The Biggest September NPD News is That Shadow of Mordor Actually Sold Well

CraveOnline: "September’s NPD Group numbers are officially out, and there’s a lot to talk about. While many are focused on the fact that the PS4 outsold the Xbox One yet again, despite Michael Pachter claiming that wouldn’t be the case, there’s something even bigger and more important to gamers: Middle-earth: Shadow of Mordor‘s success."

[-Foxtrot]

Great. Hopefully there next game will allow us to explore a huge chunk of middle earth

[ArchangelMike]

Yeah, and hopefully the nemesis system will also apply to the end game Boss, and it won't just be a 'press 'X' to win' affair.

[mkis007]

I really think people exaggerated how bad the ending was. I have no problems with it because the rest of the game was awesome. Can not wait for a sequel.

[nX]

Shadow of Mordor > Assassin's Creed
Ubisoft really needs to step their game up with AC Unity

[mikeslemonade]

That's because Shadows of the Generic is a license game. The casual gamers new about it and that's why it sold well.

[iDadio]

The Nemesis system was far from generic Mike, if you feel that's generic I dread to ask you what you think of AC

[Rimeskeem]

Like you could go to Gondor, Helms Deep, Mordor, Rivendel and the Shire!

[--bienio--]

Agree!!! Sequal can be even better and bigger:)

[JimmyDM90]

They deserve every penny.

They did an amazing job on this cross gen game. I can't wait to see how amazing their world building and graphics will be on a solely current gen sequel.

[Magicite]

I hope Monolith and WB gonna bring more Lord of the rings games, they have a good start.

[FsterThnFTL]

Shadow of Mordor deserved its sales unlike Destiny which sold purely on hype and marketing.

[WitWolfy]

This game really impressed me, I'll admit when I first saw it I thought it was trying to ripoff Assassins creed. But hell it did everything except that.

What an amazing game!

[gangsta_red]

Good, I like to hear when other games besides the normal IP's or generic FPS games sell well.

[LOGICWINS]

Indirectly, this proves that reviews still matter...A LOT. Mordor wouldn't have had a ghost of a chance of selling this well if it reviewed poorly. I think THIS is the more important story here.

[George Sears]

Yeah, but this is pretty obvious for new IPs. Especially for those with no hype what so ever.

[WeAreLegion]

Word of mouth and streaming are also incredibly important. Most of my friends purchased it after seeing it played on Twitch. I'm sure many people bought it based on the great response from gamers everywhere. N4G. Reddit. Facebook. YouTube. It was all over the place. People love this game.

[iDadio]

Agree completely, wasn't really on my radar until I saw the reviews and watched some streams which lead me to buy the game. Never looked back after that to the point I got the platinum last night.

[GameDev1]

But Destiny sold well and even better and the reviews were average

The opposite can also be said in this situation

[George Sears]

Always great to see an underdog reach to the top. Kudos to Monolith for creating one of the best new IPs I've played this year.

[buyakabuyaka6199]

This game deserves to be goty 2014.

[FasterThanFTL]

AC: Unity, Far Cry 4 or Dragon Age: Inquisition will be GOTY.

[WeAreLegion]

I think they all have a chance, as well as SofM. I would also like to add South Park, LBP3, Bayo 2, Dark Souls 2, and Sunset Overdrive.

Those are the ones I think will probably receive at least a few. (A little doubtful on South Park, but what an awesome game!)

[Whitey2k]

I want dantes inferno 2

[BoNeSaW23]

I agree with your OT/ Random comment!

[pandehz]

this game is addictive

[lelo2play]

I honestly don't think Shadow of Mordor is anything special. It's an average open world game, very repetitive.

[mkis007]

The nemesis system takes away that repetition if you let it.

[bjmartynhak]

Just as any other open world games (imho). But I'm glad that people are enjoying it anyway. It's just not for me.

[JakeTyler93]

This is what the industry needs: more sleeper hits. I heard almost nothing about this game before buying, saw a review and some gameplay a couple of weeks ago, bought it last week and I've been having a blast. This and The Evil Within will keep me busy, along with all of the games dropping next month.

[Xristo]

Good to see when good games sell well! Well done, Monolith. This game had me hooked from the start to 100% completion!

[Sie]

I really need to start this game I picked it up on release but forza horizon 2 and now the evil within has been taking up all my time.

[Tex117]

A game that introduced something "new" (nemesis system) and gave us a fresh experience...AND it did well?! There is hope for us gamers yet! I think if given another shot, they will make it even better!

Its a great game and I am enjoying it.

[hkgamer]

Haven't played it yet. Wouldhave bought it by now if it didn't have ac/arkham combat system.
Will play this game sooner or later. Just not at full price for me. I rather have games with a DMC/ng combat system. Or even heavenly sword style. Those games made me feel like I was doing something instead of atk atk counter atk atk counter.

The only reason this game probably would have done bad in sales was if gamers would just think its a lotr game. But wb did its job and tried to distance itself from a movie game.

[Hanso]

http://a.pomf.se/ahtxlb.gif

[hkgamer]

I'm not surprised. The latest YouTube promotion thing only affected a tiny percentage of people andthe youtubers that did get to review game said it was a pretty decent game.

Probably only 0.01% of people would have not bought shadow of nordor because of dodgy YouTube practices.

[Fkhalf16]

fuck it, Im getting Shadow of Mordor tomorrow, just all this positive vibe the game been getting is bothering me for not having this game.