Bioshock Ships 1.5 Million, Sequels Likely

Posted by Zonk on Tuesday September 11, 2007 @01:49AM from the rollout-for-rapture dept.

Gamespot is reporting that 2K games has shipped 1.5 million units of BioShock to games stores and retailers. The title was noted by EA Sports' Peter Moore as proof that third-party publishers aren't getting squeezed out by first-party AAA games. "It turns out the comments by the former Xbox 360 and Games for Windows marketing chief were prescient. Today during a post-earnings report conference call with analysts, Take-Two Interactive Chairman Strauss Zelnick said BioShock was already a runaway success for the controversial publisher, which has been set back by the Grand Theft Auto IV and Manhunt 2 delays."

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Re:Alternative title to this new post by MooseMuffin · 2007-09-11 02:11 · Score: 5, Insightful

Bioshock really doesn't need a sequel. The best thing about the game was that it put you in this mysterious place and you gradually discover how it became that way. You know all that now. Sure some new bad guy can take over the city and need to be taken out, but thats nowhere near as interesting, and by the nature of being a sequel the game won't be anywhere near as original.

I would hope the irrational team gets to do another new property, since they've shown how good they are at it.