Kingdom Come: Deliverance sells million copies in first week. SEE MOD EDIT.

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https://www.lupa.cz/aktuality/meta-...ali-milion-kusu-hry-kingdom-come-delivarance/

"We are at million copies if I count all distribution channels and platforms", says Warhorse Studios CEO Martin Frývaldský.

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Fantastic news for all fans of immersive open world storydriven RPGs. Can't wait for content updates, patches, and more importantly, full blown Hussite Wars sequel.

 

[Benji]

God damn for a studio their size that's incredible. Game must be highly profitable by this point I would think

 

[benzopil]

Google Translate is still not ideal but what can you do

https://translate.google.cz/transla...-kingdom-come-delivarance/&edit-text=&act=url

Other super successful Czech games are Mafia and Space Engineers.

 

[Deleted member 2840]

At the very least 450k of those coming from Steam, and Steamspy is 4 days late. Shit's honestly impressive.

 

[Goskarrr]

Great, looking forward to try it, premise is cool.

 

[DarkLordMalik]

I see it easily hitting 2 million at this rate.

 

[Chronos]

Wow, vastly exceeding expectations.

 

[Derrick01]

I'm completely blown away by the success and the speed of it. I really hope this leads to more 3D wrpgs with real RPG elements, we have proof that there's a sizable audience for systems driven gameplay and it seems to be a growing one too.

 

[flkRaven]

Crazy. Especially when you consider this is a full priced, $60 game.

 

[Philippo]

I love how many success stories we've had this gen: Kingdom Come, NieR:Automata, MHW, Nioh, Persona 5, etc.

 

[Deleted member 1759]

1 Million copies in 1 week? That's pretty impressive and well deserved. Great game.

 

[JD3Nine]

Great numbers for sure. I pretty much only play RPGs so anytime one does well is good news for me.

 

[Saint-14]

452k on steam according to steamspy, it's half consoles and half PC or that number is very outdated.

 

[DavidDesu]

That seems ridiculous for a crowdfunding game in what some would see as a niche genre (i.e. Witcher/Skyrim but historically fairly accurate and no fantasy elements). It's good to see as I'd want more games that try and take a more realistic take on open world games with historical accuracy.

 

[Kimura]

I'm looking at it. I am interested, but I don't want to jump in before there are a lot of fixes.


There are not enough historical era games. I cannot wait for Ghosts of Tsushima. But besides that, there isn't a lot on the way. It's a shame that the best way to visit historical eras in games is probably Assassins Creed.

 

[Dust]

I think Warhorse might be a studio to follow in the future.
Definitely can see them striking a publishing deal with some big boy later.

 

[Trago]

It's a great game. I hope more RPG devs take notice. It's all about the features.

 

[708]

It's currently sitting at 432,166 - 473,046 on SteamSpy. And SteamSpy is 3 (or 4) days behind.

 

[witty_mittie3]

Nice. I've enjoyed my time so far (on the base PS4) and am looking to put more time in too. Warhorse has a fantastic game here, and it's shaping up to be one of my favorite RPGs in a long time.

 

[TheWickedSoul]

Nice, might pick it up soon.

 

[fanboy]

Honestly, i dont get how they sold this much. Do people really want to play authentic rpgs where you have to clean your outfit so you can speak with noble characters? Shit, thats surprise.

I am happy for them, its shame that here in Slovak republic we will never make something like this :/

 

[Bhonar]

Have they patched the game yet to a polished non-buggy state? I haven't bought the game yet so I don't know. Or it's going to be a few more weeks?

 

[Z-oo31]

Just to want to mention that if you haven't bought it already, consider supporting the DRM-free version, which is coming out soon:

https://www.gog.com/game/kingdom_come_deliverance

 

[Randomly Generated]

Honestly, i dont get how they sold this much. Do people really want to play authentic rpgs where you have to clean your outfit so you can speak with noble characters? Shit, thats surprise.

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I can't decide if that sounds terrible or awesome.

 

[floatingcoffins]

I couldn't find any physical copies so I had to purchase it on PSN. One of the employees at a game store I was checking at said they had no idea it was going to be that popular and that their store only received four copies.

Pretty fun game so far!

 

[Rahxephon91]

I'm honestly surprised at this game's success. Felt like it came out of nowhere. I hope to pick up my copy soon because it seems interesting. Though I feel like it's approach to realism may turn me off.

 

[Benji]

I think Warhorse might be a studio to follow in the future.
Definitely can see them striking a publishing deal with some big boy later.

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I'm inclined to agree that this is probably going to gather the attention of some of the bigger publishers possibly looking to partner / acquire them.

 

[Argot]

Not quite sure on this particular game, but I hope this inspires more feature-rich historical RPGs in the future.

 

[Zoon]

Well deserved the game will be pretty solid after some bug fixes. I stopped playing after the game didn't want to save when trying to sleep and another time crashed just when I clicked save game(with saviour schnapps). But overall it's really enjoyable.

 

[Platy]

And to think on the ages of Kojima the creator being an asshole would have made a bigger impact.

Or maybe the creator is not considered an asshole by those 1 million ....

 

[Xer0]

I'm not one of those sales, but, how it got to a million interests me. MC score is 75 on PC to 67 on PS4 and XB1. User MC score ranges from 7.4 to 8.1.

So, just based on that, it sounds like an OK to decent game. How is it blowing up like this? Is it possibly mostly the controversy sparking interest?

 

[Deleted member 2913]

Really loving the game, also thanks Indonesia PSN.

Still wonna get it on PC later on though.

 

[Bansai]

Well deserved, I'm really happy to see there's demand for products such as these. I want more games like that.

 

[MosquitoSmasher]

Holy cow, didn't expect that at all. But great news of course.

 

[Deleted member 6137]

Nice. I'm waiting for a couple of more patches before taking the plunge.

 

[Z-oo31]

https://www.gog.com/game/kingdom_come_deliverance

DRM-free version coming soon as well!

 

[Trekkie]

Honestly, i dont get how they sold this much. Do people really want to play authentic rpgs where you have to clean your outfit so you can speak with noble characters? Shit, thats surprise.

I am happy for them, its shame that here in Slovak republic we will never make something like this :/

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I'm thinking Game of Thrones may have had something to do with people flocking towards this sort of game

 

[Monorojo]

Well deserved.

Really happy for the devs

 

[Bansai]

Honestly, i dont get how they sold this much. Do people really want to play authentic rpgs where you have to clean your outfit so you can speak with noble characters? Shit, thats surprise.

I am happy for them, its shame that here in Slovak republic we will never make something like this :/

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You can talk to them regardless of being dirty or sparkly clean, difference is however how they're gonna treat you, that's why this shit is so awesome, becasue of exactly little things like that.

In most games enemy dies when his health drops to 0, here however they can choose to walk the way of the chickenshit and surrender to you [you can even judge them then] or if you have a certain perk, you can smack them in the head so hard that they just lose consciousness mid battle [it's especially gratifying when you hit somebody wearing helmet and he just shuts off instantly], not to mention that the combat itself is awesome, refreshing and innovative.

 

[Jawmuncher]

Interesting to see such a large amount of units sold.

 

[Mifec]

I'm not one of those sales, but, how it got to a million interests me. MC score is 75 on PC to 67 on PS4 and XB1. User MC score ranges from 7.4 to 8.1.

So, just based on that, it sounds like an OK to decent game. How is it blowing up like this? Is it possibly mostly the controversy sparking interest?

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The people who buy this game don't know who Varva is. It's mostly that it's a hardcore RPG experience and I guess it interests people.

 

[Phil32]

I find it astounding when games that I just hear of (and that's not to say I'm all-seeing and all-knowing of worthwhile releases, because I'm definitely not haha) go on to quickly bust up sales charts. Congrats to the team and congrats to people picking this up if the game is truly awesome! :)

 

[enkaisu]

I dislike the studio but I hope this leads to more WRPGs in the future. It's been a pretty dry scene if you don't enjoy isometric stuff.

 

[Yearsoflurking]

That's unfortunate , hopefully the good devs within the company move on to other situations so I can support there work.

 

[ianpm31]

It's a good game and I'm happy with my purchase. Looks like Deep Silver has a success story after the last few bombs.

 

[PensivePen]

I'm not one of those sales, but, how it got to a million interests me. MC score is 75 on PC to 67 on PS4 and XB1. User MC score ranges from 7.4 to 8.1.

So, just based on that, it sounds like an OK to decent game. How is it blowing up like this? Is it possibly mostly the controversy sparking interest?

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I think the controversy probably definitely did a lot to make people more aware of the game. But for a comparison the first Destiny which had a 75/76 on Metacritic has also been one of the best selling games of this generation. Middling reviews aren't necessarily a death knell for a game.

 

[Arty of the Abyss]

Congrats to them. Well deserved

 

[Azzanadra]

I'm not one of those sales, but, how it got to a million interests me. MC score is 75 on PC to 67 on PS4 and XB1. User MC score ranges from 7.4 to 8.1.

So, just based on that, it sounds like an OK to decent game. How is it blowing up like this? Is it possibly mostly the controversy sparking interest?

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If I had to guess, its sales are due to the thirst for a hardcore RPG that has been building up for years.

So far I am enjoying it despite some mild annoyances, I just wish I had more time for hours-long immersive playtime. This game seems well suited to that short of thing.

 

[DevilMayGuy]

I'm not one of those sales, but, how it got to a million interests me. MC score is 75 on PC to 67 on PS4 and XB1. User MC score ranges from 7.4 to 8.1.

So, just based on that, it sounds like an OK to decent game. How is it blowing up like this? Is it possibly mostly the controversy sparking interest?

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Who outside of our bubble even cares?

That's unfortunate , hopefully the good devs within the company move on to other situations so I can support there work.

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Jesus.

 

[Cap G]

I'm not one of those sales, but, how it got to a million interests me. MC score is 75 on PC to 67 on PS4 and XB1. User MC score ranges from 7.4 to 8.1.

So, just based on that, it sounds like an OK to decent game. How is it blowing up like this? Is it possibly mostly the controversy sparking interest?

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Games critics are generally a lot less representative of their audiences than you'd think, and a lot more homogenous. A failure to review well in games doesn't mean you have failed the consumer, just a certain type of AAA focused console prioritizing consumer.