Dead Rising 4 on Xbox One Sells an Estimated 203K Units First Week at Retail

The open world survival horror beat 'em up video game from Capcom - Dead Rising 4 - sold 203,035 units first week at retail on the Xbox One, according to our estimates. First week sales can be viewed on the VGChartz Global Weekly Chart for the week ending December 10.

[ThePope]

I loved DR3 with the story co-op. It was the best Co-op game I've played in a long time. VERY disappointed in 4 for not having it. Cancelled my pre-order because of it.

[Servbot41]

No co-op no buy.

[XanderZane]

@Nix
Sales does not tell if a game is a flop or not. There are lots of great games that have sold less then 2 million units.

[trooper_]

203,000?

That's terrible.

[ShadowKnight]

I know right

[YEP414]

-spectre
On Xbox one we buy digital..especially with the anywhere function this game sold over a million

[trooper_]

^

Digital means nothing. Those numbers are still bad.

[ThePope]

digital means nothing? So the money the developer gets from digital is fake? Oh man they better stop selling games digitally.

[trooper_]

@The Pope

When did I say that money doesn't matter? Even if you combine digital, those numbers are still bad.

[daBUSHwhaka]

The Last Guardian sold double first week on a system with more than double, is that terrible.

[Unspoken]

No digital sales, hmm. If TLG did only double with the PS4 install base than this are pretty good numbers.

[FITgamer]

@YEP so your saying digital is nearly 5x physical sales lol. Come back to reality.

[XanderZane]

Sales aren't great, that's for sure. Been like that for many games on all the platforms though. Doesn't help that the game wasn't all the great either. Capcom didn't do this game any justice. It's suppose to release on other platforms as well.

@daBUSHwhaka
Yeah, Last Guardian didn't do well in sales either. After 5+ years in development, you would think millions of games would want to play it. I got my copy and the game was great. Sure it's a niche game, but I expected 1 million+ for it's first week at least. Forza games are the same way. It'a a niche game for mostly Americans. Usually doesn't sell as well overseas.

[bluefox755]

@daBUSHwhaka Yes, when you consider one is a mainstream, zombie killing game and the other is a niche game about a boy and his dog/bird/cat.

[IamTylerDurden1]

Wait.... i remember all the articles stating how DR4 was outselling TLG. DR4 was more heavily advertised as well. Wow, and all the ppl claiming 500k in 1 week was bad for TLG yet it more than doubled DR4. I am truly shocked that a game with such broad appeal like DR4, the 4th game in a successful franchise sold so abysmally. I guess we shouldn't have believed those articles about DR4 blowing out TLG, take a mental note ppl.

[manabyte77]

It's not a dude bro shooter. Nothing else sells on Xbox. Their fan base has the palette of a five year old child.

[DiRtY]

GfK reported DR4 > TLG in UK. This is as official as it can get.

VGC reports TLG > DR4 worldwide. This is as unofficial as it can get.

[Clunkyd]

Especially since TLG is a niche game.

[MrCrimson]

the dead rising games just kinda suck. they aren't challenging, and are too casual for me. not to mention previous releases of the series have been lacking.

[FallenAngel1984]

Wow that's even lower than the 242K that the XO version of ROTR sold in its first week, and that game had to contend with Fallout 4.

What's even the point of releasing these timed exclusives on Xbox One when doing so results in the game not performing particularly well in sales and not dramatically increasing the hardware sales of the console?

On a side note it's ridiculous how niche game title like The Last Guardian performed better commercially than a more mainstream title like Dead Rising 4, which makes this particular article all the more hilarious.

http://n4g.com/news/1993834...

[UCForce]

Well, I give you one reason why Dead Rising 4 isn't a true Dead Rising game. Take this video comparison : https://youtu.be/UUxJpDtg0B...

[PizzaSteve]

Wow just sad. DR a 10 year old game has more interaction than 2016 DR4. This is truly being lazy by Capcom. I feel bad for MS publishing this crap. Even when he pick up the chainsaw in DR he pull to crack but in DR4 chainsaw comes on by itself.

[Sunny_D]

@pizzasteve

It doesn't help that the newest one was made by a western dev compared to the original which was a japanese dev. The Japanese developers have always put a lot of detail in their games. From Kojima, Polyphony Digital, Team Ico, etc...

[Mikefizzled]

I think because Capcom didn't want it to be part of the Xbox Anywhere program Microsoft marketed it a lot lot less. The announcement and showing at E3 was so limited and short.

[DashArrivals]

Bullcrap. You can't blame this on Microsoft. The supposed Xbox fans just didn't buy it.

[Bronxs15]

You sound like a troll. It isn't surprising last guardian would outsell dead rising. PS4 install base is way bigger. Not to mention I wouldn't call last guardian niche after it's been a headliner at sonys e3 confrenses starting when in 2006 people knew about that game and wanted it?

[lastking95]

Rotr sold over a million in under 3 months on xo so your info is incorrect.

[DigitalRaptor]

Less than The Last Guardian? I heard reports than it had sold more.

It's odd for a mainstream action game sell less than half of what a niche adventure puzzle game does.

[Thatguy-310]

It was only placed higher in the uk software list. These sales are world wide figures

[DigitalRaptor]

Ah, makes sense now.

Of course, world wide figures account for a greater success.

[IamTylerDurden1]

Yet the UK numbers were the ones constantly forced down our throat on N4G. Everybody was sure that DR4 was outselling TLG, but fortunately propaganda can't always replace truth.

[kenwonobi]

Key word "propaganda". Remember this word with Microsoft. They have a long history of it. Nothing they say is without this term being considered first.

[Kribwalker]

VGchartz. You can't trust what numbers they make up. They have halo 5 at 4.67 million, while the 343 boss (frank O'Connor) has confirmed it sold 5 million in 3 months....

[DigitalRaptor]

Man at Halo studio goes on to NeoGAF to tell you something he expects you to believe. Albert Penello did the same on NeoGAF, so things like that cannot be trusted either. Would you trust Neil Druckmann if he told you Uncharted 4 had sold 12 million copies?

You have a point that VGchartz won't be completely accurate, but I don't think it's ever too far off.
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@ game4funz

It would be complete BS, so I wouldn't trust his word on that.

@ ImGumbyDammit

Albert Penello did go onto NeoGAF and lied. Where was his court order?
Major Nelson has lied. Phil Spencer has lied. Aaron Greenberg has lied. They all do.
MS is known for lying and Major Nelson recently admitted that they do "fudge things" i.e. lie and mislead.

@ starchild

You got something to say, or is it just another case of you not liking what I have to say?

[game4funz]

Yes I would trust Neil. No reason to lie.

[starchild]

Oh jeez...

[tyasia0]

Well your free to have that opinion but the facts are that historically VGchartz have under tracked Sony and over tracked Microsoft. So how does that fit into your picture?

[badz149]

VGChartz is not a credible source just like how Wikipedia is not a credible one for research. but in their defence, they only estimate based on RETAIL copies only. digital not included. so I know Halo was was announced at 5mil months ago but that has to include digital. just like how they only have UC4 at 6.59mil but Sony already announced 8.7mil sold earlier this month - unlike Halo or Gears 4 though. Nobody outside of Sony and MS knows anything about those digital numbers. just like how Steam doesn't reveal their numbers either.

but vgchartz do adjust their numbers once official announcements from companies were made.

[kenwonobi]

On that we agree. I feel like PS4 has a even larger lead than N4G reports. By a few more million.

[UCForce]

Yup, Dead Rising 4 isn't sold pretty well. Because the game isn't a True Dead Rising game anymore.

[Fishy Fingers]

I don't follow the franchise per se but this one seemed to pop up with minimal hype and demand.

Capcom have better IPs and games they announced a life time ago that people are more interested in, so they bang out another DR? Great for those who like it, but I think they could of spent the time on something 'better'.

[LordMaim]

I think they could have spent time on a better Dead Rising game. They need to go back and have a look at what made Dead Rising 1/2/OTR good, and try to recapture that essence. DR3 was okay. I have no idea what they were thinking with DR4.

[RedPill86]

This and TLG doing bad. And people don't think software sales are suffering, regardless of how good games are.

[Fishy Fingers]

Both the lowest rated games in their respective franchises which probably didn't help.

[Lonnie18]

Numbers seem a bit high?

[ninsigma]

Vgchartz so it won't be wholly accurate but less than TLG?? I'm very surprised. Not that i think dead rising is a good franchise but I thought there would be a bigger audience for this than a team ico game.

[talocaca]

Xbox gamers really need to buy these games.

Microsoft will suddenly justify cancelling Scalebound by looking at the disappointing sales of Dead rising, sunset overdrive and Quantum break.

Meanwhile The Last Guardian, Ratchet and Clank and even Uncharted 4 sold more than expected.

[Gazondaily]

Why should they buy this multiplatform game that had received mixed reviews?

[Outside_ofthe_Box]

Multiplatform, but didn't stop people from putting it on lists of 2016 exclusives though...

Why is your fellow contingent pal gangsta_red no where to been seen though? I'm sure he's wondering if MS and Capcom sold enough to recoup the losses on this title right? Consistency is the Xbox Nation way, amirite everyone?

[Gazondaily]

"Why is your fellow contingent pal gangsta_red no where to been seen though? "

Ask him yourself?

[Outside_ofthe_Box]

*Sigh*

You cannot be serious.

All the questions I asked were rhetorical/tongue in cheek. I already know what the real deal is man. Didn't expect you to give me an answer or even reply.

Or should I assume that you think what DashArrivals said is representative of all PlayStation fans?

[gangsta_red]

*Puff of smoke*

Here I am!!

"I'm sure he's wondering if MS and Capcom sold enough to recoup the losses on this title right?"

Oh...was Deadrising 4 in development for almost 10 years like TLG?

[Outside_ofthe_Box]

* * * "Oh...was Deadrising 4 in development for almost 10 years like TLG?" * * *

That's your excuse? lol

So your saying 200k first week is enough to recoup the loss for DR4?

And why do you keep ignoring the fact TLG doesn't have the budget of a typical AAA game? Yoshida himself said that Horizon: ZD has a much bigger budget than TLG. This means that TLG doesn't have to sell as much as a typical AAA game to make a profit. Horizon: ZD has to sell more than TLG to turn profit despite TLG being in development far longer. You keep ignoring this for some reason. I can't imagine why/s

Also, you never answered how much you expected/estimated TLG needed to sell week one to recoup the loss. 500k is a solid start in my opinion. Even if it is short of profit I can't imagine it's that far off.

[ziggurcat]

@gangsta:

"Oh...was Deadrising 4 in development for almost 10 years like TLG?"

do you have evidence that shows TLG cost more to develop than DR4? I get the logic, but you can't definitively say that TLG cost more simply because it was in development for a longer period of time.

[gangsta_red]

@Outside

"That's your excuse? lol"

What excuse? I don't care about the sales of DR4. I was specifically inquiring about TLG because of its long development hell it went through and how long it took for it to finally release.

Don't know why that is so hard to grasp but it seems you and others want to drag in every other game that has not had the same issues TLG had.

"Also, you never answered how much you expected/estimated TLG needed to sell week one"

When did I ever state I actually knew? You and others are adding on your own points and concerns that I never even addressed or said.

@Ziggurcat

"do you have evidence that shows TLG cost more to develop than DR4?"

The game was originally made on the PS3 using the cell architecture, then scrapped and rebuilt for the PS4 and over a seven year span. All that time equals money, it's only logical. But yes I can't 'definitely' say anything but that is pretty much why we are here for discussion on these types of topics.

Not constantly replying with "got any evidence" to deflect the conversation.

[Outside_ofthe_Box]

* * * "When did I ever state I actually knew? You and others are adding on your own points and concerns that I never even addressed or said." * * *

I'm bringing up other games because you said the sales were low and that saying that game is niche was an excuse for the low sales. So I'm asking what was your prediction/ what was you expecting in regards to week one sales in order for them to be satisfactory for you in your opinion. I'm not say that you know. Just asking what you think.

* * * "Don't know why that is so hard to grasp but it seems you and others want to drag in every other game that has not had the same issues TLG had." * * *

I'm bringing up other games to put TLG sales in perspective since you say the sales are low.

* * *"I was specifically inquiring about TLG because of the it's development hell it went through and how long it took for it to finally release." * * *

It's been proven that despite TLG being in development for a long time it costs less than a typical AAA game yet you keep saying this. Why? Hell you don't even acknowledge what Yoshida said. You keep glossing over it and dodging it.

This will be my last comment on that topic as it should have been ended already. Recouping the loss is not an issue or at least they are a few sales away from turning profit. Yoshida has said that Sony games developed in the US and EU(think about which Sony studios are in the these regions and the type of games they make) have higher cost than TLG. You won't acknowledge this for reasons I already know though.

[gangsta_red]

@Outside

You seem to be missing the biggest point of this whole conversation. You're bringing up games that have not had this long of a development cycle. You can name all the games you want but unless they have had a similar dev experience it doesn't count nor was my point.

"I'm bringing up other games to put TLG sales in perspective..."

Except none of those games were made for a last gen system, scrapped and then made for the current console in a more than 7 year time period right?

"TLG being in development for a long time it costs less than a typical AAA game yet you keep saying this..."

That still doesn't prove that the game recouped what was spent over a long period of time. It doesn't prove that the budget that was given or allocated by Sony or projected by Team ICO may have exceeded what was originally planned for this game. It seems you are equally willing to gloss over that.

Again, I am not comparing this game to any other AAA game like you and others keep doing.

I find it hilarious that the only reason why I'm here is because you just had to mention my name and you thought I would even care about Deadrising 4 sales.

[Outside_ofthe_Box]

This is very frustrating.

Your saying your point was dev time when you initially talked about recouping losses.

What Yoshida said is relevant. The interviewer asked if TLG was among Sony's most expensive games to due to **how long it was in development** and Yoshida's response was "no not all" and what I have been reiterating. Even if it exceeded it's initial budget it's overall cost is still much lower than that of a typical AAA game.

Does it "prove" that it recouped the loss? No, we don't know the exact numbers obviously, but it does "prove" that it doesn't have to be a massive seller to do so, which it seems is what you initially thought. TLG doesn't have to do 800k-1miil type numbers week 1 which is what you'd expect let's say Horizon to do. Doing almost 500k week 1 is not bad when you factor all this in combined with the fact that TLG doesn't have mainstream appeal.

Have a wonderful night.

[gangsta_red]

@Outside

"This is very frustrating."

Yes it is, for you because you are making up your own arguments and then choosing to argue those.

It went from "where's Gangsta to defend Deadrising 4!?", to "but what about other triple A games?" to "Yoshida says it's all good!" and then god knows what else in between that was never my concern or interest.

[Outside_ofthe_Box]

Gangsta_red, I'll give you one thing, you're very clever. I see what you're doing man.

Did I inquire about you defending the sales of DR4? No, I was wondering about your concern of the losses as just the day before you was very concerned. It's only natural to wonder why you aren't here saying the same thing.

"What about AAA?" I was merely saying that TLG's budget is below them and thus doesn't have to perform like them in the charts to recoup losses. This is sound logic to me.

"Yoshida says it's all good!" I was merely saying that Yoshida confirms that TLG's budget is significantly below than your average expensive game. And thus doesn't have to sell huge week one numbers to recoup losses.

You dance around these things saying they don't count and that you only care about how long the game is in development. But Okay man.

[LordMaim]

No, come on. You can't hold the customer accountable when the game has issues. Do you think it's the customer's fault that The Order is a bad game? Or that Driveclub didn't sell well at launch? Or that Quantum Break barely scraped by? ReCore?

You have to put console zealotry aside and look at the games. They can't rely on people who bleed green/blue to buy a mediocre game. If the studio makes better games, they will sell better. Dead Rising 4 was a pretty major diversion from the core games, and didn't do well because of issues with the game.

The customer isn't to blame for choosing to not support a bad product.

[rainslacker]

I think people should buy what games interest them. If MS wants to capture other markets, they can get support for those games, and market them appropriately.

SB cancellation was probably a lot of things which caused it, and most of that is likely in the production side of things.

[EmperorDalek]

Did many people even care about DR4? After it was shown at E3 my thoughts were "Whatever next game please", and that seems to reflect what most people thought. It's clear Capcom didn't care much about it either, it's such poor quality compared to the other ones.

[Saranya]

Wait! that said "The open world survival horror beat 'em up video game from Sony Interactive Entertainment - Dead Rising 4" LOL

[FallenAngel1984]

I caught that typo in the actual article too lmao

[captainexplosion]

I bought it. Never been a fan of the series or of open world games but this looked fun so I got it. Played it for a couple hours and didn't like it. The control and mechanics are very poor.

[Deathdeliverer]

This is pretty bad. I'm actually starting to wonder if people have started buying games elsewhere than on XB1. I don't want to offend or start some crap but hear me out. If these were small titles selling poorly that would be one thing. But these are the games that Microsoft is taking to conventions. Pasting all over the XB1 dashboard. Giving behind the scenes time and commentary. Gears basically bombing in sales? Forza bombing in sales? These are established franchises. Not some unknowns. Then third party exclusives are tanking as well. Quantum break got so much stage and commercial pushing and it went nowhere. Maybe I'm looking at things wrong, and no im not saying every game other systems get are million sellers, but think of this.
People say SFV bombed at just over 1m sales on PC and PS4 combined. Capcom announced it wasn't as much as they wanted and that PS4 sold more copies. This isn't 1992 Street Fighter 2 arcade scene days. Fighters don't sell like they used to. But even SFV sold more than most of XB1s exclusives at +500,000. Microsoft should do some real revaluation and try to get some people back gaming on their console.

[Youngindy21]

PS4 has sold almost twice as many consoles though. So naturally PS4 games are gonna sell more than Xbox One games. You can't really compare software sales between Xbox One vs PS4 unless you do it relative to how much each console has sold.

[moegooner88]

Does't matter, he is talking about the sales compared to their predecessors. Even the original Gears was launched to a lower number of Xbox owners.

[Cmv38]

I think you're proving his point. In the same economy, one system has sold double, and games are selling much better. Again we are talking established franchises.

[tyasia0]

I see what your getting at. But the fact is that has zero importance to a game developer trying to make a profit.

[Chevalier]

Publishers care more about how many millions they sold. If you want relative comparisons. Units sold are more important than percentages.

Look at Uncharted 4 sold 2.7 million copies week 1. If you comparitively look at Gears 4 with half the potential buyers you expect at least 1.35 million roughly yet it only moved 617,000. It got beat in sales by FARMING SIMULATOR. Just think about it for a second the sim farming game beat out a big AAA franchise game.

[Bathyj]

Attach rates do not matter. Total sales do.
5m sales to a 20m userbase is 25%. Outstanding attach rate.
7.5m sales to a 60m userbase is only 12.5%. Exactly half the attach rate. Yet 50% more sales than 5m.

Which do you think the publisher would prefer? Bragging about attach rates is a consolation prize.

[rainslacker]

I'm not sure if I'd say some of those games bombed. They did reasonably well considering the install base. I think the decline otherwise in the actual franchise just comes from franchise fatigue.

For both new and ongoing IP's, it could also be that the hype leading up to the game is insulated to people in forums, and not being extended to the general market. In this case, it's a problem with marketing, which is odd, considering how much MS actually spends on marketing. So maybe there is something there where people have just become jaded, and don't care anymore.

Possibly just a slump overall.

Lots of possibilities, but a lot of it likely has to do with the size of the install base. Sales ratio wise, they're only a bit down for existing IP's.

@Young above

You can't always look at the ratio for exclusives on different systems. Both consoles have different mixes of the market, which buy different kinds of games. It's usually only multi-plats which give a good pattern, as ratios can be directly compared. But you can't directly compare something like TLG to Halo, because they appeal to completely different types of gamers

[brich233]

People didnt buy dead rising 4 until they were able to get it at a steal at 30$. Everyone on my friends list has it now.

[Kribwalker]

I legitimately waited until Boxing Day to buy it and FF15 as I knew they would be $49 Canadian down from $79.99 as is the case every year with November/December game releases

[lellkay]

I just think the allure of Dead Rising has diminished at this point. Dead Rising hasn't screamed out to me as a "must buy!" since the first one. The games are fun, but ultimately shallow. I definitely associate Dead Rising as a brand with Xbox, so the exclusivity has worked in that sense. But i don't value the game as a powerful chess piece in the battle of exclusives.

In fact this whole thing encapsulates my main issues with Microsoft and Xbox. Paid third party exclusives that aren't actually worth the investment. Dead Rising could have done perfectly well multi-format, and that money Microsoft spent could have gone into a new first party developer, or a new first party IP for Microsoft. Same deal with stuff like Titanfall 1, and Rise of the Tomb Raider. Great games, but just strange choices for Microsoft to throw money at.

[Bathyj]

Agreed. Money better spend on making their own games. Precisely why they are behind so much. Sonys "for the players" isnt just a catch phrase, its a philosophy that people believe in, whether its true or not, and they believe that MS arent "for the players". No other company would have stuck with The Last Guardian, thats for sure. But they did, and will probably lose money on it in the long (loooong) run. But they still made it, and it was for the players. Cheesy yes, but still true.

MS dont want to build anything themselves, they just want to buy everything they need. They have no love for this business, its simply an avenue for making money. yes they all want to make money, but the journey is more important than the destination. How you go about making money matters.

How about putting some studios together MS and resurrecting some of your dead franchises like Crimson Skies, or heaven forbid, make something new yourself, instead of paying 3rd parties to come up with your new IPs.

[Goldby]

Microsoft is looking through the window, while sony is playing outside

[lellkay]

Totally agree, Microsoft's image isn't helped when they close or loose studios that fans really had a bond with - Bungie, Epic, Lionhead stick out to me. They are the flagship developers that the Xbox and 360 we're built on, so just moving the franchises to other developers or closing them really hurts the Xbox brand in my eyes.

Microsoft is lacking their own Naughty Dog, Guerrilla Games, Santa Monica, Quantic Dream etc. Sony has so many First Party Studios that have been in for the long ride now and not only can be trusted to make solid games, but the fans have a "bond" with them now. These companies are respected, and Microsoft doesn't have that when they continually close studios and move IP's between developers (see Crackdown).

At the end of the day, it is about the games though. And if Microsoft did want to put money into third party exclusives, it could still be a solid tactic. I just find the game choices strange. I'd definitely prefer them to try and bolster and grow their own first party studios though as that seems to where they have lost footing and never recovered. I really think they should focus on building their studios like Sony haven, I think that would be more beneficial to them in the long run.

This is my biggest issue with Xbox One, is Microsoft's focus and decisions they have done a great job turning the systems image and direction around since launch, and i really liked Quantum Break and Recore, Gears 4 was great, Forza is always solid, and i did enjoy Halo 5. But it feels like Microsoft are just treading water rather than pushing to thrive.

[GamerGT]

Off topic: using Vgchartz guesstimates. I know some hate that, but Rise of the Tomb Raider for PS4 has narrowed the gap in comparison to XBOX One to $240k in 9 weeks. I give it 5 to 10 weeks before it surpasses. Microsoft had this deal for over a year.

[ZeekQuattro]

Monster Hunter seems to be the only Capcom IP pulling its weight these days. Ouch. RE 7 can't come out for them soon enough.

[DashArrivals]

THAT is absolutely horrendous. Pathetic sales of a massive game for their holiday period. Not looking good for Xbox I think. These are bad signs.

If you double the install base of Xbox One and double these sales figures of Dead Rising 4.... then IT STILL SOLD LESS than The Last Guardian, - which is a new IP. A niche Japanese puzzle game.

Also, everyone knows VGchartz has a well known history of undert tracking Playstation figures and over-tracking Xbox figures. "It is known Khaleesi"

[Youngindy21]

The Last Guardian is a "new" IP, but it's from an established developer (Team ICO).

[Cmv38]

That's your excuse? The developer is established so that counter acts the game being a new ip?

[Bathyj]

That was weak. A developer thats made 2 games? That skipped a whole generation? That probably has less programmers than Capcom has caterers or janitors? Capcom isnt established? Gee they sure are taking their time to do that.

[Chevalier]

How do you explain the low sales for Gears 4, Forza Horizon 3 and Dead Rising 4 then? They're also established developers. That street goes 2 ways.

[Sunny_D]

I'm pretty sure your grandma knows who CAPCOM is compared to Team ICO that most likely only gamers who follow the industry are the only ones to likely know of. Hell, even many of the people who bought TLG still probably don't even know of the devs who made the game.

[sdcard4gb]

Not surprised, the game's garbage with "Dead Rising" name put on it for some reason. It deserves this completely :)
Now, Nicrosoft, do what we all know you'll end up doin' - port it to Steam XD

[DashArrivals]

It's coming to PS4 in less than 12 months. So hopefully it well sell a lot more. Steam will help as well.

*EDIT* @sdcard, But a month ago. Xbox people were telling me how great this game was, and how it ws not a surprise if it outsold TLG in a week in the UK, then DR4 was available for 6 days and TLG available for 3.

[sdcard4gb]

Hopefully will sell more ? Are you rooting for this piece of shit ?
Here is why DR4 is shit:
Exposition piece number 1 - https://www.youtube.com/wat...
Exposition piece number 2 - https://www.youtube.com/wat...

[MRMagoo123]

I have watched some comparison Vids of dr1 vs dr4 and it seems that dr1 is by far the better game , it has far better interactions in the environment, the zombies react far better to attacks and also attack you better and in different ways, the items you can find to use in dr1 are far more varied and interactive compared to dr4 as well and more available as well. dr1 really does look to be a far superior game in every way.

it really is a shame but dr3 was a down hill move as well so it's really to be expected but I had hopes.

[LordMaim]

It won't do any better if it does come to PS4, because it's a bad game.

[slappy508]

People here pining about the PS4's install base. When you compare the attachment rate of the two games TLG still comes out on top. TLG is 0.91% whilst Dead Rising is 0.78%. So Dead Rising has been relegated to even more niche status by it's userbase compared to TLG. (the underlying assumption here is that PS4 has 53 million consoles sold whilst Xbox is 26 million)

[Inzo]

Whoa whoa whoa whoa WHOA! Let me just correct you right now.......................... The PS4 has 55 million consoles sold.

[slappy508]

That's probably true which brings it down to 0.88%.still better attachment rate

[Brisco]

Oh no digital sales here..

[AizenSosuke]

Ouch in the world charts too.

[IamTylerDurden1]

Even though N4G was flooded with articles stating that DR4 was outselling TLG i'm not surprised seeing as how it's the lowest rated Dead Rising to date (73 Meta).

[corroios]

Now this another huge flop in sales. But microsoft will talk about millions of zombies killed and so on. I think dead rising 5 4k will solve everything

[ger2396]

Damn, a "niche" title like tlg sold more.

[lastking95]

Good and deservingly so. Bet ms is glad they only paid for timed exclusivity lol. Let DR go it's be trash since 2. Too much of a joke.

If ppl listened to me you'd know exactly what will happen. Knew tlg and dr4 would flop but no one wants to listen.

[UCForce]

The real difference is TLG and other previous games like ICO and SOTC are very successful game. More importantly, they are niche titles, but a unique games.

[Kratosthegr8]

@ lastking so which is it?
lastking95 36d ago (Edited 36d ago )
Lol dr4 is simply the better game. No one wants to play tlg.

Remember this? Stop being a hypocrite

[Outside_ofthe_Box]

LOL

I was just going to point out his hypocrisy. He was also big-ing up Rookie in that thread as well, telling people "like no man's sky hold this L" ROFLMAO, my days.

[lastking95]

It is a better game trash>💩 lol i was wrong on the sales(both didn't too hot as I predicted but tlg did better) so where is the hypocrisy? Did I say anything postive about dr4? Did I bash 1 game than not do the same for another when it suffered the same? If anything it proved me right and shows the opposite of hypocrisy lol. I'm assuming majority of tlg sales were from EU cause I'll be shocked if it was NA and we know it wasn't UK as DR4 outsold it there.

I like rookie for 1 reason he'll go back 1000 days ago to find something you said that shows you're a hypocrite or have to eat crow 😂 like wtf spends their time reading through or saving comments from so long ago? Lol he exposed so many it's hilarious.

[Outside_ofthe_Box]

@lastking95

I actually used to do that "back in the day" lol. Not really that hard if you remember the comment and article it was said. I honestly give him credit for that, but he himself has contradicted his past comments even going as far as to edit them not to mention he's been caught lying at times and the fact that he trolls often as well. That's why I hate when people praise him. Even though he might have 'exposed' someone and it's hilarious you are also validating the other crap he does.

[jznrpg]

Niche game TLG sold more than double. Interesting

[danny818]

I love how biased the gaming site is. This gets hung for not performing well and TLG gets defended by being "niche" blah blah blah... all Switch news I've seen reported too the comments section is so ignorant as well.

[Razzer]

Thank you for being so enlightened.

/s

[lastking95]

Welcome to n4g lol

[Outside_ofthe_Box]

Difference here is that TLG sales aren't bad though. ~500k for TLG is if not good then it is at the very least a solid start, no? If not then how much would you consider good or at least ok for it? How much were you expecting?

DR4 on the other hand, 200k is low no matter how niche the game is in my opinion, unless it's an indie game. Obviously you can point out that sales are a result of the game not meeting the expectations of quality and thus deserved the sales.

But as far as TLG goes if you thought it would within the 500k's then TLG isn't far off. This is week one numbers remember that. If you thought 600k or higher remember that then you are expecting it to perform on similar levels of Gears which in my opinion is not a realistic prediction.

I don't see people pointing out the fact that TLG is not mainstream and that 200k is just plain below what was expected as anything that is bad or wrong or hypocritical.

But if trashed and laughed at TLG, you better trash this because difference in sales is more than double.

[MRMagoo123]

maybe because tlg sold more than double dr4 and dr4 is an established popular franchise on xbone.

[StormLegend]

And where are those trolls that was laughing in TLG article? this did even worse and it's a well know franchise

[Blu3_Berry]

Ouch, for a western action zombie game that's pretty meh sales. In comparison to Last Guardian that's a niche title.

[SCW1982]

Hope they can get back to what made the first two games good. 3 and 4 didn't pay enough attention to the little details that made the first game stand apart.

[deepdown]

The sales are poor because the game is poor. Capcom Vancouver in recent times have lost a lot of their good staff to other studios. Now its mostly made up of ex Relic / EA staff and college grads with little to no talent. Don't believe me, don't care.Go on Linkedin and see for yourself. The only studio that's pushing in Van is the Coaltion. Apart from them and EA the city is done for AAA

[bluefox755]

I hope MS didn't pay too much for the timed exclusivity. Who would have thought a game about massacring zombies would be beat out handily by a game about a boy and his bird/dog/cat?

[Bathyj]

Days Gone looks way more interesting, story, setting and gameplay wise. And technology for that matter. The zombie hordes in that look really impressive in that game.

Dead Rising seems to have been downgraded as far as environmental interactivity is concerned and looks stale now. The series needs a rest I think.

[Haki1112]

this game took away everything that made dead rising 1-3 great and said fuck it I hope it does tank

[C02rEthgInDim]

VG Chartz

[SliceOfTruth888]

Gonna beat the dead horse but out of the 20 friends i have with xbox ones nobody buys phsycial anymore. Do we get digital numbers eventually or just physical?

[Dan_scruggs]

VGChartz is a worthless crap website filled with incorrect information.

Unless it supports the narrative.

[kenwonobi]

A truly troubling trend if this continues for Microsoft. They are giving gaming companies zero incentive to make games on their system. Xbox gamers are killing the industry because they won't buy games. It was at least very expected this game should outsell TLG.