Demon's Souls Could Sell A Quarter Million This Year
Demon's SoulsWe always enjoy seeing excellent titles sell well but sometimes, developers aren't appropriately rewarded for their efforts.
Some were concerned Atlus and From Software simply weren't receiving the recognition they deserve, that the stellar Demon's Souls would flop at retail due to its niche hardcore RPG appeal. But the game has scored so well and become so beloved by that admittedly niche crowd, that EEDAR is now predicting one of the year's best could sell around 250,000 copies before the year is out. This according to PS3Center; it has been reported that Demon's Souls managed to sell 150,000 copies in October alone, which - perhaps surprisingly - means it outsold the likes of multiplatform titles like Brutal Legend and Borderlands. EEDAR's Jesse Divnich makes the quarter-million 2009 prediction and says the title is "a tremendous accomplishment." This bodes well for the fans who are calling for a sequel, and we remind you of game director's Hidetaka Miyazaki's comment where he says he would "welcome the chance" to make an even better game if he had the opportunity. And what RPG fan wouldn't desire this?
It's just another example of the gamers stepping up and allowing a great developer like From Software to reap the rewards of producing one of the generation's best.
11/17/2009 9:12:35 PM John Shepard
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SerendipityDeus
Tuesday, November 17, 2009 @ 9:50:49 PM
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mexgeo86
Tuesday, November 17, 2009 @ 10:20:03 PM
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BigBoss4ever
Tuesday, November 17, 2009 @ 10:41:33 PM
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Scarecrow
Wednesday, November 18, 2009 @ 1:15:27 AM
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nickert0n
Wednesday, November 18, 2009 @ 2:06:26 PM
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WorldEndsWithMe
Tuesday, November 17, 2009 @ 10:52:54 PM
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Qubex
Tuesday, November 17, 2009 @ 11:19:22 PM
Q!
"i am home"
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WorldEndsWithMe
Tuesday, November 17, 2009 @ 11:31:42 PM
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Oxvial
Wednesday, November 18, 2009 @ 12:13:46 AM
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aaronisbla
Wednesday, November 18, 2009 @ 12:26:51 AM
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Byakko2009
Wednesday, November 18, 2009 @ 12:50:29 AM
250,000 for the rest of this year? That's it? It deserves to have Uncharted 2's numbers. Difference is, one game is finished in one sitting, the other isn't. 250,000 is way too low for a game this good.
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Oxvial
Wednesday, November 18, 2009 @ 1:21:51 AM
a shame because the game its excellent but I still got impressed with the sales I think it would sell less than that .
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chucknasty
Wednesday, November 18, 2009 @ 3:43:00 AM
Mantas shooting you? Put on thief's ring.
Red Dragon an issue? kill it from the first tower.
Getting pissed with 1-2? go to 2-1.
Too many people mobbing? snipe some off first.
Not to say the game was easy, it wasn't, but I think 'hardest game ever' reviews were vastly overstated.
I am thrilled to see sells were so high, well deserved.
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WorldEndsWithMe
Wednesday, November 18, 2009 @ 11:24:19 AM
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convergecrew
Wednesday, November 18, 2009 @ 1:51:09 PM
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BigBoss4ever
Wednesday, November 18, 2009 @ 8:11:51 PM
I believe you missed out big this time cuz I remembered you said sold it out on ebay or sth.
For me, I spent first 5 hours to just go through the first level, and I was actually worse off by playing it cuz I lost all souls, and broke my sword and did not repair it and did not have souls to repair it. it was really frustrating. and then i re-start new again and with the learned experience, i made some progress by beating the first boss, then the 5 worlds opened up and you can freely choose to go anywhere;
And then, I spend two whole days to just try to beat the Tower Knight boss, and died like 30+ times, this was really really frustrating. and i almost decided to give up just like you did, but then i went online and looked up on youtube to see how others beat it. then i managed to beat it, and it gave me the feeling of satisfaction like no other.
ever since that, i leveled up, and progressed well, and now i am at soul level 60 and at Level 5-2 and I believe I did not die many times since the second boss and I think I am close to beat the game.
so in short, i believe the game is hardest and most frustrating for the first two levels. after that, you are used to the system and learned from your failure, and the game became the most addictive one in recent memories.
such is from my own experience, hope it is not too late for you to pick it up again.
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godsman
Tuesday, November 17, 2009 @ 11:56:54 PM
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NightHawk17
Wednesday, November 18, 2009 @ 12:40:23 AM
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___________
Wednesday, November 18, 2009 @ 12:45:06 AM
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maybe if they released it everywhere else it would of been over that by now.
im really starting to get sick of this exclusive to US BS.
and no i will not import it, i shouldent have too and its not worth the risk of loosing it.
ive wasted enough money as it is off ebay.
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Alienange
Wednesday, November 18, 2009 @ 12:54:43 AM
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And how is it that DS can sell 150k in October alone but predictions are only 250k for the year?
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Scarecrow
Wednesday, November 18, 2009 @ 1:05:43 AM
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So engaging and fun
Love the challenge
But it's not only the challenge, the WORLD of Demon's Soul is so awesome. Seriously, rpg fans need to give this a chance
One person said it best. It's like the new Zelda of this generation
So much replay value.....sheeesh
I'm actually surprised it has sold so little...Should be selling way more imo
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shaydey77
Wednesday, November 18, 2009 @ 7:38:47 AM
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Mr Bitey
Wednesday, November 18, 2009 @ 8:02:22 AM
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Without a doubt, the most rewarding game I've played... and also probably one of my favorite RPGs of all time.
I'm thrilled to see this is doing so well. It's well deserved.
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JPBooch
Wednesday, November 18, 2009 @ 12:25:36 PM
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Mr Bitey
Wednesday, November 18, 2009 @ 4:32:09 PM
I have to admit, I did have help with a few of the items. Without the help and my low luck... it probably would have taken me a really, really, really long time.
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brighat1971
Wednesday, November 18, 2009 @ 8:28:25 AM
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nickert0n
Wednesday, November 18, 2009 @ 12:41:58 PM
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It made me love RPG's again! My favorite RPG of all time!
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ace_boon_coon
Wednesday, November 18, 2009 @ 1:18:15 PM
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Robochic
Wednesday, November 18, 2009 @ 3:49:13 PM
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Good to see a great game do well especially a fantastic Exclusive like this one.
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flux equals rad
Wednesday, November 18, 2009 @ 5:09:09 PM
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Banky A
Wednesday, November 18, 2009 @ 9:22:02 PM
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But I can't believe Destructoid didn't give a proper review score for this. Because the game was too hard for the reviewer and he didn't want to finish it. The readers there praised him too =[
I'm happy for Demon's Souls!
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Oxvial
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Tuesday, November 17, 2009 @ 9:42:54 PM