Here's the top 10 when the Shenmue Remasters came out
- (NE) PS4 F1 2018 (CODEMASTERS)
- (NE) XBO F1 2018 (CODEMASTERS)
- (NE) PS4 SHENMUE I & II (SEGA)
- (02) NSW MARIO KART 8 DELUXE (NINTENDO)
- (03) PS4 GOD OF WAR (SONY COMPUTER ENT.)
- (05) PS4 GRAND THEFT AUTO V (TAKE 2)
- (11) XBO PLAYERUNKNOWN’S BATTLEGROUNDS (MICROSOFT)
- (04) XBO CRASH BANDICOOT N.SANE TRILOGY (ACTIVISION BLIZZARD)
- (NE) XBO SHENMUE I & II (SEGA)
- (07) NSW SUPER MARIO ODYSSEY (NINTENDO)
It wasn't exactly fierce competition was it?
The current top 10 has a two new Pokemon, Star Wars, Call of Duty, FIFA , Mario and Sonic ETC.
You've got to remember there's clearly an interest in the game. Black Friday in the US has seen it sell out at Amazon and the number one seller at Best Buy. It could be $20 but if nobody had an interest it still wouldn't sell.
In ALL fairness, if they had gone with a $40/£40 price point it may have sold a ton more copies to begin with. At the end of the day it does not look like a 'AAA' game, but they are charging AAA price for it.
Deep Silver are savvy. They know what they are doing. I would bet they never expected to shift many units at $60 knowing the hardcore fans technically pre-bought their copies via Kickstarter. A $25 Black Friday discount sounds better than a $5 one if they HAD launched at $40 though, right? And those copies are flying out of stores.
The digital market in the UK has grown dramatically over the last 2-3 years so it not selling as many copies of the remasters (Which WERE at a mid-tier price - I preordered mine for £22.85 , PS4, Base.com) is none-news to me (and the fact you can't get it on Xbox)
Everybody stop freaking out and ride the wave. It is doing fine.
Look at the Terminator game that came out a few days before. Way behing Shenmue in the UK charts, 7 year development time, and you think that Terminator license came cheap?
Those are the fans that should be worried!