Homefront Sells 850,000 Units Worldwide Week One

THQ's recent shooter, Homefront is off to a good start. Following reports from THQ of 375,000 sales on day one in the Americas, week one sales for the game reached 850,000 units worldwide according to VGChartz estimates. Roughly two out of every three units sold were in the Americas in the initial week.

The game also sold around two thirds of the total on Microsoft's X360 in its first week of availability with the remainder on PS3 and PC. Despite generally mediocre reviews, Homefront has managed to outperform recent titles such as Bulletstorm, Dragon Age II and Marvel vs. Capcom 3 in week one and should pass 2 million units over the summer.

[movements]

So it's actually succeeded even with all the negative reviews... Just goes to show... The mp is good though, and that must be what's attracting the masses.

[Kamikaze135]

It's good to know reviews won't carry as much weight as people give them credit for.

[JackBNimble]

I'm sure the reviews did hurt sales, who's to say the game wouldn't have sold over a million if it had good scores?

[Dramscus]

I think the reviewers reviewed this game poorly. It has excellent sp that ends abruptly. DLC and a sequel are already announced.
Besides it's the original story and setting that people are interested in. The length and mp are all arbitrary.

Just goes to show people want more than generic usa vs russia for no reason.

[nnotdead]

@Dramscus

the sp was bad. it starts off with a well done HL type of beginning that had me thinking that it really was going to be a deep well thought out game. that changed 5 seconds right after that thought. after that it turns into an 80's B action movie. i was waiting for Reb Brown to shown up, and gun down all the Koreans while yelling like the man beast he is.

i would have been more okay with this if they had polished it a bit better. they sold the game as a sp experiences, and it turns out their focus was really mp. the mp is pretty good though, but i don't know if its good enough to pull anyone away from their current mp of choice.

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I'm not sure that's a good thing, Kami.. Because if pubs and devs realize their games sell doesn't matter how bad the review scores, they'll pay no attention to innovation and creating something that's worthwhile.

You must know that at the end of the day it's money they care about, and if they can make it without effort - they'd be happy.

I hope reviews get all the more important, so developers don't shove trash down our throats.

[Kamikaze135]

On the other hand, developers won't be afraid to take chances and more risks with their games, rather than make it streamlined.

[Kamikaze135]

Btw, isn't it mostly mainstream games that people complain about that always get highly praised on websites? If that's the case, then developers should make all of their games like Call of Duty

[Blaze929]

pretty crazy if true...sadly, I contributed to that number. Ulgh what a terrible game this was.

[gamingdroid]

Why was it a terrible game?

[bumnut]

Its not terrible, just not that great, just average.

The way the helicopters fly is stupid too, they just don't look right.

[PrimordialSoupBase]

First week will probably be better than Crysis 2's. That saddens me.

Crytek really should have put out a singleplayer demo.

[Jonah_Reese]

I haven't played the game maybe I'll rent it but if these numbers are real, pretty insane and if it was bad I hope they improve it. Since they already confirmed Homefront 2 AND 3 being to be in production.

[Pozzle]

The heavy advertising probably helped too. I swear I must have seen it being advertised on nearly every big game website before its release.

[Ahasverus]

That's... a shame, hail the generic shooter, let the true games die! (Okami comes to mind)

[gorebago]

Exactly - when awesome new ips like demon souls do well, i'm happy - when shit games succeed we lose

[airhorn95]

So u don't like FPS so there automatically ***t that makes sense... I hate sports games but that doesn't mean I want them to A) Fail B) Instantly say they suck bc its not my genre & C) Claim that "we" lose when they succeed (Bc I dont assume my opinion is more right then anyone else at least when it comes to video games)

[bumnut]

I like fps games but this is not a good one. Just because someone does not like this fps it does not mean they hate all of them.

[gorebago]

I primarily play fps games and if this game wasn't hyped up or was as is and amazing, i'd probably enjoy it more. Even though it was short, it pained me to continie but I soldiered on. It's so generic and stupid. I replayed half life 2 ep 2 after getting rid of this game to wipe the mediocre splooge from my brain and that game retailed for $20 when it came out. I used demon souls as an example of a game tht came out of nowhere and left huge impressions on the industry. So good can come out of new ips as long as their freaking awesome.

[Ahasverus]

@Airhorn: I'm in love with Crysis 2 and my most anticipated game of next year is Bioshock, is not that I don't like them, I don't like THIS kind of shooter the ones that want a part of the Call of Duty pie, they add nothing to the genre, and nothing to the videogame world yet are succesful, oh the masses

[spektical]

how good is homefront online? the game looks like a ps2/xbox game...

[missioncompleted]

its a change from call of duty games cause u need to use battle points earned to purchase perks and vehicles, or air attack vehicles. you can save your BP like money and when you have enough saved to buy the perk/reward you want then spend from your savings, eliminates the need to hide and try only to work on a long kill streak to get a good reward. also the battle command match game gives your soldier a wanted level like gta series, you level rises with each kill streak you get and continue to acquire more kills. then there is a x point bounty on you head until the opposing team kills. very different than cod/mw/mw2/kz3. something different. hope this is somewhat clear to understand, thanks for reading.

[RyuCloudStrife]

since the Gamecube was the most powerful system of the last gen...

[gcolley]

gamecube was in the middle

[bumnut]

Gamecube was great and had one of the best games of last gen imo, Rogue Squadron.

[rumplstilts]

Gamecube was close to Xbox but remains untapped.

[femshep]

graphics don't make a game quality and quantity are what matters

its people who think like that that are ruining gaming today....if it dosent have a multiplayer its bad if its concentrated on story its bad, if its got a good multiplayer but dosn't have call of duty in the title its considered bad....todays kids dont know good gaming if it smacks them in the face

[snaz27]

i agree with you, graphics does not make a good game... However, for 50 quid i want both! Awesome graphics and awesome gameplay... Now if a developer can't do that, lower the price of your game!! Why is it that sony exclusives are always cheaper, yet they tend to be of better quality!! Also i remember when k3 was getting similar if not better numbers and was ripped for failing lmao... Oh well.

[therapist]

skeptical, on console yes, it looks quite bad

The pc version looks better than any console game ever made if you got a mid-range rig

mine is upper mid and runs it maxed at 90 frames per second and it easily kills any ps3 or 360 game visually

The MP is good, a nice mix of battlefield and frontlines, the servers are very very stable and there are a shit ton of dedicated servers to choose from, I would not touch this game on console though, halo or killzone 2 would be a better choice, the devs made the game for pc and just did a half ass console port

[SwampCroc]

These numbers don't even include how many North Korea bought to stop from being distributed. or do they???

Haha seriously though... I like the MP very very much... satisfying... I dunno something new/retro about it.. Grapics aren't the world to me.

It seems though that maybe steady Developer involvement in current issues will probably make or break this game... A lot of problems are going on right now... and I've been seeing most people giving this until Friday unless the issues are fixed..

I dunno... I play this a little bit, then I'll play MGO... and then I play KZ3... not in this or any certain order...

looking forward to SOCOM 4 the actual game and beta (KZ
Code= Still Waiting)... looking forward to Brink... BF3....

[Spenok]

I was going to be playing the Socom beta via the KZ3 code myself, but luckily im also a PS+ member, just got on the beta today, its really good. Brings back old Socom times. Very well polished, and it being in this state before launch gives me high hopes. Also not to mention seeing the kind of support that went into MAG post release leaves me with no doubt this game will only get better.

[jophus]

850k sold, 750k traded in during the 3rd week of release.

[Rumor]

is this accurate? if so....SMH

[GrumpyVeteran]

I enjoy the MP. It has some real good potential assuming the devs give it some love.

[telekineticmantis]

now they'll have more creative freedom

[CaptainPunch]

Multiplayer actually looks fun, I need to pick up the game soon.

[Spenok]

This is good news. The SP may not have been the best. But the MP is where this game is at, and is actually quite fun to play. I love the larger maps, its a whole new playing field.

[DelbertGrady]

Awesome! I'm loving this game for it's super solid MP!

[LoneWanderer09]

I seen some Gameplay from the Multiplayer and Single Player and to be honest the game looks fun to play i might end up buying sometime

[Darth Stewie]

Nooo this game sucks and if it does succeed this will become THQ's COD which means every year we will get this game. Every third party publisher wants to have have their own COD.
Ex. EA-Battelfield, Activision-COD, Whose next after THQ is it Ubisoft? Man getting tired of yearly FPS but I am interested in BF3 since it looks to be a big upgrade.

[Huarle]

estimates and no digital numbers included? no thanks

[Rampaged Death]

Gamers should be ashamed when this trash sold more than Vanquish and Bayonetta.

[holdmyown83]

Bayonetta sucked big fat donky balls and Vanquish im not even about to go there to why that didnt sell well..im sure Sega knows also. I know i sure as hell WILL NOT PAY $60 for a game with no Multiplayer Unless its a game that has been out with multiple sequels
but this is all IMO

[powney91]

Congrats! Good news for the industry!

[ghostgaming]

Reviews have been all over the map on this one - seen poor reviews to outstanding reviews. Anyways, it is nice to see this sell well for a smaller developer, but I think some of those sales were due to the hype of the game.

Graphically, the game is ok. Nothing mind blowing here, but not a piece of sht either. The story is good, but the campaign is short. MP is fun, but there are some issues with connection, servers, etc.

So overall, it is a game that does a lot of things good (not great) and it is a game with some faults to address. However, I think there is a good enough foundation for a sequel.

[DanSolo]

Well to be honest I don't see myself getting the game although I like the sound of the story so I might give it a rental.

But I'm glad it's selling well as both the single player and the multiplayer sound interesting so good sales could hopefully equal a well made/polished sequel... and any new FPS that tries a few new things and can take some sales away from the big sellers is a good thing as it will hopefully keep them all trying to outdo each other and keep the games better for us.

[MilkMan]

The MP is DOPE!

BUT FIX THE FUCKING SERVERS THQ/KAOS!
or hand out REFUND CHECKS BITCHES!

This is gaming 101, you don't stop your consumers from getting into matches!

Fucking assholes!

oh and more maps and if they could get that Goliath in there somewhere.

FIX THE SERVERS WHORES!