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God of War sells over 3.1 million units in first 3 days (fastest selling PS4 exclusive)

Nightengale

Nightengale

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Oct 26, 2017
5,708
Malaysia
Imitation Of Life said:
When has Sony given a milestone for GT Sport? I mean a press statement like inFAMOUS SS, Bloodborne, Uncharted 4, Horizon Zero Dawn or God Of War? I didn't say they were hiding all data.
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They didn't.

And they likely won't ever. Part and parcel of PR message is showcasing your success. It's presumably why Horizon's PR waited to get 2 weeks worth of sales, instead of doing first-week sales because 2 weeks would demonstrate a comparable metric to U4's first week.

GT Sport, presumably didn't get a big launch out-the-gate compared to the more front-loaded titles. And chances are sales were not better than historical GT heights. That means that on a metric-by-metric basis, GT Sport's sales would showcase an inferior PR position compared to other PR messaging.

Put it this way. if GOW2 opened at 3 million instead of 3.1 million in the first 3 days next time round, Sony might actually choose to not do a PR release on GOW2's sales, because it didn't "do better" than GOW's PR.

Even though 3mil sales is still bloody huge.

That's how PR works. You build your case to have the biggest messaging of success in the best metric possible.
 
John Wick

John Wick

Banned
Oct 27, 2017
440
United Kingdom
Imitation Of Life said:
A great GT can still do great sales. Too bad we may never see one again. Maybe not 10 million, but but 5 to 7 million is realistic. GT6 did over 5 million despite still being a disappointment. GT Sport might not even do 3 million, but who knows as Sony hasn't given any milestones which is telling enough.
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GT Sport will easily do over 5 million over its lifetime. GT games have great legs. Wait till they release a complete edition with all DLC etc
 
VX1

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Oct 28, 2017
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Sorry for derailing,but what i find fascinating is how Forza became de facto largest franchise for MS,i'd say even bigger and more important saleswise then Gears or even Halo.
On the other side,GT that dominated without competition in PS1 and PS2 days,except maybe GTA,slowly but surely fading away in PS universe...
 
IIFloodyII

IIFloodyII

Member
Oct 26, 2017
24,065
VX1 said:
Sorry for derailing,but what i find fascinating is how Forza became de facto largest franchise for MS,i'd say even bigger and more important saleswise then Gears or even Halo.
On the other side,GT that dominated without competition in PS1 and PS2 days,except maybe GTA,slowly but surely fading away in PS universe...
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GT only looks poor by it's own standards, compared to other Sim Racers it still sells much better than almost everything. The genre is just super dead.
 
IIFloodyII

IIFloodyII

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Oct 26, 2017
24,065
VX1 said:
Yeah,racing and fighting games too...last Street fighter was huge flop,if i remember well?
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Only really Capcom's fighters are struggling, almost every other fighting game as done well. MKX did especially well for example, I think it might even be the best selling MK ever at this point.
 
Penny Royal

Penny Royal

The Fallen
Oct 25, 2017
4,158
QLD, Australia
Imitation Of Life said:
A great GT can still do great sales. Too bad we may never see one again. Maybe not 10 million, but but 5 to 7 million is realistic. GT6 did over 5 million despite still being a disappointment. GT Sport might not even do 3 million, but who knows as Sony hasn't given any milestones which is telling enough.
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GTS is up at around 4m profiles from ethomaz's thread on playercount.

ethomaz said:
OP is up to date ;)

  • Total profiles: 4,792,514
  • Total GTS profiles: 4,088,249
  • Total Beta only profiles: 704,265
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Ludens

Ludens

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Oct 29, 2017
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Sweden
VX1 said:
Sorry for derailing,but what i find fascinating is how Forza became de facto largest franchise for MS,i'd say even bigger and more important saleswise then Gears or even Halo.
On the other side,GT that dominated without competition in PS1 and PS2 days,except maybe GTA,slowly but surely fading away in PS universe...
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Nah GT is still selling more then the other sim racers like Forza. Its just that the genre is not as populer anymore.
 
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