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[DeepEnigma]

Great news.

Now let's see 1 and 3 after your own IP ships.

 

[hinch7]

My surprise hit of the year. Glad it sold well.

Here's hoping we get more from them, and more decent SH games in general.

 

[adamsapple]

My surprise hit of the year.

Agreed, definitely had a lot of reservations going in with Bloober's history but was a surprisingly good game.

 

[hinch7]

Agreed, definitely had a lot of reservations going in with Bloober's history but was a surprisingly good game.

Totally. I went in with low expectatations and went out binged through it (only games I really enjoy I do that).

This alongside Indy and the Great Circle made it quite a decent year for unexpectedly awesome games; with lasting impressions.

 

[Giallo Corsa]

This amazing dev has yet to fix the game on PS5 Pro.
It's been 2 months since their latest (shitty) patch and it's been nothing but radio silence on their part, sorry but I can't start clapping yet.

Also, and always IMO, the fact that the game came out good in the end is more of an anomaly than actual merit taking into account Bloober's pedigree - and this comes from someone that actually enjoyed Blair witch, the medium and observer.

Said it before and I'll say it again, Bloober has some very good artists and art direction in their games but when it comes to the actual technical part... they will always be incredibly incompetent

 

[Chuck Berry]

Also, and always IMO, the fact that the game came out good in the end is more of an anomaly than actual merit taking into account Bloober's pedigree

You know its crazy times when a Bloober game is outselling and outrating and outwinning BioWare's latest.

Who the fuck saw this one coming

 

[James Sawyer Ford]

So that’s around $100M in revenue?

Hope it was enough to make it a financial success

Bloober is polish right? Dev costs probably cheap

 

[Denton]

You saw... And you didn't trust Bloober Team.

Huh? I was one of the few on this board optimistic about the remake from the outset.

 

[viveks86]

Square Enix must be disappointed with these numbers

 

[Heimdall_Xtreme]

Huh? I was one of the few on this board optimistic about the remake from the outset.

Ahhhh, there are now 2 of us, I also trusted Bloober team from the beginning, for the Blair Witch game.

But many people were wrong, we were right.

 

[Moses85]

Surprised how a small studio produced such an amazing looking game.

Youve heard of

?

 

[wipeout364]

That seems really low for such a premium IP that had excellent reviews; I wonder what their expectations were.

 

[yogaflame]

Vast majority of sales on Sony's machine guaranteed. Once again, PS5 owners saving the industry by buying full priced single player games on release.

Don't fight it. Don't deny it. You know it to be true. Thank us.

Everybody wants us to swap to PC gaming but nobody wants to live in an industry full of PC only gamers.

It proves that selling games to pc is not automatically result an additional big sales number. The console is still the driving force for sales especially exclusives. Even ff7 rebirth right now, the sales in pc is not that big right now. If its a halflife and gta title it will sell big in any platform but not all games are gta or halflife.

 

[FinalBossWithTheMostPower]

Great game.

Bring on Bloobers's remake of 1 and 3.

And a new unrelated entry. Please.

 

[yogaflame]

THis just shows peiple have zero taste in games.

2mill only? And how many of that is on playstation alone vs pc?

It should have sold way more but todays gamers are not gamers.

Console is still the driving force in terms in sales. Even Metaphor recently, there are more who both it for Ps5 than xbox and pc combines. Ff7 rebirth sales is not that big right now in pc. Where is the support from pc masters? Where is the support for great games like Sh2 remake? That is why Im worried about Stellar blade PC port. Its a huge hit for Ps5 but Im not sure about the outcome in PC. I rather see shift up focus on PS5 especially the Dlc and sequel.

 

[GymWolf]

They made a fantastic remake. Happy to see that Bloober proved themselves. My only complaint with the game is that there are too many enemies.

And not nearly enough enemy variety, encounters get kinda boring and not so scary by half game.

 

[Katajx]

Played it. Beat it. Enjoyed it. Was the first game I beat this year. Kinda miss the days when selling 2 million copies was generally regarded as successful.

 

[yogaflame]

And not nearly enough enemy variety, encounters get kinda boring and not so scary by half game.

I understand but it is still impressive and technical marvel even in Ps5 slim, at even just 30 fps I was still impress and it did not bother my gameplay. Well it is not Doom or RE with allot of variety of monster, this is more of

Spoiler

dealing with the psychology and state of mind and guilt of James, and all the monsters and scenes are symbolic, sort like a test.

 

[Da1337Vinci]

More than dragon age and a fraction of the cost

 

[GymWolf]

I understand but it is still impressive and technical marvel even in Ps5 slim, at even just 30 fps I was still impress and it did not bother my gameplay. Well it is not Doom or RE with allot of variety of monster, this is more of

Spoiler

dealing with the psychology and state of mind and guilt of James, and all the monsters and scenes are symbolic, sort like a test.

I know all of that and it's not a huge flaw in the end, but a flaw nevertheless.

 

[Nickolaidas]

Square Enix must be disappointed with these numbers

Wha?

 

[Jayjayhd34]

Seems really low to be honest

 

[viveks86]

Wha?

 

[MiguelItUp]

More than dragon age and a fraction of the cost

Albeit a completely different kind of game, and honestly, a much better one IMO.

 

[adamsapple]

Square Enix must be disappointed with these numbers

 

[Nickolaidas]

I didn't until he posted the GIF.

 

[Lokaum D+]

Good game, I don't like the arbitrary ways they use to determine which ending you'll get, if u need a guide to get the good endings its a no no imo, i got the "Maria" ending btw.

After that i booted SH1 and got the bad ending too, its too damn hard to get good endings without a guide and i m thinking this must happens in all the games.

 

[Strategize]

Good game, I don't like the arbitrary ways they use to determine which ending you'll get, if u need a guide to get the good endings its a no no imo, i got the "Maria" ending btw.

After that i booted SH1 and got the bad ending too, its too damn hard to get good endings without a guide and i m thinking this must happens in all the games.

Ironically the Maria ending is actually the hardest one to get, you just miraculously did all the right (or in this case wrong) things. The vast majority of people get the Leave or In Water endings first playthrough.

 

[Darius87]

only thing i didn't like is difficulty as most i played on normal by the half of the game i was having 100+ bullets and 20+ health and 10+ syringes i would like that it would not have difficulty choices or normal would be normal and not easy.

 

[Lokaum D+]

Ironically the Maria ending is actually the hardest one to get, you just miraculously did all the right (or in this case wrong) things. The vast majority of people get the Leave or In Water endings first playthrough.

Really ? from what i've read it feels like the easiest one to get it, you just need to stay close to her isnt ?

I watched the other endings on YT and all off than hits hard as fuck, the Maria one is just meh if u dont understand it.

 

[yogaflame]

Ironically the Maria ending is actually the hardest one to get, you just miraculously did all the right (or in this case wrong) things. The vast majority of people get the Leave or In Water endings first playthrough.

They say

Spoiler

Leave is the best since James and Laura survive , but Maria has that appeal to me because I also got attach to her. But the interpretation of of some is that its a bad ending since it will just be cycle again of her getting sick and James doing the same mistake.

 

[TheKingOfSheep]

I'll pick up a copy if it comes to Xbox (or Switch 2). Sadly my pc can't run it And I'm a big fan. Was there day one on PS2 back in the day.

 

[Danjin44]

Well deserved, I had almost no faith in this remake based on Konami's track record and trailer didn't helped but in the end I couldn't be more happier to be wrong.

 

[Lokaum D+]

They say

Spoiler

Leave is the best since James and Laura survive , but Maria has that appeal to me because I also got attach to her. But the interpretation of of some is that its a bad ending since it will just be cycle again of her getting sick and James doing the same mistake.

Spoiler

tbh any ending that James leave alive is bad, dude should burn in fire, Maria ending is sad cause she suffered a lot and she is guilt of nothing. She got what she wanted, that was to leave with him, get sick and die again in the real word, no resurrections for her this time.

 

[fart town usa]

Doesn't seem like much . Hopefully it made Konami some money, I really like their redemption arc and want to see where it can lead.

 

[Thief1987]

That seems really low for such a premium IP that had excellent reviews; I wonder what their expectations were.

SH never was premium franchise. Whole series sold only 9 million copies combined as of 2018. Remake on a pace to sold at least 5, so more than half of that.

 

[Parazels]

Is it better, than RE 1 Remake, RE 4 and RE Code Veronica?

 

[Danjin44]

Is it better, than RE 1 Remake, RE 4 and RE Code Veronica?

I wouldn't say that but I would say its on bar with RE2Remake.

Both are good remakes but not meant to replace the original games.

 

[viveks86]

Is it better, than RE 1 Remake, RE 4 and RE Code Veronica?

In my opinion, yes. But also because I hadn't played the original SH2. So my mind was constantly being blown.

 

[cinnamonandgravy]

job well done--deserves more sales

and damn does the audio elevate the experience

 

[Calverz]

Impressive results.

But I'm personally disappointed in PC sales. It was a day-and-date release of a beloved franchise's long-awaited return. They still didn't buy it.

Would have been great had the PC community also supported the game better. Would have been around 3.5 to 4 million copies by now.

 

[Killer8]

It's done about as well as Astro Bot then. Similar sales figures, release timing and probably team size. I reckon it will reach 3-4 million after a few years with deeper discounts (most it's had off so far is 20%).

Very well deserved and yes i'll toot my own horn by saying I defended this hard on GAF against all of the naysaying pre-release.

 

[Badlucktroll]

My guess is Konami will also come out swinging on switch 2. fun times.

 

[luca_29_bg]

And not nearly enough enemy variety, encounters get kinda boring and not so scary by half game.

The game can't have any variety of enemies compared to what it has, because these enemies are tied to the story in a very specific way! We should be thankful that we got variations of them!

 

[luca_29_bg]

I know all of that and it's not a huge flaw in the end, but a flaw nevertheless.

It can't be considered a flaw, the plot is the same as the original and the enemies are tied to the plot of the game, they couldn't add new type of enemies just to increase the variety of them, because this would have meant rewriting the plot! It's a faithful remake of the original game! Come on now!

 

[GymWolf]

Edit: meh it's not worthy.

 

[Bartski]

Bloober is polish right? Dev costs probably cheap

Thats insane amount of money, even of Konami took half of the profit. 11bit sold 350k of Frostpunk 2 to make profit and they’re in the Warsaw, while Bloober is in Cracow, that’s lower operation costs than in the capital