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Dark Souls sold 2,367,000 copies, 360 version of DSII will get Japanese release
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zephervack
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Deserves more, but really impressive for a "niche" game.
Or by Square-Enix standards, a total disap-
Well, I can see where I'm not wanted.
Well, I can see where I'm not wanted.
Surface of Me
I'm not an NPC. And neither are we.
Wonder what the breakdown between 360 and PS3 was, I'm assuming 360 version sold a lot prompting them to release DS2 on 360 in Japan.
angular graphics
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Cross-posting from the other thread.. 
So according to this:
and the quote in the OP
and the assumption that most sales on PC were digital
and the assumption that almost nobody bought the PC version in Japan
(or alternatively that the physical PC sales and the Japan PC sales cancel each other out)
we have than in the west:
DS
DS
or with no assumptions this time, but for total (all regions) sales:
DS
DS
Psycho_Mantis
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100% PS3 version outsold it by some margin.
I imagine it has more to do with leaving 10 or 20k of sales on the table rather than the performance overseas.
Version 3.0
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Great news. I've been using Demon's/Dark Souls as the poster child for a AAA game that didn't require millions of units sold to turn a profit, but I'm glad it sold that well anyway.
morningbus
Serious Sam is a wicked gahbidge series for chowdaheads.
It doesn't include all the numbers. PC version sold over 300,000 (not including numbers from boxed copies sold throughout Europe).
No surprise. The PC version has very few players online which is a huge negative. PC gamers fucked up by not buying this.
MegaKungFuRadio
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It's a Square-Enix/Tomb Raider joke.
angular graphics
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It's a late port. Compared to the console re-release it did much better. Compared to the original console release, of course not.
Yeah, I think basically selling on par with the re-release on both consoles combined is a really good result. Given the numbers, I expect that DS2 could do almost 1/3rd of its total sales on PC.
AranhaHunter
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MegaKungFuRadio
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Yet even without DSfix, it's comparable to the console version people buy instead when they hear statements such as that.
Canis lupus
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Visualante2
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Did Demon's Souls even sell this well?
They have a region lock on Steam and the thing doesn't even show up in the store for many countries... All because of GFWL I think. (Although the restriction seems to happen with some GFWL games only)
Can't really buy it if the thing doesn't even exist!
I NEED SCISSORS
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They probably developed it for a fraction of the cost of other AAA games. The Souls games success shouldn't blind us to the fact that FROM are still a b-tier developer and probably still work within these confines.
Ashler
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Of course not, it was exclusive to a single platform and unknown at the time. It did however contribute to the popularity of Dark Souls by laying down the foundation.
I'm an expert
Formerly worldrevolution. The only reason I am nice to anyone else is to avoid being banned.
I'm one of those Japanese sales. Still sucks that it only sold 2.5 mil while games that are inferior in so many ways sell more.
There'll probably be less double dipping this time around.
Then again the series always seemed to be more of a PS3 series to me and I kind of expect to be given the shaft on a physical version anyway, so I could always jump in on PS3 then double dip on PC. Unless import indications show the FPS is kind of a mess, then WELP. If it's as they promised it won't matter though.
Then again the series always seemed to be more of a PS3 series to me and I kind of expect to be given the shaft on a physical version anyway, so I could always jump in on PS3 then double dip on PC. Unless import indications show the FPS is kind of a mess, then WELP. If it's as they promised it won't matter though.
funkystudent
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Should really give this a go.
I think Dark Souls will be my summer game.
I think Dark Souls will be my summer game.
U n i o n 0015
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2.3 million for a game that is supposedly hard as balls to the point that it would turn people off seems amazing to me.
NoirVisage
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Sony didn't lose anything, no one was going to go out and buy a PS3 to play a Demons souls sequel, since they couldn't experience the first, going multiplatform was the only way it was going to be as popular, and well received as it now is.
DidntKnowJack
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Frankly, I'm a bit surprised we aren't seeing more DS clones. May or not be a good thing, but this indicates there's a desire for games like this.
sublimit
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They should make DS2 a cinematic experience.
So 300K times $40 = $12.000.000 for a PC version that probably didn't cost them more than $100K to produce.
Cha-ching.
So right:
- 2,3 million sold copies
- In a business that screams "go-go-go-action-fps games to sell"
"The demo felt like it was very much designed to assuage fears that Dark Souls 2 would be an easier game, perhaps to parlay its recent success into reaching a broader audience. But Tanimura made it clear that From Software is under no pressure to do such a thing and, in fact, has been given complete creative freedom by Namco Bandai. From what we've seen, Dark Souls 2 is shaping up to be a worthy successor."
- 2,3 million sold copies
- In a business that screams "go-go-go-action-fps games to sell"
"The demo felt like it was very much designed to assuage fears that Dark Souls 2 would be an easier game, perhaps to parlay its recent success into reaching a broader audience. But Tanimura made it clear that From Software is under no pressure to do such a thing and, in fact, has been given complete creative freedom by Namco Bandai. From what we've seen, Dark Souls 2 is shaping up to be a worthy successor."
I didn't buy it because of the shitty port, on principle. So have yet to play it. I'll just wait and see how Dark Souls II goes.
sixteen-bit
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congrats on that
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