Dead Space: Extraction isn’t selling

The NPD Group, a market research company in North America, has just released sales data on Dead Space: Extraction for September, 2009. And, while Dead Space: Extraction was only out for five days of NPD’s September reporting period, the news still isn’t good. From September 29 to October 3, 2009, Dead Space: Extraction sold only 9,000 copies.

While there’s still hope that EA and Visceral Games’ Mature-rated, first person shooter could sell well in October, and perhaps even over the 2009 holiday season, chances are it won’t see the success of the previous Dead Space game. Just as a brief example, the Xbox 360 version of Dead Space, which launched October 13, 2008, sold 193,000 units in October, 2008 according to NPD data.

Visceral Games seems quite disappointed by the sales figures so far. That is, if you go by posts from a Visceral staff member going by the name “codecow” on the NeoGAF forums. As GoNintendo reported, the staff member turned up at NeoGAF lamenting the sales of Dead Space: Extraction and stating that EA’s marketing decisions could have a direct impact on the kinds of games EA makes for the Wii. Codecow’s first comment comes in at post 350 on page seven, and fellow NeoGAF members go on to discuss his comments on the following page.

Since Wii owners just aren’t buying Dead Space: Extraction in the droves EA and Visceral expected, why not tell us why you didn’t, or maybe even did, buy the game in the comments. Perhaps the Resident Evil on-rails Wii shooters are enough to satisfy your FPS urges. Or maybe you were hoping Dead Space: Extraction would be something more than it was. Personally, I’m more of an RPG gamer, and if I do play shooting games, they allow you to freely explore environments and areas.

Read [Edge Online] Via [Joystiq] Also Read [NeoGAF] Via [GoNintendo] Also Read [Gamasutra] Site [NPD Group]