Uncharted: The Lost Legacy is sixth PlayStation exclusive to top UK charts this year

The highly recommended Uncharted: The Lost Legacy - a shorter but much leaner instalment, and cheaper too - is top of the UK physical-sales game chart.This marks the sixth time in 2017 a PlayStation exclusive has debuted top of the list.

[WasimAkram]

Looks like exclusives do matter unlike the BS spouted by the xbox fanboys. Keep it up Sony, hats off.

[AspiringProGenji]

The messiah said SP games don't have the same impact anymore. They must preach his word. He should just come out and "clarify" again...

"He, sorry! I meant our games don't have the same impact anymore."

[LP-Eleven]

@ G-haul: A game like Uncharted 4 no longer needs advertisements like that. It also sold to more people than Rainbow Six Seige did (this matters, when talking about impact), so your point doesn't really work in that case.

[Shin-Zantetsuken]

Sony Playstation keeps proving that single player games and exclusives do matter and sell. Yes, they may not make as much money as mega-popular multiplayer games, as Xbox fans like to point out, but at least they make money the right way by offering high quality and complete games to gamers, instead of squeezing gamers for every last coin through numerous microtransanctions and DLCs. Besides we are gamers and a steady stream of quality games releasing on the console is our first and foremost concern; not how much money is being made by the publisher.

[AspiringProGenji]

He is still full of shit

Rainbow Six makes profit on MTs and because it is ubisoft. Why didn't other MP games like Evolve, Titanfall 2, Battleborn, and now Lawbreakers share the same luck if the MP service games is the hot stuff now?

Besides Uncharted 4 also has a store full of Mts and I'm sure ND has been banking on it too. And U4 has been already very profitable

There's also Zelda and Horizon which are still selling after release. SP Games don't need MTs or MP to be profitable

[P_Bomb]

@g-haul
If games like your Rainbow Six Siege become the majority or worse yet, all that's left, I'm taking the thousands I've spent on gaming and finding another hobby. Y'all can fight over gaming's dead MP microtransactioned season passed corpse.

[UCForce]

@G-haul The fact is that not everyone in this world have a good internet. SP games maybe don't have longevity like MP but people want to have fun on their private time without being disconnected or interrupted by someone else. Not just that, gamers also want a good single player story games.

[rainslacker]

@Ghaul

So, does that mean that since other games make more money, that SP games somehow have less impact than before? Seems kind of odd since SP games actually are making more money than they used to because of the increase in software sales overall.

So, even if what he said is what he meant, how does MP service based games making more money, take away from the impact that SP games have? For the most part, SP games make more money, and people still talk about them as much as they used to....if not more.

[BlaqMagiq1]

@G-haul

"Do you still see a game like Uncharted 4 getting advertisements, gamers streaming the game on twitch, doing playthroughs on youtube any time this year? I bet not."

Why would it? All of that happened last year. Everyone knows what Uncharted is. That's why it sold over 9 million. I guarantee you Rainbow Six Siege didn't sell even half that number.

[RommyReigns]

The 'messiah' is going to come out and flip flop again, and these fanboys will continue to lap it up.

[Imalwaysright]

They don't. You can say otherwise as many times as you want but sales figures prove you wrong. On the PS4 and X1 multiplatform online focused games are the best selling games for some years now. I didn't say PC however the biggest games on that platform are also online focused but exclusive to that platform.

@ Why o why

That's because sales numbers aren't subjective, open to interpretation and they don't take sides ;) so they're more legitimate to this conversation than any personal opinion that you, I or anyone else can bring to this conversation https://encrypted-tbn0.gsta...

[AspiringProGenji]

Not every game that is online focused is succesful. On the NPD you see the Same CoD and GTAV and couple others but that's it! Those are big brands. Meanwhile, most MP focused games are dead. That doesn't mean MS, Sony, and any company will have the same luck in that department.

Meanwhile, a PS exclusive drops and it becomes top and give others a run for their money. That is enough indication that they are still very relevant an yes, they are profitable if done right. Horizon and Zeda are clear examples of this, both games which the messiah tried to downplay while having nothing to compete

[UCForce]

@Imalwaysright I'm already heard that, but you are not helping. Keep repeating that over and over again. You are just becoming more predictable than ever. Take a look at Battleborn, Evole and Lawbreakers, those are three MP focus games that didn't sell well.

[Imalwaysright]

@ UCForce

Oh I'm helping. In a discussion nothing helps more than providing objective and unbiased hard cold FACTS and facts are more legitimate than ANY personal opinion. Also I'm glad that I'm becoming predictable because if I provide facts then it means that I live in the real world. Can you say the same?

Here are the facts

https://www.gamespot.com/ar...

https://venturebeat.com/201...

https://www.forbes.com/site...

[morganfell]

@P_Bomb,

Long after the chasers have left some worthless MP title, I am still going back to the SP games I love and have played for decades and discovering new things.

[CoinOrc]

@imalwayswrong
UCForce just provided the FACT that for every CoD and Overwatch, there's an Evolve, Titanfall 2, and Lawbreakers. The FACT is that the mp shooter genre is crowded and most mp shooters actually fail to make money. That is why even Halo and Gears are in decline. Sony is smart in partnering with the big mp shooters (CoD and Destiny) while diversifying their portfolio with exclusive sp focused games. The messiah would be wise to do the same instead of downplaying sp games.

[UCForce]

@Imalwaysright Like I said, you are just so predictable. No wonder why I'm able to predict your attitude so easily from left and right. SP games need to stay as MP games as well. Are you seriously losing faith on SP games just like Phil Spencer ? How long you defend the logic until it hurt you painfully ? Like Spock said, put aside logic and do what feel right.

[slappy508]

https://youtu.be/x7SdIN8pWI...
^ Of the 100 best selling games on ps4 only 20 of those are heavily mp focused. so are we going to ignore the impact of the 80 other games just because COD is at the top? Yeeeah ok bud. There probably are players out there that only buy COD but im sure that the cod players buy other games too. Maybe thats the case on xbox that has sold half, meanwhile even the niche Last Guardian hassold over a million.
And also just because a game has multiplayer doesnt guarantee its success. Just look at how Lawbreakers and Battleborn has tanked.

[DialgaMarine]

G-Haul Pretty bad example, considering Uncharted 4 is still one of the most played multiplayer games on PS4.

[_-EDMIX-_]

lol

I was told they don't sell....I was told they don't have "impact"...

(watches PS4 run the top charts in software and hardware)

[Imalwaysright]

CoinOrc

Really? You want to go there? How many sp games fail miserably in this industry despite your Fallouts or Uncharteds selling millions upon millions of copies? Do you think that mentioning 3 games will change the much bigger impact that mp games such as Overwatch, Destiny, Battlefield, Battlefront, CoD, WoW, Hearthstone or League of Legends have in this industry when compared to sp games ? Even GTA a predominantly sp focused franchise got a big boost in sales due to its online portion!

@ UcForce

Who said anything about me wanting sp games to die? I'm so predictable and yet you talk about things that I didn't mention at all. Let me tell you my favorite games of this generation so far: Witcher 3, Persona 5 and Breath of the Wild. My favorite studio in this industry is CDPR and all their games are sp only however that does not in any way change the fact that sp focused games don't have the same impact in this industry as mp games. They're no longer the biggest sellers and I don't know why do you think that acknowledging this means that devs won't make sp focused games.

[yeahright2]

@G-haul dang, MS can just lead you guys down whatever path they see fit huh? So following that trend, games as a service takes over, micro transactions will reign. story, plot, characters, these get shoved aside and in their place is a 12 year old telling you about what they'll do to your mother because they just shot you in the nuts! dude bro!.
I mean listen to yourself, you're siding with a corporation making more money off your back than having more choices as a consumer! seriously?

[CoinOrc]

@imalwayswrong
You didn't understand my point at all, so I'm going to repeat it. The mp shooter genre is over saturated. For every CoD and Overwatch, there are 10 mp shooters that fail. MS is trying to compete with the CoD's and Overwatch's and they are failing. Halo and gears are in decline. Sony is doing the smart thing by partnering with the big mp shooters while developing their own sp games. If you really like sp games as you've claimed, then you should pressure your messiah to make more sp games instead of parroting his gospel.

[Imalwaysright]

CoinOrc

You call me wrong and yet you bring up irrelevant things to this discussion because they don't change ANYTHING of what I said... at all!

I understood your point and what? What does it change especially when the same can EASILY be said about sp focused games?! What? Does every RPG in this industry have the same impact in this industry as Skyrim? No, no, and http://nooooooooooooooo.com... The same is true for MP shooters so yeah irrelevant when you look at the best selling games for the past few years and most of them are MP only or have MP as one of the main reasons why people buy them.

League of Legends has more than 100 million active players each month. That's the impact that mp games can
have and that's just ONE mp game so let that sink in.

Not directed at you CoinOrc but at the people that hit the disagree button:

The ONLY platforms where SP games dominate are Nintendo's consoles and for all the love that you guys around here seem to have towards SP games most of you sure love to shit on Nintendo, their platforms and their games.

[CoinOrc]

Once again, you've missed the point. No one is disputing the fact (yes, fact) that overall, mp games make more money than sp games. What we are saying (at least what I'm saying) is that the majority of the mp shooter pie is already taken by a few games - CoD, Battlefield, Overwatch, Destiny... and that's it. MS is trying to take a wedge of that pie and they are failing. The single player game genre is much less crowded. Even "niche" games like Nier, Nioh, The Last Guardian, and Bloodborne made money. Just because mp games make more money overall doesn't mean that Sony shouldn't focus on sp games. In fact, they are doing the smart thing by joining forces with CoD and Destiny while their own studios focus on sp games. MS should do the same. I have an Xbox One. I want MS to make games like Uncharted and Horizon instead of trying (and failing) to compete with Halo and Gears.

[Heavenly King]

@G-haul
Uncharted 4 sold 10M

[Imalwaysright]

CoinOrc

I understood your point. Not my fault if it is irrelevant to the point I was trying to make (backed by facts) since my original post. You wanting to reduce this conversation to MS or MP shooters doesn't help either because I was talking about this industry as a whole. I was talking about MS, Sony, PC and I even talked about Nintendo. As for some of the games I mentioned if you don't know:

Hearthstone

https://www.youtube.com/wat...

League of Legends

https://www.youtube.com/wat...

WoW

https://www.youtube.com/wat...

[CoinOrc]

Obviously, this is going nowhere. Again, everyone agrees with you that mp games make more money overall. I think you'll also agree that mp shooters is an overcrowded genre. In light of these facts, what should the big three console makers do about it? That is the question that should be asked. Simply stating broadly that mp games make more money overall doesn't add anything to the discussion. I think that MS should follow Sony and focus more on sp games because of all the facts and reasons I've stated.

[rainslacker]

@Iamalwaysright

Since you want to provide cold facts, on a subject which is largely subjective I might add, ,perhaps you can answer this questions I posed in an earlier comment.

How is it, that some stand out MP games making bucketloads of money, is somehow indicative that SP games now have less impact than before.

I can understand that MP games do have the potential to make more money overall. That's pretty obvious. But how does that affect the impact of SP games?

That's what I'm failing to understand, because for the most part, the sales of SP games are up across the board, and they are making more in revenue as sales increase. Sony just had their best year ever when they reported their last fiscal year for instance. This year is looking largely good for them, and they have even more SP games than last year.

Sure, there are MP games which stand out, just like there are SP games which stand out, and we could go on all day looking at anecdotal evidence to provide facts. But what about the fact that game revenues are up across the board, and for the most part, SP and MP games seem to succeed or fail with the same regularity that they did before.

Consider we have fewer new MP IP's that are successful this gen compared to last. But, on the flip side, we are seeing more successful new SP IPs compared to last gen. Sure, the numbers for most of those SP games aren't matching things like COD or whatever, but that doesn't mean their impact is somehow diminished compared to last gen.

Anyhow, about the only thing that can be inferred from this article is that Sony has had 6 exclusives top the UK charts this year. How many MP games have topped the UK charts this year? How many will by the end, and how many more will Sony drop this year to potentially bolster their numbers. GT:S is the only heavily MP focused game from Sony this year. That'll mean, assuming they have no more hits, that if it sells well, SP vs MP games from Sony have hit it big 6:1 in favor of SP content.

Also, and not specifically aimed at you, but I've noticed GTAV often gets lumped into the MP category. Why is that, because that game released as a SP exerience, and I'd wager most of the sales were because of that.

One last thing.

Perhaps you can define what a failure is. Seems we're going off the charts here, so I'm assuming we're talking about those that succeed. There are more SP games made than there are MP games, so it's likely that SP games are more prone to failure. But percentage wise, how many of each fail in comparison to those that succeed.

If you're going to say you're stating facts, then perhaps you can provide those facts, instead of relying on hyperbole to support your follow up comments.

[Imalwaysright]

rainslacker

Such a wall of text... I'm not going to read it all but I think I got the gist of it. SP used to be the biggest games in this industry. Now they aren't so they don't have the same impact in this industry as they had years ago. How can I put it... They've been overlapped or there are bigger dogs in this industry right now and bigger dogs make bigger impacts than smaller dogs. Don't you remember the impact that last gen's biggest dog had throughout the whole generation? Do you remember its name? I do: Call of Duty and man the FPS craze was off the charts (and still is but not to the same extent) and personally bleargh to me because while I do enjoy a good FPS, I prefer them sp focused such as Half-Life, Metro or Bioshock.

You said that Sony had ther biggest revenue or something like that. Awesome! Great luck to them and I cant wait to play TloU2 and GOW4 (but not GT sport, I'll be waiting for the real GT) but I'm sure that Riot games and Blizzard also had a big jump in revenues last year. This industry isn't getting smaller, on the contrary its getting bigger and sp games bloody well feel that effect because I want more Personas, Zeldas and CDPR's Cyberpunk

Edit: Great now I'm the one with the wall of text... https://i.imgur.com/teKtGvv...

[LP-Eleven]

Of course they matter. Exclusives will always matter. The industry was built on them, of course. I believe these little spin-offs have been very good to Sony this gen (First Light being the first major one)!

Hats off!

[Deep-throat]

Then why other non-exclusives outsell them? The best selling exclusives on the PS4 gets spanked by ONE multiplatform game.

Fact: PS4 owners buy multiplatform games more than exclusives... unless you defy numbers!

[LP-Eleven]

Deep-throat: Errr...because multiplatform games have more people to sell to, obviously.

[BarneyS]

@deep-throat

Exclusive games define the console they come out for. They give the brand indentity, that's why variety in exclusives is so important as well. Only a few exclusive franchises (Uncharted, Gran Turismo) will sell as much as the multiplatform jugernauts but combined with all the other exclusives they make the console platform stand out from the competition. That's exactly the reason why Sony and Nintendo are doing so well right now an MS is struggling. Xbox has lost its identity because it barely has exclusives anymore, let alone variety in exclusives.

[UCForce]

@Deep-thoart Your "fact" is so goddamn predictable and annoying. Well, SP games are still matter.

[DarXyde]

Deep-throat,

You didn't think that through at all, did you? No, you were likely far more interested in doing what it is you've always done as long as you've been able to identify a Sony article and type. Good grief.

Oh, and, for good measure, most of my games happen to be exclusives. That goes for every platform I own, though the multiplatform titles that I *do* own, I own on PS4.

[Why o why]

There's always one hanging on to the multiplatform sales to discredit exclusives. MS really has got you guys in line haven't
they.

[P_Bomb]

@derpthroat
Um, there are many multiplat games that have released this year on PS4 that haven't sold as well as exclusives on the same console.

Prey, Mass Effect, RE7, Valkyria Revolution, Tekken 7, Injustice 2, RiME, Yooka Laylee etc...have all been outsold by one exclusive or another be it MLB17, Crash, Nioh, Horizon, Persona. So take your pick. Or sit here all day and play nothing. I'll be on Uncharted.

[rainslacker]

I believe Sony's DLC is almost, if not better, than some of the original content it was attached to. First light I liked better than SS. Left Behind was an amazing addition to TLOU...although I don't think it was as good, it was still great. Resogun's additions have been spectacular. This "DLC" is being rated very highly, and I look forward to Horizon's DLC since it's looking pretty good.

@Deep throat

Some of Sony's exclusives spank the vast majority of multiplats despite releasing their exclusives on one console, and multi-plats being on several(plus PC). Not every game sells 5+ million, but Sony has enough 5+ million selling exclusives to think that maybe they have something to add to the gaming scene.

Fact: I buy more exclusives than multi-plats. I do buy multi-plats though. The exclusives just cement the feeling that the PS brand is a better bargain because it has more to offer in terms of games selection...particularly for the games I enjoy.

The thing about gamers....at least the hardcore ones....is that they don't just buy one kind of game.

[BlaqMagiq1]

@Deep-throat

Of course multiplats sell more than exclusives. Because they are MULTIPLAT.

I don't even think you realized how dumb your statement was.

[Why o why]

For their ratio vs multiplats they sure hit that game of the year award more often than their multiplatform counterparts. . Just count this gen and last gen. Look how many exclusive titles have won it.

Some great games won't sell as well as many of the more popular titles/franchises. Is the big Mac the best burger in the world. . . Using the multiplat sales reasoning is just deflection sprinkled with a dash of envy and tribalism for some. If their platform of choice had more Forza level games in other genres their praises would be sung just like they were when ms had them last gen. Give credit where it's due and move on. This wrong n strong attitude is getting weaker by the week. People are actually arguing against 'more games'. . . . How does that make any sense.

[trooper_]

Deepthroat, why do you guys cling to sales? Multiplats have nothing to do with the power of exclusives. People want to know what's available exclusively on the console of their choosing.

[nowitzki2004]

Consoles live through exclusives. Its why Nintendo will always be around. Really cant ask for much more from Sony.

[KillBill]

@LP-Eleven - the multi-platform titles are still separated by console so your point of more people to sell to is pointless when the sales lists are separated by platforms.

[LP-Eleven]

@Killbill: Looks like , besides Deep-throat, you totally missed the point. And, beyond that, he said NOTHING about one platform.

[BlackTar187]

What is this nonsense from the xbot crowd that a game has to be MP level seller to be important?
If that's what it takes Xbox one has 3 games.

[NeoGamer232]

I don't disagree that exclusives matter.

But, making a news article about how the console with over 50% of the install base of consoles this generation had its sixth charting game this year is kind of like saying a lot of really talented people come from China and India. Of course they do, because over have the planet is Chinese and East Indian.

[mkis007]

That's just it though. It sounds stupid but some people are saying the reason that console has 50% of the install base is NOT because of exclusives. The point is it got that 50 ONLY because of those exclusives.

[rainslacker]

But it's apparent that people are buying those exclusives. Larger user base or not, it doesn't discount the fact that the exclusives are selling, and are appealing to people. If they're selling, then there is a high liklihood that people brought the console for the ability to play those games....although that may not have been the entire reason for buying the console.

They may not sell as much as some of the multi-plat games, but if you look at some of those multi-plat games and just look at it on the single console, you'd find they sell with about the same ratios. There are obvious exceptions in the super popular franchises, but those tend to skew the numbers, and others use those as the measure for what is a successful game. Just look at all the people saying that multi-plat games outsell exclusives all the time.

[Lonnie18]

Next GT Sport

[trooper_]

Mhm.

Keep knocking home runs Sony.

[Last_Boss]

Not to harp on any side of the gaming pie, but when you make a statement like that, you're saying the part the industry is being lazy in favor for Multiplayer.

[DAEMONIFEAR]

Lol the UK is their biggest market and exclusives don't matter at all! The highest sellling exclusive to date is uc4 with 8million sold so if there's apparently 60million consoles out there that's not a big percentage at all!!

Multiplats are what moves consoles still the highest selling games are multiplats

Another strange point to put out there! Is there's 55million daily xbox live users? Makes no sense..

A game that came out a week ago will be in the top list but they drop off after a few more weeks or months and the same multiplats take it's place!!

I don't trust any media outlet! 99% of it is twisted to make it seem better and bigger then it actually is!!

[rainslacker]

8 million copies of UC4.

OK. I thought it was close to nine million in January, but whatever you say I guess.

But, to support your assertion, perhaps you can tell us how many copies of Destiny, COD, Overwatch, or BF sold on just the PS4?

I'll do it for you, and will go by VGChartz since it's about the best I can get right now.

Remember, just on PS4

Call of Duty:IW 7.4 million
COD: AW: 7.7 million
SW:BF: 8.5 million
Destiny: 5.7 million

Just for giggles, Sony's top selling PS4 exclusives as provided by VGChartz

UC4: 9.3 million
TLOU: .5.2 million
UC:NDC: 5.2 million
H:ZD: 3.3 million

Sure, we can say that those big Multi-plat games can sell more, but it seems Sony's exclusives do have some impact, and obviously, people are buying them. Multi-plats certainly have as much potential to move a console, but to think that any given game is the only reason people buys a console assumes that everyone buying a console is doing so for those games. But, for all those games which have some draw, like the Uncharteds, Gran Turismo's, Horizons, Zelda's, Forzas, Halo, etc, there are people who will choose a console for those games, because the multi-plats can be played everywhere.

If MS had more exclusives I wanted over Sony, I would have brought that first, and not even worried about the multi-plats. I consider myself a hardcore gamer, and I'd assume most hard core gamers such as myself would choose for the same reasons. Surely, the casuals are going to have different reasons, and those multi-plats are going to be more of a draw to them.

But, for the most part, to think that just because a few multi-plat games sell excessively well it's the only reason consoles move is just looking at things from a narrow point of view.

[Kosic]

Tbh cheaper titles sell like hot cakes. At the nice £29.99 price tag. games like this and crash bandicoot (such an over rated nostalgia trip) have flown off the shelves.

I wonder if the low cost has anything to do with the sales as well.

[FATHASUN]

@G-haul

Many did not take his statements for what they are. SP not having an impact as far as the platform holder is concerned.

This is from their perspective. From the consumer/gamer perspective this isn't as impactful. I don't have any solid numbers but I will start by saying 50% of the market plays single player games. Whoever wants to chime in with actuals can do so at any time.

That said... Stating that Single Player games are not as important as multi is straight up referring to MS bottom line. As in.. we can't squeeze as much money from the consumer with single player games so we will focus on multi.

I suggest staying in the middle ground. Or if the desire to focus on multi exists dont shoot yourself in the foot by making such statements. He alienated much of the user base that way.

Just keep doing what you are doing as a company. If you are successful then more power to you. But learn that 1statement seen as a negative will only bring upon more negativity.

As they say.. if you don't have something good to say......

[UCForce]

Hell yes ! And I do love that Photo mode.

[Genuine-User]

That image just cracked me up 😂

[UCForce]

You can do that in Photo mode.

[Genuine-User]

Nice!

[-Foxtrot]

Who does it better XD

https://pbs.twimg.com/media...

[Genuine-User]

Lmao

[GamesMaster1982]

It scared the pants of me. She looks like the girl from the Grudge in that photo.

[XiNatsuDragnel]

That face though when fanboys feel that exclusives do sell consoles.

[Relientk77]

Sony doing an amazing job this year, keeping me playing games all year

[Liqu1d]

More proof that exclusives matter.

[SpinalRemains138]

Of course they matter. TLoU, Demons Souls and Bloodborne are three of my favorite games of ALL TIME.

They more than matter. They define why I game.

[King_Lothric]

Not like it needed proof.

[jcole97]

I can't wait to play this on the pro. School is taking up my gaming time lol

[subtenko]

u best be studyin dem books boi!

[Null1980]

Same here, except work and child. I played the first hour of the game just to give it a test run... love it so far! Also waiting for my wife to have some free time because Uncharted games are some of the few games she really enjoys, and we're going to play it together. Life priorities. Glad you're keeping yours in check too. The game will still be there for you when you get a break.

Probably this next weekend for us. :)

[corroios]

But, but, but sp games dont sell and its not «true 4k»..... Keep talking about power, where the rest of gamers keep playing true exclusives games that are amazing experiences, even at 1080p.

[MatrixxGT]

Yeah MS and the whole SP comment stopped my interest in the X1X. They lost my sale on that one. I dont have access to unlimited high speed internet at my home plus i dont care for multiplayer same ol same ol. My Pro will be just fine.

[Rimeskeem]

Apparently good exclusives sell. Who would have guessed ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

Oh right, not Xbox fanboys

[medman]

Damn straight. Sony ftw. 2017 has been ridiculous.

[tulholdren]

Very nice Sony exclusives keeping me busy all the time. PlayStation and Pc been making me a happy gamer for years.

[Kribwalker]

Good job on those games Sony, so far I have bought 2 of those exclusives (crash bandicoot and horizon zero dawn) and when I eventually finish the uncharted games I may pick this up too

[Atticus_finch]

The lost legacy is really good. It's hard to imagine naughty dog could produce such a game so fast.

[Elda]

This is the reason I own a PS4 Pro for the fab exclusives!

[StormLegend]

Single player games will never die!

[showtimefolks]

Exclusives matter

[Big_Game_Hunters]

UK? Is this supposed to be a big deal?

[Nyxus]

It's just a report on the sales charts for that specific region. What's the problem?

[MasterCornholio]

Does it bother you?

[UCForce]

The only @BIG_Game_Hunter care about US. Nothing else.

[Big_Game_Hunters]

Yes it does. Everyone complains about clickbait on this website yet we get at least triple the amount of UK based sensationalist headline "Sales Analysis" articles that we get for every other region. Despite UK not even being top 5 Video game markets.
Hypocrisy and contradiction, the life flow of N4G.

[Razzer]

Make sure you complain when Forza 7 is released. It will probably be number 1 in the UK when it releases.

[Nineball2112]

@MasterCornholio - Thank you for not using the word "trigger". I'd almost lower a restriction for you for that alone. ;-)

[Lime123]

Yep. This is Xbox's second biggest market and PS4 RAPES it there.

[WePlayDirty]

Right? The Xbox One S isn’t anywhere to be found in the UK top 100 charts. That’s saying something...

[TKCMuzzer]

er, the UK market is pretty important in the games industry, one way or another.

By the way, the UK is outside of the US, it's part of Europe, which is also outside of the US, oh and the UK is a big deal seeing as you are speaking its language.

[SoulWarrior]

Also games such as Tomb Raider and GTA originated from UK based developers.

[Lon3wolf]

Big_Game_Hunters is not speaking our language, we speak English not Trollish :)

[BlaqMagiq1]

So UK gamers don't matter now?

[RommyReigns]

Yes, because the whole gaming industry does not revolve around 'Murica but to the whole world.

[MasterCornholio]

So it bothers you because it's about British consumers.

[OffRoadKing]

Yep it is, the UK is a huge market and Sony does very well there, has since the launch of PS4.

[trooper_]

Uh, yea?

You sound really upset. Do you need a hug? 😙

[UCForce]

U.K game market is still big,buddy. Hypocrites and contradiction is on you, not us. Don't be over dramatic.

[GamesMaster1982]

Yes because us here in the UK know great games when we see them. The UK is also the birth place for 2 massive gaming franchises GTA and Tomb Raider.

[subtenko]

Is there a link to the chole face pic? Where is it?

[UCForce]

You can do that with Photo mode.

[Silly gameAr]

That pic tho.lmao

[Germaximus]

LOL That picture is excellent. =) Only clicked for that. =P

[Kingdomcome247]

I'm thoroughly enjoying it. I'm taking my time with it, and am currently at the APC encounter in chapter 6. Strangely enough, it just struck me that nearly all of my recent/upcoming gaming experiences have fallen within that mid-tier, "AA", price point range. First came Hellblade, followed by The Lost Legacy, both of which offer a AAA quality experience at a AA price point, though I technically received The Lost Legacy for $24.99 due to my UC4 triple-pack purchase. After completing The Lost Legacy, I then have the following games pre-ordered, releasing in this order: Life Is Strange: Before the Storm, Knack 2, and Dishonored:Death of the Outsider. The most expensive of those being Knack 2 at $39.99. So, 3 games at the $39.99 price point, Dishonored:Death of the Outsider at the $29.99 price point, and Life Is strange the digital deluxe version clocking in at only $24.99, all of which have provided, and will presumably provide polished, AAA quality experiences. Unless, I do in fact decide to pick up Shadow of war, I won't be purchasing a game at the traditional $59.99 price point until Oct. 27'th when Wolfenstein releases. Sorry, I kind of went off on a bit of an off-topic tangent there... TL;DR version: It's been a great year of gaming thus far, particularly on the PlayStation exclusive front, and it's been a high quality, very budget friendly past few months.

[Night99]

And what should those other 3 exclusive games beside Uncharted, Crash Bandicoot and Horizon be? When they going to brag about the supposed amount of exclusive games they could at least have the decency to name the games. Because I have a Playstation 4 and i don't really see a lot of good exclusive games. As a fact I don't think I bought this year even 1 playstation exclusive game.

[Nyxus]

That says more about your taste than about the PS4's line-up.

[Destiny1080]

Don't like Crackdown or Sea of Thieves you are screwed

Don't like Gran Turismo or God of War there's still plenty to play, Spider-Man/days gone/Death Stranding/ Uncharted 4 and The Lost Legacy/knack 2 etc etc

[Kingdomcome247]

This coming from you, after having previously stated that Horizon Zero Dawn was an, "okay game", if my memory serves me correctly. I have a sneaking suspicion that you and Angel911 a few comments down are one in the same.

[Silly gameAr]

Good thing you're not the only PS4 owner in the world, right?

[Razzer]

But....you haven't bought any of the games. So how would you know?

[TheTony316]

The 3 other games to top the UK charts are Persona 5, Wipeout Omega Collection and Nioh. You're welcome.

[Night99]

Ah ok Persona5 was this year yes than I bought at least 1 exclusive game this year.

[Dark_Knightmare2]

That's fine you don't see much to play it just means you have shit taste

[Trez1234]

Well for some of us, those games aren't even the best ps4 has offered this year. You obviously don't like Japanese games if you can't see them but this year so far belongs to Japan. Nier Automata is without a doubt the most memorable game I've played this gen and Nioh, Persona 4, yakuza zero are top notch games. There are more games and the recently released hellblade is some experience too.

I think it's just your taste but I'd encourage you to try atleast one of those games. I've never played a Nier game before and Automta just blew me away.

[Night99]

Yes I bought Persona 4 but for the other game no thanks I don't waste my money so easy for mediocre games in this day and age. When you can play an awesome game with 10000s of hours of content like Warframe for free those 8hour games for full price with mediocre content are really an insult. Warframe is 4 years old and still 100 times better than 99% all this hyped up crappy exclusive games and other AAA whatever games. One just wastes a lot of money with those games.

[Trez1234]

First of none of the games I named are 8 hours long and to call them crappy, mediocre games with mediocre content seems a bit odd since the games you bought ( uncharted and crash) have less content. Again if it's your taste then cool but those games are far from.

I can't call GT or Forza mediocre just because I don't like racing games. I didnt like warframer and the awesome content you talking about. You see alot of content in that game but personally, I reached mars and I was still doing the same thing I did on earth.

[rainslacker]

I have a feeling that those that put down Japanese games actually probably do like them. I just think they don't want to say so because it'd give the upper hand to Sony and Nintendo because they have significantly more to offer in that department.

To me, I can find games I like and don't like from any development region in the world. I do prefer games that are more Otaku in nature, but I certainly have enjoyed quite a lot more western games the past couple gens compared to the gens before.and that's because western devs have really improved and done good things.

[Night99]

@rainslacker I put down Japanese games? I said the only game that I bought of all of those is Persona5 I just don't buy every crap game out of japan.

[Liqu1d]

Uncharted TLL
Crash Bandicoot
Horizon
Nioh
Persona 5
Wipeout

Look at that variety. A 3rd person shooter, a platformer, 2 very different ARPGs, a JRPG, and a racer. Every single game on that list is a true exclusive so far. Try harder next time please.

[Brash]

That thumb is hilarious

[VileBrute]

Amazing game ... well deserved !

[Angel911]

Sony got lucky with those free 3rd party Japanese exclusives this year like Persona 5, Yakuza, Nioh and Nier which are not coming to Xbox coz of poor performance of console in Japan... Xbox has been curse and also very unlucky this gen. They tried hard in 360 days to win Japan but failed and this gen performance is even worse in Japan. Don't think this will ever change. In an interview Nier producer said that there is no deal with Sony, we are not just releasing Nier Xbox as sales are poor in Japan..Basically free exclusive for Sony which kinda makes me feel bad for Xbox gamers.

If you look at first party output then they only released 2 first party games in list HZD and DLC/Expansion UC Lost legacy, rest all 3rd party console exclusive...

I want both to stay healthy and get all 3rd party games coz if one dies then it will affect industry negatively as their will be no competition.. Sadly hardcore fans are blinded on both side and want one to die..Xbox guys wants Sony to die and Sony wants Xbox to die without realising that it's bad for industry.

Anyway, iam fortunate enough that i own all systems and don't have to worry about exclusives...

[Nyxus]

I own all consoles and exclusives matter to me precisely because of that. Otherwise, what's the point of owning multiple systems to begin with?

[ocelot07]

You can't just point the finger at Japanese gamers not liking Xbox. When ever a Japanese type game releases on Xbox. They don't sell all that well (at least against other console versions).

Final Fantasy XV is a good example last I read a few months ago. It has not even sold a million world wide (retail) yet compared to 4 and a half million on the PS4 (retail). Same thing with FF Type 0 sold a little over a million on PS4 compared to like 300k (retail) on XB1 world wide.

Dark Souls 2 and 3 didn't break the 500k (retail) mark on XB1. Yet on PS4 Dark Souls 3 is sitting at over 2 million and I think DS2 sold about a million if I remember on PS4 (retail). If a legendary series like Final Fantasy don't sell well on Xbox One and a very well received series such as Dark Souls don't sell well. Then can you blame publishes not wanting to possibly loose money on releasing them on Xbox?

[Angel911]

Wrong all DS games sales are over million on Xbox.

Get your facts right.

FF15 also doing well on Xbox.

That said sales are definitely low compared to PS4

[ocelot07]

@Angel911 Ok if you don't mind can you show me some sort of source that DS games sold over a million (Retail) on Xbox One? Same for FF as well.

Thanks.

[Dark_Knightmare2]

Yeah you forgot gravity rush 2,MLB the show and the wipeout collection but cool story bro. Sony regardless of some exclusives being first or third party have been killing it this year and keeping their customers happy

[Kribwalker]

But Gravity Rush 2, MLB the show and the wipeout collection never made that list of best sellers and if you read their comment instead of going to instant defence mode you would have read that they stated
"If you look at first party output then they only released 2 first party games in list HZD and DLC/Expansion UC Lost legacy, rest all 3rd party console exclusive... "
In the list...

[Dark_Knightmare2]

@kribwalker no in his comment he was saying Sony got lucky because most of their exclusives were Japanese third party games and I named some other first party exclusives that came out this year. Yes later in his comment he was taking about the list I never denied that but the point I was making is Sony has killed it this year when it comes to first and third party exclusives

[Liqu1d]

@Kribwalker Try doing at least 1 Google search before you decide to join someone in spreading misinformation. Wipeout did reach no 1. 3/6 of the no 1 PS4 exclusives this year were 1st party so most weren't 3rd party.

http://www.gamesindustry.bi...
http://www.mcvuk.com/news/r...
http://www.eurogamer.net/ar...

[rainslacker]

Last gen, MS got a lot of Japanese support because they were doing well in the west, so if the Japanese publishers aren't trying to get their games on Xbox in the west, maybe it's because their games aren't selling enough there to make it worth while.

Those "free Japanese exclusives" aren't free. They just sell on PS platforms, and even Nintendo platforms, hence they get made and localized.

If MS could somehow get more people to buy those games, by potentially actually giving a crap about them and promoting them better, they'd get the support as well, regardless of how well they're doing in Japan,

[DaGR8JIBRALTAR]

Been really enjoying it, very kick ass!

[TheTony316]

Well deserved. The Lost legacy is just as good as any other Uncharted game (IMO) and proof that the series can live on without Nathan Drake.

[Dark_Knightmare2]

I agree its tied with Uc 2 as my second favorite Uc game with Uc 4 being my favorite

[Ashunderfire86]

That face lol!

[daBUSHwhaka]

And for good reason.Superb game if a little short...

[OffRoadKing]

It was shorter then a full game, it had to be based on the price so that didn't surprise me but what I will say is the way they paced it and with so much to do it defenitly felt longer then what it is actually is on the first play through for sure. A couple times I was like well this must be it and then it just continued on which was great. That's to Naughty Dogs credit.

[OffRoadKing]

And here I was under the impression exclusives didn't sell, what a surprise. Well Done Sony and Naughty Dog, its a fantastic game!

[Lon3wolf]

Take note MSoft and sort your shit out.

[SpinalRemains138]

Wow. That's impressive right there.

[BadElf]

That face is extremely punchable.

[VTKC]

If EXCLUSIVES dont matter, then why did Rise Of Tomb Raider was made EXCLUSIVE only to a certain console for a certain period of time? Why was that done? What was the deal with that console? What was the intention? Denying that something is working just because its not working in your favour is just being an ignorant moron. To politely put it.

[zerocarnage]

Out of how many exclusives?? 6 is not a big number at all and it certainly isn't anything to get excited about, it's about rite to be exact.

No one said exclusives don't matter, but they are not as important as people keep making out from the Sony fanboys or ms haters.

Exclusives, big exclusives are a very small percentage compared to third party's, it is risky business for developer and the console platform.

Would I like to see more exclusives make it big, sure I would but I don't think that will happen for a long time. Would I like to see more exclusives being made for Xbox sure I would if they are the rite ones and interesting and can grip me, I will say though I do not need a console to have exclusives for me to be interested in said console, I'm happy so long as games take me and interest me and that's been the case on the ps2 I owned, Xbox 360, ps3 and xb1.

Like I've said before in other threads when I looked at my catalogues it seems to be around 80/20 % in favour of third party's that I own or have owned on each console could be as much as 85/15%..

It comes down to preference, I look at the genre, title, gameplay and so on, I don't have to sit there and say to myself it needs to have the exclusive mark for me to be interested in that game, it just needs to look and play ace that's all.

[Liqu1d]

2 of the 6 exclusives were Nioh and Persona 5, both were dismissed by a certain camp as being niche Japanese games that don't matter.

"No one said exclusives don't matter"

Yes they did, many times.

"I do not need a console to have exclusives for me to be interested in said console"

[rainslacker]

If you want to ask out of how many, why not also ask how many multi-plats failed to chart?

I think you'd find that the exclusives for Sony have a much higher percentage of charting than those multi-plats did.

Also, all I've been hearing since Quantum Break released and Sony started delivering big on the exclusives, was that Exclusives don't matter. This thread alone has several people trying to say that, and there were at least two other articles in the past 2 days where you see the same kinds of comments. Not even some vague inferrence, but rather, Xbox people outright saying they don't matter....usually using some supporting argument that multi-plats sell more, or Multi-player games make more money.

[masterfox]

http://i.imgur.com/o9FEevv....

lol

[jorellpogi]

I just finished the game last night and I was floored with the story, graphics and action packed set pieces. Kudos to ND for their continued production of quality games.

[Malacath]

Found that game ready to install. I seem to have had it for free.
Was this game given away free to people who already own uncharted 4?

[Liqu1d]

I you had the Triple Pack season pass then Uncharted TLL is free.

[Malacath]

ok thanks that explains it.

[Mister_G]

That image though...... someones gonna Photoshop something phallic into that! lol ;)

[Mr Marvel]

Exclusive lives matter.

[AmUnRa]

And the exclusive PS4 games keep on coming and coming, also the rest of this year and also troughout 2018.
But excl games are not important, thats what xboxfanboys are spouting this year.
But hey, they have hunderds of Xbox360 games to play......😉

[jstark]

do uk sales even matter? https://www.gamespot.com/ar...

[ILostMyMind]

QB was a new game and no one knew if it would be good. MS did a lot of hype and delivered a weak game. Uncharted is a well-known serie and its position is deserved.