Fallout Trilogy hits NPD top 10 best-selling PC games

Shit, ignore my news submission regarding this. I refreshed NMA and because a Broken Steel review summary was top of the page, I assumed no news had been posted since I last checked.
Doh.
 
Wait for it...wait for it...yes I can hear it. The flood of console noobs headed here becasue of this...

...there coming! :postviper:

Altra
 
Nice.

This put a smile on my face!

:D

(And so does posts like UFT's where he talks about finding the original games recently and now loving them: welcome into the warmth as we say in Norway. :)

(Edit: he/<s>she</s>)
 
Eyenixon said:
GOG steals screenshots from MobyGames.
Um.
Maybe that doesn't really have much to do with the discussion, but I always love pointing that out, look at the screenshots for Ishar then check out the MobyGames entry, har har.

Although, I doubt a site with that steals screenshots from MobyGames really makes all that much moolah, so perhaps there is some indirect correlation.
I suggest in-depth investigation
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Mobygames doesn't own the screenshots, therefore there's nothing there to steal.
 
UnidentifiedFlyingTard said:
I wonder how Bethesda will react when they see this :D
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They're goin to buy the license for duke nukem and try dominating the that market with it. :roll:

If they did it should be called duke nukem crashes forever.

Anyways enough duke talk. Its nice to see fallout is still selling good. I bought this trilogy pack even through I own F1 and F2.

Also Ausir I lol'd.
 
I'll guess 30% will immediately declare it sucks due to the graphics or the TB combat. Good to see Fallout selling again, Bethesda will point to this as FO3 saving the series, hah.
 
Kilus said:
Wow, number 7. Even with the PC retail sector being as small as it is now I never expected it to chart. Anyway it just goes to show how most publishers are dumbasses for not re-releasing there classic games every few years.
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Blizzard's special edition of their various properties, be it Warcraft, Starcraft or Diablo, sell great whenever they put 'em out there again.

But there's often legal trouble with ownership involved. I bet Interplay would love to put Baldur's Gate or Planescape: Torment on GOG and in a re-release, but I don't think they can.

Mikael Grizzly said:
Mobygames doesn't own the screenshots, therefore there's nothing there to steal.
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Wasn't really his point.

Ausir said:
Wonder how many people bought it thinking it includes Fallout 3.
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Seems unlikely with its cover.
 
Ulysses said:
I'll guess 30% will immediately declare it sucks due to the graphics or the TB combat. Good to see Fallout selling again, Bethesda will point to this as FO3 saving the series, hah.
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If I wipe my mind and figure I'm playing for the first time I think the main thing that would bug me is the perspective... it is hard to see down hallways sometimes or look through windows and stuff. Also some people might have a problem with the pace, not just the slow combat but also the slow recovery time and slow progression from practically unarmed to going over that hump where now you can afford good weapons, armor and healing items.

And a lot of people get this sort of panic attack with open games... even game critics will sometimes say "I could go everywhere, so I didint go anywhere". There is path you could follow fallout 1-3 but you wont really enjoy them until you learn to just get lost.
 
But there's often legal trouble with ownership involved. I bet Interplay would love to put Baldur's Gate or Planescape: Torment on GOG and in a re-release, but I don't think they can.
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Only if they get Atari's permission.

Seems unlikely with its cover.
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I try to never underestimate stupidity.
 
Ausir said:
Only if they get Atari's permission.
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Or Atari theirs really, since Atari owns everything including the Baldur's Gate title now. Heck, would Atari even need Interplay's permission?

I don't know enough about the initial licensing deal anyway. Would BioWare have to be involved in any rerelease? If so, that's a big no no since Atari will never work with EA BioWare.
 
Or Atari theirs really, since Atari owns everything including the Baldur's Gate title now. Heck, would Atari even need Interplay's permission?
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AFAIK, Atari owns the IPs but not the actual games (code, etc.)
 
I guess Interplay had their timing just right here. There's a lot of interest in Fallout right now and a large Fallout 3 fanbase to capitalise on. And a big publicised "Fallout Trilogy" release was apparently enough to spark their interest.

I suppose more people playing Fallout 1&2 can't be a bad thing.

I remember Fallout was apparently the "most torrented" game a couple of years ago too?
 
How awesome is it to see the Fallout Trilogy there and not Fallout 3, muwahahaha!
 
Mikael Grizzly said:
Eyenixon said:
GOG steals screenshots from MobyGames.
Um.
Maybe that doesn't really have much to do with the discussion, but I always love pointing that out, look at the screenshots for Ishar then check out the MobyGames entry, har har.

Although, I doubt a site with that steals screenshots from MobyGames really makes all that much moolah, so perhaps there is some indirect correlation.
I suggest in-depth investigation
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Mobygames doesn't own the screenshots, therefore there's nothing there to steal.
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Oh noe, what is this Terms of Service?
I'd assume since GOG is using the screenshots to help sell their products, it is violating this bit.
No one cares though, and even if GOG isn't guilty of any legal infraction, they were still lazy enough to nab screens off of a gaming database.
 
Ausir said:
Only if they get Atari's permission.
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I would think they would need WotC's permission, not Atari's as WotC is most likely a partial owner of the games or the contract for the game requires their permission for all sale and resale of DnD related products.
 
UncannyGarlic said:
Ausir said:
Only if they get Atari's permission.
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I would think they would need WotC's permission, not Atari's as WotC is most likely a partial owner of the games or the contract for the game requires their permission for all sale and resale of DnD related products.
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Keep up man, Atari is a subsidiary of Hasbro who also own WotC, and has the exclusive license to all D&D products on any computer platform.
 
Brother None said:
Keep up man, Atari is a subsidiary of Hasbro who also own WotC, and has the exclusive license to all D&D products on any computer platform.
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Damn, it's hard to keep up with everything that Hasbro buys, I'd missed that they'd bought Atari.
 
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