Yeah that'll happen

y not?

at least they sell something. Others have done similar things selling mostly air.

solid idea imo. They might get 10 million, they will surely get advertisement and they have plan b, if it doesn’t work. id should had done something similar.

yes, I knew this business model, but did anybody use it on games before this?

Dunno why people think this is a bad idea. It's win-win for them.

- Fair amount of publicity
- Get 10 million pre-orders = get $10million
- Get 9,999,999 pre-orders = buy Ireland

I'm confused.. who thinks it's bad?
Also: don't you think that if they can't reach 10m most ppl will just cancel the order?

it didn't sound like you could (cancel) though lol

it's a pre-order, and I'm in the EU. Whatever I buy on the Internet, I can cancel up to 8 days after the purchase

edit: I was looking into this more, and if you don't open/unseal a computer software or game, you have the rights to cancel.

10 million $...how modest!

why not go for 10 billion, just as arbitrary but more profit!!!

I'm just guessing, but the devs probably went for a this high amount to get a green light from the publisher.

It might be crazy enough to work, but 10 million seems a little too high. I'm sure some people might buy 100 copies or such, but that would be sending the wrong message to the devs.

gonna fail ofc

Never in gaming history you ever saw 10 million fucking pre order










lol

wow addons must come close?

AAA titles from the richest publishers get no more than 1-2 million:)

I doubt that very much, the big games like GT5 etc must have massive pre-orders.

reply @ #16...

FAIL...

"It's official. Grand Theft Auto IV is a video game blockbuster, with gamers around the world buying up more than 6 million copies of the gritty, urban action title in its first week of sales."

http://articles.cnn.com/2008-05-08/tech/gta.s..._s=PM:TECH

you would not sell 6 mill in a week without a serious pre-sale production run.

it's not a fail, please give proof about pre-order numbers before you state something like that.
Pre-order is different. (for example: http://www.gamepro.com/article/news/128448/ha...lion-sold/)
I think the record must be around 2 million and bf3 will have more than 5 million, but I'm just guessing.

also: post release wise,: bfbc2 had 7 million iirc, but if you want big numbers, New Super Mario Bros sold 24 million worldwide last december and I'm sure they sold some more since.
edit: lol they sold more than 70 million Wii Sport... (probably only with the systems)

You're all fucking idiots

you awfully mad all of a sudden, some poacher got ur ivory tusks?

omg trolled

it's the Internet, you meet mad people all the time, if you can't learn how to ignore them, you won't last long:)

long and gross

and big and funy at times and asswhole for the rest of it afrofail

asdf

exactly

Idea is good, but 10 millions is too much.
Obviously not gonna happen, as they'd need more than 230k pre-orders each day from now on.

hib3 received 2 millions with 370k purchases, yes it's about smaller projects but it's not pre-order and it's bundle.

Also http://linuxgamingnews.org/2010/11/09/afterfall-moved-to-udk/

I agree, it's a good idea, but the 10-mill. is way too much.

the ego has always being selling good