Ghost of Tsushima was celebrated at CES 2022 for selling over eight million copies to date, which is an impressive number no doubt. There’s always been a perception that fellow first-party open worlder Days Gone was a bit of a disappointment in terms of its commercial performance, but director Jeff Ross says that the Sons of Anarchy-inspired zombie-‘em-up also sold over 8 million copies.

According to Ross, this number was accurate around the time he left Sony in December 2020, so a little over 18 months after the game’s launch. “It's since gone on to sell more, and then a million plus on Steam,” he added. “Local studio management always made us feel like it was a big disappointment.”

Obviously, we weren’t privy to what Ross and his team were told, but presumably PlayStation bigwigs were more disappointed with its critical performance than its commercial one – especially considering the numbers being touted here. It’s probably safe to assume the game has surpassed 10 million units across PS4 and PC by now, which is wildly successful.

Despite the huge numbers, Sony decided not to greenlight a successor, and the team at Bend Studio is now working on a new intellectual property for the PS5. It’s obviously a shame Days Gone didn’t get a bit more love internally because it was a very enjoyable game and clearly it found a massive audience, but we’ve never been particularly opposed to the studio trying something different.



Posted: Jan 08, 2022 12:22 pm
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