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Alinea Analytics ESTIMATES Saros has sold 300k in the first 14 days

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Alinea isn't that good when it comes to game sales in consoles, but by their error margin the game might be either struggling to reach 1M or just a little bit above it
 
ALINEA again ?! Why do we keep using this stupid source that throws fake numbers ? (and im not defending that stupid saros story)
 
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Sweet. A bullet hell game where the real challenge is dodging the forced woke crap in it. Turns out the thing players dodged the most in the end though was buying it.
 
It's a good game and deserves better. That said, it's not necessarily a problem if Sony is really shifting toward a fully exclusive model. Saros should serve as a showcase and differentiation factor for PlayStation consoles.
 
Dont minding the stupid californian story, the game looks cool, problem is I wont invest full price on a rogue-like that I'll ditch the second I finish the run for the first time.

Lower the budget, make it simpler and cheaper... focus only on gameplay. Sony has to reevaluate their priorities.
 
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Lol at using Alinea.

With that said, I still don't think either Housemarque or Sony are expecting millions of copies sold for a game like this. It would be fairer to compare these sales numbers in 2 weeks vs Returnal's 2 weeks.
 
Pokedot said:
"Fake" numbers that always seem to be in the ballpark once real numbers become public.
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That is the first time in history i hear about Aliena numbers being close to the real numbers. I won't back any number from a source known to publish FAKE numbers, even if those numbers help a narrative (and again, someone deserves to be punched to think that saros history was good, it is a piece of shit)
 
Listen.

This game sucks dick. Returnal is a 9.5/10 game of the generation competitor.

This game, and no idgaf about the "woke" stuff, is a 6.5/10 on a good day. The gameplay is solid and Carrie's it but it never reaches the highs of Returnal with soundtrack, voice work, narrative, or atmosphere.

Returnal to this is like going from Halo 3 to Concord.
 
Arsic said:
Listen.

This game sucks dick. Returnal is a 9.5/10 game of the generation competitor.

This game, and no idgaf about the "woke" stuff, is a 6.5/10 on a good day. The gameplay is solid and Carrie's it but it never reaches the highs of Returnal with soundtrack, voice work, narrative, or atmosphere.

Returnal to this is like going from Halo 3 to Concord.
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No idea if this is true.

But if it is, I guess it can be attributed to Harry Krueger leaving Housemarque.
After 15 years as Game Director.. that's got to have an impact.
 
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Arsic said:
Listen.

This game sucks dick. Returnal is a 9.5/10 game of the generation competitor.

This game, and no idgaf about the "woke" stuff, is a 6.5/10 on a good day. The gameplay is solid and Carrie's it but it never reaches the highs of Returnal with soundtrack, voice work, narrative, or atmosphere.

Returnal to this is like going from Halo 3 to Concord.
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The Hyperion tower climbing sequence hasn't been beat for me. The hairs on my arms were up!
 
PauloRoberto said:
That is the first time in history i hear about Aliena numbers being close to the real numbers. I won't back any number from a source known to publish FAKE numbers, even if those numbers help a narrative (and again, someone deserves to be punched to think that saros history was good, it is a piece of shit)
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Let's make some projections.

The game Mouse PI for Hire has 5,8K reviews on PSN Store + 10,594k on Steam.

That game has sold OFFICIALLY 730K


Saros has 5,8K reviews on PSN store, just like Mouse PI for Hire.

It has reportedly sold 300K.


The figures add up.
 
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PauloRoberto said:
That is the first time in history i hear about Aliena numbers being close to the real numbers. I won't back any number from a source known to publish FAKE numbers, even if those numbers help a narrative (and again, someone deserves to be punched to think that saros history was good, it is a piece of shit)
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I would expect about a million, maybe 1.5 at full price, and a budget of somewhere around $50 million.

Trickle sales into perpetuity, nice little item for PS Plus Extra, etc.

It's Housemarque. Sony keeps them around for variety and prestige. A studio so niche they wrote a blog post about how bad their financials were before Sony bought them.

Nobody should be expecting a blockbuster here.
 
KanKamAndNob said:
Lol at using Alinea.

With that said, I still don't think either Housemarque or Sony are expecting millions of copies sold for a game like this. It would be fairer to compare these sales numbers in 2 weeks vs Returnal's 2 weeks.
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The 90 or so million increase in console install base since Returnal probably meant a bit higher expectations, but I could be wrong.
 
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