I see. Then the 46k estimate makes sense, which is 36% down from Days Gone's 72k and below 50k of LM3.
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UK Charts: Death Stranding is the second biggest PS4 launch of 2019 and the second biggest new IP released this year
- Thread starter Loudninja
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Outside of Death Stranding and Days Gone.. what is the biggest exclusie for the PS4 this year?
Medievil?
Judgment?
Not much of a competiion.
I mean...
- Luigi's Mansion 2 sold ~20k first week in the UK (6.16m LTD WW)
- MGSV which was also made by Hideo Kojima sold ~170k first week in the UK (>6m in four months WW)
- Days Gone which was also a new IP published by Sony this year on PS4 (but developed by a previously mediocre studio at best) sold ~72k first week in the UK
Was it really that weird to expect more from Death Stranding? Luigi beating it at launch in the UK is surprising. Days Gone beating it at launch in the UK is also surprising.
exactly. it was either first or 2nd place for DS when it came to biggest exclusive launch.
and for new IPs, there's anthem, control, outer worlds, astral chain, what else? again not much of a competition.
From anthem to Sekiro to outer world ,there are many new ips this year .
Congrats to Sony for having the two of the biggest new ips this year and continuing to invest in AAA new ips . It's something we don't find quite often these days ;)
The fact that there are not many AAA new ips speaks more about publishers and platform holders lack of willingness to take risk with AAA budget on new ips imo which is kinda sad but it is what it is
true. one thing SIE has always been good at is creating new IPs.
The video games industry isnt unique when it comes to risk aversion. The risks that come with launching a new IP are not the same as when launching a sequel.
Its weird to think that a sequel doesnt have an existing audience to build upon and has to build itself up from the same position of a new IP. Its weird to think that after all this time at least half of metal gear fans wouldnt be into death stranding because the gameplay action is completely different. It's weird to think this is anything like a Souls > Sekiro transition just because Hideo Kojima. Even those games have lost people between the far less radical shifts.
OT size on Resetera may be the worst way ever to gauge the popularity of a game. League of Legends is one of the biggest games in the world and no one posts in the OT. Control and Astral Chain have way bigger OTs than NBA2K and Madden.
Hard to say since the PS4 is almost dead in Japan even with the Monster Hunter expansion and PS5 Royal.
Makes me think...what's the third highest selling new IP or PS4 exclusive this year.
Really? I'm shocked it was even close given how unorthodox the game is
I think this speaks more about Days Gone's surprise success than really Death Stranding bombing. 46k is a respectable debut.
Yeah, I thought the hype was mich bigger and Death Stranding had more marketing than Days Gone where I live.
More importantly, will Sony be pleased? Kojima will need a big publisher's full trust again if he wants to continue making this kind of high budget games with so much freedom. Well I guess since it's Kojima we're talking about, he'll be fine anyway.