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EA's Facebreaker TKO'd, Sells Just 52k

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The NPD Group has confirmed that EA's Facebreaker sold just 52,000 units in September across the Xbox 360 and PS3 combined. A Wii version called FaceBreaker K.O. Party is expected to launch in November.

Facebreaker's market performance was labeled "disappointing" by UBS analyst Ben Schachter. We agree. The game was supposed to represent what EA Sports could do with an all-new IP under its Freestyle brand. EA even went the extra step of putting EA Sports boss Peter Moore in the game. Somehow the game's over-the-top characters and arcade gameplay didn't click with consumers.

Ironically, EA Sports earlier this week issued a statement to boast about its improving Metacritic scores, but Facebreaker has an average score of 54 on Metacritic.
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JustinSaneV2 - 447 days 2 hours ago
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Well that was a surprise!
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Rock Bottom - 447 days 1 hour ago
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52k is too much for a game this bad.
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marinelife9 - 447 days 1 hour ago
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52,000 suckers.

I hope they don't vote in November.
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Steven Colbert - 447 days 1 hour ago
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EA made the bad choice in supporting such a gimmicky concept.Bound to happen.Now lets focus on Mirrors Edge and Dead Space,EA.
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sajj316 - 447 days 1 hour ago
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Yes EA ... there are games that you need to get on your chopping block. Fight Night please!
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harry190 - 447 days 1 hour ago
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They did say they will kill such games.
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Imallvol7 - 447 days 1 hour ago
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I actually liked this game . . . I think. However, it just seemed too shallow for 60$. There were like 5 moves.
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Poster Boy - 447 days 1 hour ago
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Who does this game appeal to anyway? What demographic?

$60.00 sure is a lot of money, and I'm just as confused as the direction for this game is.
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harry190 - 447 days 1 hour ago
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6.1 - They cut the
price to $50 recently.
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outlawlife - 447 days 1 hour ago
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this game was just really bad, i tried it and did not enjoy it even a little bit
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Darkseider - 447 days ago
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8 - 52k sold!
This is a huge success for this craptastic game!
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samchris - 446 days 23 hours ago
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9 - To put things in perspective....
...your average NFL or college Division 1 football game attendance is 75k - 100k. So less than a football stadium worth of people have purchased this game. Wow! That's pretty sad.
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