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https://www.nytimes.com/2024/09/24/arts/ghost-of-yotei-tsushima-sequel-playstation.html

Nate Fox and Jason Connell, creative directors on Ghost of Tsushima, had long envisioned a spiritual successor to the 2020 game, which brought players to the periphery of the Japanese shogunate period, with the Mongol invasion of the country's Tsushima Island in the 1200s. Critics applauded the game's historical accuracy, and the players who bought 13 million copies eagerly speculated about a sequel.

Last official number known was 9.7 million.

 

[64bitmodels]

very good numbers. Maybe i'll add to that amount one day

 

[analog_future]

Safe to assume that most of that additional 3.3 million copies comes from the PC release.

Good stuff!

 

[nial]

Just a few more and it will outsell Gran Turismo 3. Another one to outsell Gran Turismo 3!
Gran Turismo 3 was the single best-selling SIE game in like 15 years.

 

[LectureMaster]

The director cut's edition must've made a good boost. The DLC was pretty nice

 

[XXL]

 

[DeepEnigma]

 

[leo-j]

crazy how sony went from selling 2-3 million copies for their AAA blockbusters during the ps3 era to pushing 10 million plus with their franchises ps4 era and on.

 

[nial]

Safe to assume that most of that additional 3.3 million copies comes from the PC release.

Good stuff!

By July 2022, so nah. I would say a bit over 1M units.

 

[Sanepar]

Well deserved. Top10 last gen. The end is amazing!

 

[analog_future]

By July 2022, so nah. I would say a bit over 1M units.

1M would be really low. God of War sold about 3M on PC according to Sony and GoT has had more concurrent users on PC than God of War.

 

[Tiago Rodrigues]

Safe to assume that most of that additional 3.3 million copies comes from the PC release.

Good stuff!

Nop. That 9.7M number was way before the PC release. Years before. I think from the Directo's Cut release in 2021 or somewhere in 2022.

Anyway, 13M units for a new Ip that was mainly released on PS consoles only is great. Get that sequel released. Thanks!

 

[kruis]

crazy how sony went from selling 2-3 million copies for their AAA blockbusters during the ps3 era to pushing 10 million plus with their franchises ps4 era and on.

Good story driven 3rd person single player games sell.

 

[nial]

1M would be really low. God of War sold about 3M on PC according to Sony and GoT has had more concurrent users on PC than God of War.

You know that God of War (PC) sold 971K units in 2.5 months, right?

 

[Chuck Berry]

That’s 13 million more than Concord!

 

[BoxFresh123]

That’s 13 million more than Concord!

So far..........

 

[chokotoureiki]

That popular huh. I'll have to check it out.

 

[Kenneth Haight]

 

[Hookshot]

It's coming up on 2 years of heavy price cuts but each sale is a potential buyer of this new spin off.

 

[Crispy Gamer]

Congrats I can't wait for the next one!

 

[ReBurn]

It's on sale quite often. Worth it if you haven't played it.

 

[EDMIX]

The director cut's edition must've made a good boost. The DLC was pretty nice

Agreed.

Let me remind folks remasters add to that number, they help with new staff, they keep the IP relevant and help fund sequels like the one Ghost is having.

The whole thing with getting triggered by a remaster is getting old.

All The Director's cut did was help that team, Sony and new gamers get into that IP.

 

[Tiago Rodrigues]

It's coming up on 2 years of heavy price cuts but each sale is a potential buyer of this new spin off.

10M of those 13M were during the first 2 years of release. Hardly lots of price cuts, specially because Sony released the Director's Cut 1 year after the game originally released on PS4.

And...spin off?

 

[HeWhoWalks]

It's coming up on 2 years of heavy price cuts but each sale is a potential buyer of this new spin off.

This is what ill-informed posts look like in a nutshell.....with the avatar to boot.

 

[AJUMP23]

Female protagonist will mean 6 million copies.

 

[Hookshot]

10M of those 13M were during the first 2 years of release. Hardly lots of price cuts, specially because Sony released the Director's Cut 1 year after the game originally released on PS4.

And...spin off?

The directors cut was what I meant. https://www.dekudeals.com/items/ghost-of-tsushima-directors-cut Regularly down to £25 since November 2022. For some reason it's not showing the price history of the original version.

It's a different title, a different protagonist, a different timeline, a different location, is it supposed to be a sequel?

 

[HeWhoWalks]

Is it supposed to be a sequel?

Yes

 

[Ridicululzz]

Great numbers

 

[Efren is G.O.A.T.]

I tried to play this game and gave up when reaching the second island because I tried to do every side content before tackling the main story and felt burned out at that point.

Maybe I need to try again and only focus on the story.

 

[amigastar]

I might get Ghost Of Tsushima on PC after all.

 

[[Sigma]]

Would have sold more if they wouldn't have destroyed it's momentum by putting it on PS plus when they did.

 

[Mr Hyde]

Bought it twice. Once on PS4 and then Director's Cut on PS5. Awesome game. Haven't played the DLC though.

 

[Aenima]

Deserved, still one of my favorite games of last gen.

It's a different title, a different protagonist, a different timeline, a different location, is it supposed to be a sequel?

A sequel to the Ghost stories maybe. Dosent seem to a GoT sequel, more like a new game in the "Ghost of" series telling a new storie.

 

[HeWhoWalks]

Would have sold more if they wouldn't have destroyed it's momentum by putting it on PS plus when they did.

Likely sold enough to satisfy.

 

[DavidGzz]

I'm two of those. PS4 and PC. Great game!

 

[FoxMcChief]

I really need to start this over. I got side tracked and never returned. I remember liking the art style.

 

[Kumomeme]

 

[Unknown?]

Just a few more and it will outsell Gran Turismo 3. Another one to outsell Gran Turismo 3!
Gran Turismo 3 was the single best-selling SIE game in like 15 years.

GT7 will do that too in a few years.

 

[xanaum]

Deserved even more.

 

[mckmas8808]

Amazing!

 

[Thick Thighs Save Lives]

Damn, 13M copies for a new IP. Congrats to Sucker Punch!

 

[sono]

Actually.. that is awesome.

 

[Woopah]

Great numbers for a new IP, bodes well for the sequel.

 

[RetroGamingUK]

crazy how sony went from selling 2-3 million copies for their AAA blockbusters during the ps3 era to pushing 10 million plus with their franchises ps4 era and on.

Sony’s first party output used to be such a mixed bag.

Now they’ve built a reputation for high quality and people get excited for their games.

 

[Sentenza]

Great numbers for a new IP, bodes well for the sequel.

Calling it now: the sequel won't sell half of that.

 

[StueyDuck]

And it did all that without some trap and hip hop... can you imagine.

 

[Woopah]

Calling it now: the sequel won't sell half of that.

I'd be surprised. I see it doing 10 million at least between PS5 and PC (it is unlikely to do as well as the original in Japan, given the software situation there).

 

[Hookshot]

Calling it now: the sequel won't sell half of that.

They always fail to sell as well. Even a Zelda 3 times as big as BOTW couldn't manage it.

 

[DenchDeckard]

It was a big launch on PC too!

Deserved though. I enjoyed the first very much. I'll do the DLC in prep for the new game.

 

[Portugeezer]

Calling it now: the sequel won't sell half of that.

What time frame we talking? Put your account on the line and in 2027 we'll see.