UK Charts: Death Stranding is the second biggest PS4 launch of 2019 and the second biggest new IP released this year

Dphex · Nov 10, 2019

Lichtsang said:
No wonder, the marketing was terrible.

huh? there are ads everywhere for this game in public

djplaeskool · Nov 10, 2019

In other news, Need For Speed can't catch a break

pswii60 · Nov 10, 2019

KartuneDX said:
I mean, it's no surprise that zombies are more mainstream than whatever Kojima's pushing.

If it were that easy, everyone would be making zombie games!

MilesQ · Nov 10, 2019

DixieDean82 said:
Next game multiplatform then? /s

Huh? DS is multiplatform.

DriftingSpirit · Nov 10, 2019

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thuway · Nov 10, 2019

Marketing is fine. I think the real issue here is they launched this game alongside Call of Duty and Luigis Mansion. There's only so much money to go around

MilesQ · Nov 10, 2019

djplaeskool said:
In other news, Need For Speed can't catch a break

EA didn't even bother marketing the game. I had no idea it was out already...

Musubi · Nov 10, 2019

I still don't understand the UK's fascination with Day's Gone. It seems like such a forgettable game. Props to Death Stranding though. I'll be interested to see 1st month sales totals.

Rat King · Nov 10, 2019

Funny how a market where a new game sells less than 100k gets so many attention. Btw, Days Gone was a beast!

Lelouch0612 · Nov 10, 2019

Loudninja said:
People sure do forget about digital sales quite often.

I don't think they are, the Days Gone numbers are also retail only and that game launched a few months ago (so digital share should be around the same).

It is just that DS is maybe a harder sell than expected for the mainstream.

stan_marsh · Nov 10, 2019

YaBish said:
In b4 people extrapolate UK to worldwide sales...

oh wait.

Loudninja said:
People sure do forget about digital sales quite often.

^

MilesQ · Nov 10, 2019

Lichtsang said:
No wonder, the marketing was terrible.

Nonsense.

Most developers dream of having the marketing push DS received.

Kalor · Nov 10, 2019

That seems okay for DS, and it doesn't have digital sales naturally. I doubt Sonys expectations are too crazy and it's a weird game to market and isn't for everyone, compared to Days Gone which is more widely appealing with the zombie theme.

19thCenturyFox · Nov 10, 2019

36% less than Days Gone? What does this mean for Death Stranding 2: The Way Back?

ClickyCal' · Nov 10, 2019

Kalor said:
compared to Days Gone which is more widely appealing with the zombie theme.

Hindsight sure is a thing, lol.

Splader · Nov 10, 2019

TheMoon said:
out of all things you picked Anthem? :D

Anthem did sell a ridiculous amount.

Oregano · Nov 10, 2019

Definitely not bad for DS but I can't imagine people were expecting Days Gone to be the bigger of the two.

Also Mario & Sonic only at no.8 but that's apparently the best since the London games on Wii?

Deleted member 37233 · Nov 10, 2019

Dphex said:
huh? there are ads everywhere for this game in public

MilesQ said:
Nonsense.

Most developers dream of having the marketing push DS received.

Not in terms of quantity, but quality. Many people (especially the general public) didn't know what the game really is.

Diarrhea Day-Lewis · Nov 10, 2019

Great success for Kojima, Bend, Days Gone and Death Stranding!

MilesQ · Nov 10, 2019

pswii60 said:
If it were that easy, everyone would be making zombie games!

SoD2 topped the US charts month of release. Zombie games sell.

Dust · Nov 10, 2019

I wish we would get official numbers for Days Gone, it really seems like it did great. Considering how weird DS is I think that's good but we gotta wait for world wide perspective.

Nintendo · Nov 10, 2019

Congrats to the team! And what an impressive year for PS4! 2 successful AAA new IPs in 2019!

Raijinto · Nov 10, 2019

Not really anything great for DS but it's just a small part of a larger picture. How well it sold digitally as well as how well it sells over the coming months will be more important.

Deleted member 16876 · Nov 10, 2019

Days Gone deserves every sale it got. What an amazing game.

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Lelouch0612 · Nov 10, 2019

Oregano said:
Definitely not bad for DS but I can't imagine people were expecting Days Gone to be the bigger of the two.

Also Mario & Sonic only at no.8 but that's apparently the best since the London games on Wii?

We are in November, numbers are higher than during the rest of the year.

Betty · Nov 10, 2019

Happy for Kojima and his team, hopefully sales are strong enough to make it an outright success.

Hwoar · Nov 10, 2019

bonesawisready5 said:
Great success for Kojima, Bend, Days Gone and Death Stranding!

Yup now let's get them to make Syphon Filter together.

Deleted member 44129 · Nov 10, 2019

VERY surprised at this. I expected it to flop. I don't like the look of the thing AT ALL, but I love Kojima, I've loved MGS and I'm glad he can flip the bird to Konami. I wish fans of DS well, and I hope that the success of DS means Kojima's next game is for me. :)

ClickyCal' · Nov 10, 2019

Flux said:
Pretty good result, I think WoM hurt DS abit though. If it was 90+, the game would have outsold DG comfortably.

Ironic to talk about word of mouth hurting it and losing to days gone.

DecoReturns · Nov 10, 2019

There's a new Need for Speed game?

NotLiquid · Nov 10, 2019

Hm, that's not as good as I expected. I mean, yeah it's still good but maybe Kojima's pedigree doesn't have the same pull as I expected if it did less than Days Gone.

Majora85 · Nov 10, 2019

Was anyone really expecting Death Stranding to sell less during it's first week than Luigi's Mansion 3 did in the UK?

Guymelef · Nov 10, 2019

So Kojima Productions is about to close.

hussien-11 · Nov 10, 2019

Couscous said:
I didn't expect this so sell less than Days Gone. I know it's only the UK though so the sales in other places might be better.

I think its natural, it won't sell more than a high quality zombie game.

DarkStream · Nov 10, 2019

Deserved. A truly refreshing game.

Lelouch0612 · Nov 10, 2019

Majora85 said:
Was anyone really expecting Death Stranding to sell less during it's first week than Luigi's Mansion 3 did in the UK?

Given the wording of the article, it seems that DS is (slightly) above LM3 opening.

Raijinto · Nov 10, 2019

Majora85 said:
Was anyone really expecting Death Stranding to sell less during it's first week than Luigi's Mansion 3 did in the UK?

Need to be careful making that comparison really. We had a thread on the topic though which was locked if you wanna search for it.

NekoNeko · Nov 10, 2019

God_Of_Phwoar said:
I'm glad he can flip the bird to Konami

i really don't think they care one bit.

Dave. · Nov 10, 2019

Was Days Gone also a Friday launch?

Prine · Nov 10, 2019

pswii60 said:
Holy shit @ Days Gone being the bigger launch by a considerable margin, and at a much slower time of year no less. I expected DS to be very much front loaded with the Kojima fans early adopting.

I'm sure Sony will be pretty damn happy having the two biggest new IP launches of the year either way.

Yup, said this earlier but I can't see Sony being happy with this. And these are the opening sales, let see what happens in the weeks to come, if it falls into oblivion the wow, I'm not sure.

SinCityAssassin · Nov 10, 2019

Mr.Deadshot said:
I mean it's a heavily marketed EA AAA coop loot game, these games normally sell very well. What other big new IP launched this year? Stuff like Control and Outer Worlds doesn't seem that big.

Physical sales. You can imagine Anthem was digital heavy.

ekim · Nov 10, 2019

Lichtsang said:
No wonder, the marketing was terrible.

That's not true. It was quite a huge marketing push as far as I noticed.

VX1 · Nov 10, 2019

Dust said:
I wish we would get official numbers for Days Gone, it really seems like it did great. Considering how weird DS is I think that's good but we gotta wait for world wide perspective.

Indeed.

Right Bundy ? ;)

Couscous · Nov 10, 2019

hussien-11 said:
I think its natural, it won't sell more than a high quality zombie game.

I just had the feeling that DS had wat more hype and marketing leading up to the launch than DG. Perhaps DS sold better in the US.

Doctor_Thomas · Nov 10, 2019

Is this very much a case of no one outside of the game sphere really knowing or caring who Kojima is and a motorbike game with zombies is an easier sell than weird post man game?

Xevross · Nov 10, 2019

Damn I was expecting this to land at about 50k physical, should have predicted that in the other thread... Anyway, this is a good launch but not great. Let's see how legs will be, going into the holiday period.

Mr.Deadshot · Nov 10, 2019

SinCItyAssassin said:
Physical sales. You can imagine Anthem was digital heavy.

Ah yes that makes sense. It was also on EA access, right?

Loudninja · Nov 10, 2019

Couscous said:
I just had the feeling that DS had wat more hype and marketing leading up to the launch than DG. Perhaps DS sold better in the US.

Again we dont have digital sales which is a huge chuck now for Sony. People do this every single time with it come to UK sales now.

Lelouch0612 · Nov 10, 2019

Dave. said:
Was Days Gone also a Friday launch?

Yes

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