Dragon's Dogma 2 is the biggest game launch of the year so far in the UK, narrowly ahead of Final Fantasy VII: Rebirth

I got first one on Steam recently but don't want to play it right now, it looks too outdated for the realistic art direction they went with, so thinking on getting 2 instead it doesn't have to do with previous story. It looks amazing.
 
I'm having a blast with the game, if Itsuno only added more variety to this and a better endgame, it would have been GOTY easily.
 
Surprised it's only narrowly ahead of rebirth considering it was multiplat. Really impressive for rebirth being on one platform.
 
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Impressive I think, considering what we think FF7 Rebirth sold. Considering DD2 will probably have better legs than FF7 because it's not a JRPG then yeah congratulations Capcom.
 
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Kacho said:
Underperformed, yeah. Does this thread prove otherwise to you?
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Underperformed compared to what? If the biggest UK launch (that is also multiplatform) sold "narrowly ahead" of a game that released on a single platform, that seems like good news for said game to me.
 
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Skifi28 said:
Underperformed compared to what? If the biggest UK launch (that is also multiplatform) sold "narrowly ahead" of a game that released on a single platform, that seems like good news for said game to me.
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Compared to FF7 Remake and Final Fantasy 16. These discussions are more nuanced than "it's number 2 in the UK!"
 
Skifi28 said:
A direct sequel selling less than the first game (in Japan) is hardly a nuanced discussion.
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We have actual numbers for Japan so that's the best market to discuss. However it appears to be underperforming in all markets. Mat Pascal didn't even want to elaborate on it because FF fans take it personally. He left it at, it didn't do as well as FF Remake. Still waiting for the PR from Square Enix on how much it sold globally. We might be waiting until their next investor call.
 
jm89 said:
Surprised it's only narrowly ahead of rebirth considering it was multiplat. Really impressive for rebirth being on one platform.
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Really? I am actually surprised it managed to get so high in the charts in the first place considering that the first DD is a niche cult hit. Beating out a FF title is pretty impressive.
 
Kacho said:
We have actual numbers for Japan so that's the best market to discuss. However it appears to be underperforming in all markets. Mat Pascal didn't even want to elaborate on it because FF fans take it personally. He left it at, it didn't do as well as FF Remake. Still waiting for the PR from Square Enix on how much it sold globally. We might be waiting until their next investor call.
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Indeed, official numbers would be the best thing. Unfortunately, we can only discuss what we're given, thus making this thread quite interesting in regards to Rebirth sales even though it doesn't mention specific numbers.
 
I'm not convinced being multi-platform would've made that much of a difference. I imagine most gamers who are interested in the game know what the deal is, already have a PS5 and bought it there. Especially with how well received it was. Being available elsewhere would've just shifted the sale from PS5 to PC or (lulz) XBox. That's in addition to whatever affect being a sequel has.

To be clear, it obviously would've sold more being available to more people. I just don't think it would be substantially more for this particular game given the circumstances.
 
Hudo said:
Really? I am actually surprised it managed to get so high in the charts in the first place considering that the first DD is a niche cult hit. Beating out a FF title is pretty impressive.
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Niche cult hit? Not even including 2 it had sold more than 8.1M units.
 
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Three said:
Niche cult hit? Not even including 2 it had sold more than 8.1M units.
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DD had quite the long legs, especially on Steam. But that was mostly because of word of mouth.

Back when DD was released, game got trashed because people were just as retarded as they are now.
 
Hudo said:
Really? I am actually surprised it managed to get so high in the charts in the first place considering that the first DD is a niche cult hit. Beating out a FF title is pretty impressive.
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Maybe on releases it wasn't appreciated but it did very well sale wise and dd2 was hyped to the moon.

I dont buy the excuse of "niche cult hit".
 
jm89 said:
Maybe on releases it wasn't appreciated but it did very well sale wise and dd2 was hyped to the moon.

I dont buy the excuse of "niche cult hit".
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That excuse is not for sale. I might put it later on Ebay, so I can afford all the DD2 DLC.
 
I recall most people saying it wouldn't sell well. I was one of the few saying with ER and Monster Hunter crowds, it would do great.
 
Everyone praising VII I think misses DD is still more surprising despite multiformat. The first game only sold after several ports. I don't think it was ever a big game on release on PS3/360. But correct me if I'm wrong. This seems very good for DD2.

I'll even go out on a limb and even the sales later are probably because of Steams deep sales but fewer even booting it.

So ya, to me this is surprisingly good news.
 
MrTired said:
Impressive I think, considering what we think FF7 Rebirth sold. Considering DD2 will probably have better legs than FF7 because it's not a JRPG then yeah congratulations Capcom.
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Its a JRPG if we take RPG from japan side term. Its not looking like usual JRPG outside, however. but still have japanese taste of video game, which is still the best for me.
 
My Game of the Generation ❤️ I've had more memorable moments just being in the open world in this game than entire missions in cinematic games. I absolutely love the world they built,the sense of scale is sublime.

Well deserved Capcom and Itsuno.Congratz!

Now bring on that Bitterblack Isle v2.
 
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