Last month, Tony Hawk: Shred and Tony Hawk: Ride developer Robomodo announced the layoff of 60 staff members and their removal from the Tony Hawk series. With the release of last month’s sales figures showing the skateboarding game sold only 3000 copies in the US, there is a clue as to why.
However, according to Cowan and Company, Shred wasn’t the only poor performer in October. DJ Hero 2 only managed to scratch up 59,000 units sold, Medal of Honor shooting out just over 1 million copies – well below the expected 1.5 million – and EA Sports MMA punching out just 45,000 units. In the low selling games’ defense, the analysts chalk up the poor sales to the continued purchasing of September’s releases, including Halo: Reach and NHL 11.
The one shining bright spot in October was NBA 2K11 from Take-Two, selling 1.15 million copies, up about twice the number of units sold last year.
EA recently revamped the Medal of Honor franchise by bringing the series into the present, with the game controversially being set in Afghanistan. Over 1.5 million people have bought the game, but if you have been holding out for a more enticing deal then today is your lucky day.
For today only Amazon US is offering Medal of Honor for the low price of $40. That’s right, less then a month after its release you can get it with a third of the price knocked off.
This also comes on the heels of the newest DLC “Hot Zone” in which you get two new maps, two redesigned maps and a new game mode Hot Zone. Check out the trailer below to see all the Hot Zone fun:
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EA has given an update on the sales of last month’s Medal of Honor reboot; the company’s Q2 fiscal 2011 data, released today, shows that the Danger Close/DICE collaboration has sold through 2+ million copies in the first two weeks of availability.
Previous news put the shooter’s 5-day sales at 1.5 million, with week one earnings said to add up to $100 million.
The game just got its first round or downloadable add-ons today, both free and paid, plus a second multiplayer patch for the PC version.
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