Something something million copies sold something something
>>722522708>stock boy does his jobITS SHELFWARMING>stock boy is lazyITS SELLING SO WELL
Each copy is already sold to the retailer, sony made their money for each copy on the shelf regardless if it sits there
>>722522708I live by ghetto places, so their shelves are never stocked and everything is in a cage somewhere
>shipped...our research
>>722522901I like Sony and own one, but the game is at best an under-performer.
>own PS5 with online marketplace and midnight releases with pre-downloading>"I'd better drive to Best Buy to pick up the game!"
>>722523269>dear poster, I assure you I'm a Sony fan, but Sony game bad because of [anecdotal image]
Shopped but the game sucks
>>722523070wrong, retailers can get unsold stock refunded
>>722522708All copies sold in India and China. Subscription downloads don't count.
>see the x profile>it's one of ((them))predictable
>"""""millions""""" of """"""""""players***"""""""""" ""world"" """""wide"""""When did it get like this?Why can't they just make a good game instead of trying to be sneaky and trick people?
>>722523381>>722523381>own a permission to play the game>actually own the gamePick one.
>>722523627Like movies, 99% of the budget goes to marketing because it's more profitable than making something people actually want to buy
Same energy as claiming consoles aren't selling because my local store has a a mountain of them.
>>722523627because everything must carry the "correct" social contexts and narratives, and they know people won't willingly buy it, so they do under-handed shit.
>>722522708It's pretty interesting how all these new AAA games just so happen to sell a million copies and then you never hear about them ever again.
>>722523781They are leftists theatre kids, they don't know how to make a good product.
I'm feeling like there are mad shills in here right now
>>722522708No one buys physical anymore, grandpa.
>>722523432>dear user, sony game good because... uh... hur durr duurrr shut up retard
>>722523803>and then you never hear about them ever again.are you retarded the previous ghost ended up selling like 10 million.
>>722523878Leaked data says otherwise
>>722523803It's my theory that the major publishers hand out or otherwise distribute a million copies (to industry people/reviewers/friends/family/whatever) specifically in order to say "see? Isn't a million a really big number? You better go get it so you don't miss out!"
let me guess, it will be ported to PC in 6 months and will have 10k max concurrent players. This will be treated as stunning success equal to Silksong and Baldur's gate 3
what a fucking retarded thread. the game launched yesterday. not even sony has retail numbers.
>>722523803A million is an incredibly embarrassing number for a AAA game.Games nowadays need to sell tens of millions to make up for all the marketing costs and otherwise wasted investment.
>>722523627they are trying to win an impossible battle, its like throwing yourself of a cliff and hope you hit the water instead of the rocks, why would you do that when you know you are probably going to fail? retardation and bitterness
>>722524039>game release 6 months after real release doesn't have a surge of hype on first day of rerelease
>>722524083It's not stupidity, people are just trying to hang on to their jobs in a time where the industry is getting gutted ruthlessly.You're watching the last few rats on a sinking ship trying to climb to the mast to live a few seconds longer.
>>722524061>A million is an incredibly embarrassing number for a AAA game.bitch please. sony mindbroke you so hard you are spending your time crying how a game hasn't sold 10000000 12 hours after release. touch grass.
>>722523496Not exactly, they usually bundle games with consoles or accessories. That's how pieces of shit like TLOU2 ended up making big numbers. It's stupid and corny, but it often works.
>>722523496No they can't or bargain bins won't exist. I still see max payne 3 in bargain bins
>>722524267I'm not the one who wasted the vast majority of my budget on advertising/marketing instead of just making a decent game.
>>722522708retard, physical copies don't sell anymore
>>722523070Actual retard. Embarrassing post.
>>722524392>"wasted" the vast majority of my budget on advertising/marketing>million copies sold day 1 due to marketing
>>722522708I remember the ten billion AC Shadows players, and one month later the game was forgotten.
This is retarded proof of something selling poorly.
>>722522708>Launch Edition Dragon Age stillDecaying industry.
Who goes to Best Buy to buy video games? Like you order it online at Amazon or get it at Target if you want to play it day 1
>>722524481Enjoy your 1.5-2 million copies in a game that had to sell 5 mil to break even.
>>722524267A AAA game selling only one million is a failure considering how massive the budgets have become without accounting for marketing. Then you have to consider the fact that PS5 does not sell that much software which will most likely force Sony to port the game to PC just like how they did with Tsushima. I highly doubt Yotei will only sell one million, but I also doubt it will reach Tsushima's numbers any time soon.
>>722522708>physical what fucking year is this gramps
>>722524215>game release 6 months after real release doesn't have a surge of hype on first day of rerelease
>>722524584>had to sell 5 mil to break even.Uh huh
>>722524584>Enjoyenjoy being a sales schizo lol
>>722524451Do you think they hand them copies for free and collect after that? Lmao youre retarded
Wow, some store worker took a picture before the store opened. How scandalous.
>reportedly shipped for billions copies
>>722524605>game selling only one millionITS BEEN A DAY YOU SCHIZO. touch grass stop spamming shit. you are battling enemies that only exist in your head.
>>722524664Well playing that game was propped up as a political act
i'm telling you, they were counting popcorn bucket sales as game sales.
>>722524693The unsold shit gets shipped back and they get their money back, imbecile.
>>722524769So is Ghost of Yotei
>>722524605It might reach if they start bundling that trash with consoles or give it out on PS Plus but they are definitely porting that shit on PC because they know they're fucked.>>722524756Kill yourself, snoy shill.
>>722523878Physical is increasing in all forms. The Zoomers have been exceeding my expectations in recent years.
>>722524781With a number like a million I think they were counting individual kernels as game sales.
>>722524756Ok? I never implied that the game should be selling one million on its first day, but that selling one million in the long term is not an acceptable goal in the slightest for a AAA game.
>>722522708gears of war on ps5?
>>722524781>They're not moviegames we swear!
>>722523878Shut the fuck up, retard. People are going back to retro stuff because digital and current gen fucking sucks.
>>722522708who buys physical copies of games?oh right, consolefags. embarrassing
People are tired of AAA Sony-esque movie games.
>>722524870>Kill yourself, snoy shill.>anon cares about his mental state>stay away shillyou need help
>>722522708>One row of FIFACome on bro, at least try.
>>722524792fpbp
>>722524792No they don't, i still see some ps3 games in walmart
>>722523702>99% of the budget goes to marketingThat's not true, tho, they just spend the same as the movie costed to make, basically doubling the production budget.Still, haven't you seen what the average disney garbage costs?The fucking garbage disney+ shit costs them over 300 or 400 million dollars to make, they were trying to deceive investors saying that the mediocre garbage that they shat with "the acolyte" costed that much, and it wasn't some magnificent spectacle, using mostly the same 4 sets they had already made for other movies and shows.
>>722525554they do in non-third-world shitholes.
>>722522708So it's like the switch 2 where it's sold millions but there's a lot of them sitting on shelves?
Xbox games and consoles must be selling gorilions per second using the same logic.
>>722523627That’s how a free market acts when there isn’t any regulations. They’ll put woodchips in your food, sell you penny stocks from made up companies, and will lock their employees inside a burning build to prevent them from having breaks. Sure “the good guy” companies who raise their employee’s wages after profit increases do exist, but they are in an entire sea of scummy people whose only interests are their own Swiss bank accounts.
>>722522901Stop acting like people majority of actually buy shit from brick and mortar stores and most aren't just using digital stores
>>722526073>bu-but Nintendopathetic, go play with your $100 blocks
>>722525943It's been a well-known fact that big budget movies have insane production costs and it's primarily from embezzlement.I just don't know why the game industry had to copy it.
>80 million game machines sold>one (1) game manages to capture 10% or more of that
>>722523627Because the industry has become very investor-driven. If a game sells well, they will brag about it. If a game doesn't sell as expected, they will cover it with "dollar sales", "shipments" or "millions of players". If a game sells badly, the game wasn't as expensive and it will be merged with the rest of the graph to show how strong the brand overall is. It's nothing but a game of lies to keep investors tame and ignorant, as they only care about the line going up.
>>722523627>When did it get like this?MMOs have been doing it for ages with the "Come and join X million players" stuff then you realize that was counting some free weekend trial, or it was total players since launch and by the time you play it's less than 50k and over half of the servers were merged.
>>722526431>I just don't know why the game industry had to copy it.They didn't copy it, you could most probably trace the costs 1 to 1 to employee wages during the 10 years the average AAA games takes to make.Just take the over 1000 people making the game throughout several studios, and you more or less can get the cost of wages, which if you take a proper look, it ain't really much, so the real costs are probably several times over the declared costs at current US average wages.
>>722523210All the games on shelf where I am are just empty display boxes, you have to take it to the counter and they give you an actual copy, which they keep stored in the back.I think the game might have underperformed but OP is being retarded. Even if those aren't display boxes the game being in stock doesn't mean anything other than they shipped a lot.
>>722525980Damn America is third world now
