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[Raylan]

SCE isn't a charity. It's gamers letting a publisher that is willing to take a risk down by not caring about more niche games. It's sad but that's the way it is.

Yep. Sadly that's the way it is.

Crash Bandicoot will sell gangbusters, though.

Crash is not a Sony game.

 

[Bubble Walrus]

Jeepers... Titanfall has died. Pleased for Steep! Great, underrated game.

 

[Silent Chief]

Crash Bandicoot will sell gangbusters, though.

Cute animals have a wider appeal than sexy girls.

 

[Napalm_Frank]

Kaaaaaat ;-;

I only hope Toyama is as untouchable inside Sony as I dream he is.

 

[OVDRobo]

Slow and mundane isn't how I'd describe the gameplay of gravity rush it's exciting fast and different.

I was referring more to the tone. People want to go slay monsters, explore the unexplored etc. rather than get a part-time job as a store attendant or deliver newspapers.

I'll absolutely agree that the gameplay is truly well-realised in terms of feeling and mechanics (even if the camera can't keep up all the time), but the things that it is facilitating, for the most part, aren't things that most people enjoy doing as much as those found in your average AAA-style game.

While a lot of the truly mundane stuff is in side content, there's still quite a fair deal of it throughout the main missions, plus the side content makes up the majority of the game in the case of Gravity Rush 2.

 

[LotusHD]

Gravity Rush fans right now:

 

[silva1991]

Kaaaaaat ;-;

I only hope Toyama is as untouchable inside Sony as I dream he is.

This made me laugh somehow.

Anyways, he did say that he is working on a new game.

I hope it's a horror game that isn't FPS.

 

[LotusHD]

This made me laugh somehow.

Anyways, he did say that he is working on a new game.

I hope it's a horror game that isn't FPS.

It's supposed to be action-adventure

Spoiler

I didn't want a horror game anyways ;D

 

[Raylan]

It's supposed to be action-adventure

Spoiler

I didn't want a horror game anyways ;D

Not enough horror games these days ala Dead Space.
It's all your fault! >:-(

 

[LotusHD]

Not enough horror games these days ala Dead Space.
It's all your fault! >:-(

I'm sorry.

I scare easily, so I told most of the developers to chill w/ that shit for awhile lol

 

[Napalm_Frank]

He could make a dating sim featuring blowfishes and I'd be there day 1.

 

[Hasney]

He could make a dating sim featuring blowfishes and I'd be there day 1.

I totally mis-read blowfishes there in that context...

 

[Possumowner]

Damn GR2...😢 Such a good game deserves a bigger audience

 

[ZenTzen]

Always disappointed with the general taste of european gamers, but thats also for most of the western countrys, even the Americas

 

[Magicpaint]

Hopes for DQVIII doing better in France, Spain and Italy

Same. But that it charted at all in the UK is impressive on a small scale. Because of timing I expected this to do much worse than VII.

Shame about Gravity Rush 2. At least here we know it wasn't necessarily the Vita holding it back. Unique, fun series but clearly not for the mainstream :\

 

[LotusHD]

Damn GR2...�� Such a good game deserves a bigger audience

I could understand if it was the first game, as that was admittedly a flawed gem. But damn, they went all in for the sequel. If this is the last game we're getting for the series, at least it went out with a bang.

Spoiler

Presumably, I'm only about 50% done, game is long af

Oh well.

 

[Napalm_Frank]

We don't deserve the free Raven DLC.

 

[chromatic9]

By Amazon accounts, GR2 is also a disaster in the US, and I'm pretty sure Japan will be by far the most successful market for it (between 50K and 100K).

I can't understand how PlayStation gamers can make The Last Guardian a decent success and just after ignore completely Gravity Rush 2. The remastered paved the way, the reviews were excellent, the timing was right and the marketing was not nonexistent either. A fucking disgrace, no excuse can be found here.

Well I bought ICO SOTC TLG at launch. Sorry but I have no interest in GR2, I've tried to see what the game is about but nothing is grabbing me and I've no idea about the Vita game, I'm just not into handhelds.

 

[silva1991]

It's supposed to be action-adventure

Spoiler

I didn't want a horror game anyways ;D

Fine. Whatever it is I'm in lol.

 

[FallenGrace]

Well I bought ICO SOTC TLG at launch. Sorry but I have no interest in GR2, I've tried to see what the game is about but nothing is grabbing me and I've no idea about the Vita game, I'm just not into handhelds.

You know the Vita game was remastered on the PS4 right?

 

[LotusHD]

We don't deserve the free Raven DLC.

We really don't.

Well I bought ICO SOTC TLG at launch. Sorry but I have no interest in GR2, I've tried to see what the game is about but nothing is grabbing me and I've no idea about the Vita game, I'm just not into handhelds.

Lol you don't have to actually apologize and explain yourself... Also the first game had a remaster for the PS4 btw

 

[chromatic9]

We really don't.



Lol you don't have to actually apologize and explain yourself... Also the first game had a remaster for the PS4 btw

Yeah I know about the PS4 version. Just saying I have no previous for the primary game on Vita. Would doubt many do outside of Japan

 

[NeoRaider]

Wait is this first week for GR? With pre-orders??
That is really bad. I liked first game on Vita, a lot.

 

[Bikram]

Can't blame Sony for closing studios when all people want is more shooters and sports game.

 

[LiquidSolid]

Well that sucks. But on the bright side, if there's one Sony studio that can shrug off a bomba it's Japan Studio. Thank you Japanese employment laws.

 

[LotusHD]

Can't blame Sony for closing studios when all people want is more shooters and sports game.

I have the answer:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RQWROMUthcU

 

[zelas]

Slow and mundane isn't how I'd describe the gameplay of gravity rush it's exciting fast and different.

I'd certainly describe the mmo style quests as slow and mundane. Lots of critics have done the same as well.

 

[bombshell]

Jeepers... Titanfall has died.

Damn, it's not even in the top 40 combined list. That's insane.

 

[viHuGi]

I will pick GR 2 at discount, hopefully it will do better along the road.

 

[PaulloDEC]

Gravity Rush fans right now:

I'd have loved to see GR2 selling gangbusters, but y'know, this is okay. We already got the sequel that many of us never thought we'd see, and it's as big and as beautiful as we ever could've hoped for.

Lots of great IPs haven't been so lucky.

 

[dex3108]

Nier Automata next one to underperform?

 

[Napalm_Frank]

Nier Automata next one to underperform?

It's a Nier game made by Platinum, goes without saying!

I'm mostly interested in how Nioh performs. It certainly has potential to do good but who knows.

 

[Bikram]

I have the answer:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RQWROMUthcU

Don't know whether to smile or weep.

I'd have loved to see GR2 selling gangbusters, but y'know, this is okay. We already got the sequel that many of us never thought we'd see, and it's as big and as beautiful as we ever could've hoped for.

Lots of great IPs haven't been so lucky.

That's quite true

 

[Hasney]

Nier Automata next one to underperform?

Yakuza 0, Tales Of, Kingdom Hearts 2.8 and RE7 are all out next Tuesday. Somethings gonna give.

 

[LotusHD]

I will pick GR 2 at discount, hopefully it will do better along the road.

This feels like such a weird thing to say if you only intend on buying it when it's cheaper, not to mention in a thread where people are "grieving", but whatever, hope you enjoy it when you purchase it lol

I'd have loved to see GR2 selling gangbusters, but y'know, this is okay. We already got the sequel that many of us never thought we'd see, and it's as big and as beautiful as we ever could've hoped for.

Lots of great IPs haven't been so lucky.

True.

Spoiler

I'm selfish though, I want more.

 

[unapersson]

Gravity Rush 2 is one of those games in the same vein as Yakuza where the YouTube view counts are almost always assuredly very low and terrible no matter whether or not it was featured in a conference.

Mainstream PlayStation audience don't care about GR IP.

I'll be getting it in the next few weeks, there's just too much of an obsession with day one sales.

 

[viHuGi]

This feels like such a weird thing to say if you only intend on buying it when it's cheaper, not to mention in a thread where people are "grieving", but whatever, hope you enjoy it when you purchase it lol



True.

Spoiler

I'm selfish though, I want more.

I don't have money to buy all the games and some have to wait, I have Yakuza and Horizon paid alongside Mass Effect.

 

[Bits N Pieces]

Ooft, Gravity cannot affect the laws of the Bomba!

 

[LotusHD]

I don't have money to buy all the games and some have to wait, I have Yakuza and Horizon paid alongside Mass Effect.

Yea that's fine, I was just pointing out how humorous it came across to me.

 

[Bruno MB]

GTA V tops UK boxed chart again - what does that tell us?

Predicting the sales of Resident Evil 7 will prove challenging

Grand Theft Auto V has just secured its second No.1 of 2017, almost three and a half years since it was first released.

It's a fascinating phenomenon. GTA V has sold well over 6m copies in a box, putting it in a league of its own in terms of game sales. And this doesn't include digital figures, particularly sales of the PC version, so the true scale of its popularity is unknown.

Its continued success is remarkable, although it is the third consecutive January that GTA V has found itself near the top of the sales charts.

In fact, the boxed Top Ten is looking awfully familiar. The Top Five this week includes the triple threat of GTA V (No.1), FIFA 17 (No.2) and Call of Duty: Infinite Warfare (No.3), EA's Christmas shooter Battlefield 1 (No.4) and then Ubisoft's big Q4 release, Watch Dogs 2 (No.5)

The same week in 2016: Call of Duty (No.1), FIFA 16 (No.2), GTA V (No.3), Ubisoft's Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six: Siege (No.4) and EA's big shooter Star Wars Battlefront (No.5).

And 2015: GTA V (No.1), FIFA 15 (No.2), Call of Duty: Advanced Warfare (No.3), Far Cry 4 (No.4) and Minecraft at No.5 (EA didn't have a shooter that year).

The order changes slightly, but the UK boxed chart in January is perhaps one of the most predicable things in video games. Even the success of Rocket League at No.6 and Steep at No.7 reflects previous January successes from years gone by (such as Minecraft, Terraria and The Crew).

Yet despite the charts looking predicable, UK retail is proving to be a real headache for any publisher trying to forecast their game sales.

On the one hand, FIFA 17's performance is pretty much exactly as you'd expect - the same as FIFA 16. Then there's Watch Dogs 2, which started very poorly, but is now tracking ahead of last year's Assassin's Creed by quite a distance. We've had the likes of Dishonored 2, Titanfall and Call of Duty: Infinite Warfare fall well short of expectations, whereas Forza Horizon 3, Pokemon, Mafia III, Rocket League and Skyrim have smashed their estimates.

Overall, boxed games sales in January are down by 8.9% in revenue and 7.8% in units, although considering the rather disappointing Christmas, that's not too surprising. And until new games start to launch, those figures are relatively meaningless at this point.

It's worth looking at game pricing, although even this is inconclusive. The average selling price of Watch Dogs 2, Mafia III, GTA V and Steep are well below their initial launch costs. However, FIFA 17, Battlefield 1 and Overwatch are still selling strongly at over £40.

So with so much conflicting evidence, what exactly does this mean for someone like Capcom that is releasing Resident Evil 7 this week? The publisher can't even really use the previous game as a barometer. Resident Evil 6 sold ok during its first week, but suffered a critical mauling, was released late in the Xbox 360 and PS3 lifecycle, launched in October (a busier period for game sales) and was actually a very different title to the one that's arriving this week (whereas 6 was more of an action game, 7 is in keeping with the franchise's horror roots).

Recent horror games haven't exactly set the charts alight (Alien Isolation and The Evil Within in particular), however, products that evoke 1990s nostalgia appear to be selling strongly (Pokemon, NES Mini, Final Fantasy XV).

The truth is Resident Evil 7 next week could do anything from 50,000 to 120,000 units. If the game can live up to its billing as being a return-to-form for the IP, then it will stand a good chance. My feeling is that its first week might be on the lower end of that estimate, but with only a smattering of releases on the schedule in February, it should enjoy a longer-tail than what you'd usually expect from a single-player game.

Whatever the result, next week's UKIE/GfK UK boxed chart will be a lot more interesting

http://www.gamesindustry.biz/articl...s-uk-boxed-chart-again-what-does-that-tell-us

I'm very curious to see how Resident Evil 7: biohazard will perform, next week charts will definitely be more interesting as Chris says. He gives a very big range 50,000 - 120,000 although he expects it will be closer to 50,000.

By the way, The Evil Within didn't sell bad at all, around 50,000 units in its first week. In fact, I'm surprised the sequel hasn't been announced yet. It is true though that it was a very divisive title.

[Week 18, 1998] RESIDENT EVIL 2 (VIRGIN) - 59,000 / NEW
[Week 44, 2005] PS2 RESIDENT EVIL 4 (CAPCOM) - 24,000 / NEW
[Week 11, 2009] RESIDENT EVIL 5 (CAPCOM) - 173,000 / NEW
[Week 12, 2012] RESIDENT EVIL: OPERATION RACCOON CITY (CAPCOM) - 30,000 / NEW
[Week 40, 2012] RESIDENT EVIL 6 (CAPCOM) ~ 130,000 / NEW

The Resident Evil 6 number is just an approximation, it can be off by 10,000 - 15,000 units.

 

[Daffy Duck]

So it's not just xbox gamers who don't have a soft spot for Japanese games it seems.

It's incredible that GTA V is top of the tree though. That game is really a monster.

I'm very curious to see how Resident Evil 7: biohazard will perform, next week charts will definitely be more interesting as Chris says. He gives a very big range 50,000 - 120,000 although he expects it will be closer to 50,000.

By the way, The Evil Within didn't sell bad at all, around 50,000 units in its first week. In fact, I'm surprised the sequel hasn't been announced yet. It is true though that it was a very divisive title.

I think RE7 could sell close to 90k units in UK/Europe.

 

[OléGunner]

We all knew GR2 was never going to light up the charts.
I'll be picking it up this week and doing my part anyway.

The legs on GTA V though, seems everybody who gets a new system picks it up.

I'd have loved to see GR2 selling gangbusters, but y'know, this is okay. We already got the sequel that many of us never thought we'd see, and it's as big and as beautiful as we ever could've hoped for.

Lots of great IPs haven't been so lucky.

I'm with you on that.

 

[LotusHD]

I should play GTA V some time. May as well submit to the king.

 

[sirronoh]

Yakuza 0, Tales Of, Kingdom Hearts 2.8 and RE7 are all out next Tuesday. Somethings gonna give.

Super Tuesday!

I'll be supporting Yakuza, Tales, Kingdom Hearts, plus Gravity Rush on Tuesday.

 

[ArkhamFantasy]

I guess people dont care about awesome and unique games like Gravity Rush

 

[Ferr986]

So it's not just xbox gamers who don't have a soft spot for Japanese games it seems.

I don't think it's about japanese games, Souls/Bloodborne games sells good actually.

It's more about a mix of Anime aesthetics + abstract gameplay with not as much focus on combat IMO. It's a hard game to sell to the average guy with a console.

 

[Kill3r7]

The legs on GTA V though, seems everybody who gets a new system picks it up.

The more impressive thing about GTA is that it has maintained its price, never going below $30, at least in the states. Really impressive feat for a non Nintendo game.

 

[FallenGrace]

Yakuza 0, Tales Of, Kingdom Hearts 2.8 and RE7 are all out next Tuesday. Somethings gonna give.

I gather Yakuza 0 was sold out on Amazon UK. Probably not an indicator but here's hoping

 

[Kysen]

Who would have guessed that £45 for a 1st party game was too much?

 

[Zeouterlimits]

I'd buy GR2 at half the price, but the narrative failings of the first that don't seem to have been addressed in the second.. for me that's a turn off.