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Forums - Sales Discussion - God of War (PS4) nearing 20M sold, franchise cross 50M.

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DonFerrari on 12 November 2020

Seems like God of War is near or passed 20M, should be officially confirmed soon enough.

Thanks @Evilms for the info.

The New York Times ( https://www.nytimes.com/2020/11/11/technology/sony-playstation-5-ps5.html ) reveals that the God Of War franchise has exceeded 51 million copies sold in the world since its debut on PlayStation 2.

Sales of the series reached 22 million copies before the release of God Of War Ascension and 29 million just before the release of the PS4 magnum opus.

In May 2019, the game had sold more than 11 million copies in just one year.

When all the data is put together we can infer that God of War (PS4) is near 20M sold. That is phenomenal and together with Spider-Man, TLOUR, UC4 among the highest selling PS4 exclusives.



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."

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Evilms on 12 November 2020

Ragnarok on PS5 will be insane !



JRPGfan on 12 November 2020

Sony let Cory Barlog, do his thing.... and instead of asking him to do a 2nd, when he wanted to do something else they let him.

That takes balls (from sony), same for Gory Barlog, to walk away from what would without a doubt have been another successfull God of War, if he had stayed on for next installment.

Evilms said:
Ragnarok on PS5 will be insane !

Only slight worry is its without Gory Barlog, right?



Trumpstyle on 12 November 2020

God of war is the best game this console generation!



6x master league achiever in starcraft2

Beaten Sigrun on God of war mode

Beaten DOOM ultra-nightmare with NO endless ammo-rune, 2x super shotgun and no decoys on ps4 pro.

1-0 against Grubby in Wc3 frozen throne ladder!!

DonFerrari on 12 November 2020
JRPGfan said:

Sony let Cory Barlog, do his thing.... and instead of asking him to do a 2nd, when he wanted to do something else they let him.

That takes balls (from sony), same for Gory Barlog, to walk away from what would without a doubt have been another successfull God of War, if he had stayed on for next installment.

Evilms said:
Ragnarok on PS5 will be insane !

Only slight worry is its without Gory Barlog, right?

Also not forget when they wanted to move on from God War Sony allowed, but when that didn't work out and they wanted back they were allowed as well. A lot of money lost on that, but they had the confidence on the team.

Isn't Cory only on extended vacation? Do you have the source for he leaving SSM?



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."

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JRPGfan on 12 November 2020

"Isn't Cory only on extended vacation? Do you have the source for he leaving SSM?"

Wasnt he doing a side project? something sci-fy or such? Maybe Im remember wrong.
Im not even sure he left SSM, me just be on another team within the same studio.



DonFerrari on 12 November 2020
JRPGfan said:

"Isn't Cory only on extended vacation? Do you have the source for he leaving SSM?"

Wasnt he doing a side project? something sci-fy or such? Maybe Im remember wrong.
Im not even sure he left SSM, me just be on another team within the same studio.

The sci-fi was the game that got canned because was to similar to Destiny. It was before GoW (when he wanted to move away from it, and then wanted back).



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."

PotentHerbs on 12 November 2020

So if the figure is accurate, God of War quadrupled its popularity with the reboot, essentially becoming a juggernaut franchise. Spiderman is probably over 20+ Million lifetime sales too.



foodfather on 12 November 2020

While I don't quite believe the numbers it is easily the best exclusive game that I have played, I absolutely hated the series before, but the feeling I felt playing it was just like how it was first time I played TLOU. I'm glad its the best selling in the franchise. I can't wait to see more of it.



Replicant on 12 November 2020
DonFerrari said:
Isn't Cory only on extended vacation? Do you have the source for he leaving SSM?

JRPGfan said:
Wasnt he doing a side project? something sci-fy or such?

Yeah, he's rumored to be developing a new IP with a 2nd team at SIE Santa Monica.

ResetEra has collected the rumors:
1. Cory Barlog is working on a new IP (link)
2. Santa Monica is building a second team (link)
3. Duncan Jones hinting at Barlogs new project (link)
4. Cory Barlog is teasing a sci-fi project (link)
5. Eric Williams is the Director of the God of War sequel (link)