50 Cent: Blood on the Sand sales pale to Bulletproof

by David Hinkle { May 9th 2009 at 1:00AM }

50 Cent's latest game, 50 Cent: Blood on the Sand, hasn't been selling well, apparently. Kotaku reports the title has only managed to sell 1/12th as many copies as the rapper's first joint, 50 Cent: Bulletproof, which has sold nearly 1.2 million copies. The sequel has sold only 56,000 copies as of early April. Despite the fact it has received more critical acclaim than Bulletproof, consumers just don't seem to care about the trials and tribulations of a rapper chasing a crystal skull through the desert. Yeah, we don't get it, either.

We just hope the sales turn around. We actually want 50 Cent to make his sequel ... as long as there are plenty more points to be had.

Tags: 50-cent, 50-cent-blood-on-the-sand, business, sales, salesfigures, thq

Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)

Ashitaka @ May 9th 2009 1:06AM

We're not amused either (by the game, I mean)...

WINterfang @ May 9th 2009 2:05AM

It's not that bad, is just a worse The Club...a really underrated gem that had everything against it.

1-it was arcady
2-it has hip hopy
3- it was published by SEGA.

Everybody though they were getting a crappy Sega sandbox game but it was like the opposite, kinda like the people that though Ninja Blade was like Ninja Gaiden only to be very surprise.

Dan @ May 9th 2009 1:10AM

It may help to market the game if you want the people to know about it.

Henry E. @ May 9th 2009 7:45AM

I didn't even know it came out but I'm still not getting it anyway.

Kerber @ May 9th 2009 1:13AM

Wait...1.2 million divided by 12 is 100,000, not 56,000. Uh oh, 50 Cent's really gonna be mad now.

.jpg @ May 9th 2009 1:25AM

maybe an online mp/trophy patch could help things...

Orex @ May 9th 2009 10:05AM

i think it would

VaultICEE @ May 9th 2009 1:29AM

I blame it on the horrible 50 game they made for the PS2, making people probably think this would suck just as much.

ManekiNeko @ May 9th 2009 1:30AM

That's what you call a Delayed Reaction.

j.howlett @ May 9th 2009 1:35AM

"she complimented my necklace, then started relaxing. now that's what i call a 'chain reaction'"

Dopple Boppler @ May 9th 2009 1:34AM

So MadWorld actually outsold something? Whoooooo.

Always a silver lining kids.

CH3BURASHKA @ May 9th 2009 1:35AM

Biggest facepalm ever. I guess this just shows that even 50 Cent fans don't know how to see quality product.

This is irony at its best. The first game took relatively no effort and no thought went into it and it was devoured by his fans. This time, he took a hands-on approach and handcrafted it in his own image (like God would) and apparently no one gave a shit.
*cue Bender's irony song (from the Devil episode)*

Deadpool @ May 9th 2009 1:12PM

Maybe they should make a update patch that includes more guns, vehicals and Vanilla Ice as a playable character. :)

Moptimus Slime (Ziggy played Guitar Hero, but not Smash Hits) @ May 9th 2009 1:35AM

You know who I blame? Ben Gilbert.

j.howlett @ May 9th 2009 1:36AM

i was just thinking about getting this, then wolverine released and maybe next week.

Moptimus Slime (Ziggy played Guitar Hero, but not Smash Hits) @ May 9th 2009 2:00AM

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giantenemycrab @ May 9th 2009 1:37AM

This one's easy, it's all about the money. In 2005, the games were cheaper, the consoles were cheaper, and the economy was a lot better. The typical 50 cent fan(young, lower class) now probably doesn't even have a "next-gen" console, and even if they do, probably can't spare the $60 for the game. Most of the people in the target audience for this game are probably still using their PS2s. I bet if there was a PS2 version of Blood on the Sand out, it would be selling copies closer to what Bulletproof did.

giantenemycrab @ May 9th 2009 1:38AM

I forgot to mention that 50 Cent's fading popularity probably doesn't help much, either.

Truckondo @ May 9th 2009 1:54AM

I would have bought the game if it was cheaper. In fact, the only game I have purchased this year is Street Fighter 4. Too many games out at the moment to buy them all. Lower the prices and sales will go up.

Bubbameister33 @ May 9th 2009 11:03AM

I'm pretty sure there are upper class people who are way more into 50 than lower class people. Who do you think buys his crap music off iTunes? Not those people who don't have "next gen" consoles let alone computers, internet and credit cards.

John Matrix @ May 9th 2009 1:58AM

Just a dumb premise. Plus 50 cent being on there makes people even less likely to buy it. I mean if a rapper is on it, then its gotta be good. I mean if people saw a game with Michael Bolton on it holding two machetes in a rain forest with his wife being constricted by a python, they would know to stay away. Blood in the sand is the same situation. Actually I'd probably buy the Michael Bolton game.

J.Goodwin @ May 9th 2009 6:26AM

Yeah, cause a plumber hanging out in a fantasy world populated by walking talking mushrooms and flying turtles is a splendid premise.

It's about the fun.

John Matrix @ May 9th 2009 7:14PM

thats blatantly a fantasy premise, this is not.

WINterfang @ May 9th 2009 2:02AM

This is very obvious.

Bulletproof= 50 was famous
Blood in the sand= 50 hasn't being hear in a while.

Damon @ May 9th 2009 2:11AM

I find this sadly hilarious. Or hilariously sad. One of the two.

It's simple what happened: 50 cent's fans all bought the first game, realized it sucked, then thought his next game would too. Surprisingly, it didn't. Just goes to show that a poor quality product can bite you in the ass even after its made you money.

Personally, i couldn't care less. I hate rap. And even though blood on the sand isn't terrible, it's not particularly good, either. And nowadays you gotta make every cent count.

HA! I made a terrible pun.

YO @ May 9th 2009 2:15PM

i beg 2 disagree,coz u said u dont like rap i dont like ur opinion

Extinction @ May 9th 2009 2:18AM

There's hope for the future of gaming yet.

Crappy games like this shouldn't sell 1 copy let alone what it did

PedoJokerBear (aka Deeznuts) @ May 9th 2009 2:28AM

you know? because they got fooled once, if he comes out with a third game the second ones who got fooled will not be fooled again

Ridgecity @ May 9th 2009 2:44AM

I blame the west coast for this.

Markez @ May 9th 2009 4:09AM

I wish he had an identical twin, so they could have a rap group call Susan B.

Bob @ May 9th 2009 6:35AM

To be a bit more modern, they should be called Sacagawewewea.

Anybody that doesn't get it, because I'm sure some won't, ... http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sacagawea_dollar

Morisato @ May 9th 2009 8:12AM

Well he doesn't need a twin to call himself Kennedy.

J.Goodwin @ May 9th 2009 6:24AM

Damn, that's really disappointing, this was a very fun game. It's too bad that certain segments of the game review corps underweight fun in their reviews.

meist3r @ May 9th 2009 6:45AM

They just shouldn't have mentioned the Crystal Skull ... and the scene with the refrigerator was ludicrous. ... Oh wai *no carrier*

danny of rough draft. @ May 9th 2009 8:00AM

I did my part. I bought it and beat it twice in one day (the second time took less than three hours). I kept it to play again.

Orex @ May 9th 2009 10:04AM

Honestly, (down vote me if u may) i would have bought this if it had trophies.

Not cause im a trophy whore and would have played it JUST for trophies but because i dont like that devs dont have the time to impliment such a small thing into the game, all it takes is one small patch, this goes the same for Silent Hill Homcoming.

Skipjimroo @ May 9th 2009 4:49PM

I think your beef lies with Sony then brother. Not the game publishers.

Orex @ May 9th 2009 5:52PM

Why sony? its upto the game company weather trophies are added or not no? But because the game was made ready in V.late 08 its not mandatory for trophies to be added to this. so the company made the choice.

Skipjimroo @ May 9th 2009 8:17PM

I was of the understanding that Sony made a decision not to make trophy support mandatory. They could easily have done so but chose not to.

If that is the case, then by lack of rolling out a standard for the publishers to follow, they are the reason some recent games lack sweet trophy-licious sexification.

Things may be different since I last heard anything on the matter though.

Orex @ May 9th 2009 9:51PM

well yup, all games made after 2009 are supposed to be mandatory but besides some few games being made ready at the end of 08 but released 09

So 08 games are up to the publishes to add in the trophies, so if they decide not to support trophies i wont support thier games cause they could easily do em as they are doing the xbox achievments.

Skipjimroo @ May 10th 2009 12:38PM

Ah, I see. That clears things up a little for me. I see your point now;

For all the effort required to put the trophies into play, it's not exactly just or fair to leave PS3 owners out in the cold.

Incidentally Orex, My PSN ID is Skipjimrroo (note the extra "R") hook me up if you ever want a little bit of LBP or Killzone action!

Orex @ May 11th 2009 3:47AM

Sure :) ill add u today and leave a comment in the Addy description.

Also, Burnout devs;Criterion Games (im sure it was them) have said it took them just Half of thier day, to add trophies.

So its not like it seems to be a very big hastle either.
& thats why i dont support games that dont have trophies.

arkweld @ May 9th 2009 1:07PM

the problem with the game is that it's just not realistic.

It's just stupid that 50 cent would be running through the desert killing everyone to find his skull.

When I lost my jeweled, crystal skull I just had to fill out a form.

YO @ May 9th 2009 2:14PM

I dont hink its bad because its 'hip hoppy' but its jus that its stereotipical cliches of hip hop but not really hiphop its fantasy

Transfan52 @ May 10th 2009 2:19AM

I'm not surprised a shitty game like this wasn't successful... 50 cent is old now in the hip hop community.... His time has come and gone and he'll join the pantheon of other hip hop hasbeen's from now on...

He should just be happy he was lucky enough to survive getting shot nine times and coming out with some shitty album that a buncha knuckle dragging idiots bought into.

Emperor_Den_Den @ May 11th 2009 2:42AM

Before I say this let me clear up a misconception that may be taken from what I'm about to say I'M NOT A 50 CENT FAN but i do listen 2 his music from time to time. Now is it me or am I reading alot of biased comments against 50? The dood makes a lot of decent music and in the hip hop circuit he's the master of beef, mater of fact he just knocked all of the momentum out of Rick Ross and DJ Khaled and Lil' Wayne (some one that is probably one of the most listened to rappers) has said that he wouldn't beef with 50 because it's pretty much a suicidal move career wise. On the whole gaming aspect they didn't even promote the game how it should of been and the demographic of people that bought the game aren't broke but probably just overlooked the game because of the first games obvious flaws. I mean I didn't grab it because I already had my games that I planned on buying picked out but I might grab it if I beat all of the games i have (which probably won't be likely because I have a long list of games to buy for 09) but if this occurs I'll be happy to grab it because it's a quick fun game that got decent reviews.