Manmademan
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You can "like" the game from within the ps4 menu. You don't need to go to the psn store.
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BloodBorne Sales Expectations : What are yours? What Could Sony's be ?
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You can "like" the game from within the ps4 menu. You don't need to go to the psn store.
BreezyLimbo
Banned
Yeah, the reception seems insane compared to other souls games. When I went to Gamestop on Tuesday night they only had pre-order copies left~
LiquidSolid
Member
700-800k worldwide?! Demon's Souls sold over 500k in the US alone.
BreezyLimbo
Banned
Yeah but that was over 2-3 years. When Demons Souls launched it was more of a cult hit, until word of mouth spread the fervor, and by the time Dark Souls came out everyone was in a craze for Souls.
Truly we are the demons.
Reporting from south of France here.
I was forced to do a lot of shopping the last few days, and everywhere I went, I checked the prices of the new video game releases. I haven't seen a single physical copy of Bloodborne yet. Whether it was hypermarkets, malls, Fnac or Micromania, all I saw was empty shelves with a Bloodborne price tag.
That's GTA or Fifa level, but maybe they just underestimated the appeal and the stocks were very low. We'll know soon.
I'm not interested in the game right now because I don't want to pay full price for a game that I might be too terrified to play, but if I wanted to, my only option would be overpriced online shops since amazon.fr is also sold out...
I was forced to do a lot of shopping the last few days, and everywhere I went, I checked the prices of the new video game releases. I haven't seen a single physical copy of Bloodborne yet. Whether it was hypermarkets, malls, Fnac or Micromania, all I saw was empty shelves with a Bloodborne price tag.
That's GTA or Fifa level, but maybe they just underestimated the appeal and the stocks were very low. We'll know soon.
I'm not interested in the game right now because I don't want to pay full price for a game that I might be too terrified to play, but if I wanted to, my only option would be overpriced online shops since amazon.fr is also sold out...
SolidSnakex
Member
They seem to be advertising it way too much to be a game that they'd undership.
ethomaz
Banned
You need to buy it to show in the PS4 menu.
There is no way to me to like The Order... I tried.
StrongBlackVine
Banned
Yes. OT moves too fast to have discussion on narrow topics like this.
Hope you are right.
Either way, seeing so many reports of sell-outs answers at least part of the OP's question: The game is selling at or above Sony's expectations, whatever they may be.
StrongBlackVine
Banned
Yes.
XxRampage07xX
Member
What is the point of "buy" button when you already own the full game? :|
Welfare
Member
None. I'm still waiting for Sony to fix/change that; it makes no sense and for some reason it annoys me lol
StrongBlackVine
Banned
No stopping this train. Sony/From struck gold.
I bet it's still being undercounted since it's below FFX0 on the 2015 chart but above it on the monthly chart.
Amazon.com is not a good indicator to estimate the "real" (the user really wants the game and does not sell it) sales for the game. The PS4 + bloodborne + GC deal is one of the best deals for the PS4 ever, so many people who are looking to buy a PS4 right now, will buy it on amazon with this game. If they really play (and enjoy) the game, is another story. But I hope the most will do. Definitely an amazing game thar deserves all the success it can get.
Primethius
Banned
There is no indicator of "real" sales that we will ever get.
whateverblah
Neo Member
That has nothing to do with the sales rank of the individual Bloodborne SKU.
The Artisan
Member
why did they make the dark souls 2 remastered release date so close to bloodborne? i wonder if there'll be a case of cannabalization in from software's sales.
You can only "like" any game if you're using the account that you used to purchase it. I often buy from other countries retail shop or PSN and play it on my primary account, which is US based, so I often don't get the "like" button if the disc is from Australia, for example.
StrongBlackVine
Banned
I doubt Bloodborne will lose any sales to a full priced remaster of an inferior game so it's not a big deal.
Primethius
Banned
I'm not really sure. I guess Namco was hoping that Bloodborne hype would maybe get newer players to also jump in on DS2 but I'm not sure how successful that would be.
Bloodborne sales might have long legs and it might just completely cut into whatever Namco was hoping with the DS2 remaster.
Edit: They could just be hoping for XB1 sales given that BB is exclusive.
To buy it digital?
I hope they both sell like crazy. I want From Software to be the new Japanese powerhouse on the console front, garnering sales and critical acclaim, paving the way for other studios. I want From to branch out into non-Souls games once again. I want more big-budget Japanese games, period.
jimminy1403
Neo Member
Well, having not played any of the Soul's games, there was very little chance I was going to buy the DS2 remaster. Now, having played and loved BB, I'm seriously considering it. Maybe that was the thinking behind it?
Primethius
Banned
Yea, I totally think that was the reasoning behind it.
I was just questioning how successful it might be. Because that reasoning requires people to double dip. That's fine and all but, Bloodborne seems to have legs in terms of sales. As much as people might enjoy BB and buy DS2 (like you), it might be the case that a week from now, people are still buying BB over DS2.
I think Namco could have accomplished the same goal of getting new BB fans onto DS2 by releasing the game just a bit later.
The Artisan
Member
but as strongblackvine said, bloodborne is the better game. built from the ground up for this gen, and in a few weeks the remaster is releasing. this usually happens the other way around, and with a bigger gap in release time.
unless dark souls is coming at lower than full price.
jimminy1403
Neo Member
Actually yeah I agree thinking about it now. Even a month later. I'm probably not going to buy it on release as I'll still be playing BB. It's tough to time I suppose - releasing it while the hype of BB is still strong but people may still be playing BB, or a bit later and run the risk of people having already moved on/less hype in general.
I think bloodborne will outsell any of the previous souls games but that won't really paint the whole picture. I feel like a good portion of the buyers , perhaps half ? haven't played one of these titles before and just flat out won't get into it. This means they'll either return it or trade it off awful fast and the glut of used copies will kill the new sales.
They really should have saved the accessibility that DS2 ended up having for this if they wanted it to have more mainstream appeal. Or , at the very least had 2 difficulty options - Traditional (things stay as they are) and Tourist (you don't lose your souls when you die and there are checkpoints that act as save states before bosses so if you die at the boss you can reload that checkpoint and not have to re-farm items, the only exception being your first encounter with the first boss, in fact maybe even make it so that beating him in 1 try would recommend the player move to traditional difficulty, perhaps even offer a difficulty knock down if you die more then 5 times on one boss in traditional too).
In short, I think this game will end up being very cheap in about 2 months from frustrated salty people trading it off. Possibly even people that thought it was too easy trading it in for dark souls 2 remastered in a few months ?
They really should have saved the accessibility that DS2 ended up having for this if they wanted it to have more mainstream appeal. Or , at the very least had 2 difficulty options - Traditional (things stay as they are) and Tourist (you don't lose your souls when you die and there are checkpoints that act as save states before bosses so if you die at the boss you can reload that checkpoint and not have to re-farm items, the only exception being your first encounter with the first boss, in fact maybe even make it so that beating him in 1 try would recommend the player move to traditional difficulty, perhaps even offer a difficulty knock down if you die more then 5 times on one boss in traditional too).
In short, I think this game will end up being very cheap in about 2 months from frustrated salty people trading it off. Possibly even people that thought it was too easy trading it in for dark souls 2 remastered in a few months ?
DaleinCalgary
Member
That doesn't make much sense to me also. Oh well, I will buy DS2.1 but at a discounted price as I won't be done this one for months.
IAmRandom31
Banned
Wow Bloodborne jumped from #50 best selling of 2015 to number 28 best selling of 2015.
And now it is #2 overall on Amazon, even beating out some of the PSN cards lol. PS4 at #4 now. For comparisons sake, Dying Light PS4 is #40 best selling of 2015. The Order #47.
I'm thinking sales are going to be very, very healthy WW. Especially with sold out reports in Japan.
750k US, 500K EU/UK, 200k Japan launch week is what im thinking.
And now it is #2 overall on Amazon, even beating out some of the PSN cards lol. PS4 at #4 now. For comparisons sake, Dying Light PS4 is #40 best selling of 2015. The Order #47.
I'm thinking sales are going to be very, very healthy WW. Especially with sold out reports in Japan.
750k US, 500K EU/UK, 200k Japan launch week is what im thinking.
XxRampage07xX
Member
If people want to buy the digital version, they will find it on Playstation Store. I find it really annoying when Sony suggests me to buy the game again even though I already pay full price for it. Totally unnecessary and disrespectful!
The Shogun
Banned
Am I reading this right? 750k launch in the US?
GAF you really need to temper your expectations. It did well but some of you are getting way ahead of yourselves.
For example Hardline will be number 1 NPD and by a good sized margin.
Khalifa Jayy
Banned
What? If the user sells it, it still only registers as one sale... So it's a better indicator than not.
Chaos2Frozen
Member
You know that not everyone owns a PS4 right? On youtube you have a million salty pretzels in every Bloodborne video.
It's interesting to imagine there would be such a wide difference with Amazon...
Hardline straight bombed there (#41 on PS4 and #64 on XB1 for the month so far).
Did you guys have a special promo that made it that much more beneficial to buy it with your company?
autoduelist
Member
My Target had two different Bloodborne slots, and only the 2 'front copies' and 2 behind them. Which means after I bought, they only had 3 left. The dude at the register talked up the game like crazy, and someone else there kind of wanted it but was too 'scared' to buy it. Glad to see it selling well.
The Shogun
Banned
Evolve bombed on Amazon. Out of the top 40 like 1 day after launch.
It was number 2 in NPD last month.
Nightengale
Member
500k is already extremely-optimistic. 750k is absurd. That's more than Uncharted 3.
350k is where I see it topping out for March, but with good legs, I think it can do better over the year with very few games of its kind as competition.
Doubly so when it's a... "mainstream" IP, so to speak.
The bigger the brand, the more likely it is that the sales trend would be that of the more mainstream consumer, who buys at retail, doesn't necessarily pre-order, etc.
350k is where I see it topping out for March, but with good legs, I think it can do better over the year with very few games of its kind as competition.
Doubly so when it's a... "mainstream" IP, so to speak.
The bigger the brand, the more likely it is that the sales trend would be that of the more mainstream consumer, who buys at retail, doesn't necessarily pre-order, etc.
rokkerkory
Member
300k
Thank you for bringing reality check in the thread.
Btw can you say that Bloodborne provided a noticable bump to PS4 hardware? or PS4 hardware sales have been normal
Big Chungus
Member
oops wrong thread lol
This looks like the best selling AAA game for PS4 thus far, looking at Amazon top seller list 6 days after release:
Bloodborne physical copy sits at nr.2
Bloodborne bundle with PS4 nr.4
Bloodborne collection edition nr.34
Bloodborne digital code nr.84
I guessed 3 million, but will raise it to 4 mill. The thirst for blood was greater then I thought....
Bloodborne physical copy sits at nr.2
Bloodborne bundle with PS4 nr.4
Bloodborne collection edition nr.34
Bloodborne digital code nr.84
I guessed 3 million, but will raise it to 4 mill. The thirst for blood was greater then I thought....
Here is couple of tips:
1. Open the shortcut to the boss. If you cann't find it try investigating. You don't have to go underground or sewers for the shortcut.
2. Level up 3-4 levels. Raise up hp and stamina a bit.
3. When fighting the boss, just be careful to be always near him and behind. After he finished his attack, attack him in in the back. Rinse and repeat. When he goes all furry read, step back until he pumels the ground and then return back. Heal as needed. And try to have 200 blood vials when encoutnering the boss.
2. Level up 3-4 levels. Raise up hp and stamina a bit.
3. When fighting the boss, just be careful to be always near him and behind. After he finished his attack, attack him in in the back. Rinse and repeat. When he goes all furry read, step back until he pumels the ground and then return back. Heal as needed. And try to have 200 blood vials when encoutnering the boss.
Hope that helps.
I find this thread useful. You really cann't have a meaningful focused discusion in OT. No way. The thread just moves too fast.
No. Bloodborne threads serve their purposes well, each is dedicated to a specific topic. But don't worry, this happens often with big AAA games [especially those with very hardcore audience]. Very soon number of active threads will go down.
SolidSnakex
Member
You can add Amazon Japan to the list of places where Bloodborne is sold out.