September NPDs Show Poor Performance For Dead Space: Extraction

EA's guided first-person experience isn't selling as expected.

With the September 2009 NPDs out and being leaked, more information is coming in. Thanks to that, we can all see that it looks like EA's Dead Space: Extraction isn't selling too well.

According to the NPD leak, Dead Space: Extraction sold roughly 9,000 units in the few days it was available during the reported period.

Before the NPDs were released, a Visceral Games staffer commented on NeoGAF that "it is a shame nobody bought this. As much as everyone made fun of Frank Gibeau's "experiment" it will actually influence the SKU plan with respect to the Wii just like he said in his interview."

The experiment he refers to is EA Games President Frank Gibeau's previous statements about how Extraction is a "gamble" and that they will be watching sales closely to see how the M-rated game performs on Nintendo's system.

Our Take

Neal Ronaghan Staff Alumnus

10/20/2009 at 01:29 AM

Unfortunately its looking like EA will probably be putting out more Charm Girls Club and Littlest Pet Shop games on Wii as opposed to high-concept affairs like Dead Space: Extraction. That's a shame.

Nick DiMola Director

10/20/2009 at 05:43 AM

Honestly, the whole on-rails thing turned me off. When the game was first announced, I wanted a real Dead Space game. I don't doubt the quality of what was actually released, but at this point in time, it's just not what I'm looking for. Apparently, I'm not the only one.

10/20/2009 at 09:17 AM

I think this is a better game than the first Dead Space.

vudu

10/20/2009 at 09:18 AM

While what Nick said might be true, I bet you $10 that Darkside Chronicles will sell 100K+ units in its first month.

Joaquim Mira Media Manager

10/20/2009 at 10:01 AM

This game came out at the end of the month of September, so it's too early to make any assumption in regards to sales.

10/20/2009 at 11:13 AM

I don't think it is promising though, hence the comments from Visceral employees.

10/22/2009 at 10:57 PM

@vudu

I think that has a lot to do with the fact that RE is an established franchise with lots of fans. Even a game that most people won't want, you can guarantee that stable of fans will pick up the game no matter what it is. Dead Space obviously doesn't have that, so yeah, here we are.

PixlBit