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TLOU Remake is #1 top seller on UK physical chart. Sales about half of Saints Row [Chris Dring]
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This. One game is PS5 only, the other is multi platform on two generation hardwares
I was about to say, there is at least a good reason for it not doing as well when it's available on a fifth of the available platforms that SR is on currently. Probably bodes well that it's sold half as much as a result!
Anecdotal, but in my neck of the woods none of the usual stores have any in stock. Wonder how the digital charts look.
Sounds about right for a game which received it's 3rd version on the 3rd console.
It's a remake in the end. And it will keep doing its thing when the HBO show releases.
It's a remake in the end. And it will keep doing its thing when the HBO show releases.
Just like with many of SIE's other first party titles, TLOU Part 1 will continue to sell gangbusters as more and more PS5s become available now that they're starting to get over supply constraints. Even moreso once the PC release occurs and a new audience is introduced to the franchise via the HBO series and maybe even the TLOU MP game.
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It's 100 euros equivalent price in my local currency here, and I ain't paying that much for a single video game
In France most shops sell it for 70 or even 60. That 80€ price is absurd and they know it.
It seems like that Sony has been doing more and more bare minimum orders at the launch of each of their games just so pre-orders could get covered. We already know just how massively imbalanced the digital ratio has been for them for a while now, but even I was surprised when our store got just one copy ahead of time.
I expect that GoW:R will be a different story since that is their big holiday game, but it is interesting to see how much less important physical sales have gotten for them over time, considering how things used to be back on the PS3 where you had first party titles that never made it onto the Store and general game availability on digital was spotty at best.
I think it's because digital sales data is usually not available.
Good. Don't reward the pricing. With that said, there a lot of caveats to uk physical charts so who knows how well it sold. Though, the game will probably get a significant boost once the show comes out so it probably won't mean much in the long term.
True. Curious what the digital sales are. I would not be surprised though if it sold 1 million+ copies in the first week worldwide.
Well yeah, digital is far more commonplace in general now than it was back in the PS3 days where it was still relatively new. The market decides how they want to consume their games and more and more folks are opting for digital.
Of course, but hey...
You would think the game debuted at 10th seeing some of the posts...
Looks like the Saints brought golf clubs to this fight.
I know it's meaningless for all the reasons others pointed out already, but I'm making the joke anyway
I know it's meaningless for all the reasons others pointed out already, but I'm making the joke anyway
when 80+% of ps5 sales are digital, those discounts are not really a factor for most people.
Why are you taking this information as a negative for the sales of the game?
Makes sense.
Third release of the same game but this time with fresh coat of paint and it is only on PS5.
Regardless, its not a bad result considering it was made in a couple of years with a smaller team as far as we know.
Third release of the same game but this time with fresh coat of paint and it is only on PS5.
Regardless, its not a bad result considering it was made in a couple of years with a smaller team as far as we know.
No1 wants to pay the silly price they've set it at, if this was much cheaper it would have shifted more units. I'm waiting for a price drop to something below £40 or so.
The fewer sales the better for this money grab. Still doesn't seem like terrible numbers as the tweet is attempting to frame it though.
It was my understanding that Saints Rows' launch, while decent, wasn't particularly impressive. With that said, if you read my post, you'll see that I believe the game will get strong legs from the release of the show so it'll probably sell well over time. I'll add that I have nothing against the game whatsoever. My only problem with it is the pricing as it relates to Sony's business practices as a whole.
I'm specifically talking about physical copies customers, myself included. Anyway it's more of a week 2 problem than a day 1 problem, of course hardcore fans will always be there.
Is it?
Hasn't the Saints Row series as a whole only sold 13 million? Was it expected to sell a lot?
Bizarre to even be comparing TLOU to Saints Row in terms of sales on any metric. I get that the article did. But these reverse comparisons make zero sense too lol
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I bought it. Got the deluxe version that came up to $112 CAD with tax, which equates to 74 GBP
Well yeah, but this is a remake which was basically a side project for Naughty Dog being sold on a single platform that's been supply constrained up until now, and we're comparing it against a brand new title from a franchise that launched on multiple platforms across multiple generations.
Without any numbers to look at, doing half of Saints Row's numbers doesn't seem all bad. Especially since it's physical only and we know PS5 digital figures are the majority. Saying, "Good. Don't reward the pricing" seems a wee bit shortsighted once we put everything into context, especially since we have no real numbers to go by, and this is just the tiniest overall window into the overall sales of the title.
