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[Merkunt]

3.5 maybe 4 Million Lifetime

 

[Mentok]

I think 2-2.5 million is very possible.

 

[ProfessorMoran]

Yeah I still want more Resistance from them. Resistance 3 was great.

I think Sony has abandoned the IP. They might still work with Insomniac but they don't seem as close anymore, I doubt they would resurrect Resistance just to throw them a bone.

I wouldn't be surprised if Sony commissions another bb game with Miyazaki.

 

[HeelPower]

Haha, Glad Your's is corrected to yours in the thread title lol

It was upsetting me tbh #_# probably my biggest take away from the thread.

 

[catmario]

Maximum worldwide 2 million.

This will sells well!

 

[I-hate-u]

Enough to make it a franchise hopefully.

 

[Bgamer90]

Sunset Overdrive had high scores & it still bombed at retail I wouldn't put too much faith in the scores selling the game.

Sunset Overdrive released during a time in which there were many AAA games. Definitely hurt it.

Bloodborne would probabaly face similar competition if it released in the Fall. Definitely a good thing that it released in a month like March.

 

[StrongBlackVine]

I think Sony has abandoned the IP. They might still work with Insomniac but they don't seem as close anymore, I doubt they would resurrect Resistance just to throw them a bone.

Yeah they are working with them for Ratchet & Clank right now, but I don't really care about that.

 

[onQ123]

Insomniac's games don't sell all that well in the last few years, also there is already an established audience for souls games.

for whatever reason insomniac games don't sell well even with great review scores.

Well we already have some word that it will do better than The Order which sold at least 200K. I agree that high scores don't guarantee sales, but the 81 that Sunset scored is not close to this. Plus this is basically a sequel to an already fairly popular franchise.

I think BloodBorne is going to do good I was just saying don't put faith into the review scores selling the game because Sunset Overdrive had pretty good scores but it couldn't sell the game.

 

[Chaos2Frozen]

No more than 2 million world wide by the end of the first month.

I'm probably getting it digital so I won't be contributing to sales numbers unfortunately.

 

[unknownstranger]

2 million easily, probably over 3 million.

 

[Bam Bam Baklava]

4 million lifetime, at least. People are underestimating the install base of the PS4 and the acclaim of this game.

 

[Randam]

4 million lifetime, at least. People are underestimating the install base of the PS4 and the acclaim of this game.

What was the install base of the Ps3 and Xbox?
And how much did dark souls sell?

 

[Holundrian]

Not sure about big sales numbers that will surpass the DS series I think that more importantly Bloodborne will give the great PS4 sales a further push which is probably a bigger benefit to Sony.

I mean I did buy one just for this game. But I will also be getting Persona 5 later this year and a few other things during the years.

 

[lowhighkang_LHK]

It's really hard to tell anymore considering the make up of digital and physical releases. Hopefully Sony reveals the sales figures and that's the only way to know for sure.

 

[XxRampage07xX]

What was the install base of the Ps3 and Xbox?
And how much did dark souls sell?

Dark Souls was very niche at that time though. And it is a different story now with Bloodborne.

 

[BabyFaceKillah]

4 million lifetime, at least. People are underestimating the install base of the PS4 and the acclaim of this game.

yeah i agree with 4 million lifetime..

also Off topic: album was alight.

 

[John Harker]

I bet another industry friend 450k sell thru at retail in US. He laughed at me and said no way. He's been doing this a lot longer than I have. We shall see!

Edit:
Woa most of these figures are not based in reality.

 

[Dylan Sexbang]

1.7m first month sales
3.1m sales lifetime, assuming PS4 permanent
4.3m sales lifetime, assuming PC port

 

[Bam Bam Baklava]

What was the install base of the Ps3 and Xbox?
And how much did dark souls sell?

Do you only deal in questions?

 

[Ninja Scooter]

3.5 milllion first month. 8 million first year. 20 million lifetime.

 

[BrokenEchelon]

Do we have any indication of its budget?

 

[unknownstranger]

I bet another industry friend 450k sell thru at retail in US. He laughed at me and said no way. He's been doing this a lot longer than I have. We shall see!

Edit:
Woa most of these figures are not based in reality.

Lifetime? Easily. First month? If it released early in the month then maybe but with only 2 weeks (NPD) I'm not sure it'll pass 400k.

 

[XxRampage07xX]

Yeah I still want more Resistance from them. Resistance 3 was great.

Is the series any good? I heard it was a very unique FPS game, but I didn't have chance to try it (CoD got all my attention at that time goddamn it).

 

[Liha]

1,5 million first month and 2,5 / 3 million lifetime.

 

[Hibiki Kurosawa]

My guess is 3 million lifetime.

 

[Randam]

Dark Souls was very niche at that time though. And it is a different story now with Bloodborne.

Is it though?

There where a lot more people hyped for stuff like the order, than there are now for this.

 

[Frillen]

2 - 3 Million.

 

[HeelPower]

Great coverage for the game.Might grab the interest of many twitch viewers.

 

[Endo Punk]

I believe at some point in April -expecting first half- we will be hearing about 1 million sales ww.

 

[Sitris]

1.7m first month sales
3.1m sales lifetime, assuming PS4 permanent
4.3m sales lifetime, assuming PC port

Why would sony allow a pc port when they are the publisher of the game.... In any case people in this thread have made some huge sales numbers, it is still a hard, Japanese developed RPG. It's not going to outsell Destiny, that's insane.

I'm going to go with 1.5 million within 3 months and 2.5 million lifetime. It's legs might not be as long with dark souls 2 coming out so soon after its release.

 

[XxRampage07xX]

Is it though?

There where a lot more people hyped for stuff like the order, than there are now for this.

Eh Bloodborne is in a much better situation than The Order was. What happened to The Order has nothing to do with Bloodborne (imo)

 

[StrongBlackVine]

I believe at some point in April -expecting first half- we will be hearing about 1 million sales ww.

Possible because whatever number it does in the US you can probably (at least) double that for the rest of the world.

 

[23qwerty]

I bet another industry friend 450k sell thru at retail in US. He laughed at me and said no way. He's been doing this a lot longer than I have. We shall see!

Edit:
Woa most of these figures are not based in reality.

there are over 2000 people streaming it on twitch right now

 

[vocab]

I think it will sell ridiculously well. Its in the right place at the right time
Almost zero competition for it as well.

 

[bananafactory]

1.7m first month sales
3.1m sales lifetime, assuming PS4 permanent
4.3m sales lifetime, assuming PC port

There will never be a Pc Port

 

[Kenzodielocke]

2.5-3 million in the first month, ~5 million end of the year. Don't underestimate this game.

and every PS4 owner with money and time for it, but not buying is, is dead to me.

Spoiler

joke...kinda...

 

[bananafactory]

2.5-3 million in the first month, ~5 million end of the year. Don't underestimate this game.

and every PS4 owner with money and time for it, but not buying is, is dead to me.

Spoiler

joke...kinda...

5 million is absolutely nuts. Even if there's 30 million PS4's that's a 1 in 6 attach rate. Nothing outside of Nintendo games hits that.

 

[Vitten]

Well I just saw 2800 players broadcasting Bloodborne on PS Live if that's any indication ... absolutely nuts !

 

[PhantomVash808]

There will never be a Pc Port

Exactly I always laugh at the fact that people still think a PC port is possible.

 

[Alo0oy]

How much Dark Souls 2 sold is irrelevant, Bloodborne has Sony marketing behind it, & as we all know marketing is the most important factor to a game's sales.

I see it selling 2 million, 3 million at most.

 

[Game4life]

Sunset Overdrive had high scores & it still bombed at retail I wouldn't put too much faith in the scores selling the game.

Sunset Overdrive scored an 82 at MC. That is Infamous level. Not the same status as games with universal acclaim. Though highly acclaimed games need not always sell well more often than not they do okay.

 

[fedexpeon]

Probably 2-2.5M.
There are barely any good games out, and gamers need something to play.

 

[le.phat]

500k NPD / 1 million WW at launch.

1.9 million WW by the end of the year.

 

[Prototype Viktor]

10% of the WW sales number by time E3 rolls around would be a clear success

 

[thekiddfran]

2-3 million would be my guess which would bring Sony and From in a lot of money.

The question is when will Namco reveal Dark Souls 3?

 

[StrongBlackVine]

Is the series any good? I heard it was a very unique FPS game, but I didn't have chance to try it (CoD got all my attention at that time goddamn it).

I thought they were good. Resistance 3 has an 83 metascore, but only sold around a million from what I remember. A FPS shooter of that quality should have sold more.

 

[Ratrat]

Now that BloodBorne passed the first difficult hurdle any game faces(critical reception),What are we looking at regarding sales in Japan and the rest of the world ?

Is a Miyazaki game officially AAA status ? Will BloodBorne Push PS4 units in Japan while pushing the boundaries that previous Souls games reached ?

No it wont. It wont sell half of Dark Souls 2 and it won't push that many ps4s in Japan.

 

[Triggerhappytel]

Dark Souls 2 sold what, like 1.2 million worldwide?

Probably around that ballpark except a bit higher. 1.5 million maybe?

In its first two months, yeah.

I reckon this is going to do the business. I think we're looking at over 3 million sales in the medium term and it will probably have a strong sales tail over the next couple of years.

 

[Parakeetman]

Just for the hell of it Im gonna say its going to beat Dark Souls 2 sales.