The Kingdom Hearts collection from Square Enix - Kingdom Hearts HD 2.8 Final Chapter Prologue - sold 505,193 units first week at retail on the PlayStation 4, according to our estimates. First week sales can be viewed on the VGChartz USA Weekly Chart and VGChartz Europe Weekly Chart for the week ending January 28, and the VGChartz Japan Weekly Chart for the week ending January 15.
Travis Bruno of Capsule Computers writes:
"When it comes to the Kingdom Hearts franchise, fans have had a variety of ways to play it throughout its incredibly long length. They could have followed it from 2002’s original release and subsequent questionably canon releases on handheld devices only to return to the core game again with Kingdom Hearts II to find out that yes, they were canon. Then in that wait until the third game the mixture of titles along the way and other numerous platforms would make following Kingdom Hearts‘ story a challenge even for the most eager fan. Square Enix made up for this prior to Kingdom Hearts III’s release by bringing together an HD pack collecting the game’s together in an easier to digest package for fans and releasing them on consoles only for PC fans to be left in the dark. That is of course until all of the games arrived on PC, but not in a way that many had hoped. See, PC users can be a fickle bunch and when the Kingdom Hearts collection arrived on PC exclusively through Epic Games, it may as well not exist. Now, three years after the fact, these same PC players can now enjoy the exact same games on Steam with a bit of extra support including Steam Deck compatibility with Kingdom Hearts Integrum Masterpiece. The question is, do all of these games still hold up on their Steam PC ports?"
Far from a 9, Square have left these games a janky mess since their epic release. Even now they have not said anything about fixing some of the problems that many steam reviews mention. You gotta download the re:fined mod to fix what square refuses to do.
Microsoft has updated the list of games that will be leaving Xbox Game Pass at the end of the month. This includes the entire Kingdom Hearts series.
PC gamers can now play the Kingdom Hearts series for the first time. Square Enix has released the franchise on the Epic Games Store with discounts and an offer for three free months of Disney+.
Ooh. A whole 20% off of the $250 you're pushing on PC gamers for the whole collection. Despite all that content being had for $30 or under on Playstation, and you already taking money from Epic for bringing it to their store first.
Straight up greed.
1. Epic's the one going for the exclusivity
2. No, that content isn't $30 on PSN, I've checked it
3. You don't have to get everything at the same time. Better, just wait until Epic offers it for free
The physical All-in-one collection regularly goes down to 30. This has absolutely no business being sold in individual packs at full price.
Epic offered, Square accepted. They made money on the deal.
No idea what point you're trying to make there.
I didn't say "PSN", I said "Playstation". Google "Kingdom Hearts complete" and tell me what you see.
Your last point is literally you defending them highly upcharging on content that can be had for cheap lol.
What a joke.
Should've been the All-in-one collection, then KH3 Final Mix and MoM sold as full price ports. Least that way it'd make more sense, with Final Mix announcement for consoles as well. Be honest though, coming from Square this isn't suprising in the slightest.
I got reminded Disney has investors with Epic so that's why you see Disney+ advertising, marvel crossovers, star wars, and KH itself is all because of that.
Weird backlash on price when we get justifications for skyward sword switch at 60. Only kingdom hearts 2.8 is too expensive to me.
