*Costumers* Also prefer Justin Bieber and Christina Aguilera by numbers.. Glad he found his Market...

Wii Sports anyone ?

Artificially inflated due to preorders and the fact that it just came out. When sales drop off sharply I won't be too surprised. A lot of people bet on the Duke and lost.

Well, he also followed that up with this:

http://twitter.com/#!/DuvalMagic/status/81509825808318465

http://twitter.com/#!/DuvalMagic/status/81509576322727937   " With sales data, It seems like *customers* love Duke. I guess sometimes we want greasy hamburgers instead of caviar..."   Amen at that Randy.   I don't care how busted and old this game is or if  a good 2/3rds of my enjoyment is  nostalgia  this game is fucking awesome to me.

@Barrock said:

Well, he also followed that up with this:

http://twitter.com/#!/DuvalMagic/status/81509825808318465

Suddenly it all makes sense.

@Barrock said:

Well, he also followed that up with this:

http://twitter.com/#!/DuvalMagic/status/81509825808318465

Suddenly it all makes sense.

You can'r return games and get all your money back if you do not like them.  Check the used rack 6 months from now for a better indication.

Awww come on, we all know 95% of people that bought the game are the people who waited for 15 years and now, when its out, of course they will buy it.
Sales=/=Good Game. 

I'm gonna take a shit and go to the hardware store.

i still believe releasing DNF is just a ploy to introduce Duke to the younger generation.

Im torn about this, I love Gearbox and want them to earn money but Duke Nukem Forever is a terrible game.

I hope Gearbox doesn't take a hit over this.

@Mr_Skeleton said:

Im torn about this, I love Gearbox and want them to earn money but Duke Nukem Forever is a terrible game.

Buy it and then don't play it. It's not like they don't know that it's terrible.

Or just don't buy it and put your trust in all the other chuckleheads that bought it (including me).

@benjaebe said:

Artificially inflated due to preorders and the fact that it just came out. When sales drop off sharply I won't be too surprised. A lot of people bet on the Duke and lost.

And people have been pre-ordering Duke Nukem Forever for 14 years.

@benjaebe said:

Artificially inflated due to preorders and the fact that it just came out. When sales drop off sharply I won't be too surprised. A lot of people bet on the Duke and lost.

And people have been pre-ordering Duke Nukem Forever for 14 years.

I just bought the game on the way home from work. I know it's terrible, but after all these years, I have to see it for myself, god damn it.

I've got it. It hasn't made it out of the Amazon box. Don't think it will anytime soon. I still have to finish LA Noire, and Infamous is wanting it's turn. After that, barring bumps, Alice. Pitchford, I do hope it's because you will do something much better with the franchise. I hate to see it end this way...

Okay that's fine. Am I supposed be a caviar-eating elitist for not buying it, now?

*Costumers* Also prefer Justin Bieber and Christina Aguilera by numbers.. Glad he found his Market...

I don't know why he would try to defend it anyways. It's not like anyone is really blaming the quality of the game on Gearbox. 

@benjaebe: And many won as well, including me and every single one of my friends who have actually played it so far. I'm on my second playthrough. I've missed the old-school shooter. If it's not your thing it's perfectly understandable, but don't assume that means everyone has the seem feeling.

I'm not at all surprised that this game is failing.  Everyone was so hyped just for the simple fact that the game was suppose to be so awesome.  I knew Gearbox wouldn't deliver on its promise for an awesome game.  Thank god I didn't buy this.

@DonPixel said:

*Costumers* Also prefer Justin Bieber and Christina Aguilera by numbers.. Glad he found his Market...

Awesome typo, freakin' costumer's.

@The_Laughing_Man said:

@Dalai said:

@benjaebe said:

Artificially inflated due to preorders and the fact that it just came out. When sales drop off sharply I won't be too surprised. A lot of people bet on the Duke and lost.

And people have been pre-ordering Duke Nukem Forever for 14 years.

He did. Someone made a post that he did indeed redeem it.

oh my god, now I feel like everything's right with the world.

@The_Laughing_Man said:

@Dalai said:

@benjaebe said:

Artificially inflated due to preorders and the fact that it just came out. When sales drop off sharply I won't be too surprised. A lot of people bet on the Duke and lost.

And people have been pre-ordering Duke Nukem Forever for 14 years.

He did. Someone made a post that he did indeed redeem it.

oh my god, now I feel like everything's right with the world.

Gearbox need to get the Borderlands 2 hype train rolling pronto.

@Barrock said:

Well, he also followed that up with this:

http://twitter.com/#!/DuvalMagic/status/81509825808318465

Thats the best tweet i've seen.

@Nocall said:

@benjaebe said:

@Barrock said:

Well, he also followed that up with this:

http://twitter.com/#!/DuvalMagic/status/81509825808318465

Suddenly it all makes sense.

This is a thing of goddamn beauty.

Wow, that really does explain a lot.

High sales doesn't mean that people liked the game. People can buy a game and then hate it. I suspect a lot of people who bought the game will be disappointed with it. There will obviously be people who like it too, but I think a lot of people are going to be disappointed with their purchases.

Wait until resale or return figures are released. 

On the one hand, I admire how Randy Pitchford sticks by his guns. On the other hand, I'm none too pleased that Gearbox and 2K have positioned DNF as anything other than nostalgia bait. Sixty dollars is way too much to ask for the contents of a time capsule.

Game was gonna sell no matter what, and Take-Two knew this. I don't see a particularly long tail on this one, but it will make a good amount of cash based of the name and messed up legacy. Gearbox is probably glad because they can finally move forward with the franchise, and hopefully produce something of quality with the license.

I'm sure plenty of people bought it as a nostalgia appeal or a curiosity piece, just as I'm sure there is someone, somewhere who still finds Duke Nukem funny. In any case, I'm sure that in a month or two, there will be a lot of used copies of DNF at my local gamestop.  

Okay that's fine. Am I supposed be a caviar-eating elitist for not buying it, now?

@briangodsoe said:

@XII_Sniper said:

Okay that's fine. Am I supposed be a caviar-eating elitist for not buying it, now?

As much as I'm a knuckle dragging dumbass for enjoying it.

I bet I'll probably enjoy the game, but there's just not enough offered to warrant a full purchase for me. This is very much a "go to someone's place and play" game for me.

i still believe releasing DNF is just a ploy to introduce Duke to the younger generation.

DNF wasn't a greasy hamburger- it was a shit sandwich.

@briangodsoe said:

@XII_Sniper said:

Okay that's fine. Am I supposed be a caviar-eating elitist for not buying it, now?

As much as I'm a knuckle dragging dumbass for enjoying it.

I bet I'll probably enjoy the game, but there's just not enough offered to warrant a full purchase for me. This is very much a "go to someone's place and play" game for me.

Okay that's fine. Am I supposed be a caviar-eating elitist for not buying it, now?

@XII_Sniper said:

Okay that's fine. Am I supposed be a caviar-eating elitist for not buying it, now?

Nah, you're just a loser for expecting quality from a 60$ video game.

Since when do love for a game and the sales numbers correlate? Maybe he should get some numbers on trade-ins during the first week. Almost all people I know pretty much have one word for the game: Shit

I just hope Gearbox does a GOOD game with this license now that they finally put out the shined-up 3D Realms project. I don't want to believe that the company that made Borderlands and its amazing DLC has lost its touch.

He Twitted today: Comment RE: looking at DNF for narrative depth: "It's like Rolling Stone magazine trying to find a deep meaningful message in a Ke$ha song."

Someone is Buthurt -> Make a better game next time.

God forbid that they pick up a franchise that is guaranteed to make them some extra income with little to no effort on their part.

@DonPixel said:

He Twitted today: Comment RE: looking at DNF for narrative depth: "It's like Rolling Stone magazine trying to find a deep meaningful message in a Ke$ha song."

Someone is Buthurt -> Make a better game next time.

Well, he does have a point. You're about as likely to find a deep, meaningful narrative in Duke Nukem as you are to find a message of any substance in a Ke$ha song.

And frankly, with the way it sounds like the game has been selling, Pitchford is ultimately right. People are snapping the game up regardless of the shitty reviews.