| 123tbones said: I forgot the Death Stranding Director's Cut came out that week. 2,658 units is a surprising low number when the original opened with 185,909. Compare this to Ghost of Tsushima where the original opened with 212,915 and the Director's Cut opened with 23,969. This doesn't even relate to the low PS5 numbers Japan has been getting as 13,745 of that 23,969 were for the PS5. |
Directors cut "bombed" everywhere. I feel like there is no commercial pull for it, at least Ghost and FFVIIR had a meaty expansion with story attached to it. Sonys push for re-releases on a platform that is fully BC with improvements that can be added via software updates has understandably produced fairly poor retail impact.
Ghost is the only game I think will a benefit much from that re-release and continue to appear in global charts later in the year. Its original legs were cut short by the arrival of the PS5. FFVII and Death Stranding however were both extremely front loaded and I don't think they have much more sales potential beyond what they've sold already.
