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Prey Sells Out On Steam

Remember Prey, 3D Realms and Human Head Studio's 2006 first person shooter? Well, thanks to its discounting on Steam as part of their holiday sale, the digital distribution service has actually run out of keys for the game, effectively selling out, even though there is no physical media involved. Steam have confirmed that they are trying to acquire more keys and bring the deal back, but in the meantime, publisher 2K Games have consented to offer a discount on BioShock as an alternative.

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Bodyboarder_VGamer5225d ago

This is one of the best game on the X360 and people don't even mention it...

PS360PCROCKS5224d ago

It's because it's so old now...I mean we're talking early 2006, it's 2010 almost.

evrfighter5224d ago

I keep saying Valve is sitting on a goose laying golden eggs.

They'll never tell how much their steam games sell. Otherwise I'm sure 100 more DD services would pop up overnight.

Elven65224d ago

Prey is an awesome game, I remember playing the hell out of the game back in the day, lost my copy of it so I might pick it up again on Games on Demand. I wouldn't say just 360 owners "forgot", it's also pretty niche on the PC community now as well.

The game touched on some very controversial issues, at least controversial ones in North America about Native Americans, life on the reserves, tradition, values, "old vs. new", etc.

3D Realms has already announced a sequel is in the works, don't know who the developer is but the publisher is most likely 2K again.

cyberwaffles5224d ago

i agree, i ended up liking Prey more than gears of war and ironically i bought the 360 for gears of war. well, for halo 3 as well but i won't get into that.

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GodsHand5225d ago

That's crazy, run out of keys. I would think digital distribution did not have a problem like that.

TheIneffableBob5224d ago

It's because the publisher only sends the distributor (in this case, Steam) a certain number of keys to hand out to buyers. Once those CD-keys are dolled out, they'll have to request more from the publisher.

KillerPwned5224d ago

I never knew a game on steam could be sold out lol.

Xakep5224d ago

I was wondering how that happened too when I looked at it earlier on Steam.

Pandam0bile5224d ago

I was about 5 minutes away from buying that >:C

Setekh5224d ago

Maybe Valve procure keys from 2K in a similar way that Microsoft sends out volume license keys out to companies.

I did grab Bioshock though.

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10 Commercial Flops That Are Actually Good Games

BY JOHN: There are lots of commercially successful games that are, to put it mildly, not very good. Whether they launch broken, or they’re just a cookie-cutter version of another title, some games just hit the jackpot when it comes to sales numbers.

But, what about those games that are well worth playing but don’t sell well? It can be too easy to miss a great gaming experience just because it wasn’t a commercial smash hit, despite having a strong story or interesting gameplay mechanics. This can be due to poor marketing, the timing not being right in the market or dozens of other reasons.

Here are ten games that flopped commercially but are well worth checking out.

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TheProfessional167d ago

Prey shouldn't have been connected to the original, they should've changed the name. It looked good and had decent exploration but it was way too long and the ending was trash. Definitely gets more praise in the comments than it should.

FinalFantasyFanatic167d ago

I actually hated Prey after playing the demo, for me, it felt so bad to play, I agree that it gets more praise than it deserves. Most of this list is fine though, there are some really good games on there.

Nacho_Z167d ago

I couldn't get on with Prey either, sounded great on paper but I didn't enjoy it at all. I don't think I like Arkane, tried to get into Dishonored years before and it left me cold.

Concertoine166d ago

Did you play it on ps4/xbone? If so, yeah, it played terribly on those machines. 90 second load times, horrible input lag.

I couldnt enjoy the game until it got updated for Series X

Barlos166d ago

I really want to like Prey. I've gone back to it a few times on my Steam Deck but I don't know, I just can't get into it. Mind you, I'm not the biggest fan of immersive sims

FinalFantasyFanatic166d ago

@Concertoine,

Actually it was PS4, I don't recall anyone mentioning that it was console specific at the time though.

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Sciurus_vulgaris167d ago

I liked Prey (2017), but I think the original Prey was more polished and arguably better game of the two. If Bethesda had been so cheap, Prey (2017) could have trade marked as “Nightmare on Talos” or “Typhon “.

Minute Man 721167d ago

Played the demo of Prey (2007)

Never got around to actually playing it but it's BC so one day (soon) I'll hunt it down

shinoff2183166d ago

I really liked prey, but I'll add I never finished. Dishonored, was a borefest for me I couldn't get into it with multiple times of trying.

gigoran8166d ago

The ORIGINAL Prey sequel looked dope as F. I would have loved to have played that instead of what we got.

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jznrpg167d ago (Edited 167d ago )

I couldn’t get into Prey when I played it. I own it so I’ll try again someday.

Petebloodyonion167d ago

I think the issue with Prey is how the media were infatuated with everything done by Arkane Studio and the Dishonored Universe.
For some reason they need to remind us all the time that Dishonored is among the best games and everything related to that suddenly becomes near perfection.
cue the same treatment for Deathloop.

Crows90167d ago

Dishonored 1 is incredible. The 2nd is pretty darn good too ...

All their other games have been average to bad.

FinalFantasyFanatic166d ago (Edited 166d ago )

Idk if I agree, I never really hear Dishonoured being talked about a lot, I think the amount of attention Deathloop got was fine for what it was, then again, I never really cared that much for Arkane Studio's games.

gold_drake167d ago

omg. Blur was soo good, still have my copy :)

LoveSpuds166d ago

I think the problem was releasing at the same time as another great racer, Split Second, no doubt the cannibalised each others potential sales.

Both great games but I think I prefer Split Second, just about!!

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Arkane Studios is Leaving Money on the Table Without a Prey 2

Game Rant Writes "With Redfall's launch on the horizon, Arkane Studios shouldn't miss out on the renewed popularity of a particular genre with a sequel to Prey."

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jznrpg385d ago (Edited 385d ago )

It was ok but not a great game . Plus gamepass will prevent physical sales. It’s not a system seller type of game

SimpleSlave385d ago

One of the best game of the generation with the worst name ever. Neuro Shock (not Prey 2017) alongside the Dishonored franchise should be given the 1st Party treatment by Microsawft.

Why buy absolute monster studios like Arkane just to waste them away making Gamepass bait? Don't you have Rare for that? Soon you'll have ActivisionBlizzard for that too.

Give this Redfall: Rebellion version of the game to a low tier studio and let Arkane make a true 1st Party Single Player game about vampires called Redfall.

SMH...

shinoff2183384d ago

I enjoyed prey but if I remember right the original stuff had you playing a alien bounty hunter. Would've been so much more fun

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Here are the new Xbox Game Pass Quests for October 2022

Xbox Game Pass Quests recently reset for the month of October. So if you try to collect as many Microsoft Rewards points as possible, there's a new set available now.

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