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God of War: Ascension shipped more than 3 million units and generated more than $100 million in revenue.
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Well deserved. The best of the old Gows simply because it's so combat focused. I loved the campaign and while it didn't have bosses that matched 3 and 2 to some extent it still has a couple of epic setpieces. That combat tho..
So $33.33 revenue on average per sale. Not clear whether this is revenue calculated at POS or to Sony.
IIRC wasn't God of War Ascension a budget ($40) release? I'm sure I got it near launch and didn't pay full price for it.
IIRC wasn't God of War Ascension a budget ($40) release? I'm sure I got it near launch and didn't pay full price for it.
Not really sure why this, GT6, Puppeteer etc didn't get PS4 ports in the early days when the PS4 was lacking in games. Sony be strange.
Forget one remaster, where are the rest of the games?
They had a huge celebration for GoW 10 years and only brought over GoW3, such a disappointment.
Yeah it was a weird one. 3rd party publishers were doing cross gen so it wasn't even like the idea never could have occurred to them
They must have looked at Killzone and said "yeah, this can stand on it's own, keep God of War, Puppeteer and GT6 on PS3"
Even cheap and quick PS4 ports that just knocked them up to 1080 would have made the PS4 a more desirable prospect in 2013
I guess the PS4 didn't need them since it sold really well right out of the gate
Pretty good for the worst God of War game. It was very pretty, but I did not like the gameplay changes at all. Locking combos/moves behind a meter was pure shit.
It's not so much that the PS4 needed the games (though they wouldn't have hurt!)... It was more a case of the games needed the PS4. They all sold poorly relative to other titles in their series.
For a prequel that didn't generate half of the hype compared to GOW 3? I'd say yes.
For the one who was the most unnecesary and uninspired i'd say those are good numbers.
True, and on top of that, they actually did make Little Big Planet 3 cross gen, so it's even weirder still
The way SSM turned things around for the franchise and sold more than that in 3 days only (and 10M after a year later) with its next game is amazing.
Underrated underappreciated gem of a game. The cinematics and voice acting was superb. Tyler Bates rendition of the god of war theme was so damn good and the overall soundtrack was just remarkable. The set piece moments were stellar. I honestly don't get why people dislike/hate the game. I mean how can you not enjoy the story and the gameplay in the campaign.
dont forget to mention the enemies that took mechanics from the psp games where they wouldnt stagger during attacks and would grab you during combos! Or when you fought the giant snake and it zoomed out so far you were a ant on screen and expected to maintain control!
Such a shit game, multiplayer could';ve been good but that multiplayer team didnt care, I was on those beta forums everyday and they didn't read a damn thing there other than ban people and tell people there'd be little to no changes.
Game had a amazing artstyle and environment design, its the best "kratos goes on a adventure" game possible, but playing it was dreadful.
Its ok not great. If they made some money than its fine. Gow3 sold 8M and first two did around 5M.
I only played a demo of it, and while good I found it more of a same. Escalation of spectacle with unnecessary prequel story. GoW1-3 were great, and I was very happy with how GoW3 ended.
I'm still waiting for a high-framerate port on a newer console to finally play through it.
I'm still waiting for a high-framerate port on a newer console to finally play through it.
All I remember is this game having a weird cameo in House of Cards because at some point, Frank Underwood, the newly appointed VP, tries logging on to play multiplayer but the Secret Service security agents have blocked his online access.
I mean It's not the only awkwardly out-of-place Sony product placement in the show
lol!
It was lower that other GoW games, but not that low. As you said, other GoW games (except 2018) sold 4,5 million and for example GoW 3 sold 5.2 million on PS3 and it was a main title with amazing scores. So 3 million for a prequel with 80 on Metacritic isn't that bad.
I know Ascension gets a lot of flack, but its such a good game. There really aren't a single bad God of War game except maybe Betrayal. I remember I had time off for a week in 2014, it was the launch week of Second Son and I played and platinumed Second Son, Stick of Truth and Ascension in that week. :)
It's the only good of war game I never finished and it's my second favorite American series behind doom
I think it's the best looking Ps3 game in terms of character models. U3 in terms of environment
We actually never were promised a PS4 remaster lol, was just a rumor that it was going go happen.
Makes more sense for God of War 3 since it led to God of War 2018. Ascension is the first game in the series and it would be silly to remaster that one and then ignore the rest of the franchise you know?