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    Deadly Premonition

    Game » consists of 11 releases. Released Feb 23, 2010

    An open-world action-adventure game following an eccentric FBI agent as he investigates a series of bizarre murders in the small rural town of Greenvale.

    Deadly Premonition has broken the 50k sales mark!

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    #1  Edited By megaplushie
    Destructoid has a post up that says that DP has broken the 50k sales mark, which is a landmark sales figure for such an obscure game. 
    Zach would be proud to hear about this. Thanks to everyone who made this happen. You all are full of win.
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    #2  Edited By Crono11

    Oh god I'm one of those people.

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    #3  Edited By W0lfbl1tzers
    @crono11 said:
    " Oh god I'm one of those people. "
    ARE YOU HAPPY NOW?!
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    #4  Edited By Hosstile17

    Ha ha ha. I have developed the bad habit of picking up all the games that they do Endurance Run of.

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    #5  Edited By BOOM

    While I love the Endurance Run, the fact that a game this crappy sold that much kind of sucks.

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    #6  Edited By citizenkane
    @Hosstile17 said:
    " Ha ha ha. I have developed the bad habit of picking up all the games that they do Endurance Run of. "
    All of 2 games?
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    #7  Edited By Turambar

    Deadly Premonition has sold more than Persona 3 FES.  This is depressing.

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    #8  Edited By danielkempster
    @BOOM said:
    " While I love the Endurance Run, the fact that a game this crappy sold that much kind of sucks. "
    Why does it suck? The developers will hopefully now be sitting on a much more comfortable nest egg which they can use to improve their next game. At least it's not a Tony Hawk's RIDE scenario. That's a lot worse.
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    #9  Edited By tyxja
    @Turambar:  persona 3 as a whole has sold more than half a million duder.
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    #10  Edited By Atomic_Tangerine

    Deadly Premonition 2 confirmed?
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    #11  Edited By hai2u
    @Turambar said:
    " Deadly Premonition has sold more than Persona 3 FES.  This is depressing. "
    that isn't correct at all, Persona 3 Fes has sold alot more than 50k.
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    #12  Edited By armaan8014

    YES!! WE DID IT!

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    #13  Edited By Hosstile17
    @CitizenKane: Well, I am including The Matrix Online and Star Trek.
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    #14  Edited By The_A_Drain

    I hate to break it to you guys, but even a budget game like this developed and sold on-the-cheap probably didn't even break even on the development costs for selling 50k. 
     
    Not at $20/disc when you consider that $8 of that goes to MS and it's costing at least $4 to print and wrap the disc and ship it, not to mention the stores need a markup, usually 10%, so $2 there. 
     
    At most they are making $8/disc, which equates to $400,000. Sure, that's a good chunk of money but if the game was made for less than a million I will eat my socks. (I do not own a hat)

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    #15  Edited By nanikore
    @The_A_Drain: It sold 50K in the US. It's a Japanese game. It was released in Japan. It probably sold well over 50k there, too.
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    #16  Edited By Jeust
    @Atomic_Tangerine said:
    " Deadly Premonition 2 confirmed? "
    And what about an european release? 
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    #17  Edited By Spoonybard37

    Well this is an unexpected fist full of win.

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    #18  Edited By The_A_Drain
    @nanikore said:
    " @The_A_Drain: It sold 50K in the US. It's a Japanese game. It was released in Japan. It probably sold well over 50k there, too. "
     
    I certainly hope so, don't get me wrong, I like to see developers succeed. 
     
    If it did, then it probably broke even. Which, in itself is an achievement considering the amount of games that fail to even do that.
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    #19  Edited By spaceturtle
    @Atomic_Tangerine said:
    " Deadly Premonition 2 confirmed? " 
    Hopefuly, if we ever see a second DP game, the gameplay will be, well, in some way polished.
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    #21  Edited By LackingSaint

    Just as long as we get a Deadly Premonition 2.

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    #22  Edited By The_A_Drain
    @LackingSaint said:
    " Just as long as we get a Deadly Premonition 2. "
    I'd see a Euro release first tbh. Don't want this to end up like Parasite Eve or Xenosaga. 
     
    Parasite Eve, we got 2 but not 1. wtf. 
     
    Xenosaga even worse, we got 2 but not 1 or 3?! WHAT THE/!?
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    #23  Edited By cloneslayer

    Glad to see that the article mentions Giant Bomb this time.

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    #24  Edited By crescendo170

    Well deserved. We need more unique games like this, I hope this will incentivise other developers to make something different.

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    #25  Edited By Bratcher_Lev

    It would be 49,999 without me.

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    #26  Edited By I_smell

    50   K... In the coffee!

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    #27  Edited By FacelessVixen

    I have mixed feelings about this.

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    #28  Edited By jos4

    According to VGChartz, the sales are:

    No Caption Provided
     
    So, the game is not selling bad at all, taking into account it is a budget game that had no hope of selling many copies.
    BTW, Japenese sales are just awful! O_O
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    #29  Edited By Organicalistic_

    Yay! I bought it, actually i bought 2 copies, one as a present for a cousin

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    #30  Edited By Gizmo
    @jos4 said:
    " According to VGChartz, the sales are:
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      So, the game is not selling bad at all, taking into account it is a budget game that had no hope of selling many copies. BTW, Japenese sales are just awful! O_O "
    Those Japanese sales...  I could fit all of the people who bought DP in Japan into my garden.
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    #31  Edited By jos4
    @organicalistic_ said:
    " Yay! I bought it, actually i bought 2 copies, one as a present for a cousin "
    And to whom did you give the second copy? 
    Meh, just kidding!
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    #32  Edited By kevinski

    I'm glad to hear that it's selling at least moderately well. I'm also glad that I picked it up when I first bought my Xbox 360. I don't regret the purchase at all.

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    #33  Edited By MikkaQ

    Still not as well as Psychonauts did on it's original press run, which makes me worrisome. But it's a slow burn, the cult appeal is kinda spreading. 

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    #34  Edited By KillEm_Dafoe

    That's great news. This gem deserves every sale it gets.

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    #35  Edited By mutha3
    @Turambar said:

    " Deadly Premonition has sold more than Persona 3 FES.  This is depressing. "

    Well, FES was an expansion pack, can you blame the people who bought Persona 3 for not wanting to plop down 60$ again?
     
    The original sold twice as much as DP.
     
    On that note: GO DEADLY PREMONITON, NOW WE'RE SHOOTING FOR THE 100K
     
    Too bad Ignition USA benefits from the profit....Fuck:(
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    #36  Edited By iamjohn
    @nanikore said:

    " @The_A_Drain: It sold 50K in the US. It's a Japanese game. It was released in Japan. It probably sold well over 50k there, too. "

    Unfortunately, you are crazy for thinking that.  This game has been a redux of No More Heroes for Marvelous - the game is doing pretty well outside Japan where they only get a cut because of licensing, but it tanked in Japan. 
     
    Oh, and even though no one asked - Persona 3 FES sold 11,000 copies in America.  They were expecting to only sell 5,000.
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    #37  Edited By sixghost
    @nanikore said:
    " @The_A_Drain: It sold 50K in the US. It's a Japanese game. It was released in Japan. It probably sold well over 50k there, too. "
    Did you even look at the OP? I don't know how accurate VGChartz is, but from the link in destructoid's post it is fucking dying in Japan. Like 600 copies in the first week dying.
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    #38  Edited By Robitt
    @mutha3 said:
    " Too bad Ignition USA benefits from the profit....Fuck:( "
    Enlighten me; Why is that bad?
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    #39  Edited By mutha3
    @Robitt said:

    " @mutha3 said:

    " Too bad Ignition USA benefits from the profit....Fuck:( "
    Enlighten me; Why is that bad? "
    I'll just quote myself:
     
     

    My problem with Ignition is the fact that, they are among the worst localizers in the industry right now. They have taken, and ruined, many Japanese games from small publishers and given it the worst possible voice work they can find. Also, they outsource their localizations.
     
    Here is some of their ''amazing'' work:   
    http://wii.ign.com/dor/objects/827196/epoch-project/videos/arcrise_gmp_battle_41910.html
     
    They're basically the opposite of Atlus when it comes to localization.
     
    And before you mention it:
      DP? The localization and voice acting wasn't done by Ignition, but by the fine gentlemen at XSEED. The only part of the  game Ignition got their hands on, was the dialogue boxes.....now think to yourself, which part of DP is full of spelling mistakes, grammar mistakes and a complete and utter lack of understanding basic aspects of the English language(you stuffed your face!)
     
    Just....just...just look at that video I just posted if you want to see what DP would have been like if Ignition would have localized it. 

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    #40  Edited By iamjohn
    @mutha3: Actually I'm pretty sure Deadly Premonition's localization was done by Marvelous, not XSEED.  But yeah, Ignition is pretty awful.
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    #41  Edited By mutha3
    @iAmJohn said:

    " @mutha3: Actually I'm pretty sure Deadly Premonition's localization was done by Marvelous, not XSEED.  But yeah, Ignition is pretty awful. "

    Aren't you thinking about Rising Star games(Yurop branch of Marvelous), who were rumored to bring out  DP in Europe?
     
    I though it was localized internally? I do know for certain it got localized and voiced in Japan.
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    #42  Edited By Urmean

    Time for Deadly Premonition 2: Electric Boogaloo!

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    #43  Edited By Robitt
    @mutha3:  Oh really? I had no idea. So they outsource voiceover-work? That sounds so counter-intuitive.
     
    Btw, doesn't Shane Bettenhausen work there now? Oh how the mighty have fallen..
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    #44  Edited By iamjohn
    @mutha3 said:
    " Aren't you thinking about Rising Star games(Yurop branch of Marvelous), who were rumored to bring out  DP in Europe?  I though it was localized internally? I do know for certain it got localized and voiced in Japan. "
    Exactly, which is why Marvelous did the localization.  XSEED is a private company and is in no way affiliated with Marvelous now that their publishing partnership is over, so the localization was done by two guys at Marvelous in Japan and programmed by Access.
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    #45  Edited By mutha3
    @iAmJohn: 
     
    I applaud those two guys who worked on it then! The dialogue was surprisingly decent seeing how it was written by two dudes in a country which doesn't have English as its native language.
     
    The VA is also surprisingly well-cast. I simply can't think of a better VA for York. Its perfect. 
     
    @Robitt:
    The only thing Shane is good at is speaking in hyperboles. You should dig up the embarrassing statements he made when he was interviewed.
     
    ''Ignition does things no other niche game localizers have ever done!''
     
    You got that one right, Shane.
    (not an exact quote, he said something along these lines)
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    #46  Edited By Seroth

    I think it'd be hilariously awesome (and unlikely) if Deadly Premonition 2 had the production values of something like Alan Wake. That would be amazing.

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    #47  Edited By bobber205

    Doesn't Shane from 1up work for ignition? :P

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    #48  Edited By rjayb89

    I'd be happy for a Deadly Premonition sequel if the "Other World" was actually the "TV World" in Persona 4.  Bring in the combat mechanics and people getting bent, DAY TWO PURCHASE.

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    #49  Edited By Kedi

    Glad to see it get some success.

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    #50  Edited By iamjohn
    @bobber205 said:
    " Doesn't Shane from 1up work for ignition? :P "
    "Director of New Business Development."  Though my next question is that if they're supposedly serious about localizing random Japanese games and have the backing of an Indian media conglomerate, why can't they afford to hire a localization staff or a talented company like 8-4 to handle things? :\

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