Tiago Rodrigues
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I don't think Sony does this anymore. I think even for Ragnarok we had to wait even longer and the game broke countless records, like SM2. But i could be wrong.
[UK] - Ghost of Yotei’s physical sales really good. Beat 2nd week of EA Sports FC 26. Sold 3x as much as Mario Gakaxy 1+2 on Switch
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I don't think Sony does this anymore. I think even for Ragnarok we had to wait even longer and the game broke countless records, like SM2. But i could be wrong.
DeepEnigma
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Them are some ugly chicks.
GymWolf
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I don't know but it's entartaining
The fuck is going on in here
midnightAI
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They don't mention sales the first week normally do they? (not for a good while at least), I don't know why people are waiting around for it if that's the case (you may get first week sales at some point.... like, a month or so later)
In fact, you can guarantee there are now people on YouTube and Twitter saying sales are really bad because Sony haven't announced anything, but I don't think they usually do.
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Kacho
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I was responding to someone saying they released numbers for Tsushima after a week.
midnightAI
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Yeh, for PS4, I dont remember them doing it for PS5?
Kacho
Gold Member
I recall hearing that PS5 sequels have sold less compared to PS4 so that might be the reason (Shu talking about Forbidden West earlier this year is a recent example off the top of my head). Wouldn't be shocked if the same applies to Yōtei.
midnightAI
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Well, yeh, that's normal, there were far more PS4's in the wild than PS5's when Forbidden West was released and there were more PS4's in the wild when Tsushima was released compared to Yotei on PS5, isn't that to be expected?
You get complete f*cking morons like Endymion putting up YouTube videos claiming he has a source of the leaked PS5 digital sales and they are bleak..... 1.1million sales, errr, that;s not bleak dude, even if they are true its almost made back its development budget... in one week and that;s not even including physical sales. (The grift is real though, he puts our several Yotei videos a day, embarrassing, but the comments section, sheesh, oh, and they are bragging that Intergalactic is next for the hate, some people really need to get a life)
Kacho
Gold Member
The grift happens on both sides. I saw fake news that the game sold 2 million copies (which people ran with), then I saw fake news about Yotei ads being reduced due to poor sales. Always good to wait for official news.
I'd recommend blocking Endymion vids on YouTube. I had to keep hitting "Not Interested" until YouTube listened. Literal slop content. Yellow Flash is another. They all feed off each other.
midnightAI
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Yep, and Doctor Disaster
calico
Member
So around 1.5m overall if 1.1m digital is right. Probably not a disaster financially as it looks like they made this on the cheap. Probably about 50% below where a slightly more ambitious GoT 2 would be imo.
If his numbers are right they have paid a hefty woke tax, but nothing they wouldn't have expected when they decided to go this way.
If his numbers are right they have paid a hefty woke tax, but nothing they wouldn't have expected when they decided to go this way.
DForce
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The numbers don't add up.
Ghost of Tsushima digital sales would be around 960k-1.2 million, and Christopher Dring reported a significant increase in digital sales compared to Ghost of Tsushima in Europe.
If 400k was sold physically, then that would mean 30% of the physical sales came from Japan.
There's no way Ghost of Yotei's physical sales are that low. lol
Ghost of Tsushima digital sales would be around 960k-1.2 million, and Christopher Dring reported a significant increase in digital sales compared to Ghost of Tsushima in Europe.
If 400k was sold physically, then that would mean 30% of the physical sales came from Japan.
There's no way Ghost of Yotei's physical sales are that low. lol
John Wick
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Zathalus
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I would not trust that YouTuber. Just look at his channel and see how agenda driven he actually is.
Even if true, it's hardly a sales disaster, NA+Europe is 70% of the market, and by his own admission digital is 70% of all copies, which would mean total week one sales are around 2.25 million.
But seriously, wait until we have some actually official information.
Even if true, it's hardly a sales disaster, NA+Europe is 70% of the market, and by his own admission digital is 70% of all copies, which would mean total week one sales are around 2.25 million.
But seriously, wait until we have some actually official information.
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Minari
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and why would i put faith in this random youtube guy again?
i know yall want this to fail but make some fkin sense...
viveks86
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If you are suspected to be woke, you pay the tax. Are you woke? That's $50. DMing you my paypal
Lokaum D+
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Who said im ? I m just sharing and goes without saying that every info that is not official you take with a grain of salt.
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RafterXL
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What picture can you paint from fake articles about sales numbers and GoY being the top selling game on PSN during its launch week when no other game was released?
There is literally zero evidence of this game selling well. None. So don't come at me with critical thinking and using your brain when you are literally doing neither.
The only actual seemingly legit sales number about this game is 1.6 million after 5 days. Tsushima sold 2.4 in 3 days. And here is the part where you'll say, "well there were 110 million PS4s when GoT released and only 80 million PS5s now". Since you're so inclined to use your brain do the math, even based on market saturation it had a lower sales to console percentage in 5 days than the first game had in 3.
Sequels that don't sell as well as the previous aren't a success, regardless of how you try and spin it. There is a reason the fake China 2 million article came out almost immediately. It's because people like you, using your critical thought and big brains, lapped it up like muppets and immediately started spreading it as fact. But who am I kidding, a lot of you guys still believe AC:Shadows sold well…lol.
Zathalus
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You can check the PS charts at the moment, it is still selling well with Battlefield 6 being released. It is only being beat by Battlefield 6, or sometimes FC26 in other countries, with it being number one in most Asian countries. It was number one in the PS store everywhere up until a few days ago.
There is literally zero hard evidence of this game selling well or poorly. Even Sony not announcing sales figures in the first week or month means nothing, as Horizon Forbidden West sold 8.4 million copies in just over a year, yet Sony announced nothing.
The artful mincer
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Critical Hit
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"Disaster" is a narrative from youtube "grifters". Most people talk that it didn't sell as good as GoT for obvious reasons.
Have there been any "successful" sequels this generation? And we don't know what level of profit Sony considers to be successful.
Ass of Can Whooping
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DForce
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A few days ago....
You were critical of all the numbers posted earlier, but as soon as someone posts a rumored 1.6 million copies sold, you think it's legit. lol.
That makes no sense.
Lord Panda
The Sea is Always Right
Normally some folks do just that, but by god, the actress is such an insufferable cunt that for plenty of people it killed any appetite for the game or anything else she'd ever crawl into again. Same strain of poison as those knobhead twats in Snow White and The Acolyte.
And in this culture-war circus we're in, putting her front and centre was pure shitfuckery. I don't know why anyone on GAF would be surprised there's so much suspicion, vitriol and distaste toward the game, the studio, or SIE at large.
Back in the day, I'd have bought most Sony first- or second-party titles sight unseen. These days, yeah not so much.
calico
Member
This doesn't address what he said.
'New release tops chart against no other significant new release' often gets pushed as proof of success, but it really isn't, as Jason Schreier famously discovered.
Clear
CliffyB's Cock Holster
I hope the game does well just to spite the idiot "grifters".
Fuck them.
Word to these Power-tripping shitbags: WE SEE YOU FOR WHAT YOU ARE.
You are the same as the wokies who wished games like Days Gone and Kingdom Come Deliverance would fail for the crimes for having protagonists of the "wrong" race or sex, who place collective responsibility because a couple of people on the dev team said something against their politics or was associated with an "enemy" group.
They were scum with nothing to offer gaming and culture, and so are you.
Fuck them.
Word to these Power-tripping shitbags: WE SEE YOU FOR WHAT YOU ARE.
You are the same as the wokies who wished games like Days Gone and Kingdom Come Deliverance would fail for the crimes for having protagonists of the "wrong" race or sex, who place collective responsibility because a couple of people on the dev team said something against their politics or was associated with an "enemy" group.
They were scum with nothing to offer gaming and culture, and so are you.
demigod
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I'm not clicking that but what is his source, his anus? A guy with no leaks somehow gets back to back leaks, yeah right.
I looked up who the guy is. He called for a boycott of Yotei because of that one dev, lmao. Sure buddy, go ahead and believe this grifter.
Astray
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Open world is a valid genre with lots of excellent games that is loved by normies worldwide.
No clue what you are on about.
Skifi28
Member
That's the scary part. The anti-woke are doing exactly what they woke have been doing and they don't even realise it. By trying to be so different, they became an exact copy. Meanwhile normal people with an ounce of critical thinking can decide for themselves and are just tired of all the bullshit from both sides.
yeah i know that normies like open world
just had some little hope the fatigue was real after Outlaws flopped hard and even Shadows didn't sell that much but that would be too good to be true
it's valid like anything else obviously, i still think i'm entitled to say it's (mostly) shit
DForce
NaughtyDog Defense Force
Wait...
Elden Ring - February 25, 2022
Horizon Forbidden West - February 18, 2022
Zelda: Breath of the Wild - March 3, 2017
Horizon Zero Dawn - February 28, 2017/ March 1st
Do you remember how people said Horizon Zero Dawn and Horizon Forbidden West launched at a bad time because they were competing against Elden Ring and The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild?
EA Sports FC 26, Battlefield 6, and Silent Hill f all launched within a week of Ghost of Yotei, but it doesn't have competition? lol
Astray
Member
Fatigue happens when people play/watch at all the games in a subgenre. See also: Soulslike fatigue.
Most people don't play all the games in their favorite subgenre. They just play the ones they like, and that's at least months/years out until they find another one they like.
Zathalus
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Maybe read my entire post next time.
CentralScrutinizer
Member
So, did Yotei flop?
By that I don't mean did it make its money back, I mean does it justify itself to continue as a franchise?
By that I don't mean did it make its money back, I mean does it justify itself to continue as a franchise?
Ass of Can Whooping
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Do you want the truth or what you want to hear?
demigod
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Some folks like to smell their own farts.
CentralScrutinizer
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Mr Moose
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Ass of Can Whooping
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bomba
Lokaum D+
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Tsushima is the franchise, Yotei is a mistake, as soon Sony announces Jin's sequel It ll sell 5M the first day.
calico
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I think you rather missed the point. The point is a new release beating another game's second week sales (ie. being above it in the chart) is not the same thing as beating that game's first week sales, and will often not even be close to being the same thing. The sales of the game being compared to could have slowed by 80% by the time the comparison is being made, in which case charting above it is probably not as difficult or impressive as it might seem.
I read it. You said both "it is still selling well" and "There is literally zero hard evidence of this game selling well". I chose to reply to the part which sought to address his point but didn't actually address his point.
I agree with your second point that we have no hard evidence either way. I also agree with Rafter's point that Yotei topping a chart against no other significant new release is not particularly informative.
Larivel
Member
Alinea Analytics?
Same company that said MGS Delta did 500k sales in 8 days, then a couple days later Konami reported it hit 1 million in just 2 days...
Gamer_By_Proxy
About to beat off
I'm only like 2-3 hours in but to me so far it feels over produced. I don't feel like I've done much actual gameplay yet. I'm hoping that changes soon.
Mr Moose
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What's inaccurate about it?
calico
Member
It was 1m on launch day, which makes me suspect they mean sold in rather than sold through. The announcement doesn't clarify.
demigod
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Same fake analytics that said Helldivers 2 on xbox outsold playstations launch weekAlinea Analytics?
Same company that said MGS Delta did 500k sales in 8 days, then a couple days later Konami reported it hit 1 million in just 2 days...
