Aloy got a raw deal......

[iceberg_is_on_fire]

The game is available on 2 platforms and somehow won't break 20 mil eventually

No, because most of the people that get it will on Ps5 and that is predicated on Sony's current sales strategy. Less than a year into the life of Zero Dawn being released, it was selling consistently at 19.99 and being bundled heavily. Fifteen months into the life of the PS5, Demon's Souls hasn't gone lower than $40, Ratchet and Clank was 19.99 and bundled heavily less a year into its life on the PS4. Rift Apart hasn't gone lower than 50 yet.

The issues dovetail with each other. Far more demand than supply means Sony has no need to value add consoles to move units. They sell out when new stock drops and if no bundles occur, numbers aren't inflated and they are true retail sales. There are two surefire games Sony has that will sell similar to the same way their PS4 counterpart. Ragnorak and Spiderman as a franchise, those are the true evergreens. We will learn more about Gran Turismo 7 and if it can be that once more since Sony is sticking with premium pricing longer.

 

[Deep_Black_Conscious]

No, because most of the people that get it will on Ps5 and that is predicated on Sony's current sales strategy. Less than a year into the life of Zero Dawn being released, it was selling consistently at 19.99 and being bundled heavily. Fifteen months into the life of the PS5, Demon's Souls hasn't gone lower than $40, Ratchet and Clank was 19.99 and bundled heavily less a year into its life on the PS4. Rift Apart hasn't gone lower than 50 yet.

The issues dovetail with each other. Far more demand than supply means Sony has no need to value add consoles to move units. They sell out when new stock drops and if no bundles occur, numbers aren't inflated and they are true retail sales. There are two surefire games Sony has that will sell similar to the same way their PS4 counterpart. Ragnorak and Spiderman as a franchise, those are the true evergreens. We will learn more about Gran Turismo 7 and if it can be that once more since Sony is sticking with premium pricing longer.

Still sold 20 mil, like Horizon 2 will eventually do

 

[Killer Instinct]

I just got out of The Daunt last night. I'm taking my time with Horizon. Not really interested in Elden Ring so I have no reason or desire to rush this playthrough. I have a crazy backlog and none of them are going anywhere.

 

[old pig]

It really isn’t and include Ghost of sushi too but they don’t want to hear it

I can honestly say that game was really overrated and I was part of the crowd that did so…I’m replaying it now to make it to the expansion level (I don't have my PS4 save) and I truly get the unfavorable AC comparisons that folks made

I still enjoy the combat even tho it’s fairly easy even on the higher difficulty settings, but there’s definitely a lot of filler bullshyt that I’d like to skip…I was enamored by the setting/time period the first time around so it was easy to overlook…but I’ve spent far more time riding around and doing bullshyt than actually getting to fight…and the game is designed that you have to do the filler shyt to score skill points which is normal but it’s a really boring grind tho

*edit*

I forgot I was mostly drunk off saké while playing this game so that probably made a lot of the busy work/side quests tolerable lmao

 

[old pig]

there’s no denying the thread’s point…you literally have folks in here who said they rushed to finished the game or flat out put it on hold to play elden ring…shyt some of them even said this would happen in advance but I guess they’re taking offense now since some are using it as a “laughing point”

 

[DaSk8D00D]

nikkas really pulled the race card in regards to metacritic scores

 

[old pig]

nikkas really pulled the race card in regards to metacritic scores

I wouldn’t put it past user reviews tho on MC but I definitely don’t think it factored into critic reviews

 

[Fatboi1]

No, because most of the people that get it will on Ps5 and that is predicated on Sony's current sales strategy. Less than a year into the life of Zero Dawn being released, it was selling consistently at 19.99 and being bundled heavily. Fifteen months into the life of the PS5, Demon's Souls hasn't gone lower than $40, Ratchet and Clank was 19.99 and bundled heavily less a year into its life on the PS4. Rift Apart hasn't gone lower than 50 yet.

The issues dovetail with each other. Far more demand than supply means Sony has no need to value add consoles to move units. They sell out when new stock drops and if no bundles occur, numbers aren't inflated and they are true retail sales. There are two surefire games Sony has that will sell similar to the same way their PS4 counterpart. Ragnorak and Spiderman as a franchise, those are the true evergreens. We will learn more about Gran Turismo 7 and if it can be that once more since Sony is sticking with premium pricing longer.

We’ll see.

 

[Morose Polymath]

nikkas really pulled the race card in regards to metacritic scores

 

[Eternally Jaded]

I love how people keep dropping the Hzd 20 million sold when in reality there's a giant asterisk due to most of those sales being made when it was dirt cheap.

Yeah 20 million sold is a cool bulletpoint but sharknado probably would've moved a buttload of DVD copies if you were picking it up for a dollar.

Stop bragging about Sharknado sales guys, especially when it's the equivalent of that old bin of blu-rays or dvds that Walmart sells for $4 dollars each.

The reality is that if Elden Ring is as much of a breakthrough as Botw was, expect it to do much better than any prior Souls game, same way Botw is massive in comparison to other Zelda titles.

That's what capturing the zeitgeist does for a title.

 

[iceberg_is_on_fire]

We’ll see.

It's starting to bare fruit.



70% of all copies were sold on the PS5 in the UK as well. I'd expect similar splits like that across the world. The PS4 is not really a factor here. It's all about the PS5 growth. Also remember, there were 55-60 million PS4s out there when Zero Dawn came out, 15-18 million PS5s currently. There are market factors currently that temper all game sales.

 

[Eternally Jaded]

GG

 

[Eternally Jaded]

GG just needs to create games with more ambition than they've currently been doing.

It's honestly a symptom of the publisher they're under.

Sony has almost always favored derivative experiences than truly original ones.

They change that, they'll start landing on goat lists.

 

[Gizmo_Duck]

GG just needs to create games with more ambition than they've currently been doing.

It's honestly a symptom of the publisher they're under.

Sony has almost always favored derivative experiences than truly original ones.

They change that, they'll start landing on goat lists.

Have you played the game? Honest question

 

[kdslittlebro]

Miyazaki came through snatching scalps every Stan gotta “take an L” eventually, whatever that means.

Sony nikkas can literally play both games today but some of y’all treating ER like an Xbox exclusive (which is corny itself but I digress)