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gooch_destroyer on 07 October 2021
Otter said:

Kena was the No.1 downloaded game on PSN in europe, despite only 1 week on sale.

No.3 in the US, after NBA & Deathloop.

Considering there is literally no marketing for it, those sales are kinda nuts. I predict it will have legs too, physical is arriving in November.

I have it. It's a good game.  It reminds me of the PS2 platform adventure games. 



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DonFerrari on 08 October 2021
Otter said:

Kena was the No.1 downloaded game on PSN in europe, despite only 1 week on sale.

No.3 in the US, after NBA & Deathloop.

Considering there is literally no marketing for it, those sales are kinda nuts. I predict it will have legs too, physical is arriving in November.

There was marketing for it, but it wouldn't ever be an AAA marketing brigade.



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."

Otter on 08 October 2021
DonFerrari said:
Otter said:

Kena was the No.1 downloaded game on PSN in europe, despite only 1 week on sale.

No.3 in the US, after NBA & Deathloop.

Considering there is literally no marketing for it, those sales are kinda nuts. I predict it will have legs too, physical is arriving in November.

There was marketing for it, but it wouldn't ever be an AAA marketing brigade.

Did you see paid marketing? Like TV spots, youtube ads, banners etc?

All I recall is the conference trailers



DonFerrari on 08 October 2021
Otter said:
DonFerrari said:

There was marketing for it, but it wouldn't ever be an AAA marketing brigade.

Did you see paid marketing? Like TV spots, youtube ads, banners etc?

All I recall is the conference trailers

There is much more to marketing than TV spots, banners and ads on youtube. Again you are expecting AAA level marketing for an Indie game, that wouldn't happen.



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."

Otter on 08 October 2021
DonFerrari said:
Otter said:

Did you see paid marketing? Like TV spots, youtube ads, banners etc?

All I recall is the conference trailers

There is much more to marketing than TV spots, banners and ads on youtube. Again you are expecting AAA level marketing for an Indie game, that wouldn't happen.

Sure, isn't that the whole point? A game where I haven't seen any paid marketing is competing with AAA titles which have been shoved down our throats and have ads all over the place. I don't expect it from Kena, just noting that its competitive without which is impressive




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DonFerrari on 08 October 2021
Otter said:
DonFerrari said:

There is much more to marketing than TV spots, banners and ads on youtube. Again you are expecting AAA level marketing for an Indie game, that wouldn't happen.

Sure, isn't that the whole point? A game where I haven't seen any paid marketing is competing with AAA titles which have been shoved down our throats and have ads all over the place. I don't expect it from Kena, just noting that its competitive without which is impressive


owwww ok, I thought you were complaining about the lack of marketing, there were some in VGC about it.



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."

TallSilhouette on 08 October 2021

Finished Ghost of Tsushima + Iki Island last week. Very heavy, satisfying finishes to both. Put almost 100 hours in altogether. Money well spent. Took a BUTTLOAD of captures of these latter portions. We'll see how many VGC allows me to post, starting with the final third of the main game (curated):













Screw this particular cut!



























Spoilers:

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/FAzdy5nXsAIROVV?format=jpg&name=4096x4096
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https://pbs.twimg.com/media/FAzd96jXsAIJ7Il?format=jpg&name=4096x4096

All games with photo modes ought to dedicate a single button to it if they can; no pause menu or awkward combinations. I take way more captures that way.

Last edited by TallSilhouette - on 08 October 2021

kazuyamishima on 09 October 2021

There are many options that Sony can buy with the likes of:

- Ember Lab
- Koei Tecmo
- Sumo
- Square Enix
- Capcom

They want to consolidate content to expand and they will start to spend more money to it.



gooch_destroyer on 09 October 2021
kazuyamishima said:

There are many options that Sony can buy with the likes of:

- Ember Lab
- Koei Tecmo
- Sumo
- Square Enix
- Capcom

They want to consolidate content to expand and they will start to spend more money to it.

What about Arc System Works?



kazuyamishima on 09 October 2021
gooch_destroyer said:
kazuyamishima said:

There are many options that Sony can buy with the likes of:

- Ember Lab
- Koei Tecmo
- Sumo
- Square Enix
- Capcom

They want to consolidate content to expand and they will start to spend more money to it.

What about Arc System Works?

That’s another one, trying to consolidate after they got EVO and their titles performed really good on Sony platforms.