"Heavy Rain selling "incredibly good"

http://kotaku.com/5480606/sony-heavy-rain-selling-incredibly-well-no-need-for-ps4-yet

Sales are off the charts apperently, im happy this game is doing great. QD really made something really special that everyone should at least give a chance.

It's been at the top over at Amazon for some time now, I'm quite surprised.

well...

Game is amazing, got it yesterday and played a lot today, really worth it, its somthing new

Good. Hopefully now more devs. will actually you know... Take.. Risks?

Hell yes! That means Quantic Dream can continue to do their thing and Sony can continue to take risks. This is a very good thing for the industry.

That's good. QD deserves this for the types of games they make.

Great games have great sales, nothing new here.

Incredibly 'well'*.

I'm sorry, the title made me lol.

Frankly, HR is so niche that I expect it to have comparatively low sales. If it does sell "incredibly good" then I think it will be good for diversity in gaming, but I have a feeling "incredibly good" for HR isn't the same as incredibly good in general.

I'm interested in the numbers. I was predicting a game like this to sell poorly.sammyjenkis898

[QUOTE="sammyjenkis898"]I'm interested in the numbers. I was predicting a game like this to sell poorly.SteveTabernacle

I might get this game when I have the money

[QUOTE="SteveTabernacle"][QUOTE="sammyjenkis898"]I'm interested in the numbers. I was predicting a game like this to sell poorly.Shattered007

Sweet, I was hoping it would do well it is a great game. If Heavy Rain continues to de well maybe Sega will take another risk with the Shenmue series and develop a part 3. (I hope Sega was inspired by QD).

good to hear, and plus i never even saw a commercial for the game, nice work, i guess people are tired of the same old crap, heavy rain is a breath of fresh air

Yeah, where are the commercials? Get on it, Sony.

I won't play "any" game where you are forced to use sixaxis

[QUOTE="sammyjenkis898"]I'm interested in the numbers. I was predicting a game like this to sell poorly.SteveTabernacle

I haven't seen one commercial for it. I just didn't imagine a game that is so different to sell very well, but I guess I was wrong.

I knew it.

Single player, mature story, great graphics, exclusive. Had everything that sells on the Ps3.

Sales will be optimal for this type of niche genre.

And since is such a unique game, being on the only platform that is impossible to pirate means that any player that enjoys this unique gameplay will have to buy the game to experience.

I wouldn't be surprised even if was a hardware seller, there is no game alike this generation.

[QUOTE="SteveTabernacle"][QUOTE="sammyjenkis898"]I'm interested in the numbers. I was predicting a game like this to sell poorly.sammyjenkis898

I haven't seen one commercial for it. I just didn't imagine a game that is so different to sell very well, but I guess I was wrong.

I really hope it does well. It was quite an amazing experience

I won't play "any" game where you are forced to use sixaxis

HermitGTX

doesnt matter...it's single player game...so sales doesnt effect your gameplay.

But is it Halo good, Gears good or just KZ2 good? I guess we'll see come NPD time. themyth01

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I won't play "any" game where you are forced to use sixaxis

Paladin_King

My biggest gripe about the PS3 is the crap controller.

[QUOTE="HermitGTX"]

I won't play "any" game where you are forced to use sixaxis

Paladin_King

Its actually a valid complaint. I find the only actions I regularly fail at are the sixaxis ones, there was a particular driving sequence where I swear I performed the required action and it failed to register. Its not a deal breaker for me, and I absolutely love Heavy Rain but I will say the sixaxis integration has been the weakest part of the game that I've found.

I know it is vgchartz and we now how reliable they can be sometimes(LOL) but their pre-order numbers were predicted at just over 100K in the US so probably first week sales aroun 150K in US and probably the same amount in Europe. So 300K WW first week for HR and a million by year end. With how high it has been on Amazon and this latest statement from Jack Trenton a million selling niche exclusive game for the PS3 is great. What if there were actually commercials for this that cater to the murder mystery movie watchers out there. This game could have been a huge hit possibly. I'm still early in he game and I'm finding the the mood and game play to be very immersive.

http://news.vgchartz.com/news.php?id=7178

Good. Hopefully now more devs. will actually you know... Take.. Risks?

VendettaRed07

[QUOTE="Paladin_King"][QUOTE="HermitGTX"]

I won't play "any" game where you are forced to use sixaxis

HermitGTX

My biggest gripe about the PS3 is the crap controller.

But is it Halo good, Gears good or just KZ2 good? I guess we'll see come NPD time. themyth01

[QUOTE="Paladin_King"][QUOTE="HermitGTX"]

I won't play "any" game where you are forced to use sixaxis

HermitGTX

My biggest gripe about the PS3 is the crap controller.

Really? I expected it to sell poorly. This interactive movie could end up being the best selling PS3 exclusive... at least until GT5 releases.Doolz2024

I hope it does sell well, It is an amazing game imo.

Hell yes! That means Quantic Dream can continue to do their thing and Sony can continue to take risks. This is a very good thing for the industry.

BioShockOwnz

"Buh buh it's a niche game, it won't sell."

I feel sorry for anyone who said that.

Wait a minute... I said that.

NOOOOOOOOO.

It's been at the top over at Amazon for some time now, I'm quite surprised.

Chutebox

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[QUOTE="Paladin_King"] So singular jerks in single directions and the very occasional "shake controller" bit is too much for you? That's unfortunate. I can understand full on Sixaxis control portions like Lair etc being too much, and I can't stand it myself, but to put Heavy Rain down simply for its particular and very limited usage of motion control is fairly ridiculous and narrow. Anyway, this is a pleasant surprise. The game did generate large crowds at the cons I went to and I picked it up first day myself.shawn7324

My biggest gripe about the PS3 is the crap controller.

I could be wrong but I think you have to use the controller to play the games

[QUOTE="HermitGTX"]

[QUOTE="Paladin_King"] So singular jerks in single directions and the very occasional "shake controller" bit is too much for you? That's unfortunate. I can understand full on Sixaxis control portions like Lair etc being too much, and I can't stand it myself, but to put Heavy Rain down simply for its particular and very limited usage of motion control is fairly ridiculous and narrow. Anyway, this is a pleasant surprise. The game did generate large crowds at the cons I went to and I picked it up first day myself.shalashaska88

My biggest gripe about the PS3 is the crap controller.

I don't care if the PS3 was made by Sony, Hitachi, Honda, or Microsoft and I would still hate the controller. How you can assume something from reading a small amount of text is beyond me.

Weird how heavy rain is actually being played. I remember the initial responses on GS; they weren't nice. Fahrenheit wasn't succesful either i thought.
Also weird how much money they threw at developing this game.
I'm glad You people aren't as shallow as i expected. Or was it the marketing?

I sold "incredibly well" too. Sincerely yours, InFAMOUS

As happy as I am to see an orginal and fresh game sell, I hope this doesn't start a trend of games played entirely with QTEs...

It's always advertised on TV after 9 O'clock in the UK. Decent ads too.

I do wonder about its sales though ...