Days Gone Sold 9 Million Copies But That's Only Part Of The Story, Director Says [Update]

Days Gone was decent. Could have been better, but it was definitely refreshing. I would've loved to see what they could do with a sequel, would've snapped it up day 1 too.

A small studio, selling even a few million copies is an accomplishment. Where does it end? As long as you made a profit, be happy.

I have had my brand new PS5, black shell plates, the 2TB WD Black internal SSD, and 3 games (Returnal, Ratchet, and Miles Morales) still sitting in the box from beginning of Dec... Guess I'm waiting for Horizon before setting it up.

Been playing Immortals Fenyx Rising on Series X. Pretty decent game, though you feel like a hedge trimmer most of the time, lol. Xbox is my 3rd party, Gamepass console, while PS is my exclusives console. Nothing has grabbed me enough on PS5 to want to take it out of the box yet.

I considered the impact the giveaways had on the game, but I figured Ross must have considered that when he gave his numbers. So even the DIRECTORS of video games don't know their own numbers...yeesh, why do we even visit gaming news websites? The only news of any value in gaming is "Was it announced?" and "When is it releasing?". Everything else is just noise.

Jeff Ross's numbers are not correct. He forgets that PS5 owners had Days Gone for free for over a year on the PS Collection. In addition, it was given out for free on PS Plus in April 2021.

I generally liked what I played of Days Gone. Maybe 10 hours or so (on PS5, never played it on PS4) But I am just so tired of stealth in open world games. Im sick of hiding in bushes and watching AI walk around.

I dealt with it in TLOU2 and Ghosts because those narratives were exceptionally well done. Even me not quite enjoying the story overall in the end in TLOU2 I cant deny that it pulled me in. Days Gone I stopped caring pretty early on. Which makes the open world parts feel like work. Ghosts succeeded in the same way in that the parts surrounding the open world were incredible, hiding the same old open world tasks that you have to do.

But in no way would I consinder Days Gone a "bad" game in any scenario.

It's obvious Sony executives including Jim Ryan like to play favorites with their employees.

They go and praised Sucker Punch for Ghost of Tsushima sales but no mention at all of Days Gone while it sold more copies.

The game might not have resonated with critics but its sales accomplishment was worth of praise and acknowledgement at least to their own developers.

I tried to like this game but i hated the story and the characters, controls are a bit crappy, and the missions are boring... The only thing I really like is the setting... I can't believe 8 million people bought this pos .. i got it for free on ps plus or else wouldn't of even tried it

keep crying Jeff, the despicable joke you directed still sucks, even after selling 9 million to casuals

The game was not that great. The loading times were god awful, and it is a title we all have seen a thousand times before. Days Gone was too big of a title for the team. You should have made a smaller title instead of trying to make something on a Sucker Punch or Insomniac level. It took you seven years to do something that should have taken three to four years. It took the team a whole console generation to put out one game. Why should Sony waste resources for a team to take seven years on one game when Insomniac can put out one title a year. The company already has two titles on PS5 plus two more coming. Sucker Punch spent six years on a title with hardly any loading even on PS4 and the game has not dipped below the thirty dollar price tag only for it to sell well again on PS5. Same thing with the Santa Monica studio. They made God of War 2018 in five years, and it sold extremely well. I am surprised Sony greenlit Days Gone to be made especially when the theme is similar to The Last of Us.

Never played it, but it always surprises me when a game sells above 5 million copies and it's not considered a hit. I think Battlefront 2, despite your personal feelings on it, sold 11 million copies or something around there and EA said it missed their sales goal. That's kind of insane.

Anyways, I don't know the production budget of these games, wish we had more transparency on it, but 8 million sounds pretty impressive to me for a new IP.

Given that it is a long, very well told handcrafted story that obviously had more put into it than 99 percent of all games, maybe everyone should shut up this time?

Watch Dogs, Quantum Break... You all realize we have not seen a game with the production value of these two since we sh*t all over them then took it back right?

*another is SWBF1. The photogrammetry was not present in the second and it showed. Another good pick up and play game with the last quality levels DICE made. Quality as in memorable forever. Sh*t all over the first game and budget was cut in half for the second.

I need a sequel, STAT! 😀

I’ll admit that the story in this game was mediocre until the secret ending which added a layer that I would have been excited for a sequel for; but the hoard mechanic had me playing for 70+ hours and is what really made the game worth playing. I’m fine with them abandoning the Days Gone IP because we all know they’ll be keeping the horde mechanic and implementing it into there it next game. Excited to see what this studio does next.

I mean gamepsot and ign share the same blame lol "white male protagonist" like how more racist can you really be

This guy needs to give it a rest and move on. Sony canceled the sequel and has abandoned the IP. There are other games to be made, he should find one.

Days Gone is a nice game, not close to what he thinks of his game - a 7.5/10.

It's 2nd time already with his negative attitude - could someone ban him from twitter? I remember him saying "if you buy our game at discount we're losing money" - with statements like this I'm not buying any game he's going to work on. Don't want my money? fine by me.

To be fair the game hit the bargain bin in record time and that is what accounts for the majority of its sales.

The moment I knew Days Gone was a zombie game is the day I wrote it off.

Hope the studio is putting its talents and tech to better use than another generic zombie open world. Maybe a new Syphon Filter?

Dude...ypur asthmatic biker with the incontinent harley effin suuuuucks im stuck with a copy of lameness. The day a zombie is faster than the person im playing as....yeah why should i keep playing...

"Its good right guys....?"

NO. YEARS LATER STILL NO. STOP ASKING OR ELBOW NUDGING.

This guy sure is determined to keep up the negativity surrounding his game. They've done a lot of blaming gamers, reviewers, and press for their game's reception since launch and since it has now sold a very strong 9 million they continue to be very unhappy with our performance. I'm sorry we disappointed you on Days Gone 😝

Yowzers. The mental gymnastics this guy has to do in order to do these public victory laps are becoming beyond pathetic. It's as sad as if the devs who made Duke Nukem were trying to convince the world that it should be considered in the same class as Half-Life.

The game was fine, but everything plays out like someone fell asleep in front of a television on AMC one night in 2012 and woke up the next morning with a brilliant 'idea'.

Keep in mind that this game has perpetually been in a fire sale on the PS Store for $20 or less since shortly after release and you still can't touch Ghosts for much less than $40 today.

Get some humility...

That's a shame, because it was a great IP imo. Would have loved a sequel. I think the game had a couple of unfortunate flaws though. First off it was just too long. Secondly they should have introduced their coolest feature (hordes) earlier in the game. Both flaws are of course way easier to notice in hindsight.

That's one reason I really think they should have got the opportunity to make a sequel. They had a really strong foundation and it was mostly a question of balancing to make it top notch.

The game was probably a 7.5 for me, but by the end of it you could feel the potential a sequel would have. A few tweaks and just a bit more everything and a sequel could be an all time great.