For essentially the most half, the names of the highest finish of the gross sales chart (which yow will discover right here on ResetEra) aren’t that shocking. You most likely may have guessed that video games like Insomniac’s 2018 Spider-Man title, the 2018 God of Conflict sport, Horizon Zero Daybreak, and Uncharted 4 could be a few of PlayStation’s best-selling video games lately, and also you’d be proper.
What’s somewhat extra shocking is strictly how properly a few of these video games did. For example, Marvel’s Spider-Man seemingly bought simply over 22 million copies (making it the best-selling PlayStation unique of the reported interval), whereas God of Conflict additionally cleared the 20 million models mark. Horizon bought a whopping 19 million+ models, which is kind of shocking when you think about that it outsold titles like Uncharted 4, The Final of Us‘ PS4 remaster, and Gran Turismo Sport throughout that reported timeframe. We knew that the sport was profitable, however a brand new IP promoting that many copies (and outselling entries in such profitable established franchises within the course of) is actually spectacular.
But, a number of the most attention-grabbing revelations are discovered somewhat additional down the gross sales chart. For example, Days Gone is definitely one of many best-selling new franchises on this listing, because the PS4 model of that title seemingly bought a whopping 7+ million models within the reported timeframe. That quantity doesn’t embrace the gross sales figures for the PC model of the sport, that are referenced however not detailed.
Sometimes, a sport promoting that properly would all however assure a sequel. Nonetheless, Days Gone has all the time been a…particular case. The sport obtained decidedly combined opinions (particularly for a serious PlayStation unique) and has since discovered itself on the middle of one more critics vs. avid gamers debate that was partially spurred on by controversial statements made by the sport’s director, John Garvin. Days Gone developer Bend Studio has since distanced itself from Garvin, which has solely contributed to the more and more accepted concept that Days Gone will possible by no means obtain a sequel. It’s a messy state of affairs, however these figures seemingly affirm that the sport did promote properly regardless of some options on the contrary.
Talking of long-awaited sequels, this chart reveals that Bloodborne has bought over 7 million copies thus far. Whereas that sport’s successes isn’t that shocking, it’s price noting that we beforehand solely knew that Bloodborne had bought over 1 million copies as of 2015. This chart reveals that the sport is definitely rather more profitable than that, which can certainly solely increase extra questions on why we haven’t gotten a sequel or PC port. After all, it’s been speculated for fairly a while now that the sophisticated nature of each of these tasks (and FromSoftware’s extremely busy schedule) are the largest explanation why they haven’t come to fruition moderately than the implication that Bloodborne merely wasn’t profitable.
Sadly, the underside of that chart additionally accommodates some arduous truths. For example, evidently Demise Stranding solely bought somewhat over 4 million copies as of early 2022. That’s maybe not too shocking given the sport’s considerably combined preliminary reception and customarily area of interest nature, however there was some hypothesis that the sport might have “overperformed” as a result of pre-release hype surrounding the Hideo Kojima-led undertaking. After all, we all know that the sport is getting a sequel (and a movie adaptation), and it nonetheless seemingly generated much more income than some video games that technically outsold it throughout that point.
