Darksiders II ships 1.4 million copies, sales below THQ’s expectations

THQ shipped 1.4 million units of Darksiders II through September 30. This may seem like a pretty decent number, but during an investors call, CEO Brian Farrell remarked that the company is disappointed with sales thus far.

[ritsuka666]

In other news, THQ are set to announce Darksiders 2: Ultra Super Extreme Totally Not A Desperate Cash Grab.

[CarlosX360]

A better marketing strategy would've worked.

[ABizzel1]

They should wait until the end of the holiday season. I'm sure sales will go up a bit.

[CarlosX360]

The publisher/developer was worried that GTA5 or other blockbuster games would overshadow it if it had released in Oct/Nov.

[NYC_Gamer]

THQ might not be around too much longer

[HarryMasonHerpderp]

True.
It's sad when 1.4 million sales is considered a flop though.

[josephayal]

I don't think this game is good
Selling numbers don't determine if a game is good or bad

[Apocwhen]

I have to disagree. The game is much better than most of the trash that gets recycled on a yearly basis

[IRetrouk]

I agree the game is brill. Nice big open worlds with enough upgrades and weapons to keep you going plus a half decent story. Cant go wrong with it.

[Daver]

The game might be better than a lot of other games but Darksiders 2 was not that good. They tried to make it too big they kinda lost focus, the story is unappealing like most the characters. Personnaly I thought Death character was not fitting his role. The game has a lot of progression blocker bugs. The new items system feel useless, uniques weapons are usually not worth using. But the worst has to be the story who compared to Darksiders 1 was very weak. The thing I liked the most is the artwork how the bosses and monsters look.

I really enjoyed Darksiders 1 and I hope if they make a third that will go back to this one. Darksiders 2 was one of my most anticipated game and it failed to deliver.

[b_one]

@Daver +1
big areas and for what purpose, if they are empty...

[Run_bare]

I Love Darksiders series, I want people to buy this game and support the developer so the 3rd and 4th one can be made.

[medziarz]

not bad, not bad at all,
the fact that they need as much as 2 million is a big misstep on their behalf

[ZeroX9876]

I liked it for what I've played with my friend's copy, but There were so many games coming out this year that I had to cut somewhere.

The only thing Darksiders 2 was missing was a memorable story.

[Captain Qwark 9]

agreed. im actually a huge fan of the series and bought this one on release day. loved every moment and everything about it except the story. first ones story was awesome, this one i was barely even able to understand. id buy a third in a heartbeat though.

i dont think this will kill thq though, they have been making some good moves with their cuts and so far the games they have released have all been great ( this and wwe 13 ). im pretty sure wwe 13 is gonna sell like a beast too since its the best its been in years. add in metro and i think they will be just fine

[abzdine]

price cut incoming ?

[Oceangrave]

I really hope they will make a Darksiders 3, even after this disappointing news for them...

[Apocwhen]

It might perform better when the Wii U launches. It would be a good title to pick up for anyone who purchases the machine.

[dorron]

I'll buy a copy eventually...when a full package is released.