Mazzy said:
I've been following Amazon charts for a little over two years, but thanks for the condescending reply. Even Ratchet and Clank hovered in the top 10 for weeks and was in #1 for days, and I'd imagine Uncharted 4 should have 5-6x that game's sales. In the yearly charts, Uncharted 4 is only two places in front of Twilgiht Princess Remastered and since it's unlikely to touch the PSN cards, that really won't help us. And yes, there really haven't been many big exclusives this gen, but when you do have a big, nay MASSIVE, exclusive like Uncharted 4 you can't compare it to other mediocre exclusive launches and say "heh, well at least it's better than those, r-right?" you have to look at overall sales, hardware moved, word of mouth it generates for your brand, compare it to other exclusives as well as multiplats, etc. While Amazon deals in a lot of generalities and guesstimates (especially for software), one thing we do know is that it has already been heavily discounted a week after launch in multiple retailers, and Sony has been mum on sales figures, with the only numbers we have being a statement from GfK chart-track about UK sales. Yes, 66% sales over Uncharted 3 sounds good on paper, but this is so far the biggest exclusive this gen (and really the only big AAA Sony exclusive this gen), received the largest ad campaign in PlayStation history, and had a lot riding on it. We already know the bundle did not do very well (not really surprising given it is LE), and I suppose we will have to wait until May numbers to see its effect on hardware. I just can't help but feel that the hype died down quickly, and the sales, while decent, don't match the marketing mammoth that this game is.
I agree, it's too early, but all signs point to not meeting expectations. "Good" sales is relative, and I think in the context of the marketing blitz, multiple delays, and being the first major exclusive that Sony has released (and pushed heavily) in years, that it received a rather lukewarm response in terms of sales, reviews, and word of mouth. Kind of reminds me of MGSV in a way, speaking of which, it just had its MSRP slashed across the board.
Is this post meant to be tongue-in-cheek? Halo 5 is regarded as one of the biggest flops and falls from grace of any franchise. Uncharted 4, the biggest exclusive of this gen on the leading platform, outperformed it by a slim margin. Congratulations? Still doesn't hold a candle to major exclusives of last gen or to multiplats of this gen. Unless we've just dismissed exclusives as mattering anymore in the grand scheme of things, and we have become satisfied with mediocrity in sales? |
Doesn't really matter anymore anyway since exclusives don't drive console sales like they used to. So far, UC4 is performing better than the previous entires so far. That's the only metric is needs to be compared to. Just because it gets a 15% discounnt on Amazon doesn't change matters much. I don't think anyone is expecting Destiny level numbers for Uncharted, but I'm sure they're satisfied with them nonetheless.
If the game was already out of the top 20 on Amazon, maybe that would be an indicator of something to be concerned with. I don't think a PR statement is going to change the game much more. PS4 is already selling fine with or without major exclusives.
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