MGR:R sales announced (spoiler: it did well) - General Discussion

#1 Edited by GetEveryone (4448 posts) - 2 months, 22 days ago

http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showthread.php?t=516506

So, Metal Gear Rising sold in the region of ~330,000 units in Japan, and charted well in the UK (neither the UK nor US figures have been announced yet).

Those numbers are enormous when viewed in context of sales of other titles in the genre. Recently, DmC topped out at a mere 110,000 units (unfortunately) and Bayonetta, Platinum's highest selling game to-date, only sold 205,000.

Presumably, the increase is attributable to strong branding with the MG franchise. However, considering MGR received a strong critical reception this bodes well for Platinum and any potential sequel to MGR.

I'd struggle to say that it means much with regard to re-igniting interest in a 'dying' genre, given that Japan has always tended to flock to these types of games, but it's good news, regardless.

Feel free to discuss (all figures are PS3 sales only).

#2 Posted by Demoskinos (8942 posts) - 2 months, 22 days ago

Awesome. Id really like to see them do a proper one of these from the start rather than inheriting a dying project like they did this time.

#3 Edited by GetEveryone (4448 posts) - 2 months, 22 days ago

@demoskinos said:

Awesome. Id really like to see them do a proper one of these from the start rather than inheriting a dying project like they did this time.

Yeah, given proper development time hopefully all the issues with MGR would be ironed out and we'd see a proper 5* product (things like the camera, lack of weapons, pacing issues and environment/design hold Revengeance back from greatness).

Kojima has already said that should they develop a sequel he'd like to help them with the technology side of things, as that's (as far as he's concerned) the only thing holding them back from being a top-tier developer.

#4 Posted by Maitimo (159 posts) - 2 months, 22 days ago

Well deserved, strong sales will hopefully mean Platinum get to follow it up. It's also reassurance that DmC's failure is due to DmC and not as part of a trend of declining sales in the genre.

#5 Posted by Ramone (2426 posts) - 2 months, 21 days ago

Good to see a Platinum game selling reasonably well, those guys certainly deserve it.

#6 Edited by Ravenlight (7030 posts) - 2 months, 21 days ago

I wonder how many of those sales rode on the Metal Gear name alone? If Platinum made another MGS spinoff title, would it sell as well?

Not trying to shit on Rising, just curious.

#7 Posted by Fredchuckdave (1699 posts) - 2 months, 21 days ago

Yay Platinum

#8 Posted by Bucketdeth (7935 posts) - 2 months, 21 days ago

<p>That's great news, I always wish well for Platinum</p>

#9 Posted by GetEveryone (4448 posts) - 2 months, 21 days ago

@bucketdeth said:

<p>That's great news, I always wish well for Platinum</p>

I tried editing one word in the OP and the formatting went crazy.

Seems to be fixed now.

#10 Posted by Cold_Wolven (1688 posts) - 2 months, 21 days ago

Awesome I want to see more of Raiden in more of his own games with preferably longer campaigns.

#11 Posted by golguin (2349 posts) - 2 months, 21 days ago

Sounds like good news. I hope this translates to more sales for Bayonetta 2.

#12 Posted by GunstarRed (4016 posts) - 2 months, 21 days ago

I've seen a ton of adverts for it on the TV, mostly during shows like Dexter and The Walking Dead, it's always cool to see adverts for games that you wouldn't expect to see. I never saw a single advert for DMC.

It's mostly weird just seeing the Konami Logo this often.

#13 Posted by FLYmeatwad (137 posts) - 2 months, 21 days ago

@golguin: The bigger obstacle there is getting WiiU's into houses. Glad they had success with MGRR, I'm loving the game but figured it wouldn't do all that well because it seems to me that interest in the MG name fell off and there are so many character action games coming out in the first three months of this year.

#14 Edited by Nottle (1879 posts) - 2 months, 18 days ago

Imagine how good it would be selling if reviewers knew how to look at a watch.

I definitely need to get it soon.

#15 Posted by HeyImPhoenix (168 posts) - 2 months, 18 days ago

It is a great game! Now all we need is a grey fox one!

#16 Posted by rentacop (107 posts) - 2 months, 18 days ago

Too bad this had to come out during one of my backlog rushes. Guess the bright side is I'll likely end up waiting until it's $20 or so before getting around to picking it up.

#17 Posted by ThunderSlash (574 posts) - 2 months, 18 days ago

@ravenlight said:

I wonder how many of those sales rode on the Metal Gear name alone? If Platinum made another MGS spinoff title, would it sell as well?

Not trying to shit on Rising, just curious.

I know that if it weren't a Metal Gear game, I wouldn't have bought it day 1. I usually wait for games to go on sale before I buy them, but Metal Gear is one of the exceptions to the rule.