Game News Sacred GOLD (english version)!

[Whipporowill]

Tags: Ascaron Entertainment; Sacred

As per <a href="http://www.ascaron-forum.com//showflat.php?Cat=&Board=GenQ&Number=33832&Forum=CatSearch-4&Words=gone%20gold%20&Match=Entire%20Phrase&Searchpage=0&Limit=25&Old=1week&Main=33823&Search=true#Post33832" target=_blank>this post</a> by Ascaron Marketing Manager 'top dog', the english version of Sacred has taken on that golden hue we all love, and is being presssed as we speak. Rejoice!
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SACRED English has gone gold and as I type cd's are coming off the line, printers are running off the beautiful 68 page manual, and retailers are placing orders for a street date of March 19th UK and Nordic and Benelux and South Africa
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Australasia and US~Canada remain March 23rd, although shipping distances in US~Canada and Aus may make this a week later.
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Greece should also be March 19th
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Russian (Akella) and Polish and Czech (Cenega) are scheduled mid April
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Italian and Spanish versions are scheduled May from FX Interactive. Spanish for South America is also May.
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Japanese is signed but has no forecast date as of today
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France remains April in French
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China is negotiating and should close for end March on sales 12 weeks later in Chinese
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remaining gaps I want to find partners for are
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Israel
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Portugal
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Turkey
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Korea
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Mid East
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Parts of Asia
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Who thinks Ascaron has got a pretty <b>big</b> sleeper hit here?

 

[Azael]

I think this will be the Divine Divinity of the year, in more than one way. I wouldn't be suprised if this title beats Larian's own game.

 

[Whipporowill]

I can imagine them selling a heck of a lot of games just for being both so much like - and so much unlike Diablo II. Especially if they have a safe server environment like B-net...

 

[geminito]

What is "US~Canada"?

Did the two countries merge in some special way that requires the use of a "~"?

 

[Jed]

Yes. Canada is also known as "America, Jr." and "The 51st State."

 

[slavemaster]

Perhaps they essentially meant a North America release but remembered that they couldn't be arsed to release the game in Meheeko.

 

[Whipporowill]

55 k units in 3 days for Germany ONLY. Wow.

http://www.ascaron-forum.com//showflat. ... o=&fpart=1

 

[Voss]

Well, both the US & Canada can use the English version, Mexico would probably want a Spanish translation.

 

[undead dolphin hacker]

I'll be importing the UK version so it'll be nice and bloody. :twisted:

 

[Astromarine]

here's a nice post with additional details and a review impression> http://www.ascaron-forum.com//showflat. ... o=&fpart=1

And for the people quoting 55000. Read the rest of the thread. It's 80k now

 

[Jarinor]

All I can say is, I hope for several things from this game:

1. It's good, and worth spending my money on

2. I get the blood and guts version here in Australia

3. If No 2. does not prove true, then someone will release a patch of some sort that unlocks the blood and guts.

 

[Otaku_Hanzo]

I definitely think they have a sleeper hit on their hands. And I am quite in belief that we are looking at the Diablo 2 killer that every other D2 clone claimed to be. I for one am purchasing it.

80k in one week is impressive sales for a computer game. Some games don't even make that number in their entire existence.

 

[DrattedTin]

...actually, 80K is considered a dismal failure if its a retail game.

 

[DarkUnderlord]

NOT BY ME IT'S NOT, BIATCH!

 

[Otaku_Hanzo]

...actually, 80K is considered a dismal failure if its a retail game.

That depends on where you are located regionally, and what time of year it is. 80k this time of year ANYWHERE kicks severe ass. During the holiday season, yeah, it would be pretty bad. Plus, we're talking PC game here, not console.

Edit: Yeah, and like I said, this is within a WEEK. For a PC title that's pretty damn good.

 

[DIPthong]

...actually, 80K is considered a dismal failure if its a retail game.

Sure if that's like total sales figures of a game after like a month or two, but this is within the first week. That's pretty damn good.

 

[Whipporowill]

And this is within a week, in ONE country. If this game winds up selling less than 500 k worldwide (how could it?) I'd eat my hat (if I had one)!

 

[Otaku_Hanzo]

And this is within a week, in ONE country. If this game winds up selling less than 500 k worldwide (how could it?) I'd eat my hat (if I had one)!

Already had to eat it once, eh?

 

[Spazmo]

Don't go mouthing off about how this is a Diablo II killer just yet. The reason Diablo II is so popular is simply because of Battle.net. Blizzard has got the capital and the will to maintain totally free and pretty awesome online play. Any Diablo 2 killer that comes along had better have some kind of multiplayer support that rivals Battle.net or they'll have failed to "kill D2". It's not terribly hard to kill single player Diablo 2. The tricky part is beating it as an online game.

 

[Whipporowill]

Don't go mouthing off about how this is a Diablo II killer just yet. The reason Diablo II is so popular is simply because of Battle.net. Blizzard has got the capital and the will to maintain totally free and pretty awesome online play. Any Diablo 2 killer that comes along had better have some kind of multiplayer support that rivals Battle.net or they'll have failed to "kill D2". It's not terribly hard to kill single player Diablo 2. The tricky part is beating it as an online game.

It seems Ascaron has one of them nets up and running - as for how good and safe the mp milieu will be, remains to be seen.

 

[Saint_Proverbius]

Don't go mouthing off about how this is a Diablo II killer just yet. The reason Diablo II is so popular is simply because of Battle.net. Blizzard has got the capital and the will to maintain totally free and pretty awesome online play. Any Diablo 2 killer that comes along had better have some kind of multiplayer support that rivals Battle.net or they'll have failed to "kill D2". It's not terribly hard to kill single player Diablo 2. The tricky part is beating it as an online game.

Sacred has that. Ascaron has Ascaron.net or something like that, and it's basically Battle.net, including both open and realm style play for the game.

And yeah, 80k in one week in one country is damned good, especially if that country is smallish like Germany is. At that rate, it wouldn't shock me if it didn't sell 150k in Germany alone after the first month or so. The game might make all it's money back and a profit in that one country alone. Any sales elsewhere is pure profit.

 

[DIPthong]

Don't go mouthing off about how this is a Diablo II killer just yet. The reason Diablo II is so popular is simply because of Battle.net. Blizzard has got the capital and the will to maintain totally free and pretty awesome online play. Any Diablo 2 killer that comes along had better have some kind of multiplayer support that rivals Battle.net or they'll have failed to "kill D2". It's not terribly hard to kill single player Diablo 2. The tricky part is beating it as an online game.

Yeah...I dunno if I call going through the same acts over and over and over just to get more phat l00t "pretty awesome gameplay" but whatever...if that's your cup o' joe, then so be it.

 

[Azael]

Sacred has that. Ascaron has Ascaron.net or something like that, and it's basically Battle.net, including both open and realm style play for the game.

And yeah, 80k in one week in one country is damned good, especially if that country is smallish like Germany is. At that rate, it wouldn't shock me if it didn't sell 150k in Germany alone after the first month or so. The game might make all it's money back and a profit in that one country alone. Any sales elsewhere is pure profit.

Smallish? Germany has a population of over 80 million, which while smaller than the US is greater than most nations. The only country in Europe with a bigger population is Russia.

 

[Saint_Proverbius]

Smallish? Germany has a population of over 80 million, which while smaller than the US is greater than most nations. The only country in Europe with a bigger population is Russia.

Yeah, but you all wear lederhosen and dance to polkas, so it's hard to take you seriously.

And yeah, I mean smallish compared to places like the United States, Russia, Japan, China, and so on.

 

[Diogo Ribeiro]

I'm curious as to who'd handle the distribution in Portugal.