Horizon: Forbidden West has sold over 8.4 million copies since launch

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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.
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Not too shabby.
 
8.4 million is a weird milestone to wait for

edit: bruh. nvm. it's the 20th anniversary of GG
 
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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
 
touchfuzzy said:
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
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Dude, are u seriously comparing pokemon to Horizon in terms of popularity?

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


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

A trashy pokemon game would still sell millions.
 
Aenima said:
Dude, are u seriously comparing pokemon to Horizon in terms of popularity?

Most games are a huge sucess if they sell 1 million.
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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.
 
Eotheod said:
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.
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Yeah, these games have a much higher budget, but pretending 8 million in 1 year is low, is crazy talk.
 
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.
 
Tiago Rodrigues said:
It's selling faster than the first game (which was at 7M after 1 year).
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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.
 
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.
 
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touchfuzzy said:
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.
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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?
 
touchfuzzy said:
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.
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Why would you expect Horizon to outsell GoW? Or even match it in performance?


8+ million copies is really impressive in one year.
 
Dr_Ifto said:
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.
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HZD had been out for over four years by the time it hit 20 million. Also got a boost from being on PC.
 
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.
 
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.
 
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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.
 
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.
 
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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!
 
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Tiago Rodrigues said:
It's selling faster than the first game (which was at 7M after 1 year).
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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.
 
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./
 
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

Tiago Rodrigues said:
It's selling faster than the first game (which was at 7M after 1 year).
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don't bring facts into concern trolling
 
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