Game is legit great so I'm glad to eat crow here. Definitely wasting expecting this level of sales. Congrats, From. I wouldn't mind if From stepped back from Souls to work on a Bloodborne sequel instead. Definitely prefer the gameplay style of Bloodborne over the slower, clunkier Souls games.
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Bloodborne sold through more than 1 million units worldwide as of April 5
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Well, the data is from almost 10 days ago, so...
Then again, DS2 sold less than that in 2 platforms, so, maybe you were unrealistic.
Newtype-001
Member
Lets not go over board as of feb 2015 ds2 on pc didnt top 1million.
Bloodborne though follows the souls formula is still a new IP on a system with a much smaller install base. 1million is incredible while ds2 on pc 1 year later didnt reach 1mill.
-tetsuo-
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You can't ship digital units, which is where the vast majority of PC sales are.
Jimmyfenix
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Super_Cobra
Member
I thought the souls series originated on the PS3? That's were most of the fanbase would be right?
Should I pick up DS2 if I think that bloodborne is the best game this gen?
What does shipment have to do with anything? The 1 million sell through number includes digital.
No matter how you look at it, Souls fans are primarily on PlayStation.
ethomaz
Banned
Battlefield will be first I guess due the multiplatform release.
Also, you said "by now" this report is for games sold as of 9 days ago. There's still a chance that the game is already at 1.5 million as of right now.
Maybe they can rerelease Demon Souls so we can give it the sales it deserves
Sony please listen to me lol
SerTapTap
Member
Marketing push probably wasn't JUST about bloodborne sales either (though 1 million is great, period), Playstation probably sold a decent amount of consoles and got a ton of general buzz and goodwill out of this. No way to call this a flop, Playstation has been looking for a universally praised big game like this.
Fallout-NL
Member
In my opinion, yes. It's more of that, albeit at a different rhytm. The art-style is a little less incredible, but what you gain with DS2 is that it has (even) more replay value than Bloodborne. And it's a bigger game on the whole as well (took me 80 hours to complete - WITHOUT the DLC that is included in the PS4 version).
-tetsuo-
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The DS2 figure was a shipped figure.
While this is very true the US market still makes up the largest single market for the PS4 so I'd imagine sales to reflect that representation. Software sales especially seem to favor the US market for whatever reason. Honestly it could go either way but there were people laughing at predictions above 250k in the sales prediction thread. Clearly it will have sold WAY more than that by the end of its first month on sale in the US. it will likely be 350k-400k for the first week. I'm thinking it'll be closer to 400k.
Kenzodielocke
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copelandmaster
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The_Darkest_Red
Member
The thirst is real. Praise the sun. :')
Super_Cobra
Member
Sounds great. I've never been a fan of the souls series and I picked up bloodborne because of the hype. I guess I'll pick it up soon after I'm done with bloodborne and play it until God of War 3 comes out for the ps4.
Dragonborn
Member
It seems people just love forgetting that for some reason. I find it funny given that Demon's is one of the better games int he series.
There's no way BB2 doesn't happen. And now that From knows they can do just as well while letting Sony take the financial risk, it could mean a closer partnership in the future. Point is, it's ridiculous to say the fanbase is mostly on PC when the series didn't even start there and half of it isn't available.
Jimmyfenix
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From Crappy twitter transaltion
"Thanks to you all exceeded the 1 million book "Bloodborne' world total sell-out. Add content of gratitude, you can customize Messenger Messenger bandages head 4/16 (wood) free delivery will be. In the future, please thank you."
Looks like it
Yes, more games built on gameplay like Bloodborne please!
ethomaz
Banned
I don't believe 10% of DS2 sales was digital on PS360... PC was not included yet in these 1.2m shipped.
Free DLC.
TeddyShardik
Banned
lol, just imagine all the tentacles.
On topic: Really great to see that. I was pretty optimistic about the game's sales but this is great. Not regretting the ps4 purchase for the game at all personally either.
And now, before you think about DLC guys....gimme that loading(and other stuff) patch first.
FaintDeftone
Junior Member
Somewhere right now, Shane Satterfield is being a pouty-face.
He was talking about The Order.
Inuhanyou! Get in this thread!
Bahaha I remember reading that in the Bloodborne sales prediction thread. Doubled in its first 10 days on sale gotta love it.
Krusenstern
Banned
I hope they don't sweep the planned patches under the rug.
I want my frame pacing fix among several other things.
I picked up the ps4 port of DS2 as well and it'sit's pretty damn great. Runs really good and has alot of gameplay and build variety. Really long adventure too with tons of varied environments
deserved. im ready for a ninja souls, set in feudal fantasy japan! mizaski pls
You know From does the Tenchu series right?
Palette Swap
Member
Great news.
With that many copies, you'd expect to find more people online lol.
With that many copies, you'd expect to find more people online lol.
Jeronimo Jones
Member
Good for FROM and Sony, well deserved.
wastedyears
Member
Absolutely agree.
Newtype-001
Member
According to this thread unless im reading it wrong
http://m.neogaf.com/showthread.php?t=1004506
as of feb2015 Dark Souls 2 sold 964,266 copies on Steam.
so BB selling 1million in 12 days in some OP stuff.
It also disapproves that souls fans are mostly on pc right?
http://m.neogaf.com/showthread.php?t=1004506
as of feb2015 Dark Souls 2 sold 964,266 copies on Steam.
so BB selling 1million in 12 days in some OP stuff.
It also disapproves that souls fans are mostly on pc right?
copelandmaster
Member
I did not say this.
Half of the souls series is located on PS4.
I also don't see the point to writing off a sizable chunk of said PC souls fanbase (where half the series is available), as well as the Xbox fanbase, on which half the series is available.
KZObsessed
Member
I'm hoping for at least 2-2.5 million when all is said and done. Deserves more though.