Last month , THQ reported some not-so-awesome sales figures for its second annual entry into the UFC Undisputed franchise — to the tune of an almost 50 percent decline from sales for last year’s first stab at game-ifying the sport. In a recent discussion with the print version of MCV ( via CVG ), Jon Rooke, the company’s UK marketing director, provided one possible explanation for the decrease: “That’s largely down to Red Dead Redemption ,” Rooke explained. Though Undisputed 2010 has managed to ship a sizable 2.6 million units, Rooke stated that the title hasn’t “delivered the broader sales yet.” He added, “Rockstar have probably taken a fair amount of our market share
1 year, 6 months ago by
andariels
Tags: playstation, ps3, red dead redemption, thq, xbox
UK audiences are getting an airing of the John Hillcoat-directed Red Dead Redemption : The Man from Blackwater short film as well; Rockstar’s announced that the 30-minute all in-game look at how protagonist John Marston finds his way to former fellow outlaw Bill Williamson will air on Five USA next Saturday, at 11:25PM BST. See the trailer above for a quick peek. As it reveals, US audiences can catch the whole thing on Fox tomorrow at midnight
1 year, 8 months ago by
andariels
Tags: 1 - full story, red dead redemption
Red Dead Redemption took an estimated £10 million at retail in its first two days on sale. Despite nationwide stock shortages of the PlayStation 3 version of the game, retailers have been quick to hail RDR ’s impressive early performance, according to MCV . “The launch went incredibly well
1 year, 8 months ago by
andariels
Tags: 1 - full story, neil ashurst, red dead redemption
Our poor, transatlantic pals living in the UK have been wracked with a pretty significant retail shortage of Rockstar’s latest open-world opus, Red Dead Redemption . Fortunately, Rockstar Games UK boss Neil Stephen (the man so nice, they named him twice) has told VG247 that Take-Two has been working with UK retail outlets to remedy the supply issues, stating, “we believe the situation should be resolved by this weekend, so we’d like to thank everyone involved for their part in this.” We’re guessing Rockstar’s solution to the shortages was to locate the rumored sunken cargo ship which dragged a few crates of the game to the bottom of the briny deep.
1 year, 8 months ago by
andariels
Tags: red dead redemption, rockstar, sell-out