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<generator>Blogsmith http://www.blogsmith.com/</generator><item><title><![CDATA[Splash Damage: Brink sales estimated at 2.5 million]]></title><link>http://www.joystiq.com/2012/04/22/splash-damage-brink-sales-estimated-at-2-5-million/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.joystiq.com/2012/04/22/splash-damage-brink-sales-estimated-at-2-5-million/</guid><comments>http://www.joystiq.com/2012/04/22/splash-damage-brink-sales-estimated-at-2-5-million/#comments</comments><description><![CDATA[<div style="text-align: center; "> <a href="http://www.joystiq.com/2012/04/22/splash-damage-brink-sales-estimated-at-2-5-million/" target="_self"><img alt="" src="http://www.blogcdn.com/www.joystiq.com/media/2011/04/brinksplashdamage.jpg" /></a></div>Despite a rocky launch and underwhelming critical reception, <a href="http://www.joystiq.com/game/brink"><em>Brink</em></a> went on to do "<a href="http://www.joystiq.com/2011/08/15/brink-dev-says-launch-was-rough-game-found-success-on-pc/">all right</a>" on the PC thanks to multitudes of patches, free DLC and a sprinkle of magical sales dust from the Steam Discount Fairy.<br /><br />As it turns out, <em>all right</em> actually means <em>pretty damn good</em>: "It's estimated to have sold more than 2.5 million units worldwide, which at retail would mean that it's generated around $120-140 million in revenue," said Splash Damage CEO Paul Wedgwood during an interview with <a href="http://www.gamasutra.com/view/news/168760/Brink_developers_next_moves_Freetoplay_publishing_backend_support.php">Gamasutra</a>. Not too shabby for a game we gave <a href="http://www.joystiq.com/2011/05/10/brink-review/#review">two stars</a> last year.<br /><br />"But of course, as an independent video game developer, we don't earn that kind of revenue, as we're not the publisher of the title," Wedgwood said. Splash Damage plans on changing that by opening WarCrest, its own publishing house. WarCrest will handle Splash Damage's future products, while Fireteam (another Splash Damage-founded company) handles said games' associated online services.<p style="padding:5px;background:#ffffcc;border:1px solid #ffff99;clear:both;"><a href="http://www.joystiq.com"><img src="http://www.joystiq.com/media/feedlogo.gif" alt="Joystiq" style="float:left;padding:0 5px 5px 0;" /></a><a href="http://www.joystiq.com/2012/04/22/splash-damage-brink-sales-estimated-at-2-5-million/">Splash Damage: Brink sales estimated at 2.5 million</a> originally appeared on <a href="http://www.joystiq.com">Joystiq</a> on Sun, 22 Apr 2012 16:30:00 EST.  Please see our <a href="http://www.weblogsinc.com/feed-terms/">terms for use of feeds</a>.<br style="clear:both;"></p><h6 style="clear: both; padding: 8px 0 0 0; height: 2px; font-size: 1px; border: 0; margin: 0; padding: 0;"></h6><a href="http://www.joystiq.com/2012/04/22/splash-damage-brink-sales-estimated-at-2-5-million/" rel="bookmark" title="Permanent link to this entry">Permalink</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href="http://www.joystiq.com/forward/20221307/" title="Send this entry to a friend via email">Email this</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href="http://www.joystiq.com/2012/04/22/splash-damage-brink-sales-estimated-at-2-5-million/#comments" title="View reader comments on this entry">Comments</a>]]></description><category>Brink</category><category>Fireteam</category><category>microsoft</category><category>pc</category><category>playstation</category><category>ps3</category><category>sale-figures</category><category>Splash-Damage</category><category>WarCrest</category><category>xbox</category><dc:creator><![CDATA[Jordan Mallory]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sun, 22 Apr 2012 16:30:00 EST</pubDate></item></channel></rss>