Demon Souls having strong and impressive sales (top 15 on NPD)!

Demon Souls a mega hardcore RPG is selling amazingly well it even surprised Atlus and made them make and ship even more copies because of the high demand as the game is now close to have sold $200,000 copies in US only, NPD shared their info on the top 20 games of October and Demon Souls was just close to make it to the top ten as it made the top 15 and above Brutal Legend and took place number 11.

to be honest its good news and the game sure is one of the best to be seen this year, now hoping for Demon Souls 2 pretty soon 8)

whats your opinion on the game so far?

Link: http://www.destructoid.com/demon-s-souls-sales-are-impressive--155137.phtml

Wow, that's surprising. Props to Atlus and From.

If only it had advertising.:shock:

EPIC news

It's crazy isn't it? I was in the mall yesterday and i heard this guy was telling a bunch of his friends how hard he heard the game was. The bunch of them didnt seem like the hardcore RPG type either (if that can be judged by appearance :P )

guess the word got out

If only it had advertising.:shock:

dercoo

Actually its been selling well even without too much advertising.. internet sure dose help

I want this game... Glad it's getting great sales. I feel so sad for LKS... Shame on all of you for not buying that game. SHAME ON ALL OF YOU!DaViD_99

wii owners are horrible at supporting games that aren't marketed out the wazoo on oprah.

whats your opinion on the game so far?

finalstar2007

It's O.K, bad bosses, repetitive enemies, NOT hard, etc.

I don't understand why people think it's "so niche".

[QUOTE="dercoo"]

If only it had advertising.:shock:

finalstar2007

Actually its been selling well even without too much advertising.. internet sure dose help

I know it is selling well (that is the topic after all), I was just saying imagine if it had a proper advertising campaign.

Why the hell haven't they release it in Europe.

Why the hell haven't they release it in Europe.

Dahaka-UK

Actually i dont think it willl ever go to EU :(.. i know it sucks a lot of my friends in there want it too but almost everyone imported it, Altus said on the PSblog that they only publish games in the North American region and they have no control to release it in EU, so you just gotta hope for some EU gaming company to take this project and publish it there or you can always import and enjoy it

Does selling 150,000 copies cover the development cost? You need to sell at least 500,000-1million copies to cover the development cost of most games for XBOX360 and PS3.nchan

Only the ones who get +500k sales anyways.

Awesome game. The atmosphere reminds of ICO, minimalist but very well crafted. Not is recent memory has a game created such a sense of loss and accomplishment.

I'm on newgame+, and I was invaded 6 TIMES while killing the red dragon!

200k purchased it , probably only 200 finished it. :o

Does selling 150,000 copies cover the development cost? You need to sell at least 500,000-1million copies to cover the development cost of most games for XBOX360 and PS3. nchan

Does selling 150,000 copies cover the development cost? You need to sell at least 500,000-1million copies to cover the development cost of most games for XBOX360 and PS3. nchan

Does selling 150,000 copies cover the development cost? You need to sell at least 500,000-1million copies to cover the development cost of most games for XBOX360 and PS3. nchan

1000000 x 60 = 60 million ....... yea.....

500k = 30 mil

Think about your statement for a sec here given those totals.

Does selling 150,000 copies cover the development cost? You need to sell at least 500,000-1million copies to cover the development cost of most games for XBOX360 and PS3. nchan

[QUOTE="nchan"]Does selling 150,000 copies cover the development cost? You need to sell at least 500,000-1million copies to cover the development cost of most games for XBOX360 and PS3. Bread_or_Decide

Actually Atlus doesn't even have to cover development cost since they just help publish it in NA? Probably just paid for localization and publishing rights.

Just started the game yesterday. Game is punishing more than it is hard. People just think it's hard because when you die you start over from the beginning. Demon's Souls is certainly more difficult than a lot of other games I've played, but it's brutal and punishing more than anything.

But yeah, greats news on the sales of the game! It's certainly an addiciting one.

[QUOTE="nchan"]Does selling 150,000 copies cover the development cost? You need to sell at least 500,000-1million copies to cover the development cost of most games for XBOX360 and PS3. Espada12

1000000 x 60 = 60 million ....... yea.....

500k = 30 mil

Think about your statement for a sec here given those totals.

Publishers don't get the full $60 though. They usually sell it for bulk-discount price. The profits then get split with developers. Atlus doesn't advertise so no money there. Afterwards comes packaging and delivery. There are a million little things that we don't know that goes into making a game. I hope they make a profit out of this so that we can get more future RPG goodness, but only time will tell.

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whats your opinion on the game so far?

Yandere

It's O.K, bad bosses, repetitive enemies, NOT hard, etc.

I don't understand why people think it's "so niche".

wow really. The game is hard and the second time around isint any eaiser. Its all about timing and when to do your attack and if you mess up its your fault and you pay for it. Also this game has some good boss designs and they are a challenge too. Well not counting like 2 of them which I found a bit easy. On topic great news about the sales I thought this game would just fall into the abyss when it came to sales.

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whats your opinion on the game so far?

Yandere

It's O.K, bad bosses, repetitive enemies, NOT hard, etc.

I don't understand why people think it's "so niche".

I was planing on buying it soon, but now I'm wondering if I'll be able to enjoy it after playing Dragon Age.. Anyways, don't games like these need to sell at least 350k to be considered successful? From a publisher's stand point that is.

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[QUOTE="finalstar2007"]

whats your opinion on the game so far?

NAPK1NS

It's O.K, bad bosses, repetitive enemies, NOT hard, etc.

I don't understand why people think it's "so niche".

No, I find games like I Want To Be The Guy, Nethack, Blast Tactics, The Dark Spire, R Type, Etrian Odyssey, etc hard.

[QUOTE="NAPK1NS"][QUOTE="Yandere"]

It's O.K, bad bosses, repetitive enemies, NOT hard, etc.

I don't understand why people think it's "so niche".

Yandere

No, I find games like I Want To Be The Guy

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[QUOTE="finalstar2007"]

whats your opinion on the game so far?

NAPK1NS

It's O.K, bad bosses, repetitive enemies, NOT hard, etc.

I don't understand why people think it's "so niche".

I seem to remember an article saying Atlus or From software were surprised with the sales of this game. So that many sales must be accounting for something.

[QUOTE="NAPK1NS"][QUOTE="Yandere"]

It's O.K, bad bosses, repetitive enemies, NOT hard, etc.

I don't understand why people think it's "so niche".

siLVURcross

[QUOTE="siLVURcross"][QUOTE="NAPK1NS"] Alright, I don't agree that the difficulty is as brutally hard as everyone hyped it up to be. The game expects you to be on top of your stuff and stay focused but it's not unforgiving. Seriously though, if you are calling the game NOT HARD, your just lying. It's a challenging game, anyone who fails to acknowledge that is just trying to sound tough. NAPK1NS

I was planing on buying it soon, but now I'm wondering if I'll be able to enjoy it after playing Dragon Age.. Anyways, don't games like these need to sell at least 350k to be considered successful? From a publisher's stand point that is.

xsubtownerx

Thats only for the first month, give it sometime and it will reach 500k in no time, the game is getting more popular each day

It's frustrating as hell, but I can never seem to put my controller down. It's definitely a love/hate kind of game. I'm completely addicted to it though

Good to hear. One of the best games this gen (IMO). The game is not particularly HARD, ratherit is PUNISHING more than anything. Boggles my mind that no EU publisher has picked this up yet though. Oh well I hope EU dwellers are importing it then.

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[QUOTE="dercoo"]

If only it had advertising.:shock:

dercoo

Actually its been selling well even without too much advertising.. internet sure dose help

I know it is selling well (that is the topic after all), I was just saying imagine if it had a proper advertising campaign.

Yeah, but this game has done very well for itself. One of the few games to succeed by the word of mouth.

[QUOTE="finalstar2007"]

whats your opinion on the game so far?

Yandere

It's O.K, bad bosses, repetitive enemies, NOT hard, etc.

I don't understand why people think it's "so niche".

It needs more Japanese girls and virtual sex, right?

Probably would have made it into the top 10 if you added the import numbers :o Pretty damn impressive.

One of the best games this gen but i wish it was more difficult :(

I was planing on buying it soon, but now I'm wondering if I'll be able to enjoy it after playing Dragon Age.. Anyways, don't games like these need to sell at least 350k to be considered successful? From a publisher's stand point that is.

xsubtownerx

I don't see why not. It's completely different and IMO even better than Dragon Age.

I was planing on buying it soon, but now I'm wondering if I'll be able to enjoy it after playing Dragon Age.. Anyways, don't games like these need to sell at least 350k to be considered successful? From a publisher's stand point that is.

xsubtownerx

You will enjoy it. They are completely different games and I enjoy both of them. I have like 83 hours in DS and 33 in DA. I need to hurry up and beat DA though, I am lagging.

And for everyone saying its not hard, or just challenging...just wait until your 2nd play through...let me know what you think then.

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[QUOTE="finalstar2007"]

whats your opinion on the game so far?

hakanakumono

It's O.K, bad bosses, repetitive enemies, NOT hard, etc.

I don't understand why people think it's "so niche".

It needs more Japanese girls and virtual sex, right?

the main character didnt had spiky pink hair, and the bosses didnt had any panties showing up, shouting emo stuff