Activison: Sekiro: Shadows Die Twice Sales Were 'Better Than Expected' - News
by William D'Angelo , posted on 01 September 2019 / 3,052 Views
Activision chief operative officer Collister Johnson during the company's financial results said sales of FromSoftware’s Sekiro: Shadows Die Twice were "better than expected." Sekiro: Shadows Die Twice sold over two million units in 10 days.
"Q1 also saw the highly successful release of Sekiro: Shadows Die Twice, the result of Activision’s approach to selectively partnering with high-quality developers to leverage our publishing and marketing scale and expertise," said Johnson. "We couldn’t be more pleased with the collaboration, execution, and response to FromSoftware’s critically acclaimed title from gaming communities worldwide."
Sekiro: Shadows Die Twice is available now for the PlayStation 4, Xbox One and Windows PC.
A life-long and avid gamer, William D'Angelo was first introduced to VGChartz in 2007. After years of supporting the site, he was brought on in 2010 as a junior analyst, working his way up to lead analyst in 2012. He has expanded his involvement in the gaming community by producing content on his own YouTube channel and Twitch channel dedicated to gaming Let's Plays and tutorials. You can contact the author at wdangelo@vgchartz.com or on Twitter @TrunksWD.
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Singleplayer games are far from dead. And I'd even extend that to some japanese games getting western releases. From Software has proven their competence and there's a market for games without loot boxes, online service model crap, etc.
Thats not the point on why brands avoid making SP games. The point is SP games dont make as much money as a Lootbox crazed MP game. Shadows die Twice will stop printing money soon and become a dead game where as a Fifa will still generate millions long after its life span.
I do agree that we still need SP games and that they are the best consumer friendly practice for gamers but unfortantly like Mobile, big brands want to milk the industry dry.
Right but it's also a different customer base. A lot of gamers who prefer singleplayer don't bother with the multiplayer loot box games and vice versa. Some of it is probably a generational thing but the point is it's untapped markets (see horror in gaming or even sometimes movies). I can't be bothered to play any non Switch games for instance.
SP games are dead is nothing more than a myth that big corporates wants everyone to believe is real. There's evidence in the past and there's more evidence now that SP games ain't going nowhere
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