Sea of Stars Now at 250K Sales, Beats First Year Targets

This I great to see. I have the game downloaded via PS+. I'm not sure the game is for me, but it looks appealing, so I am thankful I got to try it this way. I wish Sabotage more success in the future.

Well deserved and it makes me wonder what they expected. I always thought The Messenger had done well, but maybe that's within my own little microcosm of friends. Awesome to see such strong sales, and I wonder how much of that is or is not connected to Switch sales as well as price increase announcements with Sony encouraging people to buy it and drop their subs. Critical reviews also really help, and so does reputation of game. So many factors at play.

I never played these types of game, but I am giving this a go.

Game is great. So many little secrets. Wish there were more “wheels” players in game, that game is addictive. Got all the feels from it, looking forward to DLC.

Well, interesting to see how much has the Switch version sold in comparison.
For me, this kind of games are much better suited for a handheld such as the Switch. I even waited years for Persona 5 Royal to launch there to finally play it because long JRPGs feel more comfortable there. Exactly the opposite that happens for FPS, Sports or other RPGs such as Soulsbornes, which I feel must be played in my PS5 instead.
That is why even if I have it included on my PS Plus Extra Subs, I may prefer to get it in the Switch after a sale eventually

I'm happy to hear this, Sabotage deserves it. From what I've played so far it's an excellent game. It reminded me of Golden Sun and how engaged I was when I first played that many years ago. Sadly, I've had to put it on the back burner for the time being because BG3 has consumed my life, but I'm looking forward to finishing it.

I rarely care, but those people deserve my praise xD Only put a couple hours in so far, but I really like what I saw so far. The Messenger was awesomely written too, so I have high expectations when I truly get into it after Starfield

Great game. If they put DLC on plus, and it’s separate, I will try it certainly (if I have Plus again at that point, as I’m planning on letting it lapse) but I’m not buying a game I’ve already finished on plus as well as the DLC just to play the DLC.

This was always meant to be a Switch first game - Sony and MS just handed them a free pile of money. I'm playing it now under subscription but I fully intend on buying it once it releases in physical for the god-tier Switch.

Yay! I played part of the demo and plan on buying it once I have finished some of my backlog.

@Cashews "god-tier Switch"

Get a grip Cashew. Nintendo got it right because the price point and focus is on kids. Perfect Christmas and Birthday presents. I have a switch and it's great. But god-tier?

Also, what's wrong with games releasing on multiple systems? I would love to play super mario world on my xbox. But I've got more chance of playing on Paul McCartneys missing bass guitar than ever seeing that.

@themcnoisy swing and a miss!! The PS4 didn't get it right because it was more expensive and it didn't focus on kids. The PS4 got it right because it had the better games - in spades over the competition.

The Switch has the best games and it isn't even remotely close. Sure there are people who like one thing over another - there always are. but if you look over the entire library of games. The RPG selection, the shmups, the platformers, the FPSs, etc...the switch is in a class that won't be topped - and when it is - it will have moved on. Will the next one flop? That is the most interesting topic of the next 3-5 years.

Not to mention saying the other consoles have more adult games is just dumb. There are more adult games on the Nintendo - way too many in fact. Downright raunchy. personally I wish they were gone but such is their grody eshop.

@Cashews it's arguable switch has the best games. Maybe better for you or my nephew who loves it.

The library is sweet 😋 it's especially lovely to see Celeste, Ori, Disgaea 5 and Mario Kart on the same system.

Not so great if you want real world simulators, crpgs, immersive management sims or real time strategy games. It also struggles with frame rates and high resolution on the TV. And the joy con's are fragile.

I see my switch as a nice accompanying console to my xbox. It does have some positives namely the portability, unique experiments (labo / switch adventures) and great exclusives. But switch doesnt house all the games I want to play. I'm a bit long in the tooth to enjoy Mario Bros like I used too, playing Kirby is only slightly favourable to catching a cold. And as I game on a TV to relax its not god-tier in that regard.

Can't we have the whole studio working on the next game instead of screwing around with dlc? Let's be real here, that's time that could be shaved off a new game or quality amplified on said new game. DLC does about half the sales of the product on average, costs more to develope then the same amount of content in the base game and takes longer to make for the same amount of content. What's the point.

@Cashews anytime I play a Switch at someone's house, I'm like, yeah... I don't need one of these. Half the good exclusives I already had on Wii U, the other half I'll wait and play on Switch2. For everything other than Mario / Zelda / Pikmin, it's just a worse version of what I already have.

@sentiententity a shame. You are missing out on the best system of the generation - and you can walk around with it on an OLED without wifi. Xenoblade 3 and Shin Megami V are better jrpgs than anything on the X or PS - objectively. Shmups it isn't even an argument. Platformers. Lol. Quirky, weird games that Sony abandoned circa the PS3 era - no contest. Splatoon 3 is arguably a better shooter than most of the hifi ones of this gen. Action - I'd put Bayonetta up against GoW any day of the week. With the price of their online sub you could successfully argue it is the best of the three. Sony's online is by far the worst. et cetera.

PS/X have great western rpgs, better fighter selection, better person to person connectivity (also can be seen as a con depending).

But like what you like of course. It isn't close to me I couldn't imagine not owning the fairly inexpensive machine this gen. cheers

@Bunchesopuppies I’ve been advancing the main story just in hopes of finding another place to play Wheels! So far, I haven’t been able to play it for less than an hour at a time.

They deserve everything they get. In such a strong year I still feel they should get some goty consideration, its so good.
Took me 55 hours to finaly stop playing, but I might go back for the platinum as I have most of it done and I cant starfield due to motion sickness (drat!)

@Cashews
"Xenoblade 3 and Shin Megami V are better jrpgs than anything on the X or PS - objectively."
If its objectivley then you need to use something like metacrtic:
Shin megami v ( switch) 84
Xenoblade 3 (switch) 89
Sea of Stars (switch) 91
Objectively, you are clearly not correct.
However, i have some sympathy with your viewoint and the switch should not be easilly dismissed, with strong games in every genre and many platform exclusives well worth playing.

Incidently, while theres no doubt scmups have found a decent home on the switch and it has the most, there are large numbers on the PS too. My PS scmup collection sits at 36 titles with several more in my wishlist waiting for a decent sale. Theres more than enough on ps to scratch that itch, and I play on PS because Ive a great joystick to use for em 😁
I like my switch, but its by no means a clear winner as you seem to suggest. But thats just a personal opinion, and I respect your opinion too... It certainly shouldnt be a system gamers should ignore!

@Titntin the day I use some hack blogger as a litmus test for creativity and quality is the day creativity dies within me.

Critics absolutely hated God Hand. they abhored Deadly Premonition. Once both of those titles became cult classics then they re-wrote reviews...changed their mind completely and pretended they were the first to like it. This is common.

Taking reviews of game writers as a judge of anything...I mean ANYTHING...I wouldn't debase myself ever.

Those 2 games are better than any JRPG that has touched this system or the X. Everyone who has played more than a handful of these things, without rooting for some home team, knows this to be true. That's it.

@Cashews
Then learn english:
"objectively:
adverb
in a way that is not influenced by personal feelings or opinions"

I've played jrpgs since their inception. As a committed games player for well over 40 years and a AAA games dev for two decades, I also have very valid personal opinions too - but Im not egotistical enough to post my opinions as facts, despite the fact Im clearly basing my opinion on a great deal more experience. I bet you havent even played or completed this game, as I have, so your opinion is based on nothing.

Hows about the next time you want to post your subjective opinion, you dont call it objective, so I can simply ignore your opinion?

Im waiting for the physical version next year