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[Thirty7ven]

https://blog.playstation.com/2023/05/09/20-years-of-guerrilla-the-story-of-a-playstation-studio/

As of April 16, 2023, the Horizon franchise has sold through more than 32.7 million units worldwide, of which Horizon Forbidden West has sold through over 8.4 million units. Millions more around the world have discovered Horizon thanks to PlayStation’s subscription services and initiatives, including PlayStation Plus, and Play at Home. All told, it’s a milestone we never imagined possible twenty years ago when we first started making games.

Not too shabby.

 

[killatopak]

Nightmare fuel

 

[DrFigs]

8.4 million is a weird milestone to wait for

edit: bruh. nvm. it's the 20th anniversary of GG

 

[MOTM]

7.5 million bundles

 

[Thick Thighs Save Lives]

Congrats to Guerilla! I do hope they'll give Killzone franchise another shot though.

 

[touchfuzzy]

That seems like… not a lot for a late gen sequel to a game that sold over 20 million.

Don’t get me wrong I’m sure it made money and that’s good performance for a game overall, but, yeah. It’d be like if Pokémon came out and said a new main game sold under 10 millions

 

[solidus12]

Horizon Forgotten West?

 

[Aenima]

That seems like… not a lot for a late gen sequel to a game that sold over 20 million.

Don’t get me wrong I’m sure it made money and that’s good performance for a game overall, but, yeah. It’d be like if Pokémon came out and said a new main game sold under 10 millions

Dude, are u seriously comparing pokemon to Horizon in terms of popularity?

Most games are a huge sucess if they sell 1 million.

 

[Crispy Gamer]

That's really good for a great game! 32 million for a franchise this new is amazing

 

[Tiago Rodrigues]

That seems like… not a lot for a late gen sequel to a game that sold over 20 million.

It's selling faster than the first game (which was at 7M after 1 year).

 

[Pelta88]

20 Years of Guerrilla: The Story of a PlayStation Studio

The Amsterdam-based studio reflects on its humble beginnings, beloved franchises, and growth through the years.

blog.playstation.com

 

[lh032]

That seems like… not a lot for a late gen sequel to a game that sold over 20 million.

Don’t get me wrong I’m sure it made money and that’s good performance for a game overall, but, yeah. It’d be like if Pokémon came out and said a new main game sold under 10 millions

tbf, most game sales would look pale if compared to pokemon.

A trashy pokemon game would still sell millions.

 

[Robins]

Congrats to Guerilla! I do hope they'll give Killzone franchise another shot though.

Same here, I'd even take a Killzone 2 remaster. I bloody loved that game.

 

[Eotheod]

Dude, are u seriously comparing pokemon to Horizon in terms of popularity?

Most games are a huge sucess if they sell 1 million.

Not for Sony's AAA tentpole titles. They even said they want to release games that are too big to fail, and have a clear goal of over a good few million to measure success. A million is great for smaller games, but we are talking stupid budgets with these ones.

 

[feynoob]

Great

 

[SlimySnake]

Holy shit.

 

[saintjules]

but but but Elden Ring was going to be a conflict I thought. Pshhh

 

[Aenima]

Not for Sony's AAA tentpole titles. They even said they want to release games that are too big to fail, and have a clear goal of over a good few million to measure success. A million is great for smaller games, but we are talking stupid budgets with these ones.

Yeah, these games have a much higher budget, but pretending 8 million in 1 year is low, is crazy talk.

 

[BlvckFox]

 

[Zones]

 

[Captain Toad]

It’d be like if Pokémon came out and said a new main game sold under 10 millions

Why not just compare it to GTA V? What a failure!

Not even 1% of China bought the game.

 

[Dr_Ifto]

Figured it would be more, since the first hit 20, but that first one was 20 bucks for a long time, and sometimes on sale for 10 bucks.

 

[TommyCronin6969]

Horizon could dissappear and nobody would care. Do something else please Geurrilla.

 

[Coloress_Kafka]

PC release should easily push it over 10 million(If they don’t fuck it up at launch like TLOU).

 

[solidus12]

Holy shit, there’s always a tweet from this warrior

 

[touchfuzzy]

It's selling faster than the first game (which was at 7M after 1 year).

Right, but barely. And that was a new IP, on just one platform, with a much smaller install-base. If I was Sony I’d probably be expecting growth.

Maybe Pokémon was a bad comparison, God of War Ragnarok is better. That game is already over 11 M copies (in less time) and pacing ahead of God of War 2018 by like 35%. That’s the performance you’d expect.

 

[RoboFu]

nah too easy

 

[Fake]

In par with Days Gone and GoT, but not in the same god status as God od War.

GoW still an unmatch franchise for Sony.

The PC version of this game will come close enough.

 

[user friendly]

Ok, now make a super immersive open-world FPS with a dark setting. If you want, it can be Killzone.

 

[Robb]

Good on Guerrilla!

 

[Thirty7ven]

Right, but barely. And that was a new IP, on just one platform, with a much smaller install-base. If I was Sony I’d probably be expecting growth.

Maybe Pokémon was a bad comparison, God of War Ragnarok is better. That game is already over 11 M copies (in less time) and pacing ahead of God of War 2018 by like 35%. That’s the performance you’d expect.

So what are you saying? It's a disappointment in relation to expectations (which were?)? Every sequel should sell 35% better than the last?

God of War being a storied franchise with 2018 being GOTY not really worth mentioning?

 

[Thick Thighs Save Lives]

GGs all around!

 

[Ozriel]

Right, but barely. And that was a new IP, on just one platform, with a much smaller install-base. If I was Sony I’d probably be expecting growth.

Maybe Pokémon was a bad comparison, God of War Ragnarok is better. That game is already over 11 M copies (in less time) and pacing ahead of God of War 2018 by like 35%. That’s the performance you’d expect.

Why would you expect Horizon to outsell GoW? Or even match it in performance?


8+ million copies is really impressive in one year.

 

[user friendly]

So the whole franchise is about even with one animal crossing game on switch.

The game is barely a year old. This probably includes bundles.

 

[Topher]

Figured it would be more, since the first hit 20, but that first one was 20 bucks for a long time, and sometimes on sale for 10 bucks.

HZD had been out for over four years by the time it hit 20 million. Also got a boost from being on PC.

 

[Duchess]

If you assume Sony got $20 for each copy sold, that's over $640,000,000 in sales. If you say $30, it's brushing $1bn. That's nothing to sneeze at.

 

[Dick Jones]

8.4m HFW sales and 11 million God of War sales = 19.4m bundles sold. Unreal demand for the PS5

 

[TheGodfather07]

Pretty good number and faster than the first but legs have been chopped off because of ps plus. Could reach 15m but won't get to 20m.

 

[Kerotan]

It's selling faster than the first game (which was at 7M after 1 year).

It's also on ps extra which will slow sales.

 

[lughnasadh123]

People thought the first one bombed after launching next to BotW.

They made the same mistake when the sequel launched against ER.

People will do the same fucking thing with Horizon III.

Great success for a great game.

 

[AJUMP23]

I liked the first Horizon. I haven't played part 2 yet. Congrats on making money.

 

[Fake]

Sony was pretty confident telling the cost dev of God of War: Ragnarok, so they could say what was the cost of HFW for we compare with this sales.

In fact, even telling the cost of both HFW and TLOUS2 would be better for comparison, but I guess this is a no go.

 

[kyussman]

I enjoyed the first game a good amount and I think the premise with the post,post apocalypse,the robo animals and tribes of peoples is all just fantastic.....but after the first game I think I've had enough.I haven't played the second game and don't think I will,it looked very much more of the same in a way that turned me off.I also found Aloy kinda meh as a protagonist.They will keep on with the IP now as it's been very successful but I miss Killzone(said no one ever,lol).Guerrilla are so talented though,fantastic studio!

 

[DenchDeckard]

It's selling faster than the first game (which was at 7M after 1 year).

This had how many extra ps4s and ps5s to sell to?

Still, 8.4 million is a lot.

 

[ProtoByte]

It's selling faster than the first game (which was at 7M after 1 year).

7.6, but yeah.

It's doubly impressive considering the point of release during the life cycles of the PS4 and PS5 respectively. Yes, I know Forbidden West is on PS4, but all data indicates that the supermajority of sales are on the PS5, and that the number of active PS4 users is quickly dwindling.

Continuing PS5 sales and a complete edition will boost sales even further.

 

[akaFullmetal]

Wow that's pretty good

 

[hemo memo]

I regret paying 70$ for this honestly. The definition of average.

 

[lh032]

someone from resetera said HFW pricing is still higher than HZD in a year, if this is true HFW seems quite a success for a sequel and it was sold at a higher price./

 

[graywolf323]

glad to see it’s doing well, I’m still a little concerned for how they’re going to finish this trilogy with Lance Reddick having passed away tragically he was so good as Sylens

It's selling faster than the first game (which was at 7M after 1 year).

don’t bring facts into concern trolling

 

[Fake]

Guys you need to tone down with those threads.