Thu, Nov 05, 2009 | 15:31 GMT
Valve: Left 4 Dead 2 preorders are four times that of original
Valve’s Chet Faliszek has revealed that the number of preorders for zombie shooter Left 4 Dead 2 are “four times” that of the original.
“As we get closer to launch we see the reaction to the demo, preorders are four times what Left 4 Dead 1 was, people’s excitement, the boycott itself and how it’s changed… I think people are just excited now,” he told CVG.
Ad far as the complaints over a sequel being released so soon and the subsequent petition is concerned, Faliszek seemed slightly indifferent to the criticism.
“One of the weird things at E3 was we knew we weren’t showing the complete package, we knew there was a whole bunch of stuff we were holding back but we wanted to show something. Honestly I made the joke and it’s true: If you put $20 in a box and charge $10 for it someone would complain you didn’t put $50 in a box.
“Not to say some of the concerns raised aren’t valid, but you’re always going to have some kind of upset and that’s not how we work. We work at looking at the project and trying to get it out.”
Game’s out this month.
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Posted in: Action, Hot, PC, Valve, Xbox 360
Tags: Chet Faliszek, Left 4 Dead 2
8 comments
#1
Blerk
05/11/09, 3:35 pm
I honestly can’t remember the last time I pre-ordered a game.
#2
Mauller
05/11/09, 3:35 pm
I think that this has to do with the fact that L4D was a new ip originally and not everybody was sure what to expect. Once it was released and people tried it and word of mouth spread, people loved it. Now people know what to expect from the game so a lot of people are very excited for it.
#3
Goliath
05/11/09, 3:40 pm
After playing the demo, I preordered. It sucks that as soon as I got the machette the demo ended. It was too short.
#4
G1GAHURTZ
05/11/09, 3:45 pm
“Honestly I made the joke and it’s true: If you put $20 in a box and charge $10 for it someone would complain you didn’t put $50 in a box.”
This is 100% true.
#5
The Hindle
05/11/09, 4:19 pm
Am i the only one who can see this not doing as good. I mean its out the week after MW 2, everyone will be buying that.
#6
freedoms_stain
05/11/09, 4:41 pm
It’ll probably do just as well on Steam because Valve will probably persist with free weekends and discounts until it does.
#7
Ashelia Bnargin Dalmasca
05/11/09, 4:56 pm
Guess that petition by all the fans really paid off in the end, eh?
*laughs his ass off*
#8
scuz
06/11/09, 1:06 am
i honestly can’t remember the last time i pre-ordered an original IP