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Uncharted 4 First Week Sales Surpass 2.7 Million (sell-through physical + digital)

Sony's not gonna let this franchise die No freaking way lol

This isn't solely about the Uncharted franchise. This is simply a big blockbuster Naughty Dog game and people love those.
TLOU was a brand new IP and sold gangbusters as well. If ND made a brand new IP right now it would sell gangbusters too.

Naughty Dog's freedom in terms of IP, budget and development time means they deliver quality every single time. And quality games get rewarded with great sales.
It's not just the brand name that is making this game fly off shelves. They aren't getting chained to this IP just because it sells a ton. That's a Microsoft kind of thinking right there. ;)
 
This isn't solely about the Uncharted franchise. This is simply a big blockbuster Naughty Dog game and people love those.
TLOU was a brand new IP and sold gangbusters as well. If ND made a brand new IP right now it would sell gangbusters too.

Naughty Dog's freedom in terms of IP, budget and development time means they deliver quality every single time. And quality games get rewarded with great sales.
It's not just the brand name that is making this game fly off shelves. They aren't getting chained to this IP just because it sells a ton. That's a Microsoft kind of thinking right there. ;)
Maybe I should add my second post to the first one. I strictly mean Sony not Naughty dog.
 
I wonder how much to break even. And is it just me, or am I thinking that it's a little too low for the hype it got?

If i recall correctly it's selling better than the previous installments. Also Uncharted 4 is going to probably be the game a lot of people purchase as a showcase game when they get PS4s. Also you can't forget the eventual bundling
 
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Amazing sales for an amazing game. Just got to chapter 11 and I'm trying to take my time and enjoy it, although with these kind of sales I don't know how Sony doesn't make a 5th one...assuming something tragic doesn't happen in the end.

Congrats ND.
 
I don't know, NA usually 35% of WW sale for PS4, minus digital, but this is just first week numbers...I guess it's still possible.

But that's first week, NPD will track 3 weeks of sales.

Also, for the last times, keep in mind NPD is USA, not North America.
 
I don't know, NA usually 35% of WW sale for PS4, minus digital, but this is just first week numbers...I guess it's still possible.

Pure speculation from me :

First week (this we know) : 2700k
Second week : 80% drop (UK is 78%) : 540k
Third week : 50% drop (i have no idea what to expect): 270k

WW whole month : 3510k - 20% digital (could be more) : 2808k physical.

NA is 35% of this so : 982k.

Higher than Halo?
 
Their team is double than their last game and has nearly twice the development time. 2.7 million isn't something to start pulling out the champagne bottles yet.

They also spend far less on internal studios. Last we read in threads in the past on here, their budgets are much lower than second party/third party contracts.
 
Really? I remember console war discussions back in the day about how Gears sold so much more than Uncharted. Either way, pretty impressive then.

Uncharted 2 and 3 combined for around 17 million units sold. Gears was pretty consistent across all 3 games in the orginal trilogy, but Uncharted was more popular later on.
 
Uncharted 2 and 3 combined for around 17 million units sold. Gears was pretty consistent across all 3 games in the orginal trilogy, but Uncharted was more popular later on.

Correct, also the discussion was primarily framed on NPD/UK numbers which Gears typically sold better in. Congrats ND. Fantastic game and great sales.
 
Pure speculation from me :

First week (this we know) : 2700k
Second week : 80% drop (UK is 78%) : 540k
Third week : 50% drop (i have no idea what to expect): 270k

WW whole month : 3510k - 20% digital (could be more) : 2808k physical.

NA is 35% of this so : 982k.

Higher than Halo?

USA, Not NA...

Anyway, Halo 5 has sold 935,000 unit first week in USA.
 
I wonder if this is more about Uncharted being a big name or Naughty Dog having such a good track record.
They're basically as respected as Rockstar now. Personally, their name matters to me more than the Uncharted brand. Their name has more value than any series they've created.

Or maybe people don't really care about stuff like that. Game developers aren't given the credit they deserve like most other forms of entertainment by the average gamer I don't think.
 
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