"Heavy Rain selling "incredibly good"

colour me suprised!!!

thank god for qd and sony showing the industry you dont need guns and a tacked on mp to make things sell....bring GOW And LG

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

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

VendettaRed07

[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.

Well color me crazy.

I really did not expect the general gaming populace to embrace such a game, either Sony rocked the marketing or there is actually hope for the general public afterall...Probably the marketing.

by 'off the charts' he probably means that it exceeded their expectations, not that the game is blowing all the others out of the water in terms of sales

I don't see why any one would buy it for full price honestly.. Its one of those type of games you rent, then you get when its extremely cheap.. IMO of course.sSubZerOo

as a gamer this is a depressing news. now we can expect more developers to make interactive movies and sell em as video games.

I don't see why any one would buy it for full price honestly.. Its one of those type of games you rent, then you get when its extremely cheap.. IMO of course.sSubZerOo

i agree

Yeah im quite surprised myself,although the R2 ticked me off abit =/ i Never thought that a QTE heavy game like this would go that far SONY has the only devs that make QTE's so greatRatchet_Fan8

isnt Quantic Dreams a 3rd party dev?

If it passed 1 mil then this would be great,

[QUOTE="Ratchet_Fan8"]Yeah im quite surprised myself,although the R2 ticked me off abit =/ i Never thought that a QTE heavy game like this would go that far SONY has the only devs that make QTE's so greatogvampire

isnt Quantic Dreams a 3rd party dev?

Well Sony published it like how people were praising Atlus for Demon's souls while From software made that game.

im off to buy it now on the way home from work. the irony is its pissing it down outside

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[QUOTE="Ratchet_Fan8"]Yeah im quite surprised myself,although the R2 ticked me off abit =/ i Never thought that a QTE heavy game like this would go that far SONY has the only devs that make QTE's so greatKashiwaba

isnt Quantic Dreams a 3rd party dev?

Well Sony published it like how people were praising Atlus for Demon's souls while From software made that game.

thats true, but my point was that it wasnt from a sony dev studio

as a gamer this is a depressing news. now we can expect more developers to make interactive movies and sell em as video games.

sikanderahmed

[QUOTE="Kashiwaba"]

[QUOTE="ogvampire"]

isnt Quantic Dreams a 3rd party dev?

ogvampire

Well Sony published it like how people were praising Atlus for Demon's souls while From software made that game.

thats true, but my point was that it wasnt from a sony dev studio

Yes it want made by Sony 1st party studios maybe you can call this 2nd party game.

[QUOTE="sikanderahmed"]

as a gamer this is a depressing news. now we can expect more developers to make interactive movies and sell em as video games.

Animal-Mother

Movies have controls too ...

Not to say HR is a movie though.

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[QUOTE="Kashiwaba"]

Well Sony published it like how people were praising Atlus for Demon's souls while From software made that game.

Kashiwaba

thats true, but my point was that it wasnt from a sony dev studio

Yes it want made by Sony 1st party studios maybe you can call this 2nd party game.

It's a third party game, by a third party dev. It started off as a PS3 and 360 title, but for some reason (Probably disk space, and funding) Sony picked up he publishing.

[QUOTE="ogvampire"]

[QUOTE="Kashiwaba"]

Well Sony published it like how people were praising Atlus for Demon's souls while From software made that game.

Kashiwaba

thats true, but my point was that it wasnt from a sony dev studio

Yes it want made by Sony 1st party studios maybe you can call this 2nd party game.

ok.... my point remains the same. whether its 2nd party or 3rd party, it still wasnt developed by sony

publish =/= develop

as a gamer this is a depressing news. now we can expect more developers to make interactive movies and sell em as video games.

sikanderahmed

[QUOTE="Ratchet_Fan8"]Yeah im quite surprised myself,although the R2 ticked me off abit =/ i Never thought that a QTE heavy game like this would go that far SONY has the only devs that make QTE's so greatogvampire

isnt Quantic Dreams a 3rd party dev?

[QUOTE="Kashiwaba"]

[QUOTE="ogvampire"]

thats true, but my point was that it wasnt from a sony dev studio

ogvampire

Yes it want made by Sony 1st party studios maybe you can call this 2nd party game.

ok.... my point remains the same. whether its 2nd party or 3rd party, it still wasnt developed by sony

publish =/= develop

Thats great news for "risky" dev. I'll be buying it before the summer, I'm currently broke :evil:

[QUOTE="Animal-Mother"][QUOTE="sikanderahmed"]

as a gamer this is a depressing news. now we can expect more developers to make interactive movies and sell em as video games.

-Snooze-

Movies have controls too ...

Not to say HR is a movie though.

But all I have to do is press play.

[QUOTE="ogvampire"]

[QUOTE="Kashiwaba"]

Yes it want made by Sony 1st party studios maybe you can call this 2nd party game.

Ratchet_Fan8

ok.... my point remains the same. whether its 2nd party or 3rd party, it still wasnt developed by sony

publish =/= develop

You kinda said that. By saying sony "has" them, you imply they own them. Quantic Dream are independent. Sony just published the title ...

[QUOTE="Ratchet_Fan8"][QUOTE="ogvampire"]

ok.... my point remains the same. whether its 2nd party or 3rd party, it still wasnt developed by sony

publish =/= develop

-Snooze-

You kinda said that. By saying sony "has" them, you imply they own them. Quantic Dream are independent. Sony just published the title ...

yeah... what this person said^

Im curious to see what the numbers are. This is obviously based on estimates, so its done better than those. I dont see this game beating out a game like Bioshock 2 in its first week (Bioshock 2 on PS3 sold about 250k its first week) so Im gonna guess somewhere around 150-200k

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.

That's great that developers will be encouraged to take more risks now, but I really hope that these risks start moving towards the more exciting and fun end of the spectrum.

I guess I gotta be that guy but what is "incredible well"?Shattered007

That's great that developers will be encouraged to take more risks now, but I really hope that these risks start moving towards the more exciting and fun end of the spectrum.

MangaJ

[QUOTE="Shattered007"]I guess I gotta be that guy but what is "incredible well"?Bread_or_Decide

i agreed........

[QUOTE="MangaJ"]

That's great that developers will be encouraged to take more risks now, but I really hope that these risks start moving towards the more exciting and fun end of the spectrum.

Hahadouken

I'm thinking more about using new technologies and engines to rethink videogames in terms of how we interact with what's happening the world, but maybe without reducing the level of that interaction and maybe involving giving the player more control over the world instead of taking away control for the sake of narrative. I'm not a game developer though.

Tretton may not have simply been spouting PR about Heavy Rain's sales performance.

Heavy Rain has topped the UK charts.

Apparently it does so "despite widespread reports of shortages."

We are also just now starting to see Heavy Rain rising as one of the most sold used games as well.

We are also just now starting to see Heavy Rain rising as one of the most sold used games as well.

shawn7324

Any proof to back up that claim?

Either way you could say that about any game.

[QUOTE="shawn7324"]

We are also just now starting to see Heavy Rain rising as one of the most sold used games as well.

Ninten007

Any proof to back up that claim?

Either way you could say that about any game.

The nature of the game lends itself to this (which is not to say his claim is entirely accurate).

Lol Heavy Rain just pulled of a double whammy... Nobody thought it would get the scores it got (90 avrage!) and the people that thought it would score well said it would be a sales flop :D

Tretton may not have simply been spouting PR about Heavy Rain's sales performance.

Heavy Rain has topped the UK charts.

Apparently it does so "despite widespread reports of shortages."

shinrabanshou

[QUOTE="shawn7324"]

We are also just now starting to see Heavy Rain rising as one of the most sold used games as well.

Ninten007

Any proof to back up that claim?

Either way you could say that about any game.

Lol Heavy Rain just pulled of a double whammy... Nobody thought it would get the scores it got (90 avrage!) and the people that thought it would score well said it would be a sales flop :D

chaplainDMK