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Left 4 Dead 2 Sells 2 Million in 2 Weeks

Released just two weeks ago, over 2 million retails copies of L4D2 have been sold worldwide and the game appears to be on target to become one of the top selling Xbox and PC titles for the month of November. Sales to date are more than double the original title, which was released exactly one year prior to L4D2. And "Black Friday" promotions during the title's second week of availability in North American resulted in stronger than expected sales in L4D2's bid to become one of this year's best selling releases on both platforms.

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Lifendz5261d ago

I'd be upset if I bought the first one, but I didn't and can't deny how much fun it is to play this game with some buds.

Bungie5261d ago (Edited 5261d ago )

Valve make awesome games

good for them

"has already been played by over 1 million Xbox LIVE Gold account holders"

Xeoset5261d ago

All the Sony fanboys were saying this flopped and never sold?

Yet from what I've played and judging from the heaps of 9+ reviews it is amazing and has flat out sold nearly every other game on all the other consoles in two weeks?

Shoulda learned with Forza III.

ANYWAY, I really need to get my own copy of this. The first one was a blast and it's nice to go back and smash some Tanks.

OtherWhiteMeat5261d ago

Or PS3 owners simply buy it for the PC.

Anon19745261d ago (Edited 5261d ago )

My PC is too underpowered to play this game anywhere near what I would like, and there's no way I'm paying subscription fees to simply play my games online. I won't buy this for my 360.

This seems like a no brainer. Bring this to the PS3 and people will buy it which equals more money for Valve.

I guess Valve simply doesn't want more money.

Edit below: Begging? Please. I have plenty of games to keep me occupied. I don't need L4D2. I've got too many games to play as is. I was simply saying if they did release it to the PS3, I'd probably add it to the pile. If they don't, their loss, not mine.

Bungie5261d ago (Edited 5261d ago )

How about sending them a strong letter begging to port it for the ps3

that could work

"Bring this to the PS3 and people will buy it which equals more money for Valve. "

how do you know that...ps3 owners don't even buy most of their own exclusive

sack_boi5261d ago

Seriously though, if they've fixed the lag they had during the demo then I might consider buying it and a 360... again.

ABizzel15261d ago (Edited 5261d ago )

@ to all fanboys (360 and PS3)

Who said this game wasn't going to sell. The first game sold over 2 million on it's own. So at least 1/2 of those people were going to buy L4D2, and when it's on sale for only $35 on BLACK FRIDAY (nearly 1/2 the price) what do you think it going to happen?

A good game at a low price sells.

die_fiend5261d ago

Darkride we know you're a fanboy so stop trying 2 disguise it and just accept.

And no Valve will probably make more money selling it on 360 than having to develop it on PS3 which would clearly sell less copies...
"This seems like a no brainer." That's because you have no brain, it does actually cost money to develop for another console. Valve don't make games for PS3 so it'd cost an awful lot 2 learn how 2 starting now. When they could just make it on 360 really quickly and sell a ton regardless?

It's their loss? I don't think they mind not having someone like you playing their games lol.When they're selling 2 million in 2 weeks on only 2 platforms so they've already made their money back.

StanLee5261d ago

Not really surprised it's sold well. I really haven't had the time to play it though as Assassin's Creed 2 has been the real surprise for me; the game is fantastic.

Anon19745261d ago (Edited 5261d ago )

Just look at die_fiend's comments. Rather then make a valid argument, he'd much rather just throw around insults.

It is a no brainer. You can sell to a potential market of 32 million 360 owners or you could almost double that potential market by including 27 million PS3 owners. If it weren't worth developing a PS3 game for those 27 million no one would develop any games for the PS3, multiplatform or otherwise. Clearly that's not the case. Many developers have commented that the cost of developing on multiple consoles is more than made up for by nearly doubling the amount of users they can potentially sell to.

This has nothing to do with your idiotic console wars nonsense. This is simply business, and Valves decision to not make more money puzzles me. I can only assume that at this point it's lack of resources. Maybe they only have the money up front to develop one version of the game, or don't have enough budgeted to hire on any PS3 developers. Or maybe it's just loyalty to Microsoft. It's no secret Valve is founded by Microsoft millionaires, and who knows what type of deals Valve and Microsoft currently have.

At the end of the day I know that if they released this game for the PS3, I would buy it (or if XBL fees were dropped I'd get it for the 360), but unless they do I'll simply skip it and move on to something else. A good game is a good game, regardless of what platform it's on. I have no console loyalty, I simply have a preference at the moment.

vhero5261d ago (Edited 5261d ago )

I like how they spun this and included PC sales and played by 1 million gold subscribers. Not sold 1 million copies on the 360 though.. Of course it sold like crazy on PC you could buy it along with every other Valve game last weekend for under 50 dollars! So even people who didn't want it got it along with HL2/CS/etc..

Played by 1 million gold subscribers means that stat includes borrowed versions/rented versions aswell as pirated versions of the game. I can't honestly believe MS are now using pirates to boost their stats..... Oh wait...

Lets just see the 360 sales and not the PC AND 360 sales eh before you 360 fanboys start saying its AAA title.

Xeoset5261d ago

Check all the reviews it's getting.

It's AAA ;)

IdleLeeSiuLung5261d ago

I smell jealousy... doesn't even affect you!!!

Noctis Aftermath5261d ago

Who is bashing the game? i've read all comments above me and not 1 bashes the game, please stop leaping to the games defense when no one is even attacking it, i haven't played it, i only game on a ps3 but i believe it is a good game(based on reviews and player comments).

On topic, 2 million is really good and it could prob do 3mil by years end, maybe more.

ceedubya95261d ago

Are you implying that you don't think this game sold over a million copies on the 360? I'd be highly shocked if it didn't, seeing as the first game did so well.

Anon19745261d ago (Edited 5261d ago )

Anyone know who these phantom gamers are that are bashing L4D2?

Personally, I'd like to play this game, but simply stating I'd like them to release it on the PS3 cost me a bubble. It's funny that such an idea is so threatening to some of the zealots around here.

Like I said. A great game is a great game. It doesn't matter what platform it's on. Get over yourselves.

table5261d ago

great sales for a great PC exclusive.

calis5261d ago

"ps3 owners don't even buy most of their own exclusive"

Fail.

vhero5261d ago (Edited 5261d ago )

@ceedubya9 no but I bet you about 70% of them 2 million sales were the PC version of the game. I'm not saying it won't sell over 1 million in time. I'm saying it hasn't yet.360 fanboys are going on like its sold 2 million on the 360 only saying its huge because of that reason. The whole thing is twisting and a joke. I'm not even saying the games not deserving of the sales. I am just saying as usual MS fanboys have to twist the truth in order to try get one up on PS3 and it's really sad. How about you tell us how many copies it sold on just 360? I will tell you so far since launch worldwide its sold 0.69m on the 360 so it must be 1.3m+ on PC. Its sold nearly DOUBLE on the PC then, THAT is why these fanboys are including PC sales. (according to VGchartz for 360 version.)

1 million plays on live?? Can you say pirates?
Oh and as for you AAA boys? Any game with a Metascore UNDER 90 is not AAA sorry. The PC version can be classed as AAA but definitely not the 360 version.

Heres a List Of AAA Titles on 360 from metacritic
1 Grand Theft Auto IV 2008
2 BioShock 2007
3 Orange Box, The 2007
4 Gears of War 2006
5 Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion, The 2006
6 Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 2009
7 Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare 2007
8 Halo 3 2007
9 Braid 2008
10 Street Fighter IV 2009
11 Fallout 3 2008
12 Gears of War 2 2008
13 Guitar Hero II 2007
14 Rock Band 2007
15 Batman: Arkham Asylum 2009
16 Rock Band 2 2008
17 Forza Motorsport 3 2009
18 Assassin's Creed II 2009
19 Mass Effect 2007

The Emperor5261d ago

@ above
how is that a fail, for the most part it's true

sack_boi5261d ago

Vhero you're trying too hard. I don't know why but you seem butthurt that the game's doing well.

calis5261d ago

"how is that a fail, for the most part it's true"

Prove it.

It's completely untrue.

Arnon5261d ago

You kind of forgot some...

1 Grand Theft Auto IV
2 BioShock
3 The Orange Box
4 Gears of War
5 The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion
6 Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2
7 Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare
8 Halo 3
9 Braid
10 Street Fighter IV
11 Fallout 3
12 Gears of War 2
13 Guitar Hero II
14 Rock Band
15 Batman: Arkham Asylum
16 Rock Band 2
17 Forza Motorsport 3
18 Assassin's Creed II
19 Mass Effect
20. Tom Clancy's Ghost Recon Advanced Warfighter
21. Grand Theft Auto IV: The Lost & Damned
22. FIFA Soccer 10
23. Portal: Still Alive
24. MX vs. ATV Reflex
25. Geometry Wars Retro Evolved 2
26. Forza Motorsport 2

Just saying.

The Emperor5260d ago

Prove it? Ok sir, what PS3 exclusive has sold 5 million copies? I hate to say it.. but none. don't even ask me for a source, deep down you can guess that this is true

kaveti66165260d ago

Metal Gear Solid 4 has sold 5 million copies since its release date.

Booyah.

kwicksandz5260d ago

cmon people, dont argue with idiots. Just pop vheros bubbles and he will go away until he creates a new account.

calis5260d ago

"Prove it? Ok sir, what PS3 exclusive has sold 5 million copies? I hate to say it.. but none. don't even ask me for a source, deep down you can guess that this is true"

Since when is 5 million the point where a game is considered sold well? I guess that means 360 owners don't buy games either since there is only 2 that has sold 5 million or more.

Think before you type fanboy.

Xeoset5260d ago

MGS4 has not even managed 4.5 million yet.

Xbox 360's top selling game has sold THREE times that.

Hell after two years of sales, L4D2 managed to meet almost half that in two weeks on the Xbox 360. Gears 2 did over half that in 24 hours.

PS3 games neither have long legs, nor sell.

IaMs125260d ago

Well MS does have the right to include pirates as stats, they wont be able to pick every one of them out so they have the right because those people are playing on LIVE, they have a system and playing on LIVE. not saying its right though

calis5260d ago

"MGS4 has not even managed 4.5 million yet.

Xbox 360's top selling game has sold THREE times that.

Hell after two years of sales, L4D2 managed to meet almost half that in two weeks on the Xbox 360. Gears 2 did over half that in 24 hours.

PS3 games neither have long legs, nor sell. "

lol, but L4D2 doesn't sell. It hasn't hit 5 million. That's your mark for a game that is 'bought'.

You are obviously a simple person. I pity your inability to make a comprehensive arguement.

5 million isn't the mark of a game that sells well, it never has been. Never will be. But hey, if it helps you justify your broken console of choice, far be it from me to break your pathetic little fantasies.

The Emperor5260d ago

when has 5 million been the selling mark?? when a ps3 exclusive gets there, and mgs4 sold 4 million. I hate to start some debate but ps3 games have not been big money makers for Sony or just barely making enough profit for a sequel. about mgs4, which happends to be my 3rd fab game this hen with littlebigplanet being 4th... they just haven't sold the numbers predicted for them...

it's true. I kno what I just did is quite unpopular, argueing with someone who owns a ps3.. oh well

calis5260d ago

"when has 5 million been the selling mark??"

It never has until some fool said Sony games don't sell because they haven't reached 5 million. 360 games don't do that either.

"I hate to start some debate but ps3 games have not been big money makers for Sony or just barely making enough profit for a sequel."

Prove it.

Most top-rated PS3 exclusives have hit over 1 million sold.

"they just haven't sold the numbers predicted for them..."

Predicted by who exactly?

Sheesh, can people actually back up the BS they spout or is it just make stuff up and pretend it is right.

The Emperor5260d ago (Edited 5260d ago )

no 360 game has sold 5 million? sure.. keep telling yourself that. halo and gears (really doesn't matter which one, all the latest sequels for these have, besides ODST)

ugh, now to explain again why I chose 5 million, simply because no ps3 exclusive has sold that much, MGS4 being the closest.

u ask who predicted big numbers? just about every new game for the ps3 will be the next big game, then only sell 2 million.
I can see you saying 2 million is a lot of copies, of course is, just not the numbers expected for those "killer ips"... in other words, killzone 2 and uc2.

to conclude, plz stop acting all superior and using big words to try and prove to everyone your knowledge, it's easy to see right through you

From someone who was misunderstood by an overambitous Sony fanboy. which calis most certaintly is

calis5259d ago

"no 360 game has sold 5 million? sure.. keep telling yourself that. halo and gears (really doesn't matter which one, all the latest sequels for these have, besides ODST)"

I didn't say no game has sold over 360. I said 360 games don't do that. And only 2 have done it. So I guess, using your logic, every other 360 game is a flop.

"ugh, now to explain again why I chose 5 million, simply because no ps3 exclusive has sold that much, MGS4 being the closest."

This is so sad.
So basically your starting point for a game that sells is 5 million? Therefore, aside from Gears of War 2 and Halo 3, no 360 game sells well either, right?

"u ask who predicted big numbers? just about every new game for the ps3 will be the next big game, then only sell 2 million.
I can see you saying 2 million is a lot of copies, of course is, just not the numbers expected for those "killer ips"... in other words, killzone 2 and uc2."

Again, I asked WHO. I know how much they sold, I want to know WHO hyped it up? Find me quotes, find me articles. Basically I am asking you to prove it.

"to conclude, plz stop acting all superior and using big words to try and prove to everyone your knowledge, it's easy to see right through you"

Right through what? I am asking you to justify this idiotic notion that PS3 games don't sell well. And you have no proof of this except an overly ambitious goal that you made up.

From someone who was misunderstood by an overambitous Sony fanboy. which calis most certaintly is"

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Tomonobu Itagaki5261d ago

Which represent nearly 3 times more than VGchartz guesstimations, but I bet they will correct their numbers in order to match official numbers and say "We're the best in terms of precision, trust us".

SlipperyMooseCakes5261d ago

VGChartz only tracks the 360 version of the game. Not only that, they only have the first week sales up for Left 4 Dead 2. While the site is not exactly accurate, you're jumping the gun on them.

vhero5261d ago

VGchartz are correct mate the 2 million include PC so that means 1.3million copies sold are the superior PC version. Nearly double! Which makes sense as mods make the game lifespan 10X longer.

jetlian5260d ago

the 1 million live gold members hero? 360 hit a million already!!

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Stryfeno25261d ago

L4D2 is a good game too bad PC owners wanted to boycott the game.

tdrules5261d ago

this doesnt even include Steam numbers.
and as L4D2 was kicking MW2 off the top spot, it could be interesting

Noctis Aftermath5261d ago

The people who wanted to boycott it were a small percentage, valve added in more sh1t to appease them and most were satisfied.

Don't generalize, it just makes you look bad.

Pandamobile5261d ago

Valve, in their PR prowess managed to appease the boycotters by fixing pretty much every complaint they had with it.

Troll_Police5261d ago

It's multi platform. What were the Xbox sales?

JohnTheBaptist5261d ago

L4D2, selling in numbers ps3 games can only dream of selling.

Xeoset5261d ago

Agreed :)

Bubble for brains ;)

baum5261d ago

PS3 games have dreams? Shows you how complex they are. Anyway no PS3 game sells more than 2 million? I guess it's because they are aimed at smart consumers like PS3 owners, few in numbers. Many morons on 360 though, buying last-gen looking DLC whenever they get the chance

Enjoy the sales, you're making me richer with your idiocy

PLAYstar5261d ago

Too bad long after people won't remember just how many the game sold, but they would remember the quality of the game.

Xeoset5261d ago

Too right PLAYstar! And with L4D2's amazing gameplay, it'll be one we'll hear about for a long, long time ;)

PLAYstar5261d ago

Well Xeoset, I am not sure about that amazing gameplay that you speak of. Technically speaking L4D gameplay is pretty sh!tty..

CernaML5261d ago

If you rather talk about a video game's sales rather than the quality of it, then it must suck.

Guitarded5261d ago

How the fanboys of the console that sells the fewest games don't equate sales with quality. They will however equate graphics with quality. I guess when all you have is graphics and reletively low sales, you have to go with your strength.

Saaking5261d ago

Graphics make a game better. Sales do not. If a great game sells one million copies it'll still be as great if it only sells 1.

Xeoset5260d ago

Saaking, that is the crappiest comment I have ever seen on here.

Great games sell, hence L4D2 selling bucket loads.
Great graphics do not sell, hence Killzone 2's lackluster sales.

L4D2 > Killzone 2

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15 Xbox Games That Should Make the Multiplatform Jump

While there’s likely already a list behind closed doors, one can still speculate and offer logical suggestions for titles new and old that should find their way into the PlayStation and Switch libraries.

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GamerRN42d ago

Single A games and live service games. Those make sense

S2Killinit42d ago

None of it makes sense. But its happening.

Ps5conehead41d ago

That’s up to Microsoft they want return on there investment. From buying up those publishers. That’s what there in business for. And they made a mistake putting day one exclusive on game pass. So now Microsoft wants to profit any way they can.its called buisness . Just like Sony putting games on pc a year are two after ps5 launch.
So if they can make money off PlayStation and Nintendo. They will do that. And I bet soon real soon they will release some aaa exclusives .and I bet one day it will be same day release

TheEroica41d ago

Sony gamers begging for Xbox games.... Who would've thunk it?

BISHOP-BRASIL41d ago

Yeah, because random site off the internet represents all Sony gamers, they have the letter of attorney and all...

S2Killinit41d ago

Lol what a spin. You dizzy?

AsunaYuukiTheFlash41d ago (Edited 41d ago )

We don’t care about shovelwares. Get that junk out of PS5

StormSnooper41d ago

More like MS begging to put their games on PlayStation.

TheEroica39d ago

Keep begging Sony gamers!

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Friendlygamer42d ago

Some of these seem to be exclusive for lack of enthusiasm of the publisher rather than because of deals. A lot of cool indies skip ps for some reason like katana zero, el paso, elsewhere and gunbrela

S2Killinit42d ago

Even more indies skip xbox. We know that right?

Friendlygamer42d ago

Quality over quantity, Microsoft got some really interesting and curated niche games on their machines, maybe in part because of gamepass

S2Killinit41d ago

Quality and MS are not things you bring up in same sentence.

shinoff218341d ago (Edited 41d ago )

Alot of indies skip xbox to. It goes round and round. Personally I think your off base on that but no need to have the argument.

Friendlygamer41d ago

Between katana zero, valheim, Battletech, el passo... I don't feel off base. maybe ps got a million of light novel games that will never release on Xbox but like I've said, I'm talking about niche games highlights, the 10%.

  Heck, it's probably thanks to Microsoft that the s.t.a.l.k.e.r games came to console ps included, meanwhile Sony backwards compatibility continues to be extremely anemic.

And I'm sure most ps5 users are happy to ignore these games and just play wathever new 3rd person action game is trending but it's cool that Microsoft gives some love to smaller audiences and software preservation

shinoff218341d ago

Again your off base just to be snide. All it's showing though is your ignorance.

One light novels wtf is that even. Ps has plenty of pretty damn good indies.

Speaking of indies and ms being responsible. You know F.I.S.T. of course you do alot of you guys just support gamepass. Well here's a history of Sony being responsible for helping indies. Look up the China project from Sony.

Lastly lol your ignorance showing again. Sony has plenty of games. Personally third person is better then first anyway but that's besides the point. Sony gets so many games that xbox doesn't get because yall don't support the games. Jrpgs being a great example. I personally am not into every Sony first party game. Alot of us aren't. On the other side you don't get to eat often so you gobble up everything. Me personally God of War not my cup, etc. For me I'm into jrpgs and ms just can't touch Sony on those. Again because the Xbox base doesn't support it. Devs dont wanna waste their time or money. Hit me up when falcom develops a game over there.

Speaking of third person narrative games. Aren't yall drooling over hellblade 2. The first one was Sony exclusive at one point. Another not my cup game. Showing we don't have to fall in line and agree we love everything Sony puts out. The facts are they sell though unlike elsewhere(not nintendo)

StormSnooper41d ago

You are same person as GamerRN, yes?

Abnor_Mal42d ago

They really think PlayStation fans would want to play Redfall? Pfft.

Personally nothing on that list would be any game I’d want to play.

TwoPicklesGood42d ago

I’d absolutely love Hellblade 2, Palworld, and Quantum Break on ps5 as I’m sure tons of others would too. There’s nothing wrong with wanting games from another console and its sad that people try to act like they aren’t interested in them.

shinoff218341d ago

While indont agree with the games. I agree with the point. Your not wrong.

DarXyde42d ago

Sunset Overdrive makes very good sense. Palworld might.

Don't know about the others. Hellblade II does make sense given the original launched on PS4 first. Quantum Break was a massive letdown for me. I absolutely hated the whole TV show thing and I don't think anyone should have to relive that on modern hardware.

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Valve Made Left 4 Dead 2 Because The First Game Was A Broken Mess

Left 4 Dead lead Chet Faliszek describes the original Left 4 Dead game as "such a broken thing that nobody wanted to touch it."

Number1TailzFan153d ago

And then couldn't be arsed to make a third game.

If they can add a lot more stuff to a 2nd game in just 1 year why didn't they make a third game a few years later with tons of stuff extra? Because that shows they could've.

I know Source 2 was kind of broken and was a reason they cancelled L4D3 but it seems wasteful to just toss it away.

Don't know what Valve were thinking.. it's like nobody wanted to fix the issues to get going. They certainly aren't the Valve of 2004 that released fun games with pretty cutting edge graphics.

cthulhucultist152d ago

Valve is allergic to number 3 it seems. It would be easier for them to release a Left 4 Dead 2.5 enhanced version instead of releasing a game with "3" slapped on its title.

rakentaja151d ago

They stopped making games a long time ago. Steam brings in so much money that it's really not worth the effort. Nowadays, people only look for faults in games, and spend more time whining on Twitter/X than playing the game anyway. Valve says a big fat no-no.

anast152d ago

Value is the Blockbuster of video games. They have no need to invest in deving a game, when they can make handfuls of cash renting them.

-Foxtrot153d ago

What are they talking about? Seemed pretty alright to me at launch it just wasn't supported the way Valve promised us

They should have just worked on a revamp / massive update to the game but they didn't they jumped straight to a sequel with brand new characters despite having some sort, if small, story about where the original survivors were heading.

I didn't care for the direction they took the sequel, the original games tone and atmosphere was missing in the second game and is still unmatched. Daytime levels, more whackiness, melee weapons where you could attack a Tank with a frying pan...just wasn't the same to be honest and the new survivors just didn't hold up the originals.

Here's my speculation. I think they did a sequel because they didn't want to update a game co-developed by Turtle Rock, they wanted the franchise to be known as a Valve game only and knew if they updated the first one Turtle Rocks name would still linger on it.

shaenoide152d ago

I want broken games like L4D all day long...

GhostScholar152d ago

Well the first game was by far the best

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The Best Co-Op Horror Games You've Missed in Halloween

Try to cope with your friend through terror with this list featuring the best horror Co-Op games you can play today.

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