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VG24/7: Sekiro: Shadows Die Twice is Steam’s biggest launch in 2019, but numbers are slightly behind Dark Souls 3
- Thread starter Saucycarpdog
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Well done to From Software. Well deserved
"But just imagine how much bigger it WOULD have been had it had Denuvo", and so on and so on.
"But just imagine how much bigger it WOULD have been had it had Denuvo", and so on and so on.
I'm wondering what legs it'll have, given the number of people saying it's soul crushing hard. I'm personally having a great time with it.
It's as much a "new IP" as Dark Souls was (AKA, not at all). It was absolutely sold as the sequel to Dark Souls 3.
I do agree that it's a great start though!
Huh? Its not a sequel, they even said multiple times in interviews that it veers away from those games in many ways
Um no. It's way more it's own thing and definitely a comepltely new IP. Let's not pull this crap again.
Thats nice, but lets be real here. It won't reach Dark Souls 3 sales ever. DS 3 has more to offer than only single player and its in the most played games list on Steam since release because of the PvP community. Also many people who bought Sekiro will never finish it because you can't summon help this time so these people will not recommend it to their friends etc
The debate over how much Sekiro is like Souls is wearying, but there is no debate about whether it's a new IP, don't be dumb.
That's true, I didn't even factor that in. No invasions in a From game. Still, I hope it sells really well, because we need more developers that have the bravery to release the game they want without worrying about what will sell the best.
i do wonder what the refund rate is. i picked it up saturday and really wasn't feeling it by the time i hit the 2 hour limit so i refunded, and given the differences from dark souls i could see that being a relatively common thing.
Just to compare the concurrent peaks with the other From games on Steam
Dark Souls PTD = 11k
Dark Souls remastered = 24k
Dark Souls 2 = 79k
Dark Souls 2 SotFS = 12k
Dark Souls 3 = 129k
Sekiro = 125k
The souls trilogy sold about 10 million before Steamspy stopped being reliable. Each of the games doing around 3 million in sales. So Sekiro will most likely do the same lifetime.
Dark Souls PTD = 11k
Dark Souls remastered = 24k
Dark Souls 2 = 79k
Dark Souls 2 SotFS = 12k
Dark Souls 3 = 129k
Sekiro = 125k
The souls trilogy sold about 10 million before Steamspy stopped being reliable. Each of the games doing around 3 million in sales. So Sekiro will most likely do the same lifetime.
I agree with Muffin to be honest. The way the game was marketed was primarily as "from the developers of Bloodborne and Dark Souls". Its a new I.P but for marketing purposes the main sell behind the game was "its the next FromSoft Souls-like game" and that is the basis of its sales. If any other dev name was attached to this game it would not sell nearly as much, but it was advertised as a game that any Souls fan should buy and I think you will see that easily in the population of people who bought or have interest in Sekiro.
tl;dr regardless of new IP or not the fact that this is From Software's next game was the selling point and it was marketed as such
tl;dr regardless of new IP or not the fact that this is From Software's next game was the selling point and it was marketed as such
Fantastic launch.
But not very surprising. From's brand is pretty strong when it comes to action games.
But not very surprising. From's brand is pretty strong when it comes to action games.
Their own games. We have no idea how Sekiro will be treated.
That's really good!
I wonder what the long term reception will look like though, or if there will be any push back.
I'm not trying to downplay this success at all, I love the game. But looking at the general reception has been fascinating. It seems more divisive than From's previous games. I know I was super angry with it at first :P
I wonder what the long term reception will look like though, or if there will be any push back.
I'm not trying to downplay this success at all, I love the game. But looking at the general reception has been fascinating. It seems more divisive than From's previous games. I know I was super angry with it at first :P
It's a barometer for sales (a lot of people have to buy the game for 125K of them to be playing simultaneously), since Steam doesn't actually report sales data (we'll never truly know how many copies get sold on Steam).
MP was also a masked easy mode for some. Allowing them to make progress.
New IP sells similarly to the third entry of a beloved franchise
Claims it's a calm/muted launch. Okay.gif
Claims it's a calm/muted launch. Okay.gif
What planet are you from
Likely significantly less than 10%. Probably not much more than the average refund rate of a typical From game.
Pretty damn impressive since Dark souls had a massive following with the third iteration. Fingers crossed for sekiro 2.