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• Until Dawn's debut is 28.6% smaller than Concord's
• The PlayStation Studios horror game saw 98.5% fewer players than The Last Of Us Part 2 Remastered
• The small pool of PS5 players could be down to the lack of marketing

Using a gameplay data sample from over 3.1 million active PSN accounts (courtesy of our partnership with GameInsights, which draws the majority of its PSN data from sources beyond TrueTrophies), we've been able to track the debut player count of every new PS5 and PS4 game released throughout the year.

Things are not looking good for Until Dawn, despite the original game being well-received on PS4, the PS5 remaster has failed to find an audience. The game has underperformed so badly, that even Sony's refund-worthy Concord release had a better PS5 debut. Until Dawn's PS5 debut saw 28.6% fewer PS5 players than Concord, which is shocking to see.

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[Punished Miku]

I'd buy your Dualshocks now and renew PS+.

 

[diffusionx]

Another Herman banger

 

[Sakura]

What sort of audience would there be for a remaster like this?

 

[lh032]

1. its almost the same story (heard there are new areas and ending but meh)
2. Its the worst version
3. I heard its 30fps on ps5.

I did not play the remake but i completed the original one, i dont even bother buying it.

 

[Bitstream]

Hell yeah, 2 bombs in one quarter. Pro is about to be increased by $100. How long until thread is LIVE? Pricing this at $60 was a huge mistake.

 

[Neolombax]

I've never come across anybody demanding for a Until Dawn remake, and the same could be said for HZD. Found it very odd they chose to remake these titles, instead of say Bloodborne, Resistance or Killzone.

 

[poodaddy]

So how many billions needs to be lost before Herman is replaced? Just honestly curious.

 

[Tiago Rodrigues]

I mean they probably are betting on the movie releasing next year to move this...but yeah the price is kind of killing the release.

 

[Cakeboxer]

Pro plates 99,99 = problem solved.

 

[GrayChild]

That's why I waited, opting for SH2 instead. This will probably be 50% off in 1-2 months.

 

[dotnotbot]

So how many billions needs to be lost before Herman is replaced? Just honestly curious.

How do you know they lost anything by making this?

 

[tommib]

Stop this madness, Sony. This was a game that ran at 60 fps on PS5 with still excellent graphics.

Make new games with these teams, ffs. I hope the Horizon remaster flops harder.

You either remake a title that’s trapped like Demon’s Souls or SH2 or just stop with this nonsense.

 

[Ceadeus]

These numbers should reveal that, remastering the last generation is not a win! Such weird random titles to remaster too.

 

[The Cockatrice]

Bloodborne, Uncharted 1-3, Killzone, Resistance, Infamous, etc. could've been easily remade instead of this garbage and Concord. Good job Sony.

 

[fart town usa]

The first game is damn good.

Why in the hell would anyone want to play this? Even if it's good, I still wouldn't want to play it. I enjoy the characters in the first game, that's the game I want to play when I think of Until Dawn, not a pointless remake.

 

[SEGAvangelist]

Yeah... remaster of a game type over-saturated by the original developer's entire catalog, priced at $60, worse performance and no upgrade path. I'm actually interested in trying it after a performance update and price drop, though. At least they got the release window right and didn't spend half a billion on it.

 

[Gamerfan81]

I can't wait for the Uncharted remakes from Sony!

 

[Xtib81]

Good.

 

[LordCBH]

I heard it’s a shit version of the game.

 

[StueyDuck]

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• Until Dawn's debut is 28.6% smaller than Concord's
• The PlayStation Studios horror game saw 98.5% fewer players than The Last Of Us Part 2 Remastered
• The small pool of PS5 players could be down to the lack of marketing

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I mean why not just hold onto the game for a couple of weeks and have a Halloween launch.

Looks like they just didn't care

 

[winjer]

On Steam, it's doing slightly better than Concord. So that's something, I guess....

 

[rm082e]

Aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaand we still don't have a Bloodborne remake...

 

[RoboFu]

Most people probably have the original .. this was another not needed remaster.

Remakes or remasters should only be for wildly popular very old games.

 

[MMaRsu]

I've never come across anybody demanding for a Until Dawn remake, and the same could be said for HZD. Found it very odd they chose to remake these titles, instead of say Bloodborne, Resistance or Killzone.

That would require effort

 

[Segaswirl]

They should probably start releasing games PlayStation fans actually want.

Read some forums, do some research. It's not hard. Nobody asked for this.

 

[DryvBy]

Between this and Horizon 1, I don't know which is a more least needed remaster. Just give us Warhawk from PS3 as a remake, you cowards!

 

[nial]

Another Herman banger

So how many billions needs to be lost before Herman is replaced? Just honestly curious.

Serious question, are you guys new to PlayStation? This is like your usual PS1-PS4 first-party mega bomba with zero marketing behind, and Until Dawn, just like these, has nothing close to a high budget.

 

[Angry_Megalodon]

What sort of audience would there be for a remaster like this?

A modern one, with a consciousness about the planet and the native tribes.

 

[Eimran]

As a Playstation fan I can honestly say it pleases me so much to see Sony fail this hard.

 

[Interfectum]

Hilarious they greenlit this shit instead of digging deep into their back catalogue or just doing Bloodborne. Literally not a single person in the world asked for this. Not one.

 

[Imtjnotu]

A remaster not one in here asked for not selling well.

 

[Jinzo Prime]

Why would you launch this against Silent Hill 2 remake? Two UE5 remakes but one was much more highly anticipated and noteworthy.

 

[poodaddy]

Serious question, are you guys new to PlayStation? This is like your usual PS1-PS4 first-party mega bomba with zero marketing behind, and Until Dawn, just like them, has nothing close to a high budget.

It was a complete remake. They took everything and moved it to a new engine. This is not, at all, a cheap process. It wasn't a 200 million bomb, that's true, but this was not a low budget remake. See the newest Digital Foundry Direct for some elaboration on this point.

 

[saintjules]

Concord 2 becoming more and more of a reality each day that passes.

 

[Fake]

Another L for Sony.


Can't wait for Horizon Lego Dawn Remastered.

 

[Saber]

When in doubt if its really bad, compare to Concord.

Another of Herman babies I presume.

 

[JimmyRustler]

I shouldn't say this I know, but I hope more bombs are to come for Sony. Horizon Remastered next please.

 

[yurinka]

So how many billions needs to be lost before Herman is replaced? Just honestly curious.

Hermen didn't lost billions. They made more profits since he's in charge of PS Studios than in all the previous PS history combined.

Why would you launch this against Silent Hill 2 remake? Two UE5 remakes but one was much more highly anticipated and noteworthy.

Because it is Halloween season, so it's the best part of the year to release a horror game.

They also completed the shooting of the Until Dawn movie now, which means in several months, maybe in half a year or a bit more they'll release it.

Games not only sell in the launch week, specially a full priced remake like this one. Many sales will come when price cutted, which I assume will be around the movie release or a bit before.

 

[Vick]

Deserved.

 

[FalsettoVibe]

I mean.....no one asked for this. How about paying attention to what gamers want.
*cough Bloodborne

 

[rotorfire]

They should probably start releasing games PlayStation fans actually want.

Read some forums, do some research. It's not hard. Nobody asked for this.

 

[HerjansEagleFeeder]

Well it's 70 Euros here for an old, short game not many people cared about when it first released?

 

[ArtHands]

Concord wins

 

[nial]

It was a complete remake. They took everything and moved it to a new engine. This is not, at all, a cheap process. It wasn't a 200 million bomb, that's true, but this was not a low budget remake. See the newest Digital Foundry Direct for some elaboration on this point.

It can be a complete remake and be low budget as well, though? Especially with how rough it is and the state it came in, that and the close to zero marketing push by Sony.
I don't believe Concord was a 200M project, either, but that's another talk.

 

[proandrad]

I mean.....no one asked for this. How about paying attention to what gamers want.
*cough Bloodborne

Saving it as a PS6 remake launch title.

 

[Dazraell]

Concord got a last laugh

 

[Gamezone]

On Steam, it's doing slightly better than Concord. So that's something, I guess....

Still laughable low for something that's new on the PC platform.

 

[Toots]

Fingers crossed this bomb is the last straw that breaks the Sony camel back, sending Hulst face first in the dirty sands he never should have crawled from

 

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