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Forums - Sales Discussion - The legs of Heavenly Sword: How does it do it?

makingmusic476 on 21 December 2008

How does Heavenly Sword continue to sell so well even today?  The game is only at 1.33 million LTD, but it's currently selling better than either the ps3 version of Devil May Cry 4 or Ninja Gaiden II!  Both games had far better openings, but their legs are nothing compared to Heavenly Sword's:

http://www.vgchartz.com/swlaunch.php?reg1=All&game1=Heavenly+Sword+-+PS3&reg2=All&game2=Devil+May+Cry+4+-+PS3&reg3=All&game3=Ninja+Gaiden+2+-+X360&weeks=70

Heavenly Sword is beating both games in both overall sales and current weekly sales, despite a number of things:

  • This is DMC4 and NGII's first holiday season, while it is Heavenly Swords' second.
  • Heavenly Sword is still fully priced at $59.99 in NA, while DMC4 and Ninja Gaiden are both $39.99.
  • Heavenly Sword is a new IP, while the others are not.  DMC is the second best selling franchise in its genre after God of War.

Why is this happening?  Is it bundles?  I know there aren't (and never were) any Heavenly Sword bundles in NA, and I tried searching for some that might have happened in Europe, but only found news of one for France back in September 2007, shortly after the game's release.

All I have to say is - congratulations Heavenly Sword!  You deserve a sequel, imo.



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Xen on 21 December 2008

What? no bundles? at all?

It's a good game for sure, but wow. Female fans of God of War ? ;)



Dogs Rule on 21 December 2008

To quote ZZ Top: "She's got legs and she knows how to use them."

Nariko is a hot comodity. Hopefully at some point it leads to a sequel. (obviously without Nariko in a direct role.)



Squilliam on 21 December 2008

Its the legs baby, I wanna see how far they can spread.



Tease.

makingmusic476 on 21 December 2008

A better example of Heavenly Sword's great legs:



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S.T.A.G.E. on 21 December 2008

Too bad Sony ended it.



NYANKS on 21 December 2008

Maybe people realized how awesome it is? I loved it, first current gen game I beat if I remember correctly and I loved it.



MontanaHatchet on 21 December 2008

Amazon UK has it as a Platinum Hits title for 18 pounds. Could be other reason, but I'm not sure.



 

 

makingmusic476 on 21 December 2008
S.T.A.G.E. said:
Too bad Sony ended it.

 

Well they put Nariko in LBP.  It may just be that Ninja Theory wanted to work on another franchise before returning to Heavenly Sword.



CrazzyMan on 21 December 2008

It`s a GREAT AA PS3 game. :)
Scores were slashed only for ~7h story mode.

And THAT is why many PS3 AA games in the end will sell A LOT even with not very big opening weeks.



Every 5 seconds on earth one child dies from hunger...

2009.04.30 - PS3 will OUTSELL x360 atleast by the middle of 2010. Japan+Europe > NA.


Gran Turismo 3 - 1,06 mln. in 3 weeks with around 4 mln. PS2 on the launch.
Gran Turismo 4 - 1,16 mln. with 18 mln. PS2 on the launch.

Final Fantasy X - around 2 mln. with 5 mln. PS2 on the launch.
Final Fantasy X-2 - 2.4 mln. with 12 mln. PS2 on the launch.

 

1.8 mln. PS3 today(2008.01.17) in Japan. Now(2009.04.30) 3.16 mln. PS3 were sold in Japan.
PS3 will reach 4 mln. in Japan by the end of 2009 with average weekly sales 25k.

PS3 may reach 5 mln. in Japan by the end of 2009 with average weekly sales 50k.
PS2 2001 vs PS3 2008 sales numbers =) + New games released in Japan by 2009 that passed 100k so far