It’s ok, Sony doesn’t like PC money anyway so 300k copies must be perfectly fine for them.
PS5 Exclusive Saros Has Reportedly Only Sold 300K Copies
Submitted 2 weeks ago by inclementimmigrant@lemmy.world to games@lemmy.world
https://gamerant.com/ps5-exclusive-saros-sales-bad-why/
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mrfriki@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
YoFrodo@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
Release it on PC and watch it sell more, almost as if releasing it on more platforms allows more people to access it.
thingsiplay@lemmy.ml 2 weeks ago
Looks like an interesting game. Where is the link to the Steam page, so I can buy and give my money to Sony, so Sony becomes more rich?
chronicledmonocle@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
That’s the fun part…
samus12345@sh.itjust.works 2 weeks ago
AdamBomb@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
Just get Returnal instead, it’s the better game
DupaCycki@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
Hold on… Okay, so what you’re saying is… Locking games behind one platform, especially a dying one, leads to significantly fewer copies sold? I’m speechless. How is that even possible? If only we could figure out a way to foresee such events…
thermal_shock@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
Magnets, how do they work!?
HeyThisIsntTheYMCA@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
ThunderComplex@lemmy.today 2 weeks ago
All I know is put a magnet in some water and it works no more
dvejmz@lemmy.sgfault.com 2 weeks ago
PS5 a dying platform? Have you seen Sony’s financial year statement from last month?
Senal@programming.dev 2 weeks ago
do you have a link to the breakdown by division ?
I can see general statements but nothing with breakdowns.
Doc_Crankenstein@slrpnk.net 2 weeks ago
Geez after the debacle with their new DRM shit for digital purchases and rolling back their pledge to release to PC, I wonder fucking why people aren’t climbing over themselves to throw money at 'em.
Not to mention general economics issues plaguing the world right now. Can’t imagine many people have the disposable income to throw at video games to begin with.
MrScottyTay@sh.itjust.works 2 weeks ago
Just so you’re aware the DRM issue was just that they now have an expiry during the return window because they had people buying a game, downloading it, taking their console off the network, refunding on the website, finishing the game in their own time and then reconnecting to the internet when they no longer want it which then locks you out of the game. The licence is perpetual once it’s past the return window. I don’t quite know what a better option in solving this other than the fact they should’ve just been up front with the changes to begin with.
Doc_Crankenstein@slrpnk.net 2 weeks ago
Just so you know, I absolutely give zero shits about their reasons for doing it.
Ruining the experience for everyone else because of a negligible minority of people found a clever way to cheat the system (good for them). Sony can get fucked.
Katana314@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
Is this some Hollywood accounting, where they set the game up to fail? I’ve literally never heard of it until this post.
ampersandrew@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
I’m not sure we can help you if you’ve never heard of this game. It’s been in every major gaming news site’s release calendar, reviewed very well, and it’s been in several of Sony’s showcases.
mysticpickle@lemmy.ca 2 weeks ago
I mean it’s the first I’ve heard of it too :o
Senal@programming.dev 2 weeks ago
It was not set up to succeed, either.
M0oP0o@mander.xyz 2 weeks ago
Edit response time: That people interested in games did not know about it would be very indicative of a major failing and current lack of relavance of mainstream gaming media. That would seem to be very much on point, as there is no need to help us for not knowing, but it would seem Sony might need help.
The fact that I never seen or heard of this is no surprise though, the only time gaming news coverage shows up for most is when there is some sort of scandal. Its why I know more about “Mix Tape”, “High Guard” and “Marathon” then this game.
I like my small indie / oddball games but I find I get more info from people steaming a game and talking about it then a “review” that had clearly been bought and paid for. And it seems I am not the only one, as clearly no one is reading the “major” gaming news sites anymore. Well at least in this case no one from their target audience is.
BananaIsABerry@lemmy.zip 2 weeks ago
They definitely did a lot of sponsored YouTube content. Iron Pineapple did a sponsored video. Seemed mid, not a $700 (ps5 + game) game.
kryptonianCodeMonkey@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
Probably doesn’t help that this is the first I’ve heard of it.
BigBananaDealer@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
if only it was available on a different platform
Blackmist@feddit.uk 2 weeks ago
A £70 roguelike is a big fucking ask.
The only one I’ve played, completed and enjoyed was Hades. It doesn’t waste your time even on a failed run. A run is like 40 minutes of real time. That’s about where this shit needs to be to attract non-masochists. Even then, £70.
Prox@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
I would be all over this if it were available on a platform I actually owned. But I’m not about to pay $1k to play it (or whatever it costs after Sony’s latest round of price hikes on aging hardware).
samus12345@sh.itjust.works 2 weeks ago
mellowistheyellow@lemmy.zip 2 weeks ago
If only we could see the reason why… jesus is everyone in modern gaming business turning into morons?
orenj@leminal.space 2 weeks ago
That would imply they weren’t morons already
circuitfarmer@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
Sony eventually has to see that the console model is not functioning like it used to. There are many reasons for it, some up for debate, but the writing is on the wall.
Question is: will they adapt and stop with their console exclusive nonsense in time, or will every studio they own slowly get shut down?
I hope for the former, but I expect the latter.
Nintendo will be next up as consoles fall away. Their fans are rabid, but you can’t expect reselling 30-year-old games on cheap-ass hardware to last forever as a business model, especially when no one has as much disposable income anymore.
BlackLaZoR@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
Noone wants to make exclusive games these days since it cuts ~66% of the profit.
samus12345@sh.itjust.works 2 weeks ago
There is no more cheap-ass hardware, so they don’t even have that going for them.
circuitfarmer@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
It’s not cheap-ass for the consumer, but it is cheap-ass for Nintendo to produce.
MJKee9@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
Nintendo will be fine so long as they maintain control over their intellectual property and stay focused on the handheld market. Nintendo Switch (1 and 2) has sold nearly 200 million units. Steam deck, their closest competition, is closer to 10 million. Obviously the Switch has been around for nearly a decade. But handheld consoles are here to stay. Plus Nintendo is vicious when it comes to maintaining control of their properties… Which are beloved. Pokemon, Mario, Zelda… As long as it keeps those locked down and stays ahead of the handheld competition, they will be fine.
Katana314@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
I think the exclusive model could still work, but it requires a VERY compelling group buy-in. Remember back when there was a very wide set of games for which you had to have a PlayStation to play them. Even Nintendo still succeeds at this, albeit with a current dip due to a low number of Switch 2 exclusives. No matter how much anyone here would fuss about it being anti-consumer, eventually there’d be enough compelling reasons, and some people may just bite the bullet even if they’re regularly PC gamers. From there, that’s where the real money is; getting people to keep burning money on live-service games on that given platform, since people are locked in.
No way can one or two occasional console exclusives manage that wall of compulsion on their own.
DamienGramatacus@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
I will definitely play this at some point. Returnal is up there in my like, top 5 games of the past few years. I will happily wait for sale.
AdamBomb@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
Be warned, it is a much shallower game than Returnal was. It is a better 3D bullet hell. More bullets in denser patterns and more bullet types. Everything else about the game is worse and not by a little.
capnbubblebuns@sh.itjust.works 2 weeks ago
Returnal was fantastic. That is unfortunate to hear.
winkerjadams@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 weeks ago
Does ps5 have good sales?
DamienGramatacus@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
You have to be a very patient gamer but yes, they do.
Kolanaki@pawb.social 2 weeks ago
Sometimes. Though in my experience, the best sales prices were mostly with the PS+ additional discounts.
Thorry@feddit.org 2 weeks ago
I fucking loved this game, it’s a shame it didn’t sell better. The performance was bad in some places on my pleb PS5, but mostly fine. It would go from fine to absolute shit, only for it to go back to fine when I went further into the level. So I think it was just bugged, I hope they can fix it.
Returnal for me was the better game tho, I liked the level design better in that one and the guns felt better. Saros was still very very good.
dance_ninja@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
I’m curious about it, but I’m not sure rogue-like bullet hell games are my jam.
GeneralEmergency@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
only 300k
Only fuck guys.
That’s pretty average for a new game.
I know you lot have a weird hate boner for Sony. But Jesus H Christ
Hadriscus@jlai.lu 2 weeks ago
oh lool, is that a gruff 30yo in armor who didn’t ask to be dragged into this war ?
cheat700000007@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
You’re no where close to the story
mysteriousquote@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
I would buy this on PC in a heartbeat. Too bad Sony doesn’t like profits
redsand@infosec.pub 2 weeks ago
That’s alright. Can just emulate it in a few years