Atlus Thrilled With Sales of Demon's Souls

Tom Goldman

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Atlus Thrilled With Sales of Demon's Souls



Atlus USA seems to have made a good decision by bringing Demon's Souls to North America; it's a hit.

Due to overwhelming demand, Atlus has announced that it will be shipping out more copies of Demon's Souls to retailers this week. Even with the release of the PS3 blockbuster Uncharted 2 on October 13, Demon's Souls interest has not waned since its own release on October 6. The Demon's Souls Deluxe Edition, the only way to acquire the game's 160-page strategy guide, is completely sold out and has been discontinued, sure to raise the second-hand price of it on sites like eBay, other than for copies like mine which I accidentally stepped on. From Atlus's PR manager and generally awesome guy Aram Jabbari:

"We're thrilled at the level of interest and acclaim gamers are showing for Demon's Souls, one of the best reviewed games of the year and one of the highest-rated role-playing games of all time. We're working quickly to get more copies of the game out onto store shelves. We thank fans for supporting a daring, innovative product, and we ask interested gamers to be patient as stock is replenished."

Why is this the case for a videogame that was probably considered to be for a more hardcore audience and predicted to have slower sales? A bunch of reasons, actually. Demon's Souls has received very high marks with reviewers [http://www.escapistmagazine.com/articles/view/editorials/reviews/6527-Review-Demons-Souls], including a few perfect scores (for those who believe in that sort of thing) from both hardcore and mainstream outlets. Reviews don't make a game, this has been proven, but Demon's Souls also doesn't suffer from the malady of being about a cel-shaded wolf, like Okami which received great reviews but sold poorly. Demon's Souls has a mature setting about various medieval warriors fighting giant demons in a cruel, dark world, where players can also steal the souls of other players online. People generally only need a small push in the direction of their local game store when a game has a setting like this.

So was it simply the reviews and its setting that made Demon's Souls sell? Nope. What makes Demon's Souls a success is the combination of reviews, setting, unique gameplay content, and timing. There is nothing like Demon's Souls on the PS3. There is nothing like Demon's Souls in the entire videogame landscape anymore. Demon's Souls will kill you over and over from the very first level onward, but you'll know exactly why you died, that it was all your fault, and you'll want to keep playing anyway. It's very challenging, but also very rewarding. PlayStation 3 owners have been yearning for a fun and challenging RPG since the system's release, and Demon's Souls just happens to have come out right before the videogame deluge of the holiday season when it is more of an easy purchase.

If you have bought Demon's Souls already and are having trouble, Atlus has pointed out that the game has an official wiki page [http://www.demons-souls.com/wiki/], though I think if you use it you're really missing out on the experience of the game. Demon's Souls has already surprised me plenty of times, and I've only completed levels 1-1 and 1-2. Not to spoil anything, but the sight of the 1-2 boss was an experience like I've never had before in a videogame, and actually killing him with zero help was even better. Keep your spoilers away from me, folks. Now if you'll excuse me, I have to go get killed a lot in Boletaria.



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Chipperz

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Psychosocial said:
Wow, this seems like a really interesting game on the PS3 for once. I might even have to get it, if it's available in Europe? Well, it would be weird if it wasn't, right? Right?!
Please! Us Europeans don't count as people, so we don't get the good shit!

Seriously, if it sold well, maybe the undervalued "rest of the world" market could get a look in now? I've been interested in this for ages.
 

archvile93

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I have a PC so I can't play it. Too bad, it sounds like fun. Maybe my death's would be as funny as my friend's in Halo 2's co-op mode, those were hilarious. Missing the jump while boarding the Scarab and dieing, then respawning over the edge and dieing again due to my poor placement. hahahahaha, and there's more where that came from.
 

Chipperz

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Psychosocial said:
Chipperz said:
Psychosocial said:
Wow, this seems like a really interesting game on the PS3 for once. I might even have to get it, if it's available in Europe? Well, it would be weird if it wasn't, right? Right?!
Please! Us Europeans don't count as people, so we don't get the good shit!

Seriously, if it sold well, maybe the undervalued "rest of the world" market could get a look in now? I've been interested in this for ages.


I hate this, we should nuke Japan and reclaim our glory! Europe, fuck yeah!
...Hmm, I dunno, I'll have to think about it.

They DID give us the Sniper prank and the ever-hilarious Crowd Vs Man...
 

Casual Shinji

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Christ, I want this game.

But, I'm a European in gamesland, so I guess I have to bite the bullet. Atleast I have Uncharted 2's sooth perfumed boosem to comfort me.
 

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Casual Shinji said:
Christ, I want this game.

But, I'm a European in gamesland, so I guess I have to bite the bullet. Atleast I have Uncharted 2's sooth perfumed boosem to comfort me.
Fellow Dutchie here. I got the Korean version. The box and manual are in korean but the game is fully english. I didnt import it, but the gameshop I got it at had one on the shelves. I couldnt believe my luck!

If theres a more specialized gamestore nearby (not free record shop or some toystore) id suggest going there and asking about it. This game is an absolute masterpiece, a ps3 must have.
 

Casual Shinji

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Biek said:
Casual Shinji said:
Christ, I want this game.

But, I'm a European in gamesland, so I guess I have to bite the bullet. Atleast I have Uncharted 2's sooth perfumed boosem to comfort me.
Fellow Dutchie here. I got the Korean version. The box and manual are in korean but the game is fully english. I didnt import it, but the gameshop I got it at had one on the shelves. I couldnt believe my luck!

If theres a more specialized gamestore nearby (not free record shop or some toystore) id suggest going there and asking about it. This game is an absolute masterpiece, a ps3 must have.
There's a shop called Futurezone that has some imported stuff once and a while. I got the uncensored version of LBP there, but it's a good distance away. I guess I'm gonna have to concour the cold weather and make my way over there.
 

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yeah it's a pretty fun game, it's a bit annoying in spots tho. i'm glad it's doing well, i got the collector's edition of it
 

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I'm so glad a game from FROMSOFTWARE is doing so well.

I've seen so many of their hit titles go under the radar lately. THis was a well needed jolt.
 

Teh_Doomage

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Well, I'm glad they managed to get a good market, just shows just about any game can succeed if the game mechanics are solid.


Even if the game is ridiculously hard.
 

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I'll be borrowing this from my friends, but damnit he won't HURRY UP AND STOP PLAYING IT ALREADY! I really want to play it, it seems very interesting and definately a game that should be experienced rather than told about.
 

KoudelkaMorgan

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I already went through the asian version 6 times and on 1st for north american version. I actually killed the tutorial boss for the first time with the new version which shocked me. For a while I thought that it had been retooled to be on easy mode, but it was just that I hadn't fought such easy versions of the enemies in a long time.

Few games take your actual playing experience into account for enemy difficulty. You usually grind and then things get easier, but that's why I like action rpgs.

curved swords ftw
 

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Jumplion said:
I'll be borrowing this from my friends, but damnit he won't HURRY UP AND STOP PLAYING IT ALREADY! I really want to play it, it seems very interesting and definitely a game that should be experienced rather than told about.
It's really good. My cousin got it. Instead of waiting for your friend, just buy it. It's worth it.
 

Jumplion

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Aura Guardian said:
Jumplion said:
I'll be borrowing this from my friends, but damnit he won't HURRY UP AND STOP PLAYING IT ALREADY! I really want to play it, it seems very interesting and definitely a game that should be experienced rather than told about.
It's really good. My cousin got it. Instead of waiting for your friend, just buy it. It's worth it.
Well, I've already bought Uncharted 2 just recently, and I'm keeping my wallet full enough for Ratchet and Clank (though I have more than enough money for all three combined, I like conserving my money. Well, that and my dad would be very suspicious of me buying 2 games at such a close timeframe.)

I'm sure it's worth it, but my damn pacing strategy prevents me from going around spending money at every turn when I can borrow a game for a time for free. Besides, my friend practically owns my copy of Oblivion, so it's only fair for me to mooch off his copy and keep it for months on end :D
 

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Good, now many they'll start brining over more badass games like Monster Hunter Tri to the USA!

Demon Soul's is awesome! I love the game.