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Command & Conquer 3: Tiberium Wars (Xbox 360)
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771K copies sold
The Command & Conquer series continues on, this time with a strong focus in the single player campaign experience. EA reportedly beefed up the backstory by consulting MIT scientists for scientific realism. The game will feature live action cutscenes and story telling breaks during gameplay. The game will introduce a third faction in addition to the GDI and NOD. New gameplay features may include mobile bases and customized units through combining units.
C&C3 uses the engine featured in Battle for Middle-Earth II. The graphics demonstrate emphasis in lighting, shiny water, and most importantly, particle effects. The game features the side control panel as found in C&C games before Generals.
The Xbox 360 version features new controls and game UI. Online multiplayer over Xbox Live features several modes including conquer, siege, capture the flag (CTF), king of the hill and conquer & hold. Conquer is a mode where players build up their armies to a set point and then engage in battle with no further reinforcements. Siege is a mode where players cannot attack each other for the first five minutes of the game (5 minutes no rush!).
Also see Command & Conquer 3 (PC).
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According to VGCharts, this is the second highest selling game this week, selling 108,551. The game was only avaliable for four (or three?) days of this week, as it was released 10 May.
http://www.vgchartz.com/aweekly.php?date=39215
The week ending 13 May is part of the "May" NPD period, so we won't expecting "official" sales figures for another month.
I'm not very familiar with this series, so I don't know how well it will do in the long run, but first week sales point to this stock being undervalued.
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This is the second highest selling game in UK for the week ending 12 May.
http://www.chart-track.co.uk/index.jsp?c=p/software/uk/latest/index_test.jsp&ct=110015
That chart adds together sales for maltiplatform games (including PC versions), which means the number one game, Spider-Man 3, is actually five (PS2, 360, PS3, Wii, DS) different games. This also means that "COMMAND & CONQUER 3: TIBERIUM WARS" on that chart includes PC sales. As the 360 version of this game was not on sale last week, the PC version only was 20th last week. As no actual sales figures are listed, it is very hard to infer at what position the 360 version would be if maltiplatform game sales were split.
The most surprising thing is that the 360 version was released on 11 May in UK. This means the 360 version was only avaliable for TWO days and still managed to reach 2nd place.
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There are two problems with RTS games on consoles, the controls and the display. EA has done a good job on making a controller work with RTS games like BFME II and this game, but they are both barely playable on a standard def television. This could severely limit sales.
http://www.gamespot.com/xbox360/strategy/battleformiddleearth2/review.html?om_act=convert&om_clk=tabs&tag=tabs%3Breviews&page=1
The gamespot review mentions the problem
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Wow i just played the demo this games gonna be epicical on the Xbox!!!!!
Command and Conquer all the way baby!!!! forgive my previous comment!!!!
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It will be interesting to see how this game turns out. I am hoping EA comes up with a way to make RTS fun on a console. They used to say FPS wouldn't work on console until Halo. BFMEII was a step up from previous attempts, but it was basically on par with the original Warcraft. The problem is that people have tried to simply port a PC RTS game to console, which just doesn't work. You have to figure out a new way to make the experience possible.
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Xbox 360 RTS games aren't cool =( hopefully will only sell 20 copies to those hard core fan boys but da men play Supreme Commander
Rock On Chris Taylor
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I didn't think that this was worth an article submission, so I'll post it here.
Looks like C&C3 demo will hit Live tomorrow.
http://www.xboxic.com/news/2760
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I think that the coming demo will make or break the sales. If the controls really are better than Battle for Middle Earth II, I think it'll sell quite nicely.
@NickA, The release date for C&C3 is May 10 and Halo Wars is coming sometime next year.
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Not do RTS's have console troubles, but this on has to compete with Halo Wars. I haven't looked at the respective release schedules of these games, but even as well as the C&C franchise has done over the years, I can't see it competing with a Halo franchised game on the 360. I think once you factor in the market division this will cause, a skeptical outlook is the only way to approach this game.
I am short shares of this game.
http://www.chart-track.co.uk/index.jsp?c=p/software/uk/latest/index_test.jsp&ct=110015