FF:Enhanced_Reality
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There was a time that breaking the 1 million barrier was a huge achievement for a game on a single platform. That time wasn't too long ago.
A lot of games in the PS3 era that sold over 1 million copies on a single platform, especially when the PS3 was struggling was considered a huge success. Early titles like Motorstorm and Resistance both sold over 2 million copies and that was considered excellent. Now it seems Sony have changed that figure to 10 million, or it sure feels like it.
See I don't think Days Gone was perfect, far from it. Game play wise, it was tonnes of fun. The story needed a lot of work. A solid 7/10. But also, like The Order and several other titles like Until Dawn, it showed promise for Sony and sold very well for it's reviews indeed.
Keeping in mind that Bend hadn't released a title since 2011's Golden Abyss and Days Gone was 2019, there was an 8 year gap between titles with numerous projects cancelled. And yet, despite the harsh criticisms and the comparisons to The Last of Us, Days Gone managed to sell over 5 million units on PlayStation 4 (confirmed by Zhuge) and a further 1.5 million copies on PC for a title of 6.5 million copies, as of those numbers in 2020.
I for one, consider that a huge achievement for the studio that was pushed to one side as Syphon Filter dwindled in popularity with each title and Sony Bend were effectively pushed off to the side and almost forgotten about. Surprisingly not closed alongside Zipper, Evolution or Cambridge.
And yet, I was bored today so for old time sake, I installed this game on my PS5 to see the patch for the console and I was more than pleasantly surprised to feel how good the game play was again. Attacking the hoards. Driving through the world. Just having fun.
And that was the important thing. It is fun. Just not going to win Game of the Year any time soon for that dumb ass story that's 50% great and 50% poor. You have to feel for Bend really. I mean the dust has settled now but if you haven't played this game, I urge you to give it a go and ignore the reviews. Hopefully like many others you'll see that the game play is really really good and makes up for the more disappointing parts of the story.
Honestly. 6 and a half million sales and you can't make the sequel, taking lessons learned and making another title that's even better. Shame. I kind of like the Sons of Anarchy vs Walking Dead concept.
A lot of games in the PS3 era that sold over 1 million copies on a single platform, especially when the PS3 was struggling was considered a huge success. Early titles like Motorstorm and Resistance both sold over 2 million copies and that was considered excellent. Now it seems Sony have changed that figure to 10 million, or it sure feels like it.
See I don't think Days Gone was perfect, far from it. Game play wise, it was tonnes of fun. The story needed a lot of work. A solid 7/10. But also, like The Order and several other titles like Until Dawn, it showed promise for Sony and sold very well for it's reviews indeed.
Keeping in mind that Bend hadn't released a title since 2011's Golden Abyss and Days Gone was 2019, there was an 8 year gap between titles with numerous projects cancelled. And yet, despite the harsh criticisms and the comparisons to The Last of Us, Days Gone managed to sell over 5 million units on PlayStation 4 (confirmed by Zhuge) and a further 1.5 million copies on PC for a title of 6.5 million copies, as of those numbers in 2020.
I for one, consider that a huge achievement for the studio that was pushed to one side as Syphon Filter dwindled in popularity with each title and Sony Bend were effectively pushed off to the side and almost forgotten about. Surprisingly not closed alongside Zipper, Evolution or Cambridge.
And yet, I was bored today so for old time sake, I installed this game on my PS5 to see the patch for the console and I was more than pleasantly surprised to feel how good the game play was again. Attacking the hoards. Driving through the world. Just having fun.
And that was the important thing. It is fun. Just not going to win Game of the Year any time soon for that dumb ass story that's 50% great and 50% poor. You have to feel for Bend really. I mean the dust has settled now but if you haven't played this game, I urge you to give it a go and ignore the reviews. Hopefully like many others you'll see that the game play is really really good and makes up for the more disappointing parts of the story.
Honestly. 6 and a half million sales and you can't make the sequel, taking lessons learned and making another title that's even better. Shame. I kind of like the Sons of Anarchy vs Walking Dead concept.
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