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Uncharted 4 First Week Sales Surpass 2.7 Million (sell-through physical + digital)
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Insane Metal
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The Mad Draklor
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I... I'm getting déjà vu... Microsoft Chad, is that you?
I don't know how good you are at your job, but it is evident to me that your skills have not transferred well into analyzing video game sales. I welcome sales analysis from everyone. There are plenty in the SalesGAF that also have similar jobs as you, but unlike you they accept when they make mistakes.
Can you? If not, then your concern doesn't make any sense either.
And for the record, I haven't celebrated or congratulated anything or anybody in this thread. However, I do acknowledge that historically speaking these are great numbers for the franchise.
Faceplam all over my face!
Without knowing real costs your concern doesn't make sense either.
These are one week sales you are looking at. Well reviewed games can have a long very profitable tale, even at $30-$20 a pop. Just look at Sony's own Gran Turismo series.
How are these facts going over head is beyond me.
Omotesando
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Here is some basic math.
Uncharted 3 cost around 30 million to make and around 8 million marketing push on top of that. It sales exceeded all expectations with over 6 million sold. To break even the costs they would need to sell around 2 million. Needles to say the 6+ million made ND and Sony a handsome amount of money.
If UC4 sells the same as UC3, which personally I think that's very dubious (UC4 will crush UC3). Production costs of UC4 would need to be somewhere above the 100 million for your argument to sail.
Congrats to ND!
Nice to know critical acclaim has been met with sales success for the UC franchise, very well deserved too.
Lmao this is some good meme shit.
Nice to know critical acclaim has been met with sales success for the UC franchise, very well deserved too.
Lmao this is some good meme shit.
The Artisan
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I am like one of those people you know personally. i've already gone on record to say tlou is the best game i ever played - putting biases aside of course, because i do not have the desire to ever play through that again (because it is horror genre, and a zombie stealth game, none of which really appeals to me) but I definitely do want to spend more time with Uc4 because I have more fun with it.
however, I think it's just as valid to say tlou is pure fun action. just a different type of entertainment while still a video game.
Big Green Anus
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Sadly, ND had to send that guy to jail for that
Was this actually in Uncharted 4?
orthodoxy1095
Banned
Yep.
Artvanderlay
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After buying TLOU and the drake collection second hand , bought this new . Cant remember last time I paid full price for a game , says a lot.
AnthonypUK
Member
Indeed, how many companies these days talk actual sold in sales? uncharted aside sony only do it for consoles because they can brag about it. Notice there was no sold in number for bloodborne etc, they must have been very happy to use sold in numbers, not shipped or best selling in X days.
Omotesando
Member
Sony are obviously disappointed with the sales and trying to obscure ND's failure by fraud through media misled.
They are probably breaking down Naughty Dog and closing the studio as we speak.
LowEndTorque
Member
Exactly.
So deceptive giving sold through numbers. If the sales were any good they would have given us the total revenue, including hardware sales from bundles. Or at least tell us number of bullets fired. Not this BS with sold through numbers.
gundamkyoukai
Member
A perfect eg of this is fallout 4 .
It shipped 12 million day 1 and it sure did not sell that in a week or month .
Also since this is a first party game it going to take less copies to make profit .
No one should be worry about ND after seeing these numbers week 1 .
The Artisan
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how does this compare to halo 3? did Uc4 come close?
gundamkyoukai
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Nope Halo 3 was a monster in the first month .
After some time it might come close to the LTD.
The Artisan
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what was its sales relative to the same time frame?
LowEndTorque
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Halo 3 did 3.3 million in its first 12 days.
So UC4 may be in the ballpark (2.6 in 7 days vs 3.3 in 12 days).
Edit: I don't know if the 3.3M figure was worldwide or just NPD.
Coulomb_Barrier
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I feel like ND made an incredible adult horror title in TLOU, an incredible game in the mainstream action genre with UC4, and now it almost feels like it would be perfect for them to flip genres and themes again with a title in the *children/teen's animated/cartoon genre with a platformer like Crash (children/teen's animation like Shrek that can be enjoyed by kids and adults alike).
I think part of the reason why ND delivered so emphatically with TLOU was because it was such a switch up from Uncharted and at the time it must have given them such a sense of release of pent-up creative license. I think Crash would have the same effect and could turn into something great, even though we know different teams within ND work on different titles. I think the effect overrall would lead to something very exciting.
I think part of the reason why ND delivered so emphatically with TLOU was because it was such a switch up from Uncharted and at the time it must have given them such a sense of release of pent-up creative license. I think Crash would have the same effect and could turn into something great, even though we know different teams within ND work on different titles. I think the effect overrall would lead to something very exciting.
Kinda lower than I expected, especially considering the marketing push is HUGE
Omnistalgic
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This only happens on Nintendo platforms. PS is home to many popular IP from 3rd parties. Some people only get one for Sports games, or COD, or as a blu-Ray player and Minecraft lol. More diverse audience.
The Artisan
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word, even if it doesn't surpass it, if it is within the same ballpark...that's saying something. it's saying, uncharted is pretty much as big as halo, at its peak.
ethomaz
Banned
Halo 3.3m was NPD September only.
US only.
Said that I believe U4 will do 1.3m NPD May without counting digital so I can estimate U4 performed about half of what Halo 3 performed at launch.
ethomaz
Banned
Uncharted 3 did shipped for holidays (Nov to Dec) 3.8m... that include shipment to BF period.
SolidSnakex
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It shipped that many, this 2.7m is how many sold to consumers. The shipped figure would obviously be much higher. But Sony's been more willing to give sold to consumer figures during this generation.
DriftingSpirit
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It shipped 3.8 million on day 1 because it was launching during the holidays. It didn't sell through all of that day 1. Nowhere close to that.
Shipped, it probably took weeks before retail restocked.
LowEndTorque
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Ya, I realized that figure was probably just NPD right after I posted. Are there any worldwide figures out there for H3 in first week/month?
I think we need worldwide numbers for both to do a rough comparison.
qa_engineer
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Beverly Hills Cop, but with Alien Robots and a touch of over the top 80's humor.
Welfare
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Best we have for Halo 3 is 8.1m at the end of 2007 http://www.engadget.com/2008/01/03/microsoft-17-7-million-xbox-360s-and-8-1-million-copies-of-halo/
Launch week stats are $170 million in sales on its first day and retailers took more than 1.7 million preorders http://www.informationweek.com/halo-3-sales-smash-game-industry-records/d/d-id/1059689?
Trogdor1123
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The coop on r2 was so much fun. It was a second campaign.
ProfessorMoran
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Why are we comparing this to Halo 3? Halo 3 was an absolute monster.
The Artisan
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i wasn't digging the main campaign in res2 much so i didn't finish it. i did in res3 though and it was great.
insomniac deserves another shot for a res4.
The Artisan
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ethomaz
Banned
To be fair if U4 could do half (or a bit more than half) of what Halo 3 did at launch I will call a really amazing job.
The numbers appoints to that.
SnowFlakeCake
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Not bad, makes sure the lights stay on whilst TLOU2 and Crash are developed.
How could anyone think UC4 would reach Halo 3? Uncharted never had that kind of appeal, the first game wasn't big at all and it's not like the later games blew up the charts. If nothing else, it's a franchise that has steadily grown as time has gone by. It's probably a bigger franchise than Halo and Gears but that only speaks about what happened to those Xbox franchises, completely fucked the pooch.
How could anyone think UC4 would reach Halo 3? Uncharted never had that kind of appeal, the first game wasn't big at all and it's not like the later games blew up the charts. If nothing else, it's a franchise that has steadily grown as time has gone by. It's probably a bigger franchise than Halo and Gears but that only speaks about what happened to those Xbox franchises, completely fucked the pooch.
No way could UC4 match Halo 3. No way.
What a terrific start! The thing is as a few have mentioned, this thing will have legs...LONG legs...I fully expect it top out out at around...8m when all said and done...JUST on PS4...Throw Neo into the mix and you are looking at considerably more than 10m+
Fabulous game, fabulous developers, roll on the next ND masterpiece...
Fabulous game, fabulous developers, roll on the next ND masterpiece...
The Artisan
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well it was just a thought. i wasn't on GAF whe halo 3 came out but i was under the impression that uncharted became at least close to the juggernaut that halo once was.
Uncharted 3 already matched Halo, why would 4 be different, they may not have as strong a launch but the UC games have impressive legs.
The Artisan
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you always say these things but you never have individual game sales numbers to back them up
Welfare
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The PS4's install base when UC4 launched is almost 3x as much as the 360 when Halo 3 launched.
The number is good, but there is no reason to compare it to Halo 3.
StrongBlackVine
Banned
You sticking with your 5 million lifetime prediction?