Heavy Rain did what U2 couldn't do, sales related !!!!!!!

http://www.vg247.com/2010/03/01/uk-charts-heavy-rain-reaches-number-1/#more-82859

i am impressed, according to the link, HR charted no. 1 at the UK market which made it the first Sony game that charts no. after KZ2 a year go, the game most probably won't have half the sales U2 will have on the long term, but it's a good thing to see such a unique new IP get such sales especially when many predicted a flop.

That's good, more sales mean better hopes for a new IP

and a better production values.

Good to hear that it is having success. I need to borrow this game from one of my friends.

That is nice. Too bad I can't play either of them right now.

Good to hear it's doing well.

I'm finally buying a PS3 this week. I loved Indigo Prophecy / Fahrenheitso I refuse to go without HR:P

Good to hear that it is having success. I need to borrow this game from one of my friends.

psn8214

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Good to hear that it is having success. I need to borrow this game from one of my friends.

2mrw

thats nice

how much were they selling it for?

vghartz says the game sold around 500 k in its first week.

Madison Paige is also basically Chloe Frazer.juden41

Whats #1 these days for Feb UK charts? 15 000? lolKittenWishes

Mass Effect 2 only sold 15k it's first week and then 5k in its second, then continued to drop, so it probably only sold like 25k in the UK since it released.

:roll:

What happened to all those people saying it would be a sales flop :lol: ? Good games get good sales, nothing else to it.

What happened to all those people saying it would be a sales flop :lol: ? Good games get good sales, nothing else to it.

Silent-Hal

Well we still need to see how the game did on the other side of the pond.

The US market might have different taste from its UK cousin. It did have Bioshock 2, AvP and Dante's Inferno to compete with for the month of Feb, and was only released for about 5 or so days for the tracked period for Feb for NPD I think, so I'm keeping my expectations low and hoping to be pleasantly surprised.

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What happened to all those people saying it would be a sales flop :lol: ? Good games get good sales, nothing else to it.

locopatho

It is unfortunate for the developers that I couldn't care less about either game, or the fact they are selling well. Both games don't strike me as the kind of game that "need" to sell well in order to benefit the industry. I don't doubt both their budgets were incredibly high and their doing well will only further the issue of drastically increasing budgets.

It is unfortunate for the developers that I couldn't care less about either game, or the fact they are selling well. Both games don't strike me as the kind of game that "need" to sell well in order to benefit the industry. I don't doubt both their budgets were incredibly high and their doing well will only further the issue of drastically increasing budgets.

foxhound_fox

U2 had a $20 million budget iirc and HR is rumoured about $20 something million, which are rather par for the course budgets for current gen games, I believe.

It's been getting a ton of advertisements in the UK, i'm glad they paid of.

Too bad I still haven't get this game yet, damn games coming out all at once ! glenn2709

[QUOTE="2mrw"][QUOTE="psn8214"]

Good to hear that it is having success. I need to borrow this game from one of my friends.

KittyKat

Incredibly high development costs these days is more along the lines of the $50-100 million of games like MW2 or GT5 or GTAIV.

U2 had a $20 million budget iirc and HR is rumoured about $20 something million, which are rather par for the course budgets for current gen games, I believe.

shinrabanshou

It's been getting a ton of advertisements in the UK, i'm glad they paid of.

-Snooze-

[QUOTE="shinrabanshou"]Incredibly high development costs these days is more along the lines of the $50-100 million of games like MW2 or GT5 or GTAIV.

U2 had a $20 million budget iirc and HR is rumoured about $20 something million, which are rather par for the course budgets for current gen games, I believe.

foxhound_fox

[QUOTE="shinrabanshou"]Incredibly high development costs these days is more along the lines of the $50-100 million of games like MW2 or GT5 or GTAIV.

U2 had a $20 million budget iirc and HR is rumoured about $20 something million, which are rather par for the course budgets for current gen games, I believe.

foxhound_fox

I mean FFXII, a last gen game, cost $50 million in development costs.

I don't think U2 or HR are bad for the industry as I don't think either had purposefully high development costs or free reign and unlimited leeway - you could make the case for something like GT5 of GTAIV maybe. HR was on time and on budget according to devs.

I agree with you on the point of higher budgets being bad for the industry - part of the reason I hope this gen lasts longer, so that devs can become more efficient, instead of having to move to new hardware.

In this day and age I think you're being unrealistic to expect games to return to $1 million average budgets.shinrabanshou

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It's been getting a ton of advertisements in the UK, i'm glad they paid of.

CannedWorms

hell yeah... cheryl cole

[QUOTE="KittenWishes"]Whats #1 these days for Feb UK charts? 15 000? lolshinrabanshou

Mass Effect 2 only sold 15k it's first week and then 5k in its second, then continued to drop, so it probably only sold like 25k in the UK since it released.

:roll:

i thought japan was #2 biggest gaming country?

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[QUOTE="KittenWishes"]Whats #1 these days for Feb UK charts? 15 000? lologvampire

Mass Effect 2 only sold 15k it's first week and then 5k in its second, then continued to drop, so it probably only sold like 25k in the UK since it released.

:roll:

i thought japan was #2 biggest gaming country?

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[QUOTE="shinrabanshou"]Yes, it's 15k. The second biggest single country gaming market can only manage 15k units for its no. 1 game, while Heavy Rain at no. 6 in JPN the third biggest market managed 27k.

Mass Effect 2 only sold 15k it's first week and then 5k in its second, then continued to drop, so it probably only sold like 25k in the UK since it released.

:roll:

shinrabanshou

i thought japan was #2 biggest gaming country?

ahhh. interesting...

Good for QD. I hope they do more of this (not HR, but this "genre") and do it exclusively on PS3. I feel it's usually better for smaller teams to stick to exclusives.

When the NPD numbers come out I'm expecting the numbers to look bad in terms of sales. Of course NPD is just for the US but from what I've been seeing in my stores it's not doing to well (not even the top renter). PS3 just does much better overseas........I can't believe sony has lost so many people in the US. It doesn't matter if they have been getting good titles lately, Sony still struggles compared to X360 (in the US)darthogre

[QUOTE="darthogre"]When the NPD numbers come out I'm expecting the numbers to look bad in terms of sales. Of course NPD is just for the US but from what I've been seeing in my stores it's not doing to well (not even the top renter). PS3 just does much better overseas........I can't believe sony has lost so many people in the US. It doesn't matter if they have been getting good titles lately, Sony still struggles compared to X360 (in the US)2mrw

[QUOTE="2mrw"][QUOTE="darthogre"]When the NPD numbers come out I'm expecting the numbers to look bad in terms of sales. Of course NPD is just for the US but from what I've been seeing in my stores it's not doing to well (not even the top renter). PS3 just does much better overseas........I can't believe sony has lost so many people in the US. It doesn't matter if they have been getting good titles lately, Sony still struggles compared to X360 (in the US)mtradr43

compared to the other ps3 exclusives, i would think it will outsell them.... although, i dont believe its a system seller, but i was proven wrong with MGS4... so we will see

[QUOTE="2mrw"][QUOTE="darthogre"]When the NPD numbers come out I'm expecting the numbers to look bad in terms of sales. Of course NPD is just for the US but from what I've been seeing in my stores it's not doing to well (not even the top renter). PS3 just does much better overseas........I can't believe sony has lost so many people in the US. It doesn't matter if they have been getting good titles lately, Sony still struggles compared to X360 (in the US)mtradr43

Good to hear that it is having success. I need to borrow this game from one of my friends.

psn8214

[QUOTE="mtradr43"][QUOTE="2mrw"] that what GOW3 is for :D .2mrw

[QUOTE="2mrw"][QUOTE="darthogre"]When the NPD numbers come out I'm expecting the numbers to look bad in terms of sales. Of course NPD is just for the US but from what I've been seeing in my stores it's not doing to well (not even the top renter). PS3 just does much better overseas........I can't believe sony has lost so many people in the US. It doesn't matter if they have been getting good titles lately, Sony still struggles compared to X360 (in the US)mtradr43