It's sad they have some serious chops for making gorgeous looking worlds, I'd love to see a classic Sci fi action adventure type game with good weaponry etc drop the fucking bullet hell trash and rogue trash and just make a meaty game.
The problem with Housemarque isnt the games themselves. Their games typically get pretty good reviews and are arcadey shooter games. Problem is the cost to make it seems to have skyrocketed. And Sony now sells them for $70 which is is crazily the same as LOU and GOW or GT. So when you got low sales copies sold and oddly high budgets for a bullet shooter it makes the studio one step closer to shutting down.
Returnal had the advantage of being a PS5 launch title (hype and few games to compete with) but even then it is being beaten by Saros with about ~50% higher directly comparable stats. It's not that different to Returnal in terms of success. Even after years Returnal remained under 2M sales across multiple platforms and a bigger userbase.
Nice self report lol
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and nothing you have shown proved it "exceeded expectations" which means FUCK ALL btw, it is literally is the most meaningless statement.
GoY did good numbers, what are you on. It beat most other single player games, on a single platform.
What do you define as a hit? GOY will probably have lifetime sales of 10M+ units. If a hit to you is 20M+, then it isn't a hit. If it's above 10M, then it will be.
I'm still waiting for a response after I posted numbers in other threads.
You called it a flop because it didn't sell as many copies as other GOTY winners.
You just had to summon him. Resident Defender has arrived.
Its funny how I used your own logic for RE games and you just ran off lol
How did Death Standing 2 perforn well despite all the metric you used indicates that it flopped?
You sound like a very well-adjusted individual…
Death Stranding 2 is not 1st party.
Ok, clearly well-adjusted individual.
I didn't run off, I answered you multiple times, realized you are retarded and literally stated I was done arguing with you.
Some people can't help themselves and are addicted to prolonging internet "beef"
One of the most popular and successful game genres, A first party AAA, sequel to ome of the most beloved PS4 games, great critical reception on a console base of over 100m should at least do 10m.
I think it was outpacing GOY and this one is apparently at 13M now. 10M is almost guaranteed.
I say it wont, I say the numbers dried up esrly this year and it is not going to do any of that my whole point was that Sony stops reporting on their sales as soon as it dries up.
PS5 version was nowhere to be found in the sales chart after its launch month.
blog.playstation.com
gamedevreports.substack.com
www.game.de
www.thegamebusiness.com
That sounds terrible from a studio like Housemarque. Bullet hell is what they do.
You yourself said you wanted Housemarque to make a "classic sci-fi action adventure game" you fucking moron. What is "classic" if it doesn't share the same characteristics as a large number of titles in the genre?
Dude Crimson desert just released one of the greatest adventure games in life's history without some niche bullshit. When I say classic I simply mean a game that isn't tryin to mix and blend all these niche styles of game.
This is the exact opposite of what they should be doing. Sony doesn't need yet another studio that pumps out story based action games.
Maybe. I think action shooters sell pretty well. Certainly better than bullet dodgers.
Bullet dodgers sell well. $70 ones don't. Housemarque should manage the project well to find a balance between visuals and gameplay and make a game thats $40 tops.
The modern audience doesn't have money it seems.
Sure. But they'll probably do the opposite until their death. It's called suicidal empathy.
Modern audience is code for women, and surprise surprise, women dont buy AAA games at launch full price, thats what us, males do, sony stopped catering to us and ofc sales numbers fell of the cliff, as expected.
