Shadow of the Colossus Sells an Estimated 434,517 Units First Week at Retail

The action adventure game from publisher Sony Interactive Entertainment and developer Bluepoint Games - Shadow of the Colossus - sold 434,517 units first week at retail, according to VGChartz estimates.

[PhoenixUp]

For comparison’s sake, VGC’s estimates say The Last Guardian sold 484K in its first week.

I thought this Shadow of the Colossus remake, being the more accessible game, would’ve done better in its first week but it still performed rather well.

[JackBNimble]

It also hasn't done as well as Sea of Thieves in its first week... just throwing that out there.

[Lokii]

Well see of thieves came with the game pass.

[DarXyde]

Are game pass owners counted in there as "sales"?

If so, that's highly disingenuous. Not that it matters; I don't think it really matters how Shadow of the Colossus sells at this point since it's already made its rounds successfully on two other platforms.

[moegooner88]

You are actually throwing out that you are clueless, since no sales for Sea of T have been revealed, just the usual MS marketing bluff.

[JackBNimble]

Yes, let's make excuses why this exclusive is selling mediocre. Just pointing out the hypocrisy.

[BlaqMagiq1]

So can you show me how much Sea of Thieves sold at retail?

[Silly Mammo]

Yes let's compare a new IP heavily marketed by MS and hailed as the next big MP vs a remake of a classic niche game.

Also, SoT is available on the PC. But yes completely the same. 🙄

[bluefox755]

I guess we'll never know, since MS doesn't ever release numbers.

[mkis007]

Give us the link to this information...as it hasnt been posted before.

Or are you trying to claim MS's 2 million figure as sold? That would be a pretty stupid thing for you to say though.

[Gazondaily]

SoT is now some mad mega title with gargantuan hype according to some on here? 😂 that revisionist history already in the works.

[Nyxus]

@ Septic: uhm yes? Are you really suggesting that Sea of Thieves hasn't been heavily marketed and hyped by Microsoft for years?

[sprinterboy]

Sot is also a month rental game on game pass before gamers swim a mile and sink through dehydration and boredom.
Edit: plus its not like ms have loads of games outside of 3rd party.

[Hardiman]

So M$ has finally released sales numbers?!?!

[moegooner88]

Funny thing is that Septic actually wrote a piece about Sea of T demonstrating the power of the cloud , but not after it turned out medicore at best, he is pretending no hype preceded the release lol.

http://n4g.com/news/2149722...

[Silly Mammo]

@septic
SoT is now some small indie title with very little marketing or hype according to some on here? 😂 that revisionist history already in the works.

[2pacalypsenow]

Sea of thieves was also touted as a game changer and a killer app for XBox which they hyped like crazy. SOTC was just a remake.

[Razzer]

"SoT is now some mad mega title with gargantuan hype according to some on here? 😂 that revisionist history already in the works. "

Your April Fools post is three days late. Seriously......you are delusional if you really believe Sea of Thieves wasn't hyped to hell and back.

[Knushwood Butt]

Some MS fans getting desperate.

[Gazondaily]

"Funny thing is that Septic actually wrote a piece about Sea of T demonstrating the power of the cloud"

I didn't ? And what does that have to do with ANYTHING lol!?

Lol you lot call Ni No Kuni niche but SoT is this massively hyped and marketed title? How was it massively marketed? It's popular on twitch and sold loads but let's take away from it's sales because....??

You lot called The Last Guardian niche. No hype behind that ? When you lot started crying at the e3 reveal of it like it was the second coming of Christ but when it's sales fizzled out . ..."niche".

Niche is your go to excuse for everything Sony that doesn't sell. Anything MS sells...hype/marketing/fomo? Lol

[IamTylerDurden1]

Jack

Microsoft hasn't released official sales numbers for Sea of Thieves. If you think the 2 million players is sales numbers you are sorely mistaken.

Septic

You have to be joking if you think that Ni No Kuni II was hyped anywhere near Sea of Thieves.

Ni No Kuni isn't even a first party game, it's a JRPG, and there was far less marketing.

SoT is a first party game and it was marketed as the return of Rare. Rare claimed it was their most ambitious game and it was a main feature of multiple E3s. SoT launched with the new service Game Pass to help push it. SoT was a heavy hitter for Microsoft while Ni No Kuni II 2 wasn't even necessarily the biggest PS4 exclusive released that week (MLB).

Ni No Kuni is a JRPG and Studio Ghibli game, it certainly is niche.

[Razzer]

Right. Cuz MS didn't create an Xbox bundle just for Sea of Thieves. Oh wait.

https://www.xbox.com/en-US/...

And they didn't have some massive 6 country contest for Sea of Thieves. Oh wait.

http:// http://www.kotaku.co.uk/201...

And they surely didn't create a limited edition controller JUST for Sea of Thieves. Oh wait.

https://www.xbox.com/en-US/...

And of course they didn't create an entire line of clothing JUST for Sea of Thieves. Oh wait.

https://shop.seaofthieves.c...

Yeah....you keep telling yourself all that is typical for any old game and not marketing hype. lol

[LP-Eleven]

Curious, what did Sea of Thieves sell?

[Silly Mammo]

Lol Razer. 😆 You get a bubble. Facts are facts. But I'm sure the fanboys still will say it wasn't all Xbox hyped for at least a year leading up to its release. BEAST!!!

[JackBNimble]

Wow, you guys sure are sensitive... Lol

[Sunny_D]

Fuuuuuuu, someone call an ambulance cause Septic just received 3rd degree Burns. 😂

[Clunkyd]

This is why the gaming community makes fun of these Xbox fanboys the most.
They're so insecure. LOL

[JackBNimble]

Clunkyd
If you are referring to me, which I am sure you are. I would like to point out that I don't even own an Xbox, and my pc died and I have no plans on a new build.

So what platform do you think I play on? It ain't anything Nintendo I can assure you of that.

[Dragonscale]

@septic, no that was according to ms for the past 4 years. Anyhow considering the brevity of xbone 'exclusives' sot was guaranteed to sell tbh.

[DarXyde]

Those are physical sales.

[SuperSonic91]

Got mine digital.

[ZeroX9876]

@JackBNimble
Well it was released originally in 2005 ,then re-released as a HD collection in 2011, THEN re-re-released on PS4 as a remake.
I would say 430K of total sales in the first week is totally fine for a more than 12 years old title! Plus considering all of the game was already done and only needed new graphic assets, The total dev cost must've been low.

[Goldby]

They rebuilt the game from nothing in a different engine. It wasn't just slap new textures on it...

[ZeroX9876]

No it wasnt just a "slap of textures" but it was surely cheaper than the first time the game was developped. No need to figure out anything story wise, gameplay wise, plus they already had assets to based their work on. Less hardware restriction than the first release too because on ps2 it was quite a technical feast. So it should turn a profit very fast with a lower unit sold count.
Plus they took the same studio who did the ps3 remaster, so already used to the base engine.

[PhoenixUp]

@ Jack

VGC hasn’t even released their estimates for Sea of Thieves’ sales yet

[MegamanXXX]

Not bad for an old game that already sold over a million in the PS2 and PS3 era

http://www.vgchartz.com/gam...

http://www.vgchartz.com/gam...

[corroios]

First week for a sp game! Cool

[timotim]

So much for gamers not wanting to play "old games", between this and Crash I think if the game is good, gameras will want to play it.

[Gazondaily]

Indeed. Remake or not, it's obvious that you can't go wrong with the classics. Luckily Sony delivers on both fronts; old and new

[Heelix]

I just left a BC thread.

This is a perfect example here.
The old games are topping charts and selling, obviously this is a business opportunity for the companies.

I just hope this doesn't encourage them to limit compatibility on newer hardware. ps5 and co'.

[_-EDMIX-_]

Except this is not an old game releasing through backwards compatibility , this is a full remake

based on that logic you might as well say the sales of Final Fantasy 7 remake are because it's "an old game" despite ignoring it's a remake.

Once again this is not the original Shadow of the Colossus simply releasing this is a full-blown remake made in a completely different engine ie not the same game.

Activision made a remaster of Call of Duty 4 while still having Call of Duty 4 release through backwards compatibility which means they have nothing to really do with each other because you're not really talking about the same thing.

Developers are going to make remasters are remix regardless of backwards compatibility because the idea of somebody purchasing an enhanced or remake version of a game actually has nothing to do at all with their ability to play the older one I mean by that logic have you not figured out that PlayStation 4 has the original Final Fantasy 7 in HD on top of getting a full-blown remake? lol

So you're still not understanding the two don't have anything to do with each other? So you having the ability to play Final Fantasy 7 the way it originally released actually has nothing at all to do with a completed made from the ground-up remake....

[AspiringProGenji]

Not a perfect example. Wake me up when a remaster kr a remake top the sales of Horizon, a new game. You guys are trying hard to push you BC agenda.

[Nyxus]

It's not an old game, it's a full remake. That's the reason I rebought and played it, even though I already own it on PS2.

[Death]

It’s a remaster more than a remake. Improved graphics, same story. FFVII is a completely new game based on the original story line and characters.

[SuperSonic91]

IMO SotC is different. The remaster sends a message to new gen of gamers.
That 3D game design was perfected during the PS2 Era.
Bluepoint says the game's design is still unmatched today even by modern standards.

When Shigeru Miyamoto and Eiji Aunuma played it in 2005 Miyamoto senpai said Twilight Princess will be the last Zelda game they will make for a long while.

Meaning SotC blew them away because Team ICO achieved the highest design quality even Miyamoto san can even think of.

[AspiringProGenji]

This and other few classics are an exception, and yet this sales are very fall behind the sales of new games like Horizon. Everyone buys a new console for new games. Luckily Sony delivers mew games so with them they are no complaints with the remakes.

[Nyxus]

It's not old though, it's a full remake. There's a difference.

[IamTylerDurden1]

There is a huge difference between a technical remake with all new assets and a port or "bc". The motivation to play SotC Remake, R&C remake, or Crash N Sane Trilogy is that they are classic games remade in todays standards. We are playing SotC as if it was first released in 2018 with modern technology, it's an enticing premise.

While bc is a nice feature, we are in the prime of this generation with great current gen games releasing faster than we can play them. I just don't see how gamers have time to play the same last gen games with antiquated visuals and tech over again. We are in year five of the generation, Ni No Kuni II, MLB The Show 18, Far Cry 5, and even the controversial Sea of Thieves just released. God of War is next month, then Detroit. Even Spiderman is about to announce, we are in the thick of it.

I'm not against bc, but i just think it is far more useful at the start of the generation when there is a dearth of new gen games rather than an abundance.

[ILostMyMind]

SoTC will continue to sell for a long time. It's a remake of a remaster and PlayStation fans have played it several times.

[Kiwi66]

So in other words people will buy updated versions of a game they've played before

[Goldby]

Remade* not updated

[Kiwi66]

@Goldby I'm just making the point that people are willing to play the game again even if they have played the original, regardless if it's a remake etc

[mkis007]

I wouldnt feel the desire for a non updated form of an old game. I dont need a new console for an old game

[SuperSonic91]

The games quality will trancend PS4 to PS5. Maybe PS6 will get another remake.

[oof46]

Very happy its selling well. I absolutely adored the original. Will most likely not play the remaster, but I'm happy it's selling.

[CrimsonWing69]

This is selling well?

[oof46]

@CrimsonWing69: Almost half a million physical sales for a remaster? Yes.

[IliasApos]

That's pretty good overall!!
Digital sales are also great!!

[bluefox755]

Pretty impressive.

[P_Bomb]

On pace to hit a million, for the third time (!)

[Einhander1971]

The difference is SOTC is a timeless classic, sea of thieves is complete tosh. Personally I don't give monkey's how much it sold, anyone who hasn't played SOTC it's there loss.

[Death]

It’s only good if you like it. It comes down to personal opinion. I don’t think I have ever felt others were losing out on something I like that they didn’t.

[paintedgamer1984]

1 of those are mine 😝

[Minute Man 721]

I still need to grab mine. Was playing the ps3 version when this was announced..... this looks like a brand new game.

[IamTylerDurden1]

Pretty good numbers for first week physical sales. Between physical and digital i'd imagine the game will sell well over a million lifetime and probably close to 1.5 million. The reviews were spectacular, so i expect it to sell over a period of time.

Honestly, the game took far less resources than a typical AAA, so i'd imagine they already broke even. The game will make money. To be honest, i don't think the remake was intended as a cash grab anyway. SotC was never a huge seller, i believe Sony more so encouraged the project in order to help bolster the PS4 library and support the console.

Regardless of sales SotC Remake is an excellent addition to the PS4 library and i personally love the relationship between Sony and Blue Point. I'm excited to see what they do next.

[SuperSonic91]

What agem of a game. Got the Sword of Dormin at last.

[CrimsonWing69]

It's niche... welcome to why the game industry doesn't take risks anymore...

Also, I always thought VGChartz was unreliable and inaccurate...