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Facebreaker fails to break expectations, sells only 52,000

Posted Oct 17, 2008 at 4:56PM EST by Mabie A.

Listed in: Wii, PS3, Xbox 360 Tags: Electronic Arts, Michael Pachter
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Looks like we've now got a clear candidate for one of those games that Electronic Arts will be "killing" in pursuit of maintaining high-quality titles: Facebrewaker. Unfortunately, it didn't deliver as much power in its punches as the creators originally hoped for.

Reports have now come in from the NPD Group confirming that the comical boxing title from EA sold a measly 52,000 units in September - and this was for both the Xbox 360 and PS3 platforms combined. Clearly, and we'd have to agree, this is "disappointing", as UBS analyst Ben Schacter would describe.

The significance of Facebreaker (Xbox 360, PlayStation 3, Wii) for the company could have been huge given that it was one of the first original IPs that EA produced under the new company direction. To add to the burn, Michael Pachter said he had low expectations for it right from the start.

It's really an irrelevant title. Mercenaries, Spore and Warhammer all exceeded expectations, and EA is a portfolio of titles. They got some right, and they got some wrong. Dead Space is kicking butt, so it's hard to criticize them for underperformance from their smallest game.


Ouch. Oh well, the Wii version is yet to come out anyway next month. Maybe then it'll make a comeback of sorts? But it's quite hard pressed to expect a "comeback" for a game that's crashed and burned even before it arrived, right?



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# honestlyKoru-Kun 2008-10-17 18:58
i liked the game demo but i just didn't want to buy it lmao!

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# becauseLethal_NFS 2008-10-17 19:08
the game sucks balls

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# ..kraft 2008-10-17 20:35
they bring this out



yet they cancel the C&C Tiberium FPS game.... disappointing



EA are failing yet they run the gaming industry practically...it boggles the mind it does

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# indeedfearlubu 2008-10-17 20:51
lol i remeber seeing the commercial wit snoop dogg in it.....how pathetic....for both of them...snoop can do wayyyyy better than that



and EA was pathetic enough to get someone who has NOTHING to do with a crappy cartoonish boxing game to be in their commercial

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# no shathush404 2008-10-18 02:44
That douche peter moore got behind it calling it the next coming of jesus... and gamers gave him an eyebrow and laughed at the fool.



The game is a$$ and a$$ doesn't sell.

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# Hahacizzar 2008-10-18 03:15
You don't need to be an analyst to understand that facebreaker sucks, seriously this game is just pointless ...

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# ..GTO_VR4 2008-10-18 04:00
although your comment is your opinion, there is no such thing as a "pointless" game. somebody out there likes it. not me though, the demo is pretty sorry.

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# ....vannk 2008-10-18 04:11
I've bet the people who bought it problaby regret buying it.... then again, i have been wrong before

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# EA sports games are not...RexNox 2008-10-18 12:33
worth $60 bucks....they're worth about $20 US...and should start at $30 and drop to $20 as soon as a new version comes out...or if they just plain suck (like they usually do).

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# TYPOBULL3TPR00F 2008-10-19 05:32
Very first sentence.



" Electronic Arts will be "killing" in pursuit of maintaining high-quality titles: Facebrewaker."



should say Facebreaker.

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