CI Games stock plummets after negative game reviews

The stock of WSE-listed game developer CI Games have dropped by some 45 percent since Tuesday, when its latest game Sniper: Ghost Warrior 3 was released to unfavorable reviews. According to review aggregator website Metacric, the game currently has 54 rating out of 100. The company’s admits that the reviews are way below expectations, but in previous cases, it did not affect games sales. “Reviews are an important, but not crucial factor in determining whether a game is successful or not. The average scores are below our expectations, however the previous installments in the series, had average scores and they sold 6 million copies combined,” company’s CEO Marek Tymiński said in a statement. Ci Games will release it summary of sales of Sniper 3 in Q2.