Nier and Nioh are unfortunately poorly named and timed for release

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fleischr said:

celador said:
Nier Automata outsold the original lifetime Japanese sales in launch week. It will almost certainly massively outperform the original in EU and NA too given it's reviews.

And Nioh has done over 1m already. I know that was shipments, but another week on plus digital, it has done great.

I think they will both be fine and both will sell enough to make sequels likely

200k is a solid launch. 1 milllion is always great. Still that being said - the poor naming/timing adversely affect the legs of these games.

I think both sell well because their high quality makes up for a lot - but I stand by my conjecture that they would perhaps sell better in a less competitive window of time.

 

fleischr said:

celador said:
Nier Automata outsold the original lifetime Japanese sales in launch week. It will almost certainly massively outperform the original in EU and NA too given it's reviews.

And Nioh has done over 1m already. I know that was shipments, but another week on plus digital, it has done great.

I think they will both be fine and both will sell enough to make sequels likely

200k is a solid launch. 1 milllion is always great. Still that being said - the poor naming/timing adversely affect the legs of these games.

I think both sell well because their high quality makes up for a lot - but I stand by my conjecture that they would perhaps sell better in a less competitive window of time.

Yeah Sony should space out their games like Microsoft does.