Initial sales of Capcom and Blue Castle Games' Dead Rising 2 pre-LC Dead Rising 2: Case Zero might have made a pretty compelling case for this style of unique prerelease demo content. Capcom has announced that the XBLA version of the game--it is a "game," by the way, and not a demo--has "broken all records on Xbox Live" with the highest week-one unit sales ever in the history of the digital distribution service. 

Unfortunately, it's impossible to nail down Case Zero's exact unit-sold numbers. Like most other XBLA game creators, Capcom has decided to keep those under wraps. A mini-analysis of Case Zero written earlier this week by Gamerbytes, though, did peg the game as an above300,000-unit seller--a strong number for a downloadable game, obviously. 
 

Initial sales of Capcom and Blue Castle Games' Dead Rising 2 pre-LC Dead Rising 2: Case Zero might have made a pretty compelling case for this style of unique prerelease demo content. Capcom has announced that the XBLA version of the game--it is a "game," by the way, and not a demo--has "broken all records on Xbox Live" with the highest week-one unit sales ever in the history of the digital distribution service. 

Unfortunately, it's impossible to nail down Case Zero's exact unit-sold numbers. Like most other XBLA game creators, Capcom has decided to keep those under wraps. A mini-analysis of Case Zero written earlier this week by Gamerbytes, though, did peg the game as an above300,000-unit seller--a strong number for a downloadable game, obviously. 
 

Okie dokie.

I'd like to see more stuff like this as long as it's new content.  It was really enjoyable.

My first XBLA purchase!
 Oh goddamn this new acct.

Good on them.

" I hope to see more stuff like this as long as it's new content.  It was really enjoyable. "

This game is fully worth your $5.

PSN version now plox.

" Who the fuck is Brad Shoemarker? "

I'm really glad this has paid-off for Capcom and the Dead Rising franchise - it was a calculated risk that seems to have succeeded.

Brad enjoys dragging his feet on your nice hardwood floors with his new black soled shoes.

" Who the fuck is Brad Shoemarker? "

I hope we see more games like this. I love Case Zero and the fact my shit carries over.

" Who the fuck is Brad Shoemarker? "

It's because it was 5 bucks. 10-15 would have killed it for me and a lot of other folks. Hopefully "they" are learning a valuable lesson about how to price according to value.

it is really not a big surprise. Everyone seems hype about it so i expected the demo do real good.

Publishers take note, pricing your arcade game into impulse buy territory  is a better way to make money than making it 1200msp. Shank and PvZ, I am looking at you. 
 
Slow day on GB today, not surprising. Was hoping for the news guy(s) to provide some needed distraction but posting 3 day old news is not doing it for me.

Oh yeah :D This was the first new release XBLA game I've bought in a while and I enjoyed getting all the achievements in it. Can't wait until Dead Rising 2 comes out :D

Thanks to the $5 price point I'm sure. It's so rare for XBLA games to be $10 these days let alone $5. It seems $15 is the new price. I hope this will mean more games get lower prices.

they could put it out on psn and break those records as well.... please capcom?

Japanese Canadians......................>.>

Well deserved. Just because a product is worth more than 5$ doesn't mean you have to charge more for it. Was a great steal and got me pumped for DR2

Publishers need to realise that selling the game at a lower price actually increase sales and revenue; not the other way around.

" Good for them, I suppose. Turns out people like good games. "

Hopefully others follow Capcom's cheap pricing model.

Nice, maybe we will see an end to the 1200 ms point games now?

Although this borders on charging for a demo, it was great to get a taster for the actual game and getting a complete seperate story pushed it beyond the realms of just being a demo.  Extra's for the full game and the really cheap price helped a lot too.
 
I wouldn't mind seeing more developers doing this..  as long as they put in as much effort.

See publishers?? You don't have to charge $15 to make money and have a hit game.

I wouldn't have been excited for Dead Rising 2 had this not come out, and for $5? Damn good deal. 

" See publishers?? You don't have to charge $15 to make money and have a hit game. "

I'm gonna buy Case Zero and (probably) not bother with the full game. With that in mind, the first month sales figures will be interesting to see...

Hopefully developers of coming Pre-LC are watching closely. Red Faction Battlegrounds and Dead Space Ignition I'm looking at you.

This is good news. I'm going to buy it, but want to finish Dead Rising one first. I have a feeling playing around with the weapon combos in Case Zero will ruin the original Dead Rising for me ....

Recycled  kotaku story is better than nothing i guess. This OTHER brad is kinda sucky though, im sure hes going to go to the gym for the 8th time today after reading this comment.

It's good to hear it did so well. It was a great game, probably worth a little more than $5 even.

only five bucks!

" See publishers?? You don't have to charge $15 to make money and have a hit game. "

" See publishers?? You don't have to charge $15 to make money and have a hit game. "

loved Case Zero glad to see its selling well

300,000 X 5$ = alot

Why do i get a feeling these people saying "SEE YOU SHOULD MAKE IT CHEAPER!!" DIdnt even buy the game?
 
I got it because it looked like a kick ass mini prequel not SOLELY because it was cheap

Loved every second of it, and just made me want the full game even more. I even S-Ranked the first one after playing Case Zero!

God damn Nicholson, do you proof these articles you post at all?

I'm more way into the whole idea of a stand alone game as a demo. It's fucking excellent, especially at a price like that. 
 
Case Zero didn't really impress me in too many ways though, clunky controller and all.

Putting this out at 400 points means that most people will take a pop at it, and it's refreshing to see someone understand the consumer for a change.

" Nice, maybe we will see an end to the 1200 ms point games now? "

I am quite sure they made more profit then they would've when they sold it at $15. I realize they have to sell 3x as much and I am pretty sure they did that. They might have made more profit at $10, but this way they created a ton of interest in DR2  which will pay back eventually probably. People that had no previous interest in Dead Rising picked this up, and seemed to enjoy it a lot looking at the ratings.

fuck yeah!

Yes, this felt like almost the perfect package and content for the price. Sure I finished it in one good sitting, but I still had plenty of replay value in finding all the combo weapons, etc. Just a great taste of what will hopefully be an equally great game.