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God of War 'Significantly Exceeded' Sony’s Expectations; E3 Reveals 'Receiving Strong Feedback'
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I honestly wonder what they were expecting from God of War. I would have expected monster sales like it got, had I been able to fully see it before it came out.
Pretty much, maybe Dreams if it drops but that's kind of different (maybe Kiwami 2 too if the rumours are to be had but I just don't see it topping 0 for me)
More than 5 million after first month, so it depends how much was sold in the 2 months since.
I'd like to see some updated figures. It's still consistently placing at/near the top of sales charts.
I believe the former is more important than the latter for their bottom line.
Right lol are people till forgetting what E3 is for at this point?
This is an earnings call answer about something positive - so 'strong feedback' refers to a positive feedback.
They're talking about how the social and interest metrics for TLOU2, Ghost, Spidey and DS are extremely strong. High level of coverage, positive impressions of what was shown, high youtube/etc views, those kind of feedback.
The series is big, but the last major entry was 5 years ago with the last blockbuster entry being 8 years ago, the series had definitely cooled off. Had it been a solid 8/10 it would have sold a lot less.
God of War is their fastest selling first party title ever. I'm sure they expected good stuff but not necessarily best of all time tier.
God of War E3 reveal must be my favorite game reveal of all time;
The orchestral cold opening, transitioning with the reveal of reboot god of war straight into gameplay with an extended demo that shown new weapon, new camera, new combat, and Kratos with more character developpment in 10 minutes than in the last 6 or 7 games... With all music played by the orchestra in front of the stage. It was a masterpiece.
The orchestral cold opening, transitioning with the reveal of reboot god of war straight into gameplay with an extended demo that shown new weapon, new camera, new combat, and Kratos with more character developpment in 10 minutes than in the last 6 or 7 games... With all music played by the orchestra in front of the stage. It was a masterpiece.
Perhaps, but surely Sony would have known that this game was much better than an 8/10. There are games much much worse than God of War that score within 10 points of where it ended up on metacritic. Plus 2017 has been a slow year for AAA releases. God of War kind of sucked up all the air in the room for two months.
I mean, I guess it's debatable, but at the time of release, God of War looked and played like the best game Sony has ever made. I'm not saying it is, but that was the perception of it. To me it only made sense to expect unprecedented sales. This game got the perfect storm, low competition, high quality, and huge install base at the same time.
Glad to hear God of War has done so massively well for them. I was sceptical after seeing initial footage but took a punt on a pre-order and it far exceeded any of my expectations. It's a phenomenal game.
Remind me, what new games did Sony reveal at E3?
Remind me, what new games did Sony reveal at E3?
What do you think is more important, the games, or the E3 format.
Fyi, I hate their current E3 format too.
David Jaffe for GoW2! Let Cory work on that new surrealistic fantasy RPG.
The winner on these three games might spread a lot of GOTY awards apart. I bet on the press picking a multiplatform game is possible, but if Spiderman is really good it could take off.
Hard to say for me. I will probably enjoy them all at nearly the same level.
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They had gameplay reveals of Ghost of Tsushima, Death Stranding and The Last of Us 2.
Cory does have special talent in directing video games indeed; especially in God of War series.
The sequel could use fresh blood in direction & nurturing new talents in Santa Monica Studio, while maybe he's just as Producer or something.
But I also want to see his new IP realized, and hope passes through SIE approval.
The sequel could use fresh blood in direction & nurturing new talents in Santa Monica Studio, while maybe he's just as Producer or something.
But I also want to see his new IP realized, and hope passes through SIE approval.
Yeah, I don't disagree in terms of everything lining up very well for the game. I just don't think it makes sense business wise to expect such a massive, historical opening.
None.
They are just talking about the reveals for the big 4.
Gotcha. Weird because the words they use are 'the games revealed at E3'. None of those big four were revealed at E3. Semantics though, whatever.
Reveal is kind of a strange term; I think they're talking about the gameplay reveal of their first party games and the feedback to the games, social media traction, Youtube traction, etc.
I was also a bit skeptical about the gameplay when it was first revealed, but it ended up being my favorite God of War game and one of the best of the generation. I replayed it before NG+ ever became a thing and will likely play a third time when NG+ comes out.
Man that would be cool if they tracked how many times BOI! Was yelled instead of sales. So we could do the math on how many copies.
I have a feeling that preorders were not that promising and thus their internal guidance was lower. Eventually the game came out and it went viral. During the launch week there were hundreds of streams and youtube videos talking about it and it held pretty well on twitch as well which is pretty rare for a strictly single player title. I also feel like it has very good legs.
Yup, I had virtually no interest in previous God of War games but adored God of War 2018. Just ended up blowing me away. I almost went for the Platinum but decided to hold off and dive back in if there's any Frozen Wilds style expansion rather than burning myself out.