Demon's Souls Sales Triple Expectations

[FactualSquirrel]

I doubt releasing the second one is a good idea, as I'm guessing quite a few of those sales were uninformed random sales.

Which probably won't be buying again.

 

[Fayathon]

Even after my little spiel, I too will admit that another Demon's Souls would be excellent. However, it's the fact that this has become the norm for AAA games these days. Every game these days is EXPECTED to have a sequel. It's preposterous.

Indeed it is, but as long as people shell for numbers two, three and the odd four they will still make more sequels, and if the games are good I'm honestly not too opposed to the idea.

 

[Enzeru92]

With this good news am for sure there will be a Demon Souls Two and it'll be coming over state side easily this time

 

[Dexiro]

Silly Japanese and their stereotypes. We can put up with your stupidly difficult games, we need MOAR!

While you're at it release it in Europe too instead of making us all import it.

 

[Mr. Mike]

Even after my little spiel, I too will admit that another Demon's Souls would be excellent. However, it's the fact that this has become the norm for AAA games these days. Every game these days is EXPECTED to have a sequel. It's preposterous.

Indeed it is, but as long as people shell for numbers two, three and the odd four they will still make more sequels, and if the games are good I'm honestly not too opposed to the idea.

And that there is a point against the "Games as Art" debate. Artists don't go "Hey, well they liked the Mona Lisa, let's make another!"

I know these are completely different mediums, but the basic ideas behind it are the same.

Such is the industry today, where sequels are the norm, as is DLC and DRM. I guess this is why we have indie developers no?

 

[Daedalus1942]

I bought it purely for the extreme difficulty, but unfortunately it was too much of a gamble to be released here, so I had to import it from Hong Kong. Still and awesome game. I hope they don't make a sequel too soon. I still haven't finished the first one!

 

[Korten12]

AWESOME! got to beat NG+, almost have. I love this game. Demon's Souls For LIFE! now give me a just as good sequel.

 

[Flour]

Yet no EU release? I think it's safe to say it will sell well so why do they still not bother releasing it here?

In the Netherlands it's available. Wait, no it isn't.. bastards didn't say it was an imported version. Oh well, at least they kept the price reasonable(?59 for standard, ?69 for deluxe, on another website they charged ?70 for the standard version).
Oh well, the import shows there's a market for it, but it's Atlus' loss for not releasing it in Europe. There are enough people who would buy a game but don't want to import.

 

[Riobux]

Yet no EU release? I think it's safe to say it will sell well so why do they still not bother releasing it here?

In the Netherlands it's available. Wait, no it isn't.. bastards didn't say it was an imported version. Oh well, at least they kept the price reasonable(?59 for standard, ?69 for deluxe, on another website they charged ?70 for the standard version).
Oh well, the import shows there's a market for it, but it's Atlus' loss for not releasing it in Europe. There are enough people who would buy a game but don't want to import.

I'm tempted to go out and ask GAME and Gamestation if they can import.

 

[John Funk]

I'm a little surprised that they estimated so low on their sales of Demon's Souls, I loved it, even when it was handing my ass to me on a silver platter. That said I'm really looking forward to its sequel, I'll definitely be snagging a copy.

Why are people so obsessed with sequels? Why can't a good game come out, people appreciate it, and then move on? Shadow of the Colossus didn't have a sequel (it was a spiritual successor to Ico, sure). But that's an old game. The industry seems intent on milking the crap out of something the moment they realise people like it and will buy it.

In this day and age where numerous things can be added through simple patches, why do we really even need sequels?

Nonetheless, good work From Software, you really created an awesome game. Did Atlus even have to do much? The Asian version was already in English (sometimes Engrish) and had the English voiceovers. Oh well, they still introduced it to many now-happy gamers.

Many people see sequels as a chance to expand upon ideas they liked in the first game and a chance to fix what went wrong. See also: Assassin's Creed II.

 

[Alufear]

The Escapist has the best taglines ever.

 

[Mr. Mike]

I'm a little surprised that they estimated so low on their sales of Demon's Souls, I loved it, even when it was handing my ass to me on a silver platter. That said I'm really looking forward to its sequel, I'll definitely be snagging a copy.

Why are people so obsessed with sequels? Why can't a good game come out, people appreciate it, and then move on? Shadow of the Colossus didn't have a sequel (it was a spiritual successor to Ico, sure). But that's an old game. The industry seems intent on milking the crap out of something the moment they realise people like it and will buy it.

In this day and age where numerous things can be added through simple patches, why do we really even need sequels?

Nonetheless, good work From Software, you really created an awesome game. Did Atlus even have to do much? The Asian version was already in English (sometimes Engrish) and had the English voiceovers. Oh well, they still introduced it to many now-happy gamers.

Many people see sequels as a chance to expand upon ideas they liked in the first game and a chance to fix what went wrong. See also: Assassin's Creed II.

And fair enough. When this is the case, I'm all for it. But certain games these days don't really seem to need a sequel, but because people can't be bothered to come up with a new IP, they just create a sequel. See also: Bioshock 2. I'll be honest and say I haven't played either, but as far as I know the original Bioshock wrapped everything up nicely enough. There wasn't really a real need for a sequel, but one was made anyways.

 

[Nomanslander]

I think some people bought it just because they wanted to show they don't suck at video games. Is it ever coming out for the Xbox BTW?

The IP belongs to Sony, it would be a different story if it wasn't like Metal Gear or Final Fantasy.

 

[Sixties Spidey]

....Fuck. I'm getting it today for cheap.

 

[ThreeKneeNick]

I haven't played Demon's Souls but im happy about this. Maybe it shows some publishers that there is a market for different and/or oldschool/hardcore games after all.

 

[LockeDown]

It's nice to see From Software branching out and ending it's "stigma" as a one-trick massive mecha pony.

I loved Demon's Souls, and anxiously await a sequel.

 

[coldfrog]

I really hope they don't put out a new demon's souls, this one is brutally punishing and painful enough.