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BMaker11 on 30 January 2014
thismeintiel said:
Kasz216 said:
Touma said:
Chris Owen @Envisager_
Amazing! #PS4 exclusive title, KILLZONE™ SHADOW FALL, exceeded sales of over 2.1 million units as of January 15, 2014. @killzone

VGC: 1,23M 11 jan

Shipped numbers but probably undertracked by VGC.

Nah.


DLC is supposed to 1/4th to 1/3rd what physical sales are right?

So you figure 1.23 sellthrough

+ DL sales

= 1.64 million sold to consumers.

Leaves about 400K on the shelves.

That sounds about right if not a little short for remaining stock.

I highly doubt digital makes up for that much, especially for a game like Killzone.  I'd say digital may account for 100K or so.  But, there's no way it accounts for over half a million in sales.

uhh...1/4 of the 1.23M (VGC numbers) sold would be a little over 300k and 1/3 would be a little over 400k. Neither of which is over a half a million sales. And considering that more and more games are being bought digitally nowadays, and KZ being the premier exclusive on the PS4 right now, and as digitally focused as consoles are becoming, it wouldn't surprise me if 300k bought it digitally. I think Kasz is right, with 400k on the shelves seeming reasonable, since Sony said the 2.1M was a sell-in number (shipped).



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outlawauron on 30 January 2014
Nsanity said:
ThatDanishGamer said:
Mr Puggsly said:
FlamingWeazel said:

WOW, massively undertracked here. Amazing sales although I personally was disappointed in the game. Just shows making games at launch does not mean bad sales due to lower install base.

Did you consider this is shipped and not sold?


So far, Sony has only published sales not shipping numbers.

It looks like the numbers reported were shipped: http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showthread.php?t=759983

I'm not sure in what fairy land publishers know actual sales numbers. They never will unless they're quoting NPD, Chart track, Famitsu, etc.



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Slimebeast on 31 January 2014

Maybe bundled digital download copies were counted?



DonFerrari on 31 January 2014
sales2099 said:
ArmGunar said:
GG Guerrilla !

Well deserved :)

k I know I am me and I reaaaally don't wanna be that guy now, but principle dictates me to say this.

Killzone SF isn't on the same level critically as KZ 3 and especially not KZ2 (the best of the IP by far). Yet it is selling at a faster pace, most likely due to being the sole launch exclusive worth getting.

Now this is great for the developers, no doubt about that. It is like a fresh start to expand upon as PS4 grows. But as fans of the IP....should you really be encouraging this? It is like celebrating COD sales every year, even though the meta score gets lower and lower. Ideally, we should reward quality that also sells amazing.

(if I behave like this when a X1 game scores lower yet sells higher, feel free to call me out whomever reads this).


May I do a preemptive attack and say you will probably celebrate some exclusive with low score like Ryse or the next game that you like but reviewers despise?



duduspace11 "Well, since we are estimating costs, Pokemon Red/Blue did cost Nintendo about $50m to make back in 1996"

http://gamrconnect.vgchartz.com/post.php?id=8808363

Mr Puggsly: "Hehe, I said good profit. You said big profit. Frankly, not losing money is what I meant by good. Don't get hung up on semantics"

http://gamrconnect.vgchartz.com/post.php?id=9008994

Azzanation: "PS5 wouldn't sold out at launch without scalpers."

DonFerrari on 31 January 2014
J_Allard said:
Mr Puggsly said:
FlamingWeazel said:

WOW, massively undertracked here. Amazing sales although I personally was disappointed in the game. Just shows making games at launch does not mean bad sales due to lower install base.

Did you consider this is shipped and not sold?

If so I expect tons of posts about how terrible and misleading Sony is for trying to put one past gamers.

Like you and other MS fans did right?

Or if you read this same thread you will see a lot of Sony fans saying that it is Shipped (even tough we can't be sure yet).



duduspace11 "Well, since we are estimating costs, Pokemon Red/Blue did cost Nintendo about $50m to make back in 1996"

http://gamrconnect.vgchartz.com/post.php?id=8808363

Mr Puggsly: "Hehe, I said good profit. You said big profit. Frankly, not losing money is what I meant by good. Don't get hung up on semantics"

http://gamrconnect.vgchartz.com/post.php?id=9008994

Azzanation: "PS5 wouldn't sold out at launch without scalpers."