Detroit Become Human sells 2 million copies since May #moviegames

https://www.dualshockers.com/detroit-become-human-2-million-sales/

There you have it, SW. Movie games still going strong.

Movie games have been going strong for most of this gen. I am surprised you are surprised.

I am currently fighting to play through Shadow of Tomb Raider with all of those freaking cutscenes routinely interrupting my gameplay.

Quantic Dream games sell good, considering they are niche titles. It's actually quite impressive to be honest.

Still haven't played it, not paying $80 for an 8 hour game. At this price point I'll consider it though!

Good for them. I still don't have enough interest in it to spend $60 on this game. There are other titles I'd much rather play right now like Dragon Quest XI, Yakuza series, or even a shooter like Farcry 5 tbh

Looks like Detroit became a hit game.

;)

Such a garbage studio. What's funny to me are the morons who think this is the same type of game as Uncharted 4. Where UC4 actually has gameplay.

And the gameplay is still David Cage shyte.

I heard their next game is going to be a mulitplat. Unless MS buys them. ?

UC4 having gameplay is now something worth mentioning. LOL. Now that is sad.

@xhawk27: Won't matter to me. I would rather Sony publish exclusives worth buying. Take that money and fund Bloodborne 2 or something good :)

I feel bad for lemmings , because they only got to experience bad movie games this gen like latest flop Gears of War and Quantum Break

Detroit: Become Human is an excellent game I enjoy, the characters are all excellent to play as too, story is satisfying, love the multiple endings you get as well. Make sense it'll do well on sales, it's just really an intriguing game if you are a fan of sci-fi stuff like me.

Detroit: Become Human has the #AndroidLivesMatter movement which I find very interesting how you look at it.

@Pedro: what's sad are people that use the broad term " movie games" without having any clue about the games they criticize. Just because the game has cut scenes doesn't mean it's a movie game.

Something like DTH though could be classified as a movie game.

This is movie games done right! Best game at PAX East this year and best exclusive game on PS4. Well worth a buy.

I can agree on that. However, some games that normally would not be in that category plays too close to that type of games. Movie games aren't bad, they just a problem in a game that is not supposed to be a movie game.

I hate to tell you this but Gears of War didn't flop. It was a good game and had great multiplayer. Also Quantum Break is an underrated game.

The term you are looking for is "Cinematic game" before it was called movie game which is a silly term using now.

A really good game from Quantic Dream that not many people talk about is indigo prophecy. I beat that game on the hardest difficulty without losing health which is really hard to do.

Good, I quite enjoyed it

like i said, i feel bad for lems this gen because they have lowered the bar so low, that any game is good to them. btw I have gears of war 4 for the pc and it sucks. Luckily I got it free with my 1080ti

Even then it kinda doesn't. The uncharted series is brilliant at making you think you're playing a game.

I found the parallels between robots and racial segregation to be deeply moving.

Humans are monsters. Although would a robot really need to sit? Or take a bus for that matter? They can probably run extremely fast without getting tired.

That's the key though, isn't it. He's targeted an under-served audience with a niche-styled product and the result is an almost review-proof game. Kojima's kind of the same in that way maybe: a sort of one-man brand.

This isn't surprising, movie games appeal to non-gamer masses. Press X to win.

Well deserved. I enjoyed the story in DBH.

Good numbers.. Congrat. Good to see that there is a market for all different types of games..

I actually liked what I saw of Detroit. Heavy Rain was also a very interesting game.

aww those sales are so cute. thats almost 3 millions.awwww look it it trying to reach 3 million! so cute ganbatte playstation

It's actually 10 hours...and it was $20 on Black Friday.

@jcrame10: Which is why I said I'd consider it at this price point, I might buy it down the line when/if I crave the experience.

2 million? 2 million is barely anything. Compared to other exclusives that game was a flop.

I'm playing it right now and it's pretty good. I still don't like to call it a game; more of an interactive experience. But it's a pretty good story. To me this is one of those games you split between a couple friends and take turns.

Actually it was Sony who popularized that phrase by themselves marketing UC2 as a movie in their Kevin Butler ad, cows shifting the blame to other factions is hypocritical at best.

Lastly, no 'movie games' are not games with cutscenes or even long cutscenes but how the game design and game play is structured with player having little to no control over the outcome. That's just a cows DC move to label every game with cutscenes as movie games.

I didn't quite get the message that the game might not have been profitable to the developers. 2 million times 60$ equals 120$ million, how can that fail to be profitable?

@elkoldo: pretty sure the dev doesn’t get 100% of that 60.

Are you saying that Sony is somehow usurping QD?

@elkoldo: no, I’m saying there will be retailers fees, distribution and production costs, taxes and other cost that come off that 60.

@boycie: I see.

Not everyone wants to play FPS & Action Adventures. The Interactive Stories are great for people that dont want to button mash, dont want to grind\level up like RPGs & dont enjoy the reactionary skill or racing and fighting games. The more genres the better Coolyfett thinks.

I just played a Real movie game on GamePass last night, not sure if it is on PS4 called The Late Shift. It really is a Movie! Real life actors and everything. It was actually a pretty OK movie.

There is a time and place for these kind of... I don't want to call them games but experiences. Kind of like choose your own adventure books when we were kids. (Even though we peeked ahead to get the best ending)

There will always be a market for these so called movie games or experiences. They can be fun to play through with friends.

People who are young call them movie games.

There basically an evolution of point and click adventure games.

Or those comics/books where you choose your own adventure.

It does have replay value, though. There's many different endings you can get it.

@JustPlainLucas: Personally I don't end up replaying these kinds of games. I enjoyed Heavy Rain, but I had no desire to go back when I finished. I just looked at other endings on YouTube.

I'm not knocking the game though, from what I've seen/heard, it looks like a good game!

Yeah, it is. I get what you're saying about paying full price for an 8 hour game and since you enjoyed Heavy Rain, you really should play this one. Keep your eyes on a sale.

@JustPlainLucas: Will do :)

Sony is the publisher meaning they pay the bills to get the game funded. They pay for development costs, resources, technology plus the marketing and distribution. The manufacturing of the game box and blu ray discs. There a lot of costs that go into developing the game and manufacturing the final product. Independent developers like Quantic Dream and Insomniac Games are probably under contract for a lump sum plus some sort of small incentive based on the units the game sells.

I like these kind of games they still feel unique at least to me they're not over saturated Detroit is one of my favorites of 2018.

Not really surprised it sold.

Cows this gen have fallen in love with movie games, where you watch more than play. The PS4 is chock full of them.

Thank god I'm better than that.