"Heavy Rain selling "incredibly good"

[QUOTE="Ninten007"]

[QUOTE="shawn7324"]

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.

I'm afraid a claim like that requires numbers to prove it ( just using common sense). This is a statement by someone working for sony, ofcourse hes going to big up the game - i think we should wait for the numbers to come in. Being top of the UK charts and Amazon means that the game has clearly sold well, but just how well is the question.

First week
UK - 1st
JPN - 6th

I'm surprised by this game's success. Was expecting a less enthusiastic critical response, similar to that of Fahrenheit. And I really was not expecting it to chart this high. It's doing well all over the damn globe.

Congrats, good game most of the time equals good sales...nothing new here.

Congrats, good game most of the time equals good sales...nothing new here.

-DarthMaul-

[QUOTE="shawn7324"]

We are also just now starting to see Heavy Rain rising as one of the most sold used games as well.shawn7324

I don't need proof to back up a claim purely decided by common sense. Nothing against Heavy Rain, any popular single player only game follows the same exact trend. Everyone whom bought the game day 1 has already or will soon complete the game, most will sell it. The only reason I mention it is to try & pull back some of those whom are thinking Heavy Rain is the absolute greatest game ever back to reality.

Haha. How sad.

"Nothing against Heavy Rain, but IT'S NOT AS GREAT AS THOSE OF YOU WHO HAVE PLAYED IT THINK IT IS! YOU'RE ALL GONNA TRADE IT IN ANYWAY!"

I mean, holy ****. How about letting people enjoy what is obviously a great game, letting them be happy about it doing well in sales, and not get all pissy about it for whatever nonsensical reason.

Wait so pachter prediction was wrong for this game (he said it would not sell good). What is the world coming to. Next you will tell me the year will end with no wii hd. Noooooooooooooooooo!

Wait so pachter prediction was wrong for this game (he said it would not sell good). What is the world coming to. Next you will tell me the year will end with no wii hd. Noooooooooooooooooo!

WllDan7

out of all the analysts, pachter is actually the one that is most often right...

So Heavy Rain is a success both critically and financially. Well then, haters have pretty much been owned. Seriously though, the game is fantastic and really does deserve to do well, congrats to Quantic Dream on taking a risk and pulling it off so beautifully. Silent-Hal

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

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

VendettaRed07

im with you on that one man...

well...

NVIDIATI

[QUOTE="Silent-Hal"]So Heavy Rain is a success both critically and financially. Well then, haters have pretty much been owned. Seriously though, the game is fantastic and really does deserve to do well, congrats to Quantic Dream on taking a risk and pulling it off so beautifully. Vandalvideo

We'll just have to agree to disagree then. I for one, really loved the game. I mean, it's probably one of my favourite games, ever. That was how much I enjoyed it. I was hooked right from the start and was pretty much fully immersed the entire time. Sure, the game has a few flaws and technical problems along the way and there are a few noticeable plot holes, but it wasn't anything that really took away from the fantastic experience that was Heavy Rain. I cared about the characters, I was fully engrossed by the frantic action segments, I was honestly torn and felt uncomfortable about many of the game's tougher decisions and I was completely took by surprise by the reveal. It's not perfect, but then again it doesn't have to be. All I know is that there is nothing the competition can do to top this as my GOTY, and that I would love to see more games like it.

We'll just have to agree to disagree then. I for one, really loved the game. I mean, it's probably one of my favourite games, ever. That was how much I enjoyed it. I was hooked right from the start and was pretty much fully immersed the entire time. Sure, the game has a few flaws and technical problems along the way and there are a few noticeable plot holes, but it wasn't anything that really took away from the fantastic experience that was Heavy Rain. I cared about the characters, I was fully engrossed by the frantic action segments, I was honestly torn and felt uncomfortable about many of the game's tougher decisions and I was completely took by surprise by the reveal. It's not perfect, but then again it doesn't have to be. All I know is that nothing the competition can do top this as my GOTY, and that I would love to see more games like it.Silent-Hal

[QUOTE="Vandalvideo"][QUOTE="Silent-Hal"]So Heavy Rain is a success both critically and financially. Well then, haters have pretty much been owned. Seriously though, the game is fantastic and really does deserve to do well, congrats to Quantic Dream on taking a risk and pulling it off so beautifully. Silent-Hal

We'll just have to agree to disagree then. I for one, really loved the game. I mean, it's probably one of my favourite games, ever. That was how much I enjoyed it. I was hooked right from the start and was pretty much fully immersed the entire time. Sure, the game has a few flaws and technical problems along the way and there are a few noticeable plot holes, but it wasn't anything that really took away from the fantastic experience that was Heavy Rain. I cared about the characters, I was fully engrossed by the frantic action segments, I was honestly torn and felt uncomfortable about many of the game's tougher decisions and I was completely took by surprise by the reveal. It's not perfect, but then again it doesn't have to be. All I know is that there is nothing the competition can do to top this as my GOTY, and that I would love to see more games like it.

It's March 1....why don't you wait and see what's around the corner before calling something GOTY?Shattered007

I can do that for a reason that's quite simple, Heavy Rain is something that's different. I know pretty much exactly what I'm getting when I buy something like GoWIII or FFXIII, but Heavy Rain wasn't like that. It was new, and it was unpredictable.

The things people are saying about this game ... Man I think just maybe I should pick it up!

The things people are saying about this game ... Man I think just maybe I should pick it up!

hakanakumono

I agree partially with your sentiments actually. I want more games like Heavy Rain. I just want them to be more refined, have more content, and have a more cohesive story. For someone like me who reads so much, having something like an unexplained red herring just makes me go lulwut? By the end of the game there were so many of these moments that it just became cumbersome and uncomfortable. Vandalvideo

I guess stuff like that matters more to some then to others. Some things weren't adequately explained, I agree, but I can also see why they may have left some things unexplained. It added an extra sense of doubt and mystery to the character in question, and made sure you were never quite sure of him up until the killer's identity is revealed.

[spoiler] Unless I'm mistaken, I'd assumed that Shelby had put the figure in Ethan's hand when he had taken Shaun. It would have been easy for him to interact with Ethan without him being aware of it, due to his blackouts. As to him always turning up at the site of Jason's accident, I'd assumed that that was just a side-effect of the trauma he had suffered due to that event. The scene at the shrink's office further pointed towards that kind of an explanation. [/spoiler]

[QUOTE="Shattered007"]
It's March 1....why don't you wait and see what's around the corner before calling something GOTY?Silent-Hal

I can do that for a reason that's quite simple, Heavy Rain is something that's different. I know pretty much exactly what I'm getting when I buy something like GoWIII or FFXIII, but Heavy Rain wasn't like that. It was new, and it was unpredictable.

[QUOTE="hakanakumono"]

The things people are saying about this game ... Man I think just maybe I should pick it up!

Vandalvideo

So, if you're calling Silent Hill's plot "sordid," and that means that Heavy Rain is "sordid" ... well then I'm sold!

I might wait a couple months though ...

I guess stuff like that matters more to some then to others. Some things weren't adequately explained, I agree, but I can also see why they may have left some things unexplained. It added an extra sense of doubt and mystery to the character in question, and made sure you were never quite sure of him up until the killer's identity is revealed.Silent-Hal

*spoiler* Vandalvideo

[spoiler] In that case, while it may be a bit of a stretch to say so, it could potentially be seen as an attempt by Scott to warn Ethan as to what was to come and in some weird way try and show him why he was doing this, even if Ethan himself wouldn't have been able to make sense of these things. It's possible, if you entertain the idea that Shelby had been watching the Mars family from before he took Shaun. Should this have been explained properly within the game? Yes, it probably should have. Did it take anything away from the game for me? Not really. Again, to each their own [/spoiler]

nice to hear.. especially since its in an incredibly niche genre and all

*spoilers*Silent-Hal

[QUOTE="WllDan7"]

Wait so pachter prediction was wrong for this game (he said it would not sell good). What is the world coming to. Next you will tell me the year will end with no wii hd. Noooooooooooooooooo!

ogvampire

out of all the analysts, pachter is actually the one that is most often right...

is that true or are you being sarcastic? i was going to ask if hes ever been right

well...

NVIDIATI

YES! If anything deserves it, it's Heavy Rain. They dared to be different and they succeeded. Bravo, Quantic Dream. I await your next release.

[QUOTE="-DarthMaul-"]

Congrats, good game most of the time equals good sales...nothing new here.

InsaneBasura

[QUOTE="shawn7324"]

We are also just now starting to see Heavy Rain rising as one of the most sold used games as well.shawn7324

I don't need proof to back up a claim purely decided by common sense. Nothing against Heavy Rain, any popular single player only game follows the same exact trend. Everyone whom bought the game day 1 has already or will soon complete the game, most will sell it. The only reason I mention it is to try & pull back some of those whom are thinking Heavy Rain is the absolute greatest game ever back to reality.

Haha. How sad.

"Nothing against Heavy Rain, but IT'S NOT AS GREAT AS THOSE OF YOU WHO HAVE PLAYED IT THINK IT IS! YOU'RE ALL GONNA TRADE IT IN ANYWAY!"

I mean, holy ****. How about letting people enjoy what is obviously a great game, letting them be happy about it doing well in sales, and not get all pissy about it for whatever nonsensical reason.

[QUOTE="shawn7324"][QUOTE="Ninten007"]

Any proof to back up that claim?

Either way you could say that about any game.

pav50

I'm afraid a claim like that requires numbers to prove it ( just using common sense). This is a statement by someone working for sony, ofcourse hes going to big up the game - i think we should wait for the numbers to come in. Being top of the UK charts and Amazon means that the game has clearly sold well, but just how well is the question.

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

Its gotten a rep as this hugely new and innovative game... like there was an article on Yahoo! and in various papers about it. Thats how stuff really sells, advertising helps but people consciously read articles and arent as wary of them as advertising.

But i dunno about TV, but ive seen heavy rain advertisements everywhere else

I wonder - are the people buying the game because it's different, or because they think it's 'good'? So far it's a good game, but I suppose the lack of competition in this genre let's them dominate it.Mr_Cumberdale

there have been plenty of games that were "different" and didn't sell well. i think this game is actually a good entertaining game (since the ps3 clocks are supposedly fixed im about to fire it up) but at the same time they could obviously make something better in the future. it would be alot like asking back in the mid 90's "is metal gear solid really a good game or is it just because theres no other stealth games we think its good" mgs2,3,4 proved that it can obviously be improved upon but that doesn't make the first one bad (its still my favorite personally)

well...

[QUOTE="ogvampire"]

[QUOTE="WllDan7"]

Wait so pachter prediction was wrong for this game (he said it would not sell good). What is the world coming to. Next you will tell me the year will end with no wii hd. Noooooooooooooooooo!

karsa-orlong

out of all the analysts, pachter is actually the one that is most often right...

is that true or are you being sarcastic? i was going to ask if hes ever been right

no sarcasm. pachter is right about 60% of the time, which makes him one of the most accurate analyst

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

NICE!

I went to my local Walmart for something... then wanted to check out the Heavy Rain display. Guess what? None left. I looked around the electronics department and did find only 1 copy hidden at the bottom of the front display, but it was hard to see. Yes, it sold out within 1 week at my Walmart.

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

finalstar2007