UK Sales Charts: Hitman 3 Physical Sales Exceed Hitman 2, 49% of Sales on PS5

Good to see Hitman getting the attention it deserves. A fine end to the trilogy

GTA V still at it. Incredible.

Rockstar: why do we need to make gta6 again?

Not seeing demon souls makes me wonder. Sooner or later they will have to make an easy mode if they keep increasing budgets. Most people can't beat it so why would they bother?

Sekiro sold 5m, but this is a an exclusive game. Makes me wonder if it's sustainable making a bloodborne 2 or demon souls 2 since it will require more time and money.

Shame. Probably the best next-gen game so far.

Where is the acquisition, SONY? Bluepoint can make a new ip.

Gta 5 the g.o.a.t.🖤.word up son

324% increase in software, week over week.
Either people are getting lucky with orders or they're caving into scalpers. Hopefully the former.

A futuristic gta would be awesome.

Is nice to see PS5 software sales is gaining traction. Was alittle worried on the initial software sales.

I have the top 4 games cool... (Ps4& Switch)

@LiterallyDoNotCare "Sooner or later they'll have to make an easy mode sooner or later"

You're not very bright...

@Papasears It was a joke. gta6 is over due

@Nepp67 explain your insult

@PhhhCough Nah. Should be current time. Maybe you want a redo at a cyberpunk 2077 theme, but I don't want to see redundant games. Like zombies games. Too many of them.

@LiterallyDoNotCare Souls games already have an easy mode - it’s called grinding. They’re RPGs so difficulty can be increased or decreased through levels. They can’t really do much more in an ‘easy’ difficulty that couldn’t already be grinded out.

@nessisonett Grinding is not something a casual gamer wants to do though.
I wouldn't want to see an easy mode, but having an ego for beating a hard game is pretty dumb. Already platinumed sekiro,bb and ds3 (in the future ds1 and 2). Do I need to prove it more? It just seems a lot of people that defend want bragging rights.

Maybe the easy mode doesn't give you achievments or trophies?

This is for the future. Maybe not. Depends on future game's budgets. Like maybe they wouldn't add that much to it since it's not going to sell thaaat much.

@nessisonett Actually. You can see it now. Nioh. Idk what they'll make next. They need to make it more cinematic and westernized.

It seems the best selling single player games are cinematic story telling games and anyone who slightly deviates from that, will sell less by default.

I didn't see DOOM Eternal in any NPD. You can't just make a story without attracting gameplay either or it won't sell (Death Stranding).

We also endorce it. We call these sony/rockstar template games goty the moment they are announced. Ghost had an 83 metacritic score and a whole bunch of games had scores higher. Same thing with death stranding, control. Low scores to be a nominated game but how did they end up there? The template.

The goty award template. Devil May Cry. 10/10. DS. 8/10. I nominate DS for goty.

wait, why?

DMC 5 just doesn't have a story.

@LiterallyDoNotCare The reason that you don't see demon's souls in this list is that most people don't have a ps5 not because it is a hard game. Also, demon's souls is already the easiest soulsborne game out there.

@LiterallyDoNotCare I have absolutely no idea what you’re talking about.

@Ah-Void True, but bloodborne didn't sell that much either. 4m?

@nessisonett That games that are very cinematic are praised too much by us, just for being cinematic story driven games.

Story is way too overvalued in games these days. I have heard people say, that some games are only bought because of the story and if it's bad, it should be a 5.

What? Since when story is more important than gameplay? Or half of the game's score?

There isn't even an award for best gameplay (fun factor).

@nessisonett Since demon souls doesn't have a story with cinematic cutscenes, intense emotional dialogue... Less people buy it.

Games with significant lower score get nominated over it because it has that type of story.

@LiterallyDoNotCare eh, if you say so. We got CoD, so all other shooters can fcuk off. We got Forza, all other racers can eat *****. Let's see, dark souls soooo, all third person action games, gone. Or we could have more than one game in a genre.

As for cp2077, I'm enjoying my time. 20+ hrs in. Taking a break and enjoying some dragons dogma. Cool mechanics. You can toss a flask of water on an enemy, that will enhance a lightning/ice spell. Being tall/short has implications on gameplay. It's a great diversion from the fast gunplay of cp2077.

Nice. Fantastic game. Starting to look like it will be on the short side, but great ride.

49%... PS5 is already becoming the top moneymaker for 3rd party. Impressive this early on.

@PhhhCough It's not that I wouldn't want one, but I prefer to not be a copy of c2077 but done better.

@LiterallyDoNotCare Out of those 10 games up there, only two would fit that description, Miles Morales and GTA V. Even then, odds are that GTA V is still selling because of the online mode. So your argument doesn’t really hold up. Demon’s Souls isn’t there because barely anybody can get hold of a PS5 and the install base is a fraction of PS4 and Switch.

@nessisonett I mean when it comes to single player. I was reffering why games like assassin creed, miles morales would be above demon souls.

how much did bloodborne sell compared to gow, ghost, horizon, spider-man, tlou 2, horizon and uncharted 4?

how much did doom eternal sold compared to other single player games in 2020?

what about nioh, nier and persona 5 vs horizon and zelda?

Idk if you see my point. What type of single player games reach 20m sales? It ain't the souls games. Look at how much the first tlou sold vs any resident evil. Having a very story focused game with cutscenes sells... A lot more . even if the non story based game is a better game.

@LiterallyDoNotCare
'Most people can't beat it '
No I think you r part of the issue, respectfully
It's possible that a lot if people 'think' they cant beat it but it's not hard at all. IMHO most people CAN beat it

@JJ2 They're going to die. A lot. They just don't like that and I'm sure many tried it and are no longer buying souls games.

@LiterallyDoNotCare
I understand what your saying. I just mean part of the issue is telling them they cant beat it or that its difficult. A couple of good advices is all it needs.
I'm no soul expert and struggled with Bloodborne but DS was easy to beat.

A lot of people literally do not care about Demon Souls. I don’t. And I’m glad some people do. A top ten list has no bearing on my enjoyment of a game...

@JJ2 I think you’re spot on, the culture around Souls games puts people off more than the difficulty. It’s getting over the hump of ‘this is impossible’ to finally doing it. I can probably speak for a lot of people when I say that my first go at Orphan of Kos made me question if it was even possible. In terms of sheer hand-eye coordination and timing, I’ve probably done a lot harder stuff in Guitar Hero, Super Meat Boy or even Mario Party but Souls games have a way of getting in your head like no other series. The Tony Hawk remake absolutely put me in my place when it came to difficulty and made me realise that Souls games barely have a barrier when it comes to actual user skill - you can help someone get a lot further with the right setup and tips than many other games.

Spider-Man now selling at £45 helps but that doesn't get a mention.

@nessisonett
I think all the bragging or false modesty is also off putting tbh. I dont know if you have played the PS5 remake yet but it's probably a lot easier than the original with how fast it loads, how smooth it is etc like farming is a piece of cake really and an upgraded bow makes the game easy.

@JJ2 It's not even that hard without farming. The bosses have very predictable and easy movesets to dodge through and since the AI hasn't been changed... like at all? There's no way to really die unless you're trying to rush through it and not be careful.

Just seen PS5 was available on Amazon uk 10 mn ago. Gone now. Always check Amazon uk around 9 guys

Guess that means someone's buying those PS5's huh

People who say they can't beat Demon Souls because it's too hard make me laugh. Sure its not easy but its fair and only really requires patience and being able to learn and put into practice those lessons.

Games in the 80's were much harder than anything made now, you would've given up gaming all together if you think DS is tough 😄

@Nepp67
I guess I'm not very good and speaking for unskilled gamers out there haha
I know I could platinum it too. Just not interested in what,I would have to do for it

Have mentioned in the past but Bloodborne was impossible and I wanted an easy mode. I'm not the more skilled of gamers and would champion an easy mode. That was until I figured it out and ground up the levels until my lack of skill was aided by being a higher level. Now Bloodborne is one of my favourite games ever and I'd now argue against an easy mode. Dying is not always a problem but a way to learn how to solve a problem. Especially on PS5 where the loading is so quick.
Now I can't wait to pick up Demons Soul once its a realistic price.

@JJ2 Understandable there hahaha! Haven't cared to platinum the Souls games cause some of the trophies require me to go and grab every spell which I couldn't care less for.

Well done 47.Mission accomplished.
✌️😎👍

Wow 74% of sales on playstation systems, and Microsoft thought gamepass and buying Bethesda would give them an advantage 😂

Yo 49% for ps5 is crazy high, man playstation will dominate again this generation

@get2sammyb Thanks. Hopefully sony is motivated to make a bb 2 and ds 2.

@UltimateOtaku91 Yup. Triple A party games probably don't like gamepass because a lot of people will just wait and not buy the game. Gives an advantage to ps users on top of best selling console.

@get2sammyb was DS bundled with some of the PS5's sold in the UK last week? That would probably be a factor.
I don't think Hitman was and it still sold mostly on PS5, which is pretty cool.

They made a big profit with Hitman 2 so any talk about I.O struggling financially can be put to rest which is great news.

Looking forward to hearing news on new maps.

Seeing as IO has revealed that it has “already started working on RT (ray tracing) technology for the renderer in our Glacier engine, and once that’s deemed ready for prime time, we’ll definitely bring it to the Series X|S hardware.”, I shall wait until the same announcement arrives re the PS5 version.

Then I shall commit to purchase but, not before.

Right who is still buying GTA V!??

@JJ2 @nessisonett Yep I would probably class Demon's Souls on PS5 as the easiest game in the series that I've played. I think that is due to a few factors such as my experience of playing all the other games, and having updated movement for your character but the enemies remain largely unchanged. Most of the bosses were well easy, but not your typical combat style affairs and more akin to puzzles that you have to work out. The difficulty comes in some of the runs to the bosses, which some are absolutely brutal. But most can be made a bit more manageable by equipping certain items, like the Thief Ring so enemies don't notice you as much.