So, I've been playing a lot of Horizon Forbidden West recently (occasionally diving back into CP2077) on my newly acquired Playstation 5, and it occurred to me to see how HFW's sales were doing.
(As you may know, it's been steamrolled a LOT by Elden Ring).
As a result, I found the Playstation Blog and it's top PS5 sales for April 2022.
HFW has definitely been steamrolled. At #1 on both the US & EU charts for April is Lego Star Wars: The Skywalker Saga. Sitting at #3 on US/Canada and #2 on EU is Elden Ring.
HFW? #12 in US, #14 in Europe.
But what's this I see? Cyberpunk 2077 - #7 in US and #3 in EU? Doing better than HFW?
Interesting! (Now, CP2077 doesn't feature on the PS4 charts at all). So, I have a couple of theories about this.
#1: It's a bounce partly because of the release of the Next Gen versions, especially now that more people aren't also buying Elden Ring at the same time.
#2: It may be support in the EU for CD Projekt RED's stand against the invasion.
But for a game that I've seen reported as "dead" many many times over the past year and a bit, it seems to be more than twitching at present!
Cheers,
Merric
(As you may know, it's been steamrolled a LOT by Elden Ring).
As a result, I found the Playstation Blog and it's top PS5 sales for April 2022.
HFW has definitely been steamrolled. At #1 on both the US & EU charts for April is Lego Star Wars: The Skywalker Saga. Sitting at #3 on US/Canada and #2 on EU is Elden Ring.
HFW? #12 in US, #14 in Europe.
But what's this I see? Cyberpunk 2077 - #7 in US and #3 in EU? Doing better than HFW?
Interesting! (Now, CP2077 doesn't feature on the PS4 charts at all). So, I have a couple of theories about this.
#1: It's a bounce partly because of the release of the Next Gen versions, especially now that more people aren't also buying Elden Ring at the same time.
#2: It may be support in the EU for CD Projekt RED's stand against the invasion.
But for a game that I've seen reported as "dead" many many times over the past year and a bit, it seems to be more than twitching at present!
Cheers,
Merric