Detroit: Become Human has sold more copies in two weeks than Heavy Rain did in its entire lifespan in Japan, making it Quantic Dream’s most successful game of all time in the territory. While the retail sales don’t make for particularly impressive reading in our Media Create report, 56k units is remarkable for an extremely Western focused narrative adventure.
There are probably two factors at play here: the title’s near-future world will likely appeal to Japanese tastes, while credit must also be laid at the door of PlayStation Japan, who invested a significant sum of money into marketing and promoting the title to a local audience. Honestly, we think it’s pretty cool that Japanese gamers have embraced the game – and even more exciting is that it’s faring well around the rest of the globe, too.
[source twitter.com]
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Not bad really, and a photo mode is coming too.
Like music to my ears
@adf86 Ooh I didn't know that. Do you have a link at all? Thanks!
I'm waiting on a price drop after getting burned by Beyond. I actually think I will enjoy this more. I loved Heavy Rain...
It's always cool when Western games perform well in Japan or vice versa. Makes me feel like one day live in a world in which people are able to look past their cultural differences.
@get2sammyb
This sounds familiar...
https://www.pushsquare.com/news/2010/02/resident_evil_gold_edition_tops_japanese_software_charts_heavy_rain_breaks_top_ten
@lacerz Wow, always fascinating reading old articles.
@lacerz Even with the terrible condition the Japanese market is in Detroit managed to double Heavy Rains numbers from 2010? That's great indeed.
@get2sammyb You've been writing for a looooong time now. When did you start?
@get2sammyb Nevermind. Ten years since two weeks ago? And you didn't even throw a party?
@Kidfried It's even longer than that really. This was my first ever website: http://www.oocities.org/hypogc/Gameboyadvance-gamecube.htm
I was like 12 or 13?
@get2sammyb I forget how to do links on here but it was on PlayStation Lifestyle because of a tweet from one of the developers
@adf86 Cool okay, will have a search. Thanks!
@get2sammyb here you go: http://www.playstationlifestyle.net/2018/06/06/quantic-dream-is-working-on-detroit-become-human-photo-mode/#/slide/1
Great news. Definitely Quantic Dream's best game to date, imo. Did the impossible and made me interested in games the studio will work on in the future in large part because this one proved they can make likeable characters to go along with a good story.
I love being a bad/aggressive cop with Connor.
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