Bloober CEO Believes 10M Copies Sold for Their Games Is a "Realistic" Range for the Studio Soon

It looks like Bloober Team is counting on their future projects to really sell a lot, as the studio's boss thinks that 10 million units sold is a "realistic" and achieve-able number.

[FallenAngel1984]

What non RE horror title sold over 10 million

[sammarshall102]

I'm not saying they'll reach 10 million but they have a great foundation given that this is a remake of a great game and it's going to look next gen

[Eonjay]

I wouldn't take to much heed into this story as they have updated with an apology due to poor translation. In otherworldly what they ate implying isn't what was actually said.

[FallenAngel1984]

I just remembered The Last of Us did that feat twice over. However that’s the outlier and not the rule, what with TLOU being the best selling horror game of all time and all

@ Sam

A great original game and high production values doesn’t guarantee a great game. I’m hoping they can fulfill critical expectations though

[Profchaos]

I don't really think tlou falls into a horror category to be honest it feels more like a drama scripted fallout game then something designed to scare

[FallenAngel1984]

TLOU is a horror title

If it’s not horror than neither is Resident Evil

[ninjabutt13]

TLOU is not a horror game because developers dont not market it as horror game neither do they state its a horror game.
While RE is marketed as horror game.

[FallenAngel1984]

TLOU is still designed as a horror gamers

[IamTylerDurden1]

Bloober doesn't make naughty dog quality. The Medium was hailed as impressive next gen AAA by some and it was neither. It was an average and limited horror game. I expect higher quality with SH2 but it's still Bloober. Blair Witch, LoF, Medium are not 90 meta, 10m seller types. They hardly do combat so i question how it will be in SH2.

[sammarshall102]

That's true but I'm confident that hey can knock it out of the park with what they have to work with

[RpgSama]

These developers need to shut up and let their games do the talking, they have quite a huge undertaking with SH2, They either hit a home run with that one or it will be considered a failure, no in-between.

[Hofstaderman]

It’s a big name game. It’s make or break for them.

[IamTylerDurden1]

The Medium was all hype as well. I'm waiting for gameplay until i believe them.

[Snookies12]

Funny enough, the more they talk it up the less confident I am... Hopefully I'm proven wrong, as I'd love for this to be fantastic.

[-Foxtrot]

Yeah it’s weird

Talking about what they want to be going forward, the leading horror developer, and talking about sales

Like guys, focus on getting the game out and up to scratch

[sammarshall102]

They've announced that it's nearly done, maybe they're just very confident in what they've made

[XiNatsuDragnel]

Funny I hope you guys can push the genre forward instead of sales goal.

[MadLad]

I'm hoping they knock this out of the park, but those are highly, highly optimistic numbers.
As popular an IP as it is, they're basically saying they want this one remake to basically match the sales of the entire series prior.
Silent Hill was always a somewhat niche series. At least compared to something like Resident Evil.

To put it into perspective, indie titles of the last decade or so gained way more popularity than Silent Hill ever had, and we far less releases in total.
The Forest - 5 million copies sold (with the sequel having just released and selling 2 million copies in the first day alone)
Outlast series (2 games and an expansion) - 15 million copies sold

[shinoff2183]

To be fair there millions more gamers these days gaming then there was last time a good silent game came out

[MadLad]

True, but not by ten-fold, you know. I mean, we're talking about a remake of what many consider the best in the series (I like 4 the best, personally) and even that only sold a million copies.

I'm very hard pressed to believe we'll see anything close to that number. If they hit even half that I would call that striking gold.
I want the game to do well. I want to see Silent Hill on store shelves again. As much as I also love Resident Evil, especially now after 7, and great remakes of 2 and (seemingly) 4, I've always held Silent Hill on a higher personal pedestal.

[Knushwood Butt]

Bloober aren't the publisher so a bit of a weird comment to make.

I'll be there day 1, but 10MM seems a bit overly ambitious.

[masterfox]

hmm not sure about that

[P_Bomb]

10 million…copies?!? 😵

[GoodGuy09]

Wut

[Knightofelemia]

Until I see it I don't buy it. I am on the fence with SH2 and I have never played a Bloober game but you hear things about them that makes me want to not fully jump in.

[MadLad]

They get a bad rap around here and I'm not sure why. Their Layers of Fear games are good, their game Observer was good. Even the Medium, overall, was considered a pretty good game. They just didn't capitalize on some of the more unique mechanics they tried to implement. The only meh game they've made in recent memory, since finding their niche in psychological horror, was the Blair Witch game. Even that wasn't necessarily bad.

[MadLad]

I'm also going to point out that I never heard anyone say negative crap about Bloober around here until they started putting their games as timed exclusives for Xbox, and day one on Gamepass.

Makes you think.

[P_Bomb]

Observer is their only game I haven’t bought. Worth a purchase or is it on GP?

[shinoff2183]

I enjoyed layers and observer. Not sure why you got disagrees. Good games.

Far as negative bloober games idk I never realized they made those and they were on gamepass until you said it. Just never paid attention.

[hotnickles]

“They aren’t that bad” doesn’t make a world class premier horror studio is all. If they want to be what they are describing then those games aren’t enough. Silent hill is a very good opportunity to slingshot them and I hope it works. I started at sh3 so I’m excited for it.

They are ambitious and I can respect that but they have a long way to go to meet their goal. Capcom almost died because of unrealistic sales expectations. It’s just gaslighting yourself for no reason.

[Huey_My_D_Long]

@Madlad
Imma be real with you, because of the praise they got for layers of fear, is honestly why I don't think these guys are going to do well.
Because the first game Layers of Fear got alot of people talking about it, saying it was a masterpiece in horror.
It was one of the worst horror games Ive ever played. Not fucking scary at all, and I like getting scared at horror games,
Did not even about the game pass shit untill you mentioned it, so i'm pretty sure its the fact to some, their games are kinda a fucking joke to be put in the horror category.

[IamTylerDurden1]

The Medium was low 70's on release and featured RE1 quality third person controls. They don't even do AAA yet want 10m?

MadLad

Their biggest game is a timed PS exclusive, by your theory PS fans should be hyping Bloober rn. I understand trashing them in the past but if it was all about being for or against based on exclusivity PS fans would in theory be in favour of them atm. I just think ppl know they aren't that developer.

[hotnickles]

Lol RIP

[CantThinkOfAUsername]

The CEO is not talking about Silent Hill 2 Remake selling 10 million, he's talking about the ceiling of what they can sell in the near future. The current ceiling is 2 million copies, but the studio feels confident that with tipping their toes into survival horror 10M could be achievable soon.

[Ninver]

These guys are on some heavy substances. I commend their confidence.

[Good-Smurf]

Expecting 10+ million sold out of Silent Hill is a big mistake.
Not even a more mainstream franchise like more recent Resident Evil games having a hard time get over that 10 million consistenly despite Capcom's best effort.
What's gonna happen to Silent Hill and Konami that they outsourced everything yet expect huge gain goals right off the bat?

[deadfrag]

What is this guy smoking....!

[Huey_My_D_Long]

If I were these guys I wouldn't be so fucking cocky

[HeliosHex]

Below please find d the total combined sales numbers of all silent hill games. Again TOTAL. To say one remake can make 10 mil. Is a bold statement driven by ignorance or unwavering hubris. Keep in mind although silent hill is liked by many equally many do not care for the series.

The total sales of the series of four works were 5.3 million records.
Silent Hill
Silent Hill 2
Silent Hill 3
Silent Hill 4: The Room

Total sales are 6,9 million copies at the end of December 2009 worldwide.

Total sales are 7.3 million copies at the end of December 2010 worldwide.
Silent Hill: Origins
Silent Hill: Shattered Memories
Silent Hill: Homecoming

Total sales are 8,4 million copies at the end of December 2012 worldwide.
Silent Hill: Downpour
Silent Hill: Book of Memories
Silent Hill HD Collection

2015, The total sales of the series is 8.8 million.
As the end of of December 2018, The franchise has sold over 9 million units since it first launched in 1999.

[repsahj]

The article got the wrong translation, I think they updated it and apologize at the same time.

[gold_drake]

thats ... optimistic

[repsahj]

They updated the article.

from:
“We can assume that 10 million copies sold is a range that will soon be realistic for us,”

to:
" “You can assume that 10 million copies sold is within a range that will be realistic for us soon.”

[IamTylerDurden1]

No chance. I'd say 3-4 is realistic, maybe 5 if it scores well? For one, Bloober doesn't make great games, they make games that score low to mid 70's. For two, Silent Hill has never done those numbers on a single game. I think 83 Meta is the best case scenario and about 5-6m would be the absolute peak if it scored that high.

[Armyofdarkness]

This is gonna fail isn’t it. God damnit..