why did it fail...

[DR.grEEnThumB]

...on ps5?
dying light and this are two of the best zombie games out there.

[MBriggs27]

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Sony never revealed the total sales of days gone. So it's safe to say the game didn't sell enough to warrant a sequel. It's been reported the dev time on this game was longer than expected and the mixed reception didnt help.

It also doesn't help the game went on sale only months after it's debut. We had a black friday sale in my area back in 2019 and the game was 20$.

The game was probably profitable but not the rousing success Sony was looking for.

At the same time if Sony are gatekeeping and preventing none block buster titles from getting up off the ground. This is a big barrier against creative freedom.

They can't expect every first title of a franchise to be a block buster straight out of the gate. Or they cancel it. This is extremely petty.

What does that mean for smaller developers. Sony will never give them a chance.

Days Gone still made a profit and made the development cost back and more. But they want ridiculous profit margins.

Or they cancelled the sequel for another reason. Identity politics and culling white male lead characters. Don't be surprised if they do some race or gender swapping with God of War...

Well you'd have a point about culling white males leads if say games like idk..God Of War, Spider-man, Call of Duty, Red Dead Redemption 2, Uncharted 4, Infamous Second Son and the last of us Remastered didn't exist.

These games were ps4 exclusives as well as best sellers

Also Kratos is already black. Both his voice actors as well as his mocap are black dudes. =)

[Peelsepuuppi]

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It was also successful when it comes to sales numbers. That's pretty hard to deny.

If they cancel a sequel to a game that still sold a lot of copies. Enough to make all their money back and more. What they are doing is extremely selfish. Prohibiting a developer from pursuing their vision.

Sadly this is nothing new in the gaming business.

[XCROSS]

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It was also successful when it comes to sales numbers. That's pretty hard to deny.

If they cancel a sequel to a game that still sold a lot of copies. Enough to make all their money back and more. What they are doing is extremely selfish. Prohibiting a developer from pursuing their vision.

Publishers and overlords like Sony need to take a step back and allow these developers to pursue what they want as long as they make development cost back.

Horizon Zero Dawn and Ghost of Tsushima are both new IP's that went on to become hits. Enough to warrant a sequel and potential sequel.

Days gone had 7 years to impress and it failed. It was buggy on release, had a lukewarm reception and who's sales Sony refuses to share which most likely means it failed to reach whatever goal was expected of it.

Sony took a risk on 3 new ips and 2 paid off. Sucks for Bend Studios but that's how things work.

[Ballsaque]

It didn't fail, but came out right behind RDR2, and is basically the same kind of game (horse=motorcycle, west=walking dead era, human enemies=zombies).

[Peelsepuuppi]

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It didn't fail, but came out right behind RDR2, and is basically the same kind of game (horse=motorcycle, west=walking dead era, human enemies=zombies).

RDR2 had far more repetitive elements that wasted players time immensely in the name of faux realism. Days Gone had some repetitive elements buts RDR2 feels like a chore to play.

[playornot]

It didn't do well because on release it had hella problems and bugs.
I completed it 4 times to see about "other choices" but meh, the ending is just straight up dumb, they promised a sequel, then the studio had problems.

The game itself was good when it wasn't ruined by bugs and major delayed patches, the open world was good, but seriously some of the game actions made it just plain dumb,
Your hiding, talking quiet, sneaking, then run around shouting your ass off looking for people riding a loud ass bike, having to make some pretty dumb choices....

It did have some pretty bad crashes on my ps4 pro, I did stick with it and I liked, i'd say 60% of the game and how it played and worked but it was ruin by stupid and really dumb campaign choices that made no sense, and some cut scenes.. like brah.......

Overall it was a 3 star game that got better to the end of its shelf life after major patches.
I wished they did release a sequel and it was multi platform an done right.


Tired of people saying, it's day one, you expect it to be buggy, what a crock of ♥♥♥♥, So why not have a P O S system where if it works as intended and as we a re shown, then you get paid, instead of lazy ass dev teams and money grabbing ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥.
you can bet your ass games will be A+ all the damn time.. lol

[Jack Burton]

For me? Well

My review says it all.

"This is a decent apocalypse game. Worth a buy on sale.

If I have a true complaint?
It's that the protagonist isn't me.
Nor is he anything LIKE me.

He; as well as 99% of the people portrayed in this game are from the next two generations. Not my "Jack Burton" "Die Hard" "Lethal Weapon" "Terminator" generation...
From Deacons constant passive sideways sigh-&-look; to his 'I do not open my mouth if it is not to complain..' ("What are you rebelling against now?" - Rikki "Whatever's left." -Deacon Pretty much says it all.)

....& that isn't me... I can be a rebel..But only with a CAUSE that goes beyond my own insipid 'Me..woe-is ME." internal child.
It has not been an enjoyable time having to listen to his bi-polar disorder both alone & in the company of others in an effort to finish this game.
He cares about things I do not care about. And he dismisses the actual INTERESTING portions of the story (NERO dialogue) with out of touch, low IQ quips to who? ...Himself... & in the nature of people of his vein? He can always take the time to judge someone else based on the moments' assessment..Usually just to make himself feel superior. (The who were you before" game...) He'll agree with 99% of something..but dis them in the long run with some occasionally deserved, but always out-of-touch snark. (Copeland))
In fact, as we go through Lost Lake? I find myself bypassing cutscenes the way people bypass unnecessary dialogue in porno movies.
They have made it clear, from Deacon, to "Iron Mike" they really don't have anything I would care to hear at this point.
Lost Lake camp is in fact, THE worst. Whiny, out of touch knit-cap glam campers who can't take the time to police their own garbage, sitting in the gazebo singing poorly written lyrics like they are the next Kirk-Complains of the world just isn't my thing.

& in my opinion? None of them (Aside from Rikki, who is a light in the darkness of their dialogue...) Would have survived the first two months. Much less two years in.

Buy it on sale. But buy it for the rides in Oregon..

After all.... "It's really THEIR world now...isn't it?" - I am Legend"

[giganoob]

yea its buggy, some commands do nothing so you get to start over 100 time. i try a little while longer before asking for are refund. shouldn't peddle 60 dollar games til they are a little cleaner.