SaysWho? Posted November 23, 2022 Share Posted November 23, 2022 1 4 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brian Posted November 23, 2022 Share Posted November 23, 2022 Well deserved. It ain’t better than Kirby but it’s a close 2nd. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
best3444 Posted November 23, 2022 Share Posted November 23, 2022 That's awesome. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BloodyHell Posted November 23, 2022 Share Posted November 23, 2022 Well deserved. Any year without Elden Ring, it would have been my GotY. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
legend Posted November 23, 2022 Share Posted November 23, 2022 Didn't Last of Us 2 recently take this title? If so, impressive that it's already been beat! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BloodyHell Posted November 23, 2022 Share Posted November 23, 2022 27 minutes ago, legend said: Didn't Last of Us 2 recently take this title? If so, impressive that it's already been beat! Nooo... apparently initial sales of tlou2 were soft. Sony didn't report any sales until much later. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Keyser_Soze Posted November 23, 2022 Share Posted November 23, 2022 39 minutes ago, legend said: Didn't Last of Us 2 recently take this title? If so, impressive that it's already been beat! 11 minutes ago, BloodyHell said: Nooo... apparently initial sales of tlou2 were soft. Sony didn't report any sales until much later. I think they announced they finally reached Lugi's Mansion 3 numbers (13 million) at Summer Game's Fest. EDIT: Not quite I guess, only hit 10 million. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BloodyHell Posted November 23, 2022 Share Posted November 23, 2022 Yeah, it seems like the lies and leaks pre-release really harmed initial sales. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
legend Posted November 23, 2022 Share Posted November 23, 2022 Ah alright then. Must have hallucinated it! I’d say maybe I’m thinking of Spider-Man but I think my memory can’t be trusted at this point Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
crispy4000 Posted November 23, 2022 Share Posted November 23, 2022 Clearly the promise of it being on PSN Extra someday didn’t dissuade people from picking it up now. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EternallDarkness Posted November 23, 2022 Share Posted November 23, 2022 impressive Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SaysWho? Posted November 28, 2022 Author Share Posted November 28, 2022 Note of comparison I just found out: this is higher than the lifetime sales of the first three games. God of War 4,617,347 God of War II 4,244,529 God of War III 5,197,632 The collection sold 2,418,516 (first two games), and I don't know what GOW Saga sold, but that's a fast-selling fucking game. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BloodyHell Posted November 28, 2022 Share Posted November 28, 2022 2 hours ago, SaysWho? said: Note of comparison I just found out: this is higher than the lifetime sales of the first three games. God of War 4,617,347 God of War II 4,244,529 God of War III 5,197,632 The collection sold 2,418,516 (first two games), and I don't know what GOW Saga sold, but that's a fast-selling fucking game. And it’s not even that fast, honestly. The new Pokémon has likely tripled that. war zone 2 has 25m unique players (hard comparison, but still), Elden Ring did 13m opening week. It’s crazy to me Sony never gets close to those numbers. still, they made their money back and more. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SaysWho? Posted November 28, 2022 Author Share Posted November 28, 2022 14 minutes ago, BloodyHell said: And it’s not even that fast, honestly. The new Pokémon has likely tripled that. war zone 2 has 25m unique players (hard comparison, but still), Elden Ring did 13m opening week. It’s crazy to me Sony never gets close to those numbers. still, they made their money back and more. Oh it’s quite fast. Anything seems slow compared to Pokémon and Call of Duty (and that was f2p and 2020). Elden Ring sold 13m in the opening 4-5 weeks. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stepee Posted November 28, 2022 Share Posted November 28, 2022 12 minutes ago, SaysWho? said: Oh it’s quite fast. Anything seems slow compared to Pokémon and Call of Duty (and that was f2p and 2020). Elden Ring sold 13m in the opening 4-5 weeks. Jeeze it’s like next you will tell me Elden Ring is multi platform and Warzone is multi platform and free to play. That take always makes me laugh. *Something breaks sales records* “hm, disappointing” 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Keyser_Soze Posted November 28, 2022 Share Posted November 28, 2022 28 minutes ago, stepee said: Jeeze it’s like next you will tell me Elden Ring is multi platform and Warzone is multi platform and free to play. That take always makes me laugh. *Something breaks sales records* “hm, disappointing” God of War is also multiplatform 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BloodyHell Posted November 28, 2022 Share Posted November 28, 2022 1 hour ago, SaysWho? said: Oh it’s quite fast. Anything seems slow compared to Pokémon and Call of Duty (and that was f2p and 2020). Elden Ring sold 13m in the opening 4-5 weeks. Warzone 2 released last week, not 2020, but it is a hard comparison. Elden Ring sold 12m in 2 1/2 weeks. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BloodyHell Posted November 28, 2022 Share Posted November 28, 2022 My point is, it shocks me games like GoW and and TLoU2 aren’t hitting 8-10m opening week, but damn Pokémon hits 20m. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BloodyHell Posted November 28, 2022 Share Posted November 28, 2022 1 hour ago, stepee said: Jeeze it’s like next you will tell me Elden Ring is multi platform and Warzone is multi platform and free to play. That take always makes me laugh. *Something breaks sales records* “hm, disappointing” 150m ps4’s and 5’s, there’s no reason they aren’t doing at least half of Pokémon numbers, which isn’t multiplat. Nobody said it was disappointing, but it is mind boggling that great games sales numbers are destroyed by broken Pokémon games. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stepee Posted November 28, 2022 Share Posted November 28, 2022 I bet you there are several reasons Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Xbob42 Posted November 28, 2022 Share Posted November 28, 2022 1 hour ago, stepee said: I bet you there are several reasons Does God of War have Psyduck? I didn't fucking think so. 1 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bacon Posted November 29, 2022 Share Posted November 29, 2022 7 hours ago, Xbob42 said: Does God of War have Psyduck? I didn't fucking think so. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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SaysWho? Posted November 29, 2022 Author Share Posted November 29, 2022 17 hours ago, BloodyHell said: 150m ps4’s and 5’s, there’s no reason they aren’t doing at least half of Pokémon numbers, which isn’t multiplat. Nobody said it was disappointing, but it is mind boggling that great games sales numbers are destroyed by broken Pokémon games. Because it's Pokémon. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheLeon Posted November 29, 2022 Share Posted November 29, 2022 It is kinda wild how Pokémon has stayed so popular with new generations of kids. You have people my age who were the exact right age when the first games launched and are still fans 20+ years later. But when I was at Thanksgiving last week, I found out my 8 year old cousin and all of his friends are obsessed with the new games, the cards, the show, all things Pokémon. That’s not something a God of War can compete with. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dexterryu Posted November 30, 2022 Share Posted November 30, 2022 As awesome as this is... the budget to make the game was $500 Million. So they still haven't broken even yet. No doubt they will but it's not as profitable as you might think. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stepee Posted November 30, 2022 Share Posted November 30, 2022 On 11/29/2022 at 4:41 AM, TheLeon said: It is kinda wild how Pokémon has stayed so popular with new generations of kids. You have people my age who were the exact right age when the first games launched and are still fans 20+ years later. But when I was at Thanksgiving last week, I found out my 8 year old cousin and all of his friends are obsessed with the new games, the cards, the show, all things Pokémon. That’s not something a God of War can compete with. My 7 year old niece loves pokémon and hasn’t played the games yet. I’m thinking of getting her one for Christmas since I know she’s getting a switch (and botw). I’m thinking let’s go might be a good first one though instead of Scarlet. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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