Forspoken did well in all regions apparently.
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Rush to the toilet is at number 350. It's selling as much as Assetto Corsa and Black Ops 4, both from 2018 at full price. It's the biggest bomba ever for a first-party game. 5 years development time for this?
Zero. It dropped out of the top 50 most played already.
Bethesda was never known for technical marvels or visually pleasing games. I never played Fallout 76 and will not play it because its not for me. Saying Forspoken is a beautiful game is like saying a girl who weighs 500 lbs is attractive. Have you not paid attention to the bland ugly textures or the character models? I am not sure if you are looking at the same game. Forspoken looks like title that was made for the PS3, but blame the luminous engine, its absolutely horrible and Square are absolute idiots for using it.
Look at all this blandness, emptiness and pure grayness lol.
That actually does look good though? Not every game needs to be as colorful as a Pixar film to look good. I'd say something like HFW looks better than this easily, but that doesn't mean Forspoken looks bad.
Similar to something like Hellblade II; when that game comes out it's going to be a rather "bland" game in terms of visual colors...does that suddenly look bad now? I think games with a more muted, somewhat less desaturated color scheme can look great, and I think Forspoken looks pretty good artistically speaking. Not the absolute best out there either on that front or the technical front, but it doesn't need to be.
Plus this particular shot seems like it was captured in a midday overcast, so some of the colors and luminosity are going to be a bit muted naturally.
"did well"
- tanked on steam
- not in top 5 of NPD
- not even #1 PS5 game in Japan, where you'd 100% expect it to be.
For a very heavily budgeted and advertised AAA exclusive IP, it's pretty disappointing all things considered.
Your back has GOT to be hurting bending this much to concoct a narrative. Y'all failed last year with HFW and GT7, you're failing this year with Forspoken
No, but we can say with certainty that a lot more people played, and enjoyed, it more.
KH4 trailer was done in UE4 and then confirmed final game will be in UE5 by the devs.
FF7 Rebirth is confirmed for PS5 only, no previous gen versions. Not coming to PS4. UE5 was made in a way where it's very easy to transfer from UE4 to UE5 during mid development, that's one of the special things about it when the new version was introduced. There are even YouTube videos on how to do it, even indie devs can easily switch up on the go in a matter of no time.
As of now just assume it's running in UE4. But I WOULD not be surprised final FF7 Rebirth build is in UE5.
One might surmise that the player base that would appreciate it the most is not on the platforms the game was released to…
Sales, player metrics, consumer reception…. All matter. Even more than what critics say. Critics loved deathloop. Players ignored it.
Games need to make money. If they don’t that dev will cease to exist, be scaled back and then sequels and future projects may never happen.
See Halo Infinite for worst possible scenario.
Games need to make money. If they don’t that dev will cease to exist, be scaled back and then sequels and future projects may never happen.
See Halo Infinite for worst possible scenario.
If that's the case then where is Bloodborne 2? Not only was that game amazing, it sold well too if I recall. But yet, where is the sequel? Also, plenty of bad games gotten sequels before surprisngly... look at Knack. I was one of the oddballs thst actually liked that game, but most hated it. No clue if it sold well, but I don't believe it did? Yet, still got a sequel, that I have yet to play.
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I think Bloodborne 2 is coming.......Also I think Knack 1 sold pretty well, hence the sequels......Wasn't there a meme where Knack was beating some Nintendo game.....? It did well tbf...
Bloodborne’s success is what gave you the demon’s soul remake. It’s what gave us Elden Ring. That proves my point tho. The money is in from software and souls-likes now. Bloodborne is part of that.
Have some patience; FromSoft were busy with Sekiro and Elden Ring; Bloodborne's the kind of game that can get a sequel once a generation and get things shaking. It's like asking why hasn't there been a sequel to Mario Odyssey yet....you already know why. Some sequels can cook for a long time, usually because the devs want to do some crazy big things the next game.
I think what Vertigo is talking about, is in the case of a typical game. But stuff like Bloodborne are exceptions.
Fromsoft have other priorities, and Sony likely knows that No one wants a Bloodborne 2 that isn't developed by Fromsoft. They'll just have to wait until they're free.
Patience? It's not even about the patience in the case of Bloodborne. It's the simple fact that Sony is being fucking annoying and quiet about Bloodborne as an IP.
They own the IP, not From Software. Miyazaki said his down for a sequel but the ball is in Sony's court. Sony continue to ignore Bloodborne like it doesn't exist. No PC version, no PS5 update, no remaster, no fucking nothing. You don't need From Software for a Bloodborne Remaster, Bluepoint can easily do it.
This is the problem, it's not even about whether there is a sequel or not. They're ignoring the IP and pretending like it doesn't exist. It's the fact that there is no acknowledgment.
*checks location of development team*Does it meet Squares hefty expectations though?
Yes, Square is pleased, it met or exceeded expectations.
Why don't you wait until something has more than one release before calling it an IP? Also, I think Bluepoint is doing their own original game now, not a port.
You have to be joking right? A game doesn't need a sequel to be considered an IP. Sony owns the rights to Bloodborne whether it has a sequel or not. Sounds like you are just saying something for the sake of saying it to sound smart. Please stop, lol. A game is still an IP and someone owns rights to it, regardless if it has another game in the franchise or not.
Yes, I heard lots of rumors on Bluepoint projects and both of them included a sequel too Bloodborne or a remaster. The sequel wouldn't make sense, I am sure Sony knows its better if From Software does it.
Remaster, sure I could see them doing that and then there are also rumors they're working on some sort of a MGS Remake and their own original project. Point is, too many rumors, too much gossip and 0 official acknowledgement and Sony is fucking stupid for not mentioning anything on Bloodborne at this point in time.
I hate Jim Ryan so much. The old Sony crew was far superior. Andrew House and Shawn Layden were so much better and the marketing didn't suck either.
Sony is starting to repeat mistakes of the PS3 era. Cocky and overly arrogant, if they keep this up then they will fall into their own demise. Just because your a marker leader doesn't mean you should keep people in the dark and take forever to communicate with your fanbase.
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