Splinter Cell: Conviction Sells Over 500K Within A Week

PlayStrum writes: "The Xbox 360 version of Tom Clancy's Splinter Cell: Conviction managed to pull in more impressive first week sales numbers than its predecessor - Splinter Cell: Double Agent - by selling an estimated 500,000 copies. The release of this latest Splinter Cell game might have helped the 360 pull ahead of the PS3 in America last week, selling 5,000 units more. Although it was a slow week overall, those extra few thousand units may have been sold through the Special Edition 360 Bundle."

[green]

deserves the sales

[Speak2theHand]

Wrong button

[gaffyh]

Good sales, I expected a little more to be honest, but overall, I think I said it before, I expect 1.5 - 2 million lifetime sales on 360 for conviction. Also it's a good game, granted I've only played an hour of it so far, and it is very different to normal splinter cells, but still good.

[Joule]

When ps3 exclusives sell this much in one week its fail in xbox fanboys eyes, but splinter cell sold 500K and it was bundle'd with the 360 and its a "good sales for a good game"??? hmmm

Shouldn't it be a fail? Explain?

[HolyOrangeCows]

Doesn't deserve it. They gimped the stealth options, it runs on old tech (UE2) in sub-HD, it's short as heck, etc, etc, etc.

[IcarusOne]

From what I've seen, 500k = fail on PS3 because the fanboys go apesh!t about how said game will be the most amazing thing since the birth of the sun. As far as I know, no one really claimed or expected SCC to be a blockbuster.

OT: good sales for a good game. Anyone complaining about the "gimped stealth, old tech, etc etc etc" clearly has not played the game. This is a great example of how you don't need bleeding edge tech to make a fun gamer experience. The coop is awesome and the SP, albeit short, was butt loads of cool.

[Biggest]

Except all of the 360 fanboys called Splinter Cell the graphics king to be AND the MGS4 destroyer. You don't even have to look hard to find their comments.

[Tony-A]

So the expectancy of success for a game is based on what a group of guys on N4G say? Of course they're gonna say it's amazing. They wanna support it, whether it be the different way to play or the fact that it's a PS3 exclusive.

500K on PS3 for one week shouldn't be a fail because a random, no-name dude said so on the internet. If anything, it should be based on normative patterns. Splinter Cell is an action/shooter game. Action/shooter games normally - especially this year - do slightly more than 500K for one week.

Just based on Mass Effect (980K, considering it an "action" game) and God of War (1.250K) for their one-week sales.

500K for an action/shooter game, to me, would be average/above average.
500K for an FPS, to me, would be a grade of C/C-
500K for a "movie", to me, would be pretty good

[Natsu X FairyTail]

but the fanboys said SplinterCell wasnt a SYSTEM SELLER

oh well , guess they got proven wrong ONCE AGAIN.

[WildArmed]

lol but by fanboy logic, 500k is de phailz =/

[blitz0623]

lol Natsu, sounds like someone's butthurt? It ISN'T a system seller like the fanboys said. 500k is a good number, but not something you would call a system seller. Would you call MW2 a system seller then since it sold millions in just ONE DAY on the 360?

EDIT: Idk Natsu, from what I know the 360 is still slightly outselling the PS3, so I THINK the 5k gap that week wasn't entirely due to SCC, but you do have a point.

[Tony-A]

Guys, I think he just forgot that Heavy Rain did the same thing for the PS3. It also sold more it's first week.

[Natsu X FairyTail]

Xbox moved 5000 More Units than the PS3 on that week. So I guess it was a System seller. And What does Heavy Rain have to do with this? Is this article about PS3 games?

[Tony-A]

Did you miss the paragraph about Heavy Rain completely or did you just not read at all?

They showed a quick comparison of the two due to similar success. Heavy Rain sold more at the same 1 week time slot. Heavy Rain also moved some units (allegedly) just like Conviction (allegedly).

[Hallmark Moment]

360 sales will be picking up and taking off for the rest of the year. Why does 360 news have more PS3 fan attention? SCC was a smash hit at E3 I'm not sure how anybody thought the game was not going to push both software and hardware.

[Lionhead]

Natsu gets so angry, so easily.

[Vicophine]

500k within a week isn't very good, considering God of War, a less established franchise, destroyed it, and it's only one platform as well.

Natsu, U MAD?

[Hallmark Moment]

Why do you call Natsu out when you're the one trolling?

[Speak2theHand]

While i do agree 500k is a little low for the series for first week. But saying God OF War is a less established franchise? Are you serious, you cant be serious your joking right?

[shawnmelo]

god of war less established franchise? Do you know what you are saying?

[Erotic Sheep]

Natsu, the fact that you're so surprised about someone mentioning Heavy Rain shows you don't read articles at all and just comment on the headline. Stupidity at it's finest...

[Persistantthug]

Also, hasn't Splinter cell been out several years before God Of War?
And then on top of that, doesn't Splinter Cell have more overall games available?

I'd like to submit that SPLINTER CELL as a whole has been more established "FRANCHISE" than GOD OF WAR.

However, God Of War (as a video game) happens to be more Critically Acclaimed.

[Natsu X FairyTail]

I read the article. But my Post Wasnt about Heavy Rain being Mentioned in the article . This is about SC:Conviction sales. And Why would I be mad?

and lol @ Gow being less established franchize. Well aint that some BS! And yeah Why are you guys bringing GoW in this to?

see what im talking about? It's always some playstation fans in a xbox360 article bringing in useless crap.

[HolaTarola]

So what? conViction is heading to PS3 so.. who cares?!

[PS360_37]

Vicophin....GOW 3 is probably the best established game released besides MGS4.

[Hakimy]

actually this proves that SC wasn't a system seller and i'll tell you why:
-xbox360 sold 70k this week in america.if i'm not mistaken,this is the lowest week sales for xbox360 in 2010 so far! A system seller means a spike in sales but as we can see , it's the opposite here.
-500k for SC is for america and europe so we should look at europe numbers as well,yet we can see that the ps3 outsold the xbox360 with almost 18k units,with worldwide sales showing that ps3 outsold xbox360 with 36k units.now does this look like a system seller to you?
SC is a great game but obviously it wasn't the system seller which some people thought it would ;)

[WildArmed]

Btw, Natsu from Fairytail is a very bad tempered person ^_^
So he is just getting into character..
Leave natsu alone D:
Otherwise Fairytail will hunt you done.. and you dont want Erza on your ass..

OT: 500k is a good number for a rebooting of the franchise.
Gratz ubi.
Atleast your delivering good games to us (unlike Activision)

[shawnmelo]

lol bubbles for you.

[KILLERAPP]

Congrats

[Dance]

Grats to Ubisoft

[xaviertooth]

mass effect 2 and splinter cell, xbox 360's supposed to be biggest exclusives this year and will compete with god of war 3 can't even sell 1M 1 week? what happen bots? did momma forget your allowance? lol!

[blasian]

ya then metro i dont even think hit 300k lol everyone knew if it doesnt have halo or gears its not going anywhere

[clarkjudo]

With allot of game exclusives that the Xbox has and is coming out this year. Plus other non exclusive games. Your not going to see allot spending at every game release. This year, some will wait until nearly the end of the year to make their choices. With the economy, this is the new rule.

More money to save and spend. If you have less exclusives and other non exclusive games (PSss on m3 blu ray players). You will see a difference in sales on new releases.

[PS360_37]

metro was also not as good as the developers made it out to sounds. If the reviews would have been better than you could guarantee better sales.

[gtamike123]

360 has exclusives? no cause they are on PC

[xaviertooth]

i was wondering whatever happened to 360 fans claiming this is a bigtime seller. they have no money or or it's just not halo or gears?

[GiantEnemyCrab]

Source: VGChartz

No Thanks.

[SuperStrokey1123]

DIng ding, lets wait for official numbers shall we? It should have excellent numbers though.

[SlipperyMooseCakes]

Congrats to Ubisoft. Hopefully this game will have long legs. I really like the free content they are giving me every week.

[BeaArthur]

Co-op is really fun and the campaign is good enough to warrant at least another play through, not to mention the GRAW beta. The game will have some legs.

[Sez]

I'm loving this game. One of the best I've played all gen. Well deserved.

[SuperStrokey1123]

Does Michael Ironside do a good job?

[Bathyj]

Michael Ironside always does a good job.

[Whoooop]

Considering the franchise's popularity and how they dumbed down the game and basically turned it into flatout action for mass appeal, it didn't sell as I thought.

Still 500k in a week is a whole LOT.

I'm happy for those who enjoyed the game. In my case, Conviction left a sour taste in my mouth that will never be removed unless Ubi goes back to the old Splinter Cell.

[corneliuscrust]

I know I'll get shouted down, but the old SC games were dry as bones.

[despair]

@corneliuscrust

no shouting from me but I like the old SC games they were at least a bit meaty but a bit niche i guess...this one has more broad spectrum appeal to put it nicely.

500k in a week is good by any standards no matter where you look. Some good games struggle to pass this mark for years sometimes.(doesn't mean I like the game though just like MW2 I think short campaign and relying on MP is a ripoff to offline gamers who love the franchises.)

[blizzard_cool]

Who are the idiots that buy a game with a 6 hour singelplayer? Oh wait, one of these sold already 12 million *sigh*

[Dance]

U sound butthurt

[Nitrowolf2]

"We support our games"
500,000 is a great amount, but as some bots have said before according to some Bots logic (not all, just the dumb ones in this Zone)it should have sold at least 1 million (because GOW3 was called a flop in sales after its first week?)

This is only for those "NO LIFE BOTS" (PP,MGR,ect)
This Sales war is getting ridiculas, SP:C is a Success, I just want to hear what the excuse those bots i mention have to say about this, because its should mean its a fail and a no buy for them.
I am not trying to attack SC:C, just certain bots

btw this game is awesome playing it friends house, havn't tried the MP yet

[Bluemaster77]

Im glad to see it doing these numbers support the good stuff

[Allelujah00]

Following are all stats from first week according to VG Chartz

Mass Effect 2 vs God of War 3 and Splinter Cell vs Heavy Rain

Mass Effect 2 America Only- 726,800 worldwide- 961,290
Splinter Cell conviction America only- 375,015 worldwide-526,260
God of War 3 in America only- 813,742 worldwide- 1,261,149
Heavy Rain- America only- 272,703 worldwide- 526,435

God of war 3=fail and Mass Effect 2= the sh*t
Heavy Rain-fail and Splinter Cell=the sh*t

Makes you wander about how the bots percieve life in general doesn't it?

[clarkjudo]

Splinter Cell: Conviction on the PC has not come out yet. America only- 375,015 worldwide-526,260- is about to change. Thanks for the update tho. :) We may have to combined the 360 and the PC first week sales to be more correct. Being that they are the same game.

[Allelujah00]

Xbox 360 "exclusives" have to depend on the sales of the PC to at least have a chance at selling the same or better than a PS3 TRUE(only on PS3 no PC aid) exclusive. GOW 3 and Heavy Rain only available on PS3.

[Bathyj]

The game is great fun. Short, but very cool.

You people need to get this, "its a run an gun" type game out of your head because stealth is still the way to go and is rewarded. Having said that, the executions make the game very easy I thought.

Previously, if you had even 2 or 3 or 4 guys in one area, clearing them all without raising the alarm would take alot of creativity. Now you just have to pick one off and then execute the others. Its a bit of a shame.

My biggest gripe though is this, and it seems a little thing but hear me out.
I like the graphics in the game. It looks fine.
No, not Uncharted or Killzone levels, but not every game has to be. If they did, then those games wouldnt be the standouts that they are.

My gripe is the black and white. I know its a design choice, going into shadow makes the screen black and white and lets you know your hidden and its a clever mechanic.
Unfortunately, most of the game is played in shadow, so the good graphics are rarely seen. Its like having a 57 Chevy you never take the cover off, its going to waste.

And let me be clear, other games, like Killzone and Gears of War have very muted colour paletes, but I'm talking completely B&W here, not just subdued colours.
I think they should have when with a Blue, moonlight type of lighting like they do in movies, that still lights things up but gives the impression of darkness. This would have allowed some colour into the game.

And then, as if to emphasize the problem, the sonar vision is a scratchy B&W too. Its only a shame because when you are in the light, the world is so colourful and well lit, you cant help but wish you saw it like that more often. Maybe it would have looked better if only Sam himself went colourless to show invisibility while the room stays lit.

I only brought this up because lots of other games have been knocked for being grey while no one seems to be discussing this one, and it is actually a little annoying, if only because it takes away from the great lighting in the game.

[theIMP]

I agree with the black and white thing. While it is very effective, you never have to guess if you are hidden or not, it did seem to take away a little something. Having said that I loved this game. I haven't even finished it yet, due to having 2 kids and trying to knock some of the rust off before the Halo:Reach Beta, but it does a great job of making you feel like a true bad ass. I also wanted to say something about the Mark and Execute system, while is does make parts a little too easy I would expect Sam to be able to pull off those shots with all his training and experience, so in a way it makes it more realistic, to me anyway.

[likedamaster]

Good post Bathyj.