Pachter On Brutal Legend: "It's Going To Be Profitable"
Brutal LegendYou know, we've been telling you to pay attention to Tim Schafer and Double Fine's Brutal Legend for quite some time now. Yes, it launches today alongside the insanely awesome Uncharted 2: Among Thieves, but Shafer's metal-infused title already snagged a 9.0 from IGN and should be worthy of your attention. Most all Schafer's stuff is.
And thankfully, this time around, the gamers might finally reward him. It has been this guy's unfortunate tradition to produce great games that go nowhere on sales charts but Wedbush Morgan analyst Michael Pachter says Brutal Legend finally pays him back. If you check out the latest Bonus Round Episode, Pachter is confident the anticipated title will sell well, despite being tossed amidst some blockbuster October productions:
"I think this thing’s going to be the sleeper hit of the holiday season. When I say that I mean a couple million units, so it’s not going to be Gears of War type numbers. It’s going to be a profitable game and it is a little bit on the niche side except Jack Black makes it much, much more mass market."
You know, in all honesty, we didn't really think of that. We've wanted Brutal Legend to make an impact since we heard about it, and we did worry about the niche metal flair. But Jack Black does help to bring the game to more people and besides, we're seeing that commercial for the game quite a bit. So maybe - just maybe - Schafer will reap the benefits of his hard work.
Related Game(s): Brutal Legend
10/13/2009 10:27:53 AM Ben Dutka
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Hezzron
Tuesday, October 13, 2009 @ 11:15:07 AM
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tlpn99
Tuesday, October 13, 2009 @ 11:24:06 AM
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Yeah if your a rock/metal fan then the game might be for you. I am gonna give it a try all the same :)
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fluffer nutter
Tuesday, October 13, 2009 @ 12:24:16 PM
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Kevadu
Tuesday, October 13, 2009 @ 11:54:03 AM
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It sounds to me like the demo wasn't really representative of the meat of the gameplay. Open world? RTS elements? There was nothing like that in the demo. Now I'm even more confused about what the gameply is supposed to be like.
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BlinkBoy
Tuesday, October 13, 2009 @ 11:55:55 AM
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fluffer nutter
Tuesday, October 13, 2009 @ 11:57:37 AM
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camaro300zx
Tuesday, October 13, 2009 @ 12:09:54 PM
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Two Thumbs Up!!
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killzone100
Tuesday, October 13, 2009 @ 12:24:12 PM
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therabbitkinge
Tuesday, October 13, 2009 @ 1:03:13 PM
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bomba2812
Tuesday, October 13, 2009 @ 2:49:18 PM
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jaybiv
Tuesday, October 13, 2009 @ 9:52:55 PM
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___________
Thursday, October 15, 2009 @ 8:09:35 AM
most of the time demos are a very bad portray of a game, thats why devs dont like doing demos.
i loved the demo of haze, we all know how that turned out.
i HATED the demo of uncharted made me frustrated.
i hated the demo of infamous.
i hated the demo of ninja gaiden sigma 2.
but after buying the full version of all those games im glad i did.
if your not sure on a game, play the demo if the games not out.
if it is rent it, dont pass on the game just because you did not like the demo.
if i did that i would of missed out on some of my favorite games.
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WorldEndsWithMe
Tuesday, October 13, 2009 @ 3:02:52 PM
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cadpig
Tuesday, October 13, 2009 @ 3:24:27 PM
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fluffer nutter
Tuesday, October 13, 2009 @ 3:47:51 PM
Last edited by fluffer nutter on 10/13/2009 3:48:07 PM
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www
Tuesday, October 13, 2009 @ 3:54:16 PM
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Lol.
Those are my favorite lines in the demo, when you hit the action button with no weapon in hand. I could listen to it all day
Gotta get a weapon, I'm unarmed!
Gotta get a weapon, I'm unarmed!
Gotta get a weapon, I'm unarmed!
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Enigma757
Tuesday, October 13, 2009 @ 4:23:44 PM
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frylock25
Tuesday, October 13, 2009 @ 8:03:08 PM
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Alienange
Tuesday, October 13, 2009 @ 8:48:31 PM
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OBJECTION! I've been putting money in Schafer's pockets since Monkey Island. He built his company off of guys like me! I'd say that's a damn good reward. 19 years later the guy repays me with Jack friggin' Blaaaack ??
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Nerull
Tuesday, October 13, 2009 @ 9:31:51 PM
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I've only seen BL for $70, which is 80 after tax. Retailers need to stop that new price testing, I don't care if they costed 60 for a decade it's still plenty today. I refuse to pay that much for a game just as I refuse to pay 30 bucks and up for a bluray.
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Banky A
Tuesday, October 13, 2009 @ 10:37:25 PM
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Because most people know what Metal is and who Jack Black is.
But "What the hell is a Demon's Soul"?
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Fane1024
Wednesday, October 14, 2009 @ 4:48:21 PM
Unless Demon's Souls sells well (and with so few copies in stores, how can it?), it won't be a sleeper hit.
Batman: AA is a perfect example of a sleeper hit. No one expected the review scores or the eventual hype it received and it sold MUCH better than anyone could have predicted six months ago.
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___________
Wednesday, October 14, 2009 @ 1:46:59 AM
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weird, like i was not going to get infamous, the gameplay and videos looked boring to me but now its my favorite game this year.
i was not going to get this because its on the same day as U2 and opp2.
but some how i managed to get brutal legend and opp 2 on the 10th of october, 5 days before their release.
and so so so glad i did because if they kept their original date i would of missed out on brutal legend.
one complaint though.
jack black swears to much.
make sure you dont have your granny visiting while playing this, otherwise you will be missing a ear or 2 and you will have a very sore red toung.
i hope you like english mustard.
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JackC8
Wednesday, October 14, 2009 @ 10:10:34 AM
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Deleted User
Wednesday, October 14, 2009 @ 2:41:29 PM
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I liked the demo, there's some God Of War mixed with some simple RTS. Yes, I'd rather have Demon's Souls but that game is sold out everywhere in Ottawa so Brutal Legend is a great fallback game.
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Draven71
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Tuesday, October 13, 2009 @ 10:52:23 AM