Paradox Interactive has accepted responsibility for the poor sales of Vampire: The Masquerade - Bloodlines 2. The publisher is satisfied with the work of developer The Chinese Room, despite the poor commercial return on the role-playing game (nice spot, Eurogamer).
This information comes courtesy of Paradox head Frederik Wester, who released a statement accompanying the announcement of a $37.4 million write-down on the development of Vampire: The Masquerade - Bloodlines 2.
"Vampire: The Masquerade - Bloodlines 2 is a strong vampire fantasy, and we are pleased with the developers' work on the game," Wester said. "We've had high expectations for a long time, since we saw that it was a good game with a strong IP in a genre with broad appeal."
According to reporting from GamesIndustry.biz, Vampire: The Masquerade - Bloodlines 2 sold fewer than 130,000 copies. Although the total development cost of the RPG isn't public knowledge, the development cycle was troubled, passing between two studios and taking over five years to finally release. In other words, Bloodlines 2 wasn't cheap to create.
"A month after release we can sadly see that sales do not match our projections, which necessitates the write-down. The responsibility lies fully...
