce that their turn-based roguelike/dungeon-crawler/RPG "ARHAEKON", is coming to PC via Steam Early Access in Q2 2024." - Jonas Ek, TGG.

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PlayStation Nixxes PSN Account Linking Requirement for Helldivers 2

PlayStation tweets: "Helldivers fans -- we’ve heard your feedback on the Helldivers 2 account linking update. The May 6 update, which would have required Steam and PlayStation Network account linking for new players and for current players beginning May 30, will not be moving forward.

We’re still learning what is best for PC players and your feedback has been invaluable. Thanks again for your continued support of Helldivers 2 and we’ll keep you updated on future plans."

Christopher9h ago(Edited 9h ago)

Now, will gamers take all this fervor and aim it at the likes of EA, Ubisoft, Take2, and others who have way more invasive and problem-causing apps for Steam games?

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Eonjay6h ago(Edited 6h ago)

Sony is like a whipping boy for the industry and it's just lame at this point. This is like my Activision account I use for Call of Duty. I'm not a 'fan'' of Activision but it's free and it comes in handy. The PSN account would come handy if they decide to do cross saves and I'm sure some other stuff too. I have an account for practically everything, including this site. I need a Microsoft account to play some PS5 games. No one has been able to explain what the big problem with a PSN account was.

blackblades3h ago

They dont want one because they cant trust them with all the times Sony got hacked which makes no sense cause steam got hacked so does everythinv else in this world. Been with playstation and i never had a problem security wise. PlayStation doesnt hold SSN and you dont have to put you credit card on it either. Pc users just wanna cry, its a PlayStation game they should be happy Sony putting games on pc to begin with. Also funny they dont trust Sony but yet would play there games when on pc.

redknight803h ago

Yes, people have explained the problem with a PSN account...there has been 15 million articles on it and surely you read a few and saw some comments...it is because PSN is not supported in a lot of countries meaning people in those countries can't create a PSN account and therefore would be unable to play the game at all.

ChronoJoe1h ago

On PS5 even crossplay doesn’t work with all PC accounts. I have plenty of PC friends where the invites never go through and theirs aren’t received. Crossplay without a unified account system is always a nightmare, none of us should be punching in friend codes in 2024.

They shouldn’t have tried to change this post launch but they should have had it in on day 1.

VenomUK1h ago

@redknight80. If the main complaint is that people in over 150 countries cannot create PSN accounts then Sony needs to get its programming/logistics/legal team to make it available. If that happens, the next time Sony releases a multiplayer game on Steam with a PSN account requirement would this stop a repeat of this backlash?

thesoftware73037m ago

Did they sell you CoD initially without needing an Activision account, and then locked you out of it because you could not get an Activision account where you lived?

smfh

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H96h ago

Christopher with all I do respect, your bias is showing heavily, be positive, congratulate people and ask for them to do more, no need for this passive aggressive bitterness

jambola5h ago

if they do he'll probably make the same comment but put world hunger in there

Zeref3h ago

He has literally failed articles based on whether or not it will upset Sony fanboys lol. We know where he stands and it's not neutral.

Brazz3h ago(Edited 2h ago)

You are the one showing bias. Christopher is 100% right here, all this HDII and PSN linking is a gigantic hypocrisy.

Christopher2h ago

Much need for it, because I know no one is going to turn any of this attention anywhere and it will just die out until the next Internet band wagon pops up. Gamers are proven to have power, they will then squander it rather than utilize it where it matters.

thesoftware73021m ago(Edited 20m ago)

H9,

Hahaha, His bias shows in every one of his post, anyone with half a brain can see his awful attempts to not come off like a Sony superfan.

It so cringy at times, like his above comment, Instead of saying good,Sony should learn from this, and not lock out players who already paid for their product and helped to make it a successful game, he points the finger at other companies who has nothing to do with Sony's terrible decision to screw customers over.

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notachance6h ago

I’d argue there’s a better softer approach they could do, just make it optional with bonus for people who did it like some free cosmetics and make it required only for cross-play and cross-save purposes. That way the people who can do it have bonus incentives and people in countries without psn can still play without problems.

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Angyobangyo5h ago

The difference is EA, Ubisoft, Take2, etc didn't release their games and then down the line implement forced account linkage under the guise of "security". Gamers know from when they buy EA and Ubisoft games that you'll need an account with those companies. Also when was the last time a company delisted an extremely popular game from over 100 countries?

Extermin8or3_4h ago

It was listed on the game as a requirement and it was a decision by arrowhead so that people could get into the game. In future companies won't be able to make such decisions and you will simply be left unable to play the game.

Christopher2h ago

Actually, all of them did this by adding their apps to existing games once they released their apps. So, no, they're not any different.

-Foxtrot3h ago

May aswell strike while the fire is hot

If not….then people are a bunch of hypocrites

thesoftware73040m ago

No, no, it's not about it having to be linked to PSN. The problem was that they initially sold it to customers, without the need for PSN(supposedly due to technical problems at launch), then added the PSN requirement for people they sold it to, that could not get PSN, essentially locking people out of somethin they already bought. Sony even delisted the game in a lot of places, what kind of fuckey is that?

And you response to them rolling back some BS, is to point the finger at other companies. That's the problem, it's always a finger pointing baby ass mentality with some people, oh, they did it so you should look at someone else, grow up. HD2 is huge right now, and many many people are playing it, and we are talking about SONY right now, not UBI, EA or anyone else, but Sony. The players of this wildly successful game is complaining, even the dev was clearly against what Sony was doing, so the uproar is from HD2 fans, not assasins creed or GTA fans.

derek10m ago(Edited 3m ago)

Nonsense this is just another extension of the console war bs now with the rage mob from the pc community. No you have playstation apologizing for putting their games on pc on their terms, lol. Sony made a fool of themselves by backing off this minor requirement.

--Onilink--34m ago(Edited 33m ago)

They already do, its the reason why the Epic Games store is still losing money, why Origin failed, etc

This whole idea that PC gamers havent been fighting against separate launchers, mandatory accounts, etc up until now just because its Sony is just dumb

Goodguy0133m ago

God I'd love it if the same would work for ubi, ea, and the likes

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Snookies129h ago

Thank you! I have a PS account, but bought this on PC. I just hate having to do stupid stuff like this just to get into the game I bought.

just_looken6h ago

You should try getting a resident evil MP working not as bad as making a sony account but its right up there i tried with a fake dump email holy spam batman. I never finished the account creation

XiNatsuDragnel9h ago

Good stuff this is what the power of gamers can do.

buffig6h ago

I wonder if that "power" could do something useful?

XiNatsuDragnel3h ago

Lol it's useful that we can change stuff about these greedy companies

Man_Among_Mice1h ago

Yet this "power" hasn't changed any of the actually greedy stuff these greedy companies do...

FinalFantasyFanatic20m ago

Now if only it would show up more often, unfortunately the majority do not make a fuss often enough, hence why the industry is where it is now.

Chocoburger9h ago

Crisis averted, now we can all move on.

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