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[chicagocubsfan]

Looking forward to their next collaboration with Sony- Berserk- The Golden Age

 

[140.85]

More than well deserved. So glad it's sold well.

Spoiler

How many "PS4 owners were just desperate for anything" posts are we up to so far?

 

[beril]

Dark Souls 2 PC wasn't released day and date with the console versions, but point still stands

It's also missing Japanese sales, which is another 300k.

 

[Vroadstar]

Congrats FROM and Sony. Bring on the DLC and hopefully the sequel soon.

 

[DustyVonEric]

I hope they can make things work out as a happy polyamorous relationship. Everyone gets their time with From Software, nobody gets too jealous, lots of great games get made and sell well.

Truth.

I want both series.

 

[diggler41]

Yay this awesome.

Practically guarantees either DLC or a sequal. Will be okay with either.

 

[Infurino]

Excellent news, Bloodborne is amazing.

 

[Elfstruck]

I bet ya most people buy it because it's hype right now, and that beautiful box case. Then they play the game for half an hour and never go back to it again. >_<

On the other hand, congrats dev!

LOL.....

 

[barit]

That was fast. Still need to buy this gem but have no money right now. Life suxx

 

[ethomaz]

Dark Souls sales info anybody?

http://www.eurogamer.net/articles/2012-05-08-dark-souls-sells-over-a-million-in-the-west

That was ~7 months after release.

 

[Wynnebeck]

Miyazaki da GAWD. I wonder what the region breakdown is. I can see some people who predicted low sales for this game getting some birdshot for tomorrow...

 

[Paznos]

Great news, I've been playing so much of it, love it.

 

[rhandino]

Co Engine and Asset development with SCEJ
+
On track to be best selling FS title of all time
=
DS3 one platform

Spoiler

?

Why? Who gain with this?

Also Dark Souls I and II sold very well on the PC.

 

[Conduit]

http://www.eurogamer.net/articles/2012-05-08-dark-souls-sells-over-a-million-in-the-west

In 10 days, 3 weeks, 2 months....? How much?

EDIT : i see. 7 months.

 

[specdot]

Happy for them that the game has sold and is selling well. What I'm interested in is seeing how far it will sell. A quick glance at eBay tells a very funny story. There are a bunch of sellers selling the game with the description saying, "Played only once. Looks great. Too hard for me lol."

 

[ethomaz]

In 10 days, 3 weeks, 2 months....? How much?

~7 months without Japan.

 

[ArchedThunder]

Yay this awesome.

Practically guarantees either DLC or a sequal. Will be okay with either.

I will definitely buy the DLC day one. As for a sequel, while I wouldn't say no to one I would rather the team makes another Souls-like in a different setting with a new universe again, I'd love to see what they come up with next.

 

[Mokubba]

Dunno if this has been mentioned but this is actually more impressive than inFAMOUS since inFAMOUS had a worldwide release date while this followed the normal release pattern.

Niche indeed

 

[illmatic22]

Best game of the Gen so far IMO, glad it's a success.

 

[rhandino]

In 10 days, 3 weeks, 2 months....? How much?

Dark Souls sold like 2.5 Millions units by the time Dark Souls II launched. (PC/PS3/Xbox)

Dark Souls II sold 1.2 Million Units on launch (PS3/Xbox)

Dark Souls II PC sales where in the million ballpark as of February/2015.

 

[E92 M3]

And so the monthly NPD begins...

 

[Mass Effect]

Co Engine and Asset development with SCEJ
+
On track to be best selling FS title of all time
=
DS3 one platform

Spoiler

?

Seriously doubt it. Dark Souls 1 is around ~2 million and DS2 sits at around ~1 million on Steam right now. Seems like a bad idea to ignore such a large audience built on PC.

 

[Elfstruck]

Seriously doubt it. Dark Souls 1 is around ~2 million and DS2 sits at around ~1 million on Steam right now. Seems like a bad idea to ignore such a large audience built on PC.

Not if Sony decides to help fund development cost.

 

[Sjefen]

Wow that is pretty impressive. Is Bloodborne the fastest selling From Software game?

 

[Servbot24]

Co Engine and Asset development with SCEJ
+
On track to be best selling FS title of all time
=
DS3 one platform

Spoiler

?

0% chance.

Not if Sony decides to help fund development cost.

Namco also has to accept Sony's terms. Doubtful.

 

[StrongBlackVine]

Co Engine and Asset development with SCEJ
+
On track to be best selling FS title of all time
=
DS3 one platform

Spoiler

?

I expect the B team to keep making multiplatform games. If not there will be lots of meltdowns.

 

[ethomaz]

Wow that is pretty impressive. Is Bloodborne the fastest selling From Software game?

Yes.

 

[3rdamention]

Pretty good for a "niche Japanese title" as I remember it referred.

 

[FullMetaltech]

Dam 10 days only in? That's impressive. Im hoping they release a new patch to fix the loading issues and some other fixes soon.

 

[Omotesando]

Based Pewdiepie.

 

[Doctor_Thomas]

Sony would be foolish to not get From A signed up for a new game. Dark Souls mulitplatform to fill the gap.

 

[ArchedThunder]

Not if Sony decides to help fund development cost.

Or they also release it on PC like Street Fighter V.

 

[StrongBlackVine]

DS is Namco so no. More like is Miyazaki's next game going to be exclusive?

I'm sure they had plans for multiple games if Bloodborne was successful.

 

[Trogdor1123]

Seriously doubt it. Dark Souls 1 is around ~2 million and DS2 sits at around ~1 million on Steam right now. Seems like a bad idea to ignore such a large audience built on PC.

How many of those were bought for like 5 bucks though.

I would think they would be doing a cost benefit analysis. I do agree that it is unlikely though.

 

[Digital-Hero]

Pretty good for a "niche Japanese title" as I remember it referred.

I wasn't looking forward to the game. I'll admit now that it is not my type of game, but I'm hooked. (55 hours level 101) Well deserved.

 

[DoubleTake]

Sony would be stupid to not have Miyazaki and his original Souls team on contract for multiple games. 3 masterpieces in a row shows how well him and his team work together and understand the vision theyre aiming for. DLC, BB2, New IP im looking forward to whatever comes next by Miyazaki and co.

 

[De-mon]

Bloodborne Sells One Million, First 1.03 Details

Incoming Bloodborne update to reduce load times and optimise performance

 

[Boke1879]

IMPROVED LOAD TIMES AND PERFORMANCE COMING WITH PATCH 1.03!!

 

[TheJollyCorner]

Not if Sony decides to help fund development cost.

I think From/Namco are definitely keeping the Dark Souls series multiplatform- and I don't even think Sony would attempt to moneyhat that series when they now have their own new ace.

I mean:
-Get a ton of PS4 sales anyway with Dark Souls 3; don't have to spend trucks of cash for exclusivity.
-Still retain exclusive work from Miyazaki with a Bloodborne 2/spiritual successor.

Win/Win for Sony.

Now, if MS tries to moneyhat a Dark Souls 3... well... that's a whole different ball game and things get interesting.

 

[Mass Effect]

Namco also has to accept Sony's terms. Doubtful.

exactly

Now, if MS tries to moneyhat a Dark Souls 3... well... that's a whole different ball game.

Not going to happen either. Now they may try to get a marketing deal, but that's also extremely unlikely.

 

[IAmRandom31]

Bloodborne Sells One Million, First 1.03 Details

Incoming Bloodborne update to reduce load times and optimise performance

awesome, can't wait to see what they do.

hopefully one day we get a photo mode for offline play mode.

 

[Chaos2Frozen]

Platinum games are too niche to sell well to the mainstream market, especially from an aesthetic standpoint. The From Software offerings are rather neutral since you could consider the Souls games as generic medieval fantasy, while Platinum Games scream japanese made.

Yeah they really need to appeal more to the west otherwise they won't sell.

From's other games have that problem as well. Souls at least can disguise itself.

 

[wapplew]

I think From/Namco are definitely keeping the Dark Souls series multiplatform- and I don't even think Sony would attempt to moneyhat that series when they now have their own new ace.

I mean:
-Get a ton of PS4 sales anyway with Dark Souls 3; don't have to spend trucks of cash for exclusivity.
-Still retain exclusive work from Miyazaki with a Bloodborne 2/spiritual successor.

Win/Win for Sony.

Now, if MS tries to moneyhat a Dark Souls 3... well... that's a whole different ball game and things get interesting.

Agree. Sony have successfully court souls fans to PS4, no point making DS3 exclusive.

 

[chadboban]

Dayum. Congrats to them on those fantastic sales. Don't have a PS4 yet but I'm playing through Dark Souls 1 right now and I can't wait to get my hands on this.

 

[Pathfinder]

IMPROVED LOAD TIMES AND PERFORMANCE COMING WITH PATCH 1.03!!

And not a moment too soon. This will be the icing on the cake.

 

[NastyBook]

This is good, isn't it?

FTFY

And yes, it is. May the good blood guide our way to DLC.

 

[SmokedMeat]

Or they also release it on PC like Street Fighter V.

That doesn't benefit Sony at all. The biggest knock on PS4 is lack of exclusives, so they need to reverse that view.

 

[Portugeezer]

Well deserved I would say, that is about on par with Infamous Second Son (which had a WW launch, Bloodborne was staggered with EU getting it 3 days later than US).

 

[ArchedThunder]

Yeah they really need to appeal more to the west otherwise they won't sell.

From's other games have that problem as well. Souls at least can disguise itself.

Honestly to me the only Souls game that I look at and can tell is Japanese is Demon, From does a damn good job of not falling into "Anime realism" with their art and exaggerated animation typical of Japanese media.

Agree. Sony have successfully court souls fans to PS4, no point making DS3 exclusive.

Yeah, no point in Sony paying for it really, it'll sell better on PS4 than Xbox One anyways. The only way I see it not coming to Xbox would be if Dark II sold ridiculously bad on Xbox One, it'll come to PC no matter what.

That doesn't benefit Sony at all. The biggest knock on PS4 is lack of exclusives, so they need to reverse that view.

It would stop Xbox from getting a game, that benefits Sony. Also does someone really need to grab the damn PS4 and Xbox One exclusive chart again?

 

[The Technomancer]

I think its safe to say that, far from "the casuals" taking over the market, high-complexity high-skill games are doing better than ever. Would a gave like Bloodborne have sold nearly as much as quickly 10 years ago?