Rhode Island nets $713,000 from ongoing Kingdoms of Amalur: Reckoning sales

fail

It was a very enjoyable game. This whole situation isn't just Schilling's fault, though. 

i thought the game had great potential such a shame the studious went under and couldnt give the game the polish and content it deserved

I dont care much about the studio, revenue or sales, but the game itself was good - maybe lack some polishing, but still good.

I liked the game should have been longer.

KOA is what Fable 2 and 3 were supposed to be gameplay wise. Fable 1 story walks all over KoA and jumps up and down. In KoA the world, characters, and story were barely passable as decent but the gameplay, my lord, the gameplay was AWESOME. Super boring game world but fun to play. 7/10.

hahahahha loser

Its as if Rhode Island is claiming it got scammed by a fake email asking for money to receive someones large inheritance. Fools!

Hop this baby on Steam with a nice little Steam sale.  Say good bye to the debt.  (well a good chunk of it anyways.)

I'm still a little baffled on why they are selling Curt Schilling. From the sound of it, the state lured HIM to it with the loan in question. He talked big but there was no reason for the state to believe it. It was their own mistake.

Bought this game at full price, never regretted it.

Did they ever fix the Field of View issues with this game?  It was pretty sneaky how they led people to believe their was a fix being implemented right after release...then it never came from what i recall.

I can't wait for this drama to end. I just wish they'd hurry up and sell the IP to a capable and willing studio or publisher.

P.S. This game is free for PlayStation Plus subscribers in AU, UK, EU this month. I'd still love to know how much Sony pay to get those games free to their subscribers.

I still hope we will get a sequel. It was a great Game. Evryone who likes Western RPGs should try it.

Only need to sell 100 times as many copies to make their money back.  

Kingdoms of Alamur should have been a success and perhaps would have if they didn't make the move to Rhode Island.

Rhode Island simply had to do 5 minutes of research and would figure out that this was a doomed investment.

38 Studies also should have known that this is loan would instantly amount to bad debt

Only the BIGGEST STUDIOS have budgets of 100 million and even then they have a loyal fan base, a massive wealth of experience, valued franchise etc.

Everyone who was involved in this should go to jail or be hanged for sheer idiocy.

This game is mega cheap now, and it seemed solid....would anyone here recommend it?

they valued the IP at 1.3 million, and yet they sold it for $713K.  RI might just be the worst run state in the union.

The game was pretty good.. but tbh, the timing was off. 

It came out shortly after the epicness that was Skyrim and it kind of felt like a ripoff clone. Had it been out before skyrim; who knows, i may have thought the opposite, because it seems like a pretty damn good game. The timing of release however killed it for me. I was to entrenched in Skyrim at the time.

Karma's a B**** LOL

Game was great. Nuff said

38 Studios have just started a new Kickstarter project looking for funds for Amalur 2. They're hoping to reach their initial $200 million target in the first week which they claim should be enough to pay for the box artwork.

TUH. Maybe if the State of Rhode Island had been a bit more patient they could have actually made some money

seems Rhode island got amalur'ed.

Pretty sure these assets were worth a lot more.

But you have no choice but to sell at a low point, what can you do.

plus they want to get rid of the assets asap

Makes me happy I bought the game from EA on Origin then. I don't want a cent of the money going to that state after they ruined the company that made such an awesome game.

I'm sure someone here actually what happened here. So what happened here?

I'm sure EA pocketed every dollar when the game was sold on Origin.

The article doesn't make alot of sense.  True I'm sure the game sold the most on Steam, given its marketshare of digital distribution, but it isn't the only place selling the game.  So what exactly is the article saying?

So is the figure of total Steam sales, or assumed that all of the sales are from steam?

Because you can at the very least buy it on Origin as well.  Probably greeman gaming and some of the lower tier ones as well.

What about the physical 360/PS3 discs? Are those still being made and/or are any of those that were made still sitting on shelves? Are they sold out or are they being kept off the market?  Seems to me there might still be a market for some physical discs as well.  Was the game sold on xboxlive?  What are those figures.

I'm wondering what this article actually means other than in some way of classification, $713k has been made from game sales.  But the real amount could be even more...or steam sales were just a major portion of the $713k, but is being misrepresented as responsible for the entire sum.

I would love to see some investigative journalism that actually explains how 32 Studios spent over $100 million and why RI actually loaned them that much money.

There is definitely more going on than we know about.

That sucks that RI is that deep in debt due to one poor investment.

"Revenue from Steam sales of 2012 role-playing game have reached six figures for the Ocean State." Steam sales benefits everyone, even the state of Rhode Island, lol.

"Rhode Island nets $713,000 from ongoing Kingdoms of Amalur: Reckoning sales"

Lincoln Chafee considering using that money to purchase Curt Schillings bloody sock.

How can they even be 100 million in debt?

There's no way Amalur cost that much to make.

Loved the game, and sad what happened to 38 Studios.