Left 4 Dead 2 Sold 2 Million in Two Weeks, DLC News Coming Very Soon

[DigiQ8]

Valve Software have revealed that Left 4 Dead 2 has sold over 2 million retail copies in the last two weeks. Sales to date for the sequel are more than double the original game. Doug Lombardi said:

Left 4 Dead 2 is off to a great start with strong support at retail and great reviews from the press. Meanwhile the title has already been played by over 1 million Xbox LIVE Gold account holders

Lombardi also mentioned that the news for the first downloadable content is coming very soon. Midnight Riders anyone?

 

[ríomhaire]

Woo! Go Jake! Best bassist ever!

 

[scotland1]

wow that's pretty awesome.

 

[G-Dub]

That's really great to hear. Yay L4D2!

Midnight Riders? I'm gonna rock out with my Ox out!

See what I did there?

 

[CyberPitz]

I wonder how many Steam sales they made D:

 

[Eejit]

Seems that the L4D2 boycott was very nearly as effective as that for MW2.

 

[Ren.182]

Lol Boycotts.

Great news for Valve Looking forward to seeing what the DLC will be

 

[knut]

Sucks to be those that thought L4D2 was gonna flop.

No seriously, I hate you.

 

[Operational]

2 million retail copies in the last two weeks.

played by over 1 million Xbox LIVE Gold account holders

So does that mean there have been 1 million PC retail sales? Or could there be a significant amount of non-Gold Xbox sales?

Either way if you factor in Steam sales (which I'm willing to bet make up a large percentage of PC sales) it makes for a impressive start.

 

[Marler]

good work valve

 

[monkeyclass]

That is impressive, now give me info about that DLC and an EP3 trailer in christmas present. All I want for christmas is THAT!

 

[the cow says moo]

Lombardi also mentioned that the news for the first downloadable content is coming very soon. Midnight Riders anyone?

Valve time anyone?

I am surprised, however, that they're not announcing that the dlc will be announced in a few weeks.

 

[Sheepo]

Can't wait for Jake's final blog post before the DLC starts. All of the Riders look kind of same-ish, so I wonder how Valve will deal with that.

 

[huntingbear]

omg...i thought after L4D2 was out they'd just leave a couple people in charge of updating it and move over to developing/finish Ep3. but NOOOOOOOO! gotta milk that cash cow!

 

[The Monkey]

Hopefully they will hire more people now to finish p 3. Although unlikely.

 

[Sheepo]

omg...i thought after L4D2 was out they'd just leave a couple people in charge of updating it and move over to developing/finish Ep3. but NOOOOOOOO! gotta milk that cash cow!

Free content = milking cash cow... ?

 

[Au-heppa]

Valve time anyone?

First they announce the game to be released year after the first one. Then they release it on time. And then they announce a DLC less than a month after the games release? THIS IS NOT THE VALVE I USED TO KNOW. I AM NOT BUYING THEIR GAMES ANYMORE.

 

[huntingbear]

Free content = milking cash cow... ?

oh will it be free? oh my mistake....

still doesn't affect my point about them still working on L4D2...maybe not as much though, i can only hope.

 

[chimpmunk]

still doesn't affect my point about them still working on L4D2...maybe not as much though, i can only hope.

All right, let's go over this again: L4D2 is being worked on by the people of Turtle rock studio, the ones who were making L4D before they were bought by VALVE. The team working on Ep3 is not the same team as the one working on L4D2 (or TF2, or Steam, or CS:S, etc...).

 

[huntingbear]

All right, let's go over this again: L4D2 is being worked on by the people of Turtle rock studio, the ones who were making L4D before they were bought by VALVE. The team working on Ep3 is not the same team as the one working on L4D2 (or TF2, or Steam, or CS:S, etc...).

that explains why they've been skirting any questions about Ep3 since work on L4D2.

oh wait...it doesn't

listen i've been around hl2.net just as long as you have, i know turtle rock. i remember that old teaser vid of L4D when they were using the old character models. in fact if you ask me i liked those better, but back to the subject.

you might be right about the Turtle Rock employees being the sole workers on L4D content, but Valve are having to work with them on integrating it into Steam, talking with advertisers, talking to people about shipping....maybe i should just shut up

 

[ríomhaire]

that explains why they've been skirting any questions about Ep3 since work on L4D2.

oh wait...it doesn't

Because if product A is going to come out in three months, and product B is going to come out in eight months, it's bad business strategy to hype product B. This is called the Osborne effect. They're still focused on promoting L4D2 right now with the DLC campaign they're bringing out.

 

[scotland1]

maybe i should just shut up

Yes, you should.

 

[huntingbear]

Because if product A is going to come out in three months, and product B is going to come out in eight months, it's bad business strategy to hype product B. This is called the Osborne effect. They're still focused on promoting L4D2 right now with the DLC campaign they're bringing out.

ur right

Yes, you should.

no u