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Horizon: Forbidden West has sold over 8.4 million copies since launch
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TheGodfather07
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Does anyone know if sony keep their 1st party games in the ps plus library permanently? or is it a timed period?
SSfox
Member
"Boost" Shit was barely a 10% up, and it delayed FW because Guerrilla put efforts in the pc port.
Hopefully they learned and FW will stay a true PS exclusive with no PC port this time.
Drizzlehell
Banned
Celebrating mediocrity.
Ever feel like you're starting to slip away and become the very geezer you swore you'll never turn into when you were arguing with your parents back in the day...?
Ever feel like you're starting to slip away and become the very geezer you swore you'll never turn into when you were arguing with your parents back in the day...?
Captain Toad
Banned
Horizon is very popular, so no idea what you're talking about. I love the games.
Lol, at these replies. It's clear people thought the title was serious and were here to make fun of the sales, not realizing they are very good.
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skit_data
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They just pulled Miles Morales I think, so I wouldn’t bet on it
DenchDeckard
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I picked it up at £15 brand new at Xmas. Both ps4 and ps5 versions of the game were bomba price in the UK.
jm89
Member
IIRC Spiderman recently got removed, and i'm pretty sure in the past 2019 maybe, god of war 2018 was on psnow(ps plus extra/premium now) for something like 3 months and removed.
But mostly they keep them permanentley.
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DenchDeckard
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Yeah, I sold my copy of this when it came on ps plus but I still can't bring myself to play it. Too many good games out now.
If its there when I fancy it. So be it.
Captain Toad
Banned
It's funny how the title makes all the difference. The other thread which (jokingly) said BOMBA has people acting as if the game was a commercial failure.
I don't think most know what is good and bad for sales and overreact based on someone telling them if they should be impressed or not.
I don't think most know what is good and bad for sales and overreact based on someone telling them if they should be impressed or not.
Topher
Gold Member
2.4 million sales as of March of last year. That's a nice chunk of revenue they wouldn't have had otherwise. I don't think the lesson they learned is what you think it is.
DaGwaphics
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What's the total minus all the bundles?
rickybooby87
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Only 8.4 million? I hat a flop.
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rhodesianshepard
Member
It's pretty clear Sony is happy with the sales of HFW because they have already greenlit another sequel. HFW reportedly only cost 100 million, probably 150 with marketing. Sony's big AAA releases are pretty much guaranteed to cross 10 million in sales. Their brand is that solidified with the public. Game Budgets could double, and they'd still be printing money
Was doing that maths as well, per unit it's a bit slower if we are assuming an average rate but by revenue it's probably faster.
7.6m after 353 days = 21530 per day
8.4m after 422 days = 19,900 per day but obviously at a higher price point.
I do think H:ZD wouldnt have sold 800k over 70 days at that point so it may actually be ahead if we had the full data set.
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OmegaSupreme
advanced basic bitch
At least they're selling consoles. It's been a rough couple of weeks for you I understand.
Tiago Rodrigues
Member
The first game wasn't on PS Plus Extra at this point tho.
DenchDeckard
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Yeah but not every copy sold at full price so it makes it difficult.
Same for the first I imagine.
Joshmyersbv
Member
Wasn't this on Playstation Plus too? I played it for 2 hours and was bored to death. Honestly 8.5 million is pretty low for a sequel to one of Sony's biggest new IPs.
Eotheod
Member
Why do some people hate options for others? How does a PC version affect you if you were going to buy it on PS5 anyway? I just don't understand this console warrior hatred to the PC platform. Makes literally zero sense and ignores perfectly claimable profit for the company you zealot so heavy for.
DenchDeckard
Moderated wildly
Great point. I wonder if they are trying to drive engagement in the franchise as they had already green lit the third one.
I wonder what the trophy data shows.
drganon
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Topher
Gold Member
Portugeezer
Member
Apparently it had a €110 million budget, which is not large for a AAA game these days.
Even if we lowball and say every copy was sold for just 50 euros that's over €400 million revenue.
Even if we lowball and say every copy was sold for just 50 euros that's over €400 million revenue.
skit_data
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Excuse the swedish, don’t know how to change it in the app. But yeah just over 30% have finished the game.
Edit: This is for the PS5 SKU, don’t know about the PS4 one
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azertydu91
Hard to Kill
I think that it was obviously sarcasm but the user who kept downplaying every sony games with bundles is no longer here.
Zekra Dezivad
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Console install base doesn't work like that. Every franchise has it's own sales trajectory and isn't always tied to the number o consoles sold.
A console sold doesn't mean that is sold to a target customer for every franchise a company has. Also the number of consoles sold don't translate in interested buyers or active consumers at all. That's obvious since you can see games selling better on PS5 despite having way less consoles sold than PS4.
Mr.Phoenix
Member
How else can the achievement of a game (any game for that matter) doing over 8M sales in one year be turned into a flop?
Camreezie
Member
DForce
NaughtyDog Defense Force
It sold 20 million across PC and PS4
It took 5 years to get there.
It's not going to get there overnight.
Represent.
Represent(ative) of bad opinions
Meh
yurinka
Member
How many PlayStation exclusives sold 8.4M in only a year and a couple of months? Is there any other Sony IP game that achieved that other than GoWR?
Because as I remember all the GoW games other than GoW 2018 and GoWR sold in their entire life less than these 8.4M than this game achieved in barely a year.
Since the franchise sold 32.7M games, means that the first Horizon sold 24.3M units until now. Isn't that the best selling Sony game ever? If not it should be really close.
Excluding GoW 2018 and GoWR, isn't 24.3M or 32.7M more than all the previous GoW games combined or not?
Horizon Zero Dawn = 24.3M in PS+PC during 6 years and a couple months
Horizon Forbidden West = 8.4M in PS only during 1 year and a couple months
In the earlier months they said Forbidden West was the fastest selling game in Guerrilla's history. I'd say it seems that it contues being the case.
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Aenima
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They are removing Spider-Man (PS4) this month, maybe to boost the franchise sales with SM 2 coming soon, anyway a sign that they just stay in the service for a certain amount of time, probably depends from title to title.
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Robbinhood
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Great game. You know its doing well because of how it gets fanboys in a tizzy.
ChorizoPicozo
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i am assuming Bomba report due to how low this number is?
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StueyDuck
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The game is great and well done to those who made it on the sales.
Wtf is with the weird hate boner people have on this forum for the game. It's not even founded in anything. Is it really the peach fuzz thing
Jesus christ grow up people.
You are allowed to not enjoy the game but some of the shit in this thread is embarrassing. Whether it's your type of game or not it's still of high quality. Runs properly and offers a fully engaging lengthy campaign. That's 70% more than what your average game offers in general
Wtf is with the weird hate boner people have on this forum for the game. It's not even founded in anything. Is it really the peach fuzz thing
Jesus christ grow up people.You are allowed to not enjoy the game but some of the shit in this thread is embarrassing. Whether it's your type of game or not it's still of high quality. Runs properly and offers a fully engaging lengthy campaign. That's 70% more than what your average game offers in general
Mr.Phoenix
Member
I have been wondering the exact same thing.The game is great and well done to those who made it on the sales.
Wtf is with the weird hate boner people have on this forum for the game. It's not even founded in anything. Is it really the peach fuzz thing
You are allowed to not enjoy the game but some of the shit in this thread is embarrassing. Whether it's your type of game or not it's still of high quality. Runs properly and offers a fully engaging lengthy campaign. That's 70% more than what your average game offers in general
Then again, exclusives of any platform tend to bring out certain types... its just more obvious when its happening to most Sony games that are actually really really good.
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XXL
Member
This isn't true, but if it was......
You downplaying bundling games, while you go around hyping and promoting GamePass is.....ironic to say the least.
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Nautilus
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yeah, that's my impression as well. It did really well, but for a franchise whose first game did around 24 million units, 8.4 million units in 15 months seems... modest.
You also have to consider that this game probably needs 4 or 5 million units sold at full price to just break even. So yeah, did well, but nothing to write home about.
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Gambit2483
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The people that try to make it like it's not an incredible score
Meanwhile other companies would make Sacrificial offerings for those kinda of sales.
