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UK:Shadow of the Colossus PS4 launch week sales are 73% greater than the PS2 version
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Everyone seems to be in the mood of murdering giant beautiful creatures minding their own business.
That's fantastic to hear! Happy for Bluepoint and everyone like me getting to experience the game for the first time in such a spectacular fashion.
Fantastic and what a huge push from Sony for a remake. Any indication about how much SOTC did on PS2 ?
I've been expecting this to do quite a bit better than the original saleswise due to the fact that the game is known more widely now, this release is fantastic in many many ways (like visuals and framerate), this got marketed as an important title, and there are lots of people that have missed out on the game for one reason or another that are now PS4 owners, and last but not least, it's a $40 title.
Well deserved. It's absolutely fantastic.
A game that everyone should experience at least once IMO and this is by far the best way to do it.
A game that everyone should experience at least once IMO and this is by far the best way to do it.
These high-quality budget titles seem to be making bank for Sony. Ratchet and Clank did similarly well.
Anyone know if Team Ico (I guess gen design now)/Fumito Ueda get any compensation for this? Or does Sony own the rights to the game?
A masterpiece, one of the greatest games ever, is selling well?
It's a Sony game. It was always a Sony game, developed by Sony (developer of the remake = Bluepoint Games..... for Sony).
Great news. It's a fantastic remastering and is well deserving of it's success. Hopefully it means that other publishers are open to the possibility of doing 'proper' remasters of classic titles rather than just the usual boost to resolution and frame rate.
Sony owns the IP, and the game was developed while Fumito Ueda was employed as a staff of Japan Studio, so unlikely.
Good, good. I've yet to buy it, but I will soon. Can't wait to jump in, would love to see this bad boy sell like hotcakes.
Interesting how it's comparing to The Last Guardian, which had a better first week than the original Shadow of the Colossus.
Team Ico wasn't a development house. It was just a division of Sony's Japan Studio.
Well deserved, but do we know how this compares to the HD Collection on PS3? The game didn't launch with a great reputation on PS2, whereas both PS3 Remaster and PS4 Remake did.
"It is the 8th different Sony-format exclusive to reach No1 so far this year."
Uh, is this a typo? Aren't we only about 6 weeks into the year?!
Uh, is this a typo? Aren't we only about 6 weeks into the year?!
IMHO Shadow of the Colossus has the potential to be a prolific IP for Sony...I know getting a sequel right is hard, but I'd be down for some more SotC.
I think they've earned the right to pitch their own ideas to Sony.
Not including D.I.G.I.T.A.L (hurr hurr) downloads!
But SotC PS2 probably launched at around £30, about £5 more than the remake.
Hecking yessing. Need more titles like this in the industry. Wonder how it has performed across the pond.
IIRC it was confirmed Ueda had at least some conversations with Bluepoint. Chances are he got paid some consulting fee stuff, if nothing else.
Regardless, if it performs so well critically and commercially and his name is still on it as creative director, it's a huge win for him. Shows that his designs are timeless.
IIRC it was confirmed Ueda had at least some conversations with Bluepoint. Chances are he got paid some consulting fee stuff, if nothing else.
Regardless, if it performs so well critically and commercially and his name is still on it as creative director, it's a huge win for him. Shows that his designs are timeless.
Considering that there was a lot of production and design done for a Shadow of the Colossus 2 with multiplayer done back in the day (and parked due to hardware limitations), I wouldn't be surprised if they went on to create that game with this engine. I'd love that.
Great start for SotC Remake. It's such a fantastic game and Blue Point's remake is excellent and deserves to sell very well.