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[Shizuka]

I'm ashamed of my Vita sisters still going strong for SAO.

 

[Living Proof]

Galak-Z nowhere to be found. Gamers fail again.

Hopefully it was profitable for 17-bit

This stood out to me, but it usually does when these charts roll around-- there's always a number of solid digital-only games that slip by the charts completely, while the predictable names stay cemented in place and the popular flavor of the month seems to swallow all of the "indie" attention (Rapture here being the only one of the four (edit: I forgot Journey, guess I should count it even though I think the free cross-buy probably inflated its downloads) featured PSN titles, and that's disregarding several other notable ones throughout the month).

I own nearly every game on those lists, but I also buy most any well-made indie title that I think I'd be interested in; that's what draws my eye to these charts every month, and I hope to see one or two of those awesome experiences I had reflecting back at me.

I feel for the devs who pour their hearts into their game and find it overlooked for any number of obvious reasons, but I'd hope not making it on the charts doesn't equate to bankruptcy and indelible failure-- we rarely see the hard sales figures or the budgets of the devs to make accurate assumptions, and I don't know if I'd say digital titles are quite as front loaded as retail (especially with what a good sale can do).

...I feel like I've started to ramble. Time for bed, I think, before I wander into another thread

 

[bobawesome]

I'm ashamed of my Vita sisters still going strong for SAO.

Why's that? I'm sure the price cut helped a lot of people that were on the fence.

 

[Producer]

Why's that? I'm sure the price cut helped a lot of people that were on the fence.

Maybe because of the translation. Honestly its amazing this got past SCEA, they have denied games for much less.

 

[bobawesome]

Maybe because of the translation. Honestly its amazing this got past SCEA, they have denied games for much less.

Yeah, the translation sucks. Like, really sucks... But the actual game isn't so bad. There are worse ways to spend your money.

 

[AgeEighty]

FFIX once again representing on PSN.

Funny how I keep hearing what a dog and a disappointment this game is, yet it outsells FFVIII on PSN every single month for the past two years.

 

[Tunavi]

Oh, just realized Galak-Z didn't even figure on the top 20. That's kinda sad, such a great game!

It got old after a while.

 

[PhantomVash808]

Nice to see Until Dawn selling well digitally too.

 

[Curufinwe]

8 Need for Speed Rivals

It was well worth the $7 I paid for it in the sale.

 

[Jigorath]

Rocket League selling well despite all the PS+ downloads. This game is going to have crazy legs.

 

[Sez]

Rocket League selling well despite all the PS+ downloads. This game is going to have crazy legs.

I got the game from PS+. I messaged a friend who lives in south america about how good it is, he bought it (in steam). Later 2 of his friends bought it too.

PS+ is the best thing that could have happen to that game.

 

[serenewarfare]

The top 4 classics in EU are Crash Bandicoot games.

The evidence is in front of your eyes, Sony.

#SaveTheBandicoot

 

[BumRush]

Come on OP, don't leave the classics unmentioned!

US PSN

1 FINAL FANTASY VII
2 FINAL FANTASY IX
3 Parasite Eve
4 Parasite Eve II
5 Mega Man 8
6 FINAL FANTASY VIII
7 VAGRANT STORY
8 CHRONO TRIGGER
9 Legend of Mana
10 CHRONO CROSS

That U.S. SE Sale...

 

[Loudninja]

Rocket League selling well despite all the PS+ downloads. This game is going to have crazy legs.

Yeah its doing well.

 

[IAmRandom31]

This stood out to me, but it usually does when these charts roll around-- there's always a number of solid digital-only games that slip by the charts completely, while the predictable names stay cemented in place and the popular flavor of the month seems to swallow all of the "indie" attention (Rapture here being the only one of the four (edit: I forgot Journey, guess I should count it even though I think the free cross-buy probably inflated its downloads) featured PSN titles, and that's disregarding several other notable ones throughout the month).

I own nearly every game on those lists, but I also buy most any well-made indie title that I think I'd be interested in; that's what draws my eye to these charts every month, and I hope to see one or two of those awesome experiences I had reflecting back at me.

I feel for the devs who pour their hearts into their game and find it overlooked for any number of obvious reasons, but I'd hope not making it on the charts doesn't equate to bankruptcy and indelible failure-- we rarely see the hard sales figures or the budgets of the devs to make accurate assumptions, and I don't know if I'd say digital titles are quite as front loaded as retail (especially with what a good sale can do).

...I feel like I've started to ramble. Time for bed, I think, before I wander into another thread

I hear ya. I thought it would do well as it was showcased quite often online and giant bomb did a thing on it and it was one of the original games showcased along with the PS4.

But at this point I think we are in a period of just sheer game overload. My library is just inundated and when we go into PSN there is 50 games staring at you waiting for you to slide your card. A lot of games are going to get overlooked. I just did not expect one to be Galak-Z. It had a lot of things going for it I thought many people would gravitate toward. Schmup with japanes anime feels. Great controls and AI and difficulty and all that. Mech combat action and transforming and sci-if.

Shrug. Just another victim