Gabe Newell: Left 4 Dead Half-price Sale Saw 3000% Increase, Beat Launch Numbers

**MIG-31** · Feb 19, 2009, 06:42 AM

Valve co-founder Gabe Newell announced during a DICE keynote today that last weekend's half-price sale of Left 4 Dead resulted in a 3000% increase in sales of the game, posting overall sales that beat the title's original launch performance.
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Source: Shacknews

BlueMak · Feb 19, 2009, 07:45 AM

Wow, good game plus low prices = lots of sales, who would have thought it possible!

comp_ali · Feb 19, 2009, 08:36 AM

The game is good because it defines a new way in online gaming but the SP is less fun , I think they should add some maps soon.

Erroneus · Feb 19, 2009, 10:44 AM

And NOTHING about HL2:EP3... what the hell Valve! WE WANT PICS, INFO, VIDEOES, STUFF, NAAAAAAAAAAAU!

lepel · Feb 19, 2009, 11:56 AM

Haha, incredible. I was really tempted to buy it too that weekend, but I don't have enough time to enjoy it.

mkk · Feb 19, 2009, 01:30 PM

There you go Gabe, sell products at their right price and stuff happens.

Feb 19, 2009, 06:42 AM	#1
MIG-31 HardwareHeaven News Mod Join Date: Dec 2002 Location: Nottingham,UK Posts: 56,818 Rep Power: 471 System Specs	Gabe Newell: Left 4 Dead Half-price Sale Saw 3000% Increase, Beat Launch Numbers Valve co-founder Gabe Newell announced during a DICE keynote today that last weekend's half-price sale of Left 4 Dead resulted in a 3000% increase in sales of the game, posting overall sales that beat the title's original launch performance. ____________ Source: Shacknews __________________ Please Post Your News Submissions Here

Feb 19, 2009, 07:45 AM	#2
BlueMak HH's Asteroids' Dominator Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: Hellas->Macedonia->Thessaloniki Posts: 13,465 Rep Power: 349 System Specs	Re: Gabe Newell: Left 4 Dead Half-price Sale Saw 3000% Increase, Beat Launch Numbers Wow, good game plus low prices = lots of sales, who would have thought it possible! __________________ The people who are regarded as moral luminaries are those who forego ordinary pleasures themselves and find compensation in interfering with the pleasures of others(Bertrand Russell)"You go into Afghanistan, you got guys who slap women around for five years because they didn't wear a veil,You know, guys like that ain't got no manhood left anyway. So it's a hell of a lot of fun to shoot them." - Lt. Gen. James N. Mattis This is slavery, not to speak one's thought. [Euripides-The Phoenician Women (c.411-409 B.C.)] http://www.macedonia.info/FALLACIESANDFACTS.htm *Sic semper tyrannis.*

Feb 19, 2009, 08:36 AM	#3
comp_ali Sniper Join Date: Aug 2008 Location: Egypt Posts: 10,469 Rep Power: 339 System Specs	Re: Gabe Newell: Left 4 Dead Half-price Sale Saw 3000% Increase, Beat Launch Numbers The game is good because it defines a new way in online gaming but the SP is less fun , I think they should add some maps soon. __________________

Feb 19, 2009, 10:44 AM	#4
Erroneus Get off my lawn! Join Date: Aug 2002 Location: Denmark Posts: 13,417 Rep Power: 119 System Specs	Re: Gabe Newell: Left 4 Dead Half-price Sale Saw 3000% Increase, Beat Launch Numbers And NOTHING about HL2:EP3... what the hell Valve! WE WANT PICS, INFO, VIDEOES, STUFF, NAAAAAAAAAAAU! __________________

Feb 19, 2009, 11:56 AM	#5
lepel HardwareHeaven Senior Member Join Date: Nov 2008 Location: Belgium Posts: 552 Rep Power: 41 System Specs	Re: Gabe Newell: Left 4 Dead Half-price Sale Saw 3000% Increase, Beat Launch Numbers Haha, incredible. I was really tempted to buy it too that weekend, but I don't have enough time to enjoy it.

Feb 19, 2009, 01:30 PM	#6
mkk Cthulhu/Dagon 2012 Join Date: Oct 2003 Location: Gefle, Sweden Posts: 4,490 Rep Power: 132 System Specs	Re: Gabe Newell: Left 4 Dead Half-price Sale Saw 3000% Increase, Beat Launch Numbers There you go Gabe, sell products at their right price and stuff happens.