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"I'll be disappointed if we can't sell a million plus," says APB's Dave Jones

Realtime Worlds boss Dave Jones told VG247 that he'd be disappointed if action MMO APB didn't shift over a million units.

Pandemic5807d ago (Edited 5807d ago )

If there wanting to shift over 1 million copies then they'll need to make it available on the Playstation 3 and Xbox 360 along with the PC.

KRUSSIDULL5807d ago

This game was for the Xbox 360 aswell at first but did they cancel that?

Pandemic5807d ago

I also thought it was going to be available for the Xbox 360 but in the recent Q&A it seems it's going to firstly be released on PC then they'll decide if it will be placed on the consoles.

gaffyh5807d ago

If it was only on 360 it is more likely to sell a million than if it's only on PC. I don't see why they took such a ridiculous decision to make it PC exclusive, piracy is way too rampant on PC.

I may get it on PC, because my PC will be able to run it easily, but I dunno if I'll like the game.

SuperM5807d ago

And im sure blizzard should never have made World of Warcraft exclusive to PC either. What a terrible move.

On a serious note, this game can easily ship over a million on the PC as long as its good enough. Piracy is never really an issue with MMO's

STK0265807d ago

of course hitting the million mark is easier on consoles than on PC. However, if it has a subsciption fee, chances are that people willing to buy it will actually have to buy it, and if it's a good game when it launches, it will hit the million mark fairly easily, the problem is keeping the user base, like AoC and WH failed to achieve but WoW and EQ managed to achieve.

silvacrest5807d ago

MMOs dont have to worry about piracy simply because of the paid subscriptions

which is why blizzard is just rolling in it

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DelbertGrady5807d ago

Make it PC/360 and you won't have to worry.

LazyDevs5807d ago

Why most people on this site would rather play it on the far SUPERIOR PC VERSION!!!!

ThaOutKast5807d ago

I would have bought it day one.
But then you canceled the 360 version and there is no waymy PC could even run the loading screen for this game.

monkey6025807d ago

Yeah I know what you mean, I only started getting interested in this over the last few days. Only now discovered that console versions are no more. My computer will never run this, so it's a miss from me too

free2game3655807d ago

Honestly that's a poor excuse. Why does everything have to be dumbed down for consoles? I swear it doesn't seem like console gamers are satisfied till everything is totally designed around them.

kaveti66165806d ago

What do you mean? Just because a game is going to be on consoles doesn't mean the PC version gets dumbed down. The PC version of any game can look as good as the dev can make it look for PC, and then get dumbed down to work on a console, so your PC version is just fine.

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The Five Most Disappointing Video Games Of All Time

For every game that truly lives up to its potential, there are a couple that absolutely miss their mark. Be it a simple case of over hyping an unfinished product, to game systems that downright are broken, or even just a game being inexcusably horrible, some games just leave a terrible taste in people’s mouths.

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UnHoly_One4253d ago

I still loved Too Human for all of it's flaws.

If only Denis Dyack knew how to keep his mouth shut, the game's reception might have been very different.

Gamer6664253d ago

Agreed, Too Human was flawed, but the story was strong and the RPG elements were strong.

The control scheme was the only real lackluster part of the game... Unfortunately, you are reminded at how flawed the control scheme was in every single level and every single battle in the game...

UnHoly_One4253d ago

I have to disagree about the controls. They were different, but it worked, and made for a unique experience.

I never had a problem with the controls at all.

pixelsword4252d ago (Edited 4252d ago )

Why is it that people always want to put Lair down in a list like that, but when you see comments about it, most people who played the game enjoyed the game? The game wasn't broken, the game wasn't incomplete, the controls just had a steep learning curve, and most of that was basically keeping your controller straight after turning, and 180 turns, both were fixed after the patch.

People hated on this game merely because it was 1080p and (mostly) 60fps, and it came out early in the PS3's life-cycle; certain fanboys masquerading as journalists knew if this game bombed, people wouldn't invest in other games that were that ambitious and that's exactly what happened because after that games were cancelled (8-days) or delayed to the PS4 (last guardian).

Kleptic4252d ago (Edited 4252d ago )

^seriously dude?

I was as excited for Lair as anyone...and omg did it suck...

a story that...i'm not even going into it...the dialogue? ('why don't you try spitting some fireballs at them??' over and over and over)...

sorry man...that game was complete trash...there were plenty of early PS3 games that i feel got very unfair treatment within the media...but a conspiracy against Lair is something i could never agree with...it was just a shitty game...plain and simple...to each their own, though...

hell, i thought Haze was better than Lair...and haze was damn near unplayable...

JasonKCK4251d ago

Too Human is pretty good for an unfinished game. It also has one hell of a dedicated fanbase.

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GuyThatPlaysGames4253d ago

Definitely Too Human. Also, I would add Haze and Duke Nukem.

joe904253d ago (Edited 4253d ago )

Too Human was OK i don't get everyones hate of it. I enjoyed the leveling of the armour and weapons.

APB is still played by the thousands and makes a very steady income from it.

Why no Damnation,Haze,Duke Nukem Forever or Rogue Warrior? They're the worst/over-hyped games i have ever played.

I know this is an opinion piece so it is what it is.

TheEnigma3134253d ago

I think rogue warrior needs to be on here. And why Isn't E.T. on here since we're talking about all time terrible games. That game single handily crashed the video game world.

isarai4253d ago

maybe because it's not "all time terrible games" it's "Most Disappointing Video Games Of All Time" even in commercials and the promise of ET was trash, no one was expecting greatness from that game. but yes Rogue Warrior was horrid compared to what it was meant to be, wasn't even close to it's target

Ghostdogg4251d ago

Rouge warrior was pure garbage and lol@ E.T.

iamnsuperman4253d ago (Edited 4253d ago )

For me Haze. I was interested to play it. That was until I played the demo. Picked it up in a bargain bin later on after its launch and I am glad I did........pick it out of a bargain bin and not pay full price

SuperBlur4253d ago

APB , that game went from having a 100mill dollar budget to bankruptcy so fast , it should be a record on its own

raistra4253d ago

Such a great studio lost to that game :(

KonsoruMasuta4253d ago

No Dude Nukem: Forever? That games had so much hype surrounding it and it turned out to be a steaming pile.

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What APB got right, and why it initially failed

PC Gamer - The action-MMO first known as APB lives on as APB Reloaded. But if your memory serves, you’ll recall that the urban, massively-multiplayer shooter had a quick death: APB shut down just months after launching at the end of June 2010, coinciding with the dissolution of developer Realtime Worlds.