Congratulation, Ghost of Tsushima -- best selling single-player Sony PC game to date.

[shakeyourbunny]

https://x.com/Morwull/status/1792201976400486868

Ghost of Tsushima did it! The game just became the biggest Single Player PlayStation debut on the Steam platform surpassing God of War.

The game was highly requested and the PC version is superb so it makes a lot of sense.

Congrats @SuckerPunchProd and @NixxesSoftware

[AurumViera]

Could have sold even way more copies if not all the forced refunds and region blocks

[shakeyourbunny]

Originally posted by AurumViera:

Could have sold even way more copies if not all the forced refunds and region blocks

Nope.

[stardust]

Could have sold way more if it came 4 years ago when the hype was at peak and also without any region lock.

[victorinox]

Originally posted by AurumViera:

Could have sold even way more copies if not all the forced refunds and region blocks

The regions that are blocked are probably what, 2-4% of normal sales?

[Ydyp]

Originally posted by victorinox:

Originally posted by AurumViera:

Could have sold even way more copies if not all the forced refunds and region blocks

The regions that are blocked are probably what, 2-4% of normal sales?

If we look to Helldivers 2 the percentage would be higher then what you state, especially because the people in those regions couldn't even get their hands on a copy easy when it released.

Sony could have reached these people this time around if they did just ignore PNS availability and sell the game in regions where PSN is not available because of it being banned or whatever reason it is they ignore those growing gaming community in those regions.

[Kapusta]

I still can't buy it due to region blocks

[Axetwin]

Originally posted by Ydyp:

Originally posted by victorinox:

The regions that are blocked are probably what, 2-4% of normal sales?

If we look to Helldivers 2 the percentage would be higher then what you state, especially because the people in those regions couldn't even get their hands on a copy easy when it released.

Sony could have reached these people this time around if they did just ignore PNS availability and sell the game in regions where PSN is not available because of it being banned or whatever reason it is they ignore those growing gaming community in those regions.

That's impossible to say because you can't compare the two games. Helldivers is a WILDLY different game compared to Ghost of Tsushima. Multiplayer based games will always attract a bigger audience than single player ones. Fact is it IS very likely the sales for this game wouldn't have been dramatically larger if the region block wasn't in place.

[Trixa]

Originally posted by AurumViera:

Could have sold even way more copies if not all the forced refunds and region blocks

Does not mean would have been as profitable - costs to operate in the other regions could have outweighed the profit.

[K. Constantine]

Imagine if they ported Bloodborne, the only PS exclusive worth playing.

[stardust]

Originally posted by Axetwin:

Originally posted by Ydyp:

If we look to Helldivers 2 the percentage would be higher then what you state, especially because the people in those regions couldn't even get their hands on a copy easy when it released.

Sony could have reached these people this time around if they did just ignore PNS availability and sell the game in regions where PSN is not available because of it being banned or whatever reason it is they ignore those growing gaming community in those regions.

That's impossible to say because you can't compare the two games. Helldivers is a WILDLY different game compared to Ghost of Tsushima. Multiplayer based games will always attract a bigger audience than single player ones. Fact is it IS very likely the sales for this game wouldn't have been dramatically larger if the region block wasn't in place.

ALSO don't forget that Helldivers 2 came out at THE SAME day when it came for PS5 while GOT came out 4 YEARS, 4 freaking years after the PS launch and still managed to be the best selling SP games while also being region locked.

[])rStrangelove]

Well earned i say. Maybe next time they think about having releases on all platforms at the same time, i mean makes sense right?