Why Uncharted's Recent PC Release Didn't Do as Hot as Other Franchises

Uncharted: Legacy of Thieves Collection recently hit Steam, but its sales figures pale in comparison to Sony's last few PC releases for a few reasons.

[DivineHand125]

I think it didn't do as well because it is the 4th game in the series. While you don't need to play the previous uncharted to enjoy these games, people will still be hesitant because it is story driven. Sony should have rebooted the original.

[TheProfessional]

The fourth one was also easily the worst of the series which doesn't help either. The long lost brother thing (who was never mentioned in any of the previous games) plus lame box puzzles and the least action in all 4 games made it weaker than the first three which are great. They should've remastered the first two instead, those were the best.

[INMATEofARKHAM]

I actually think UC3 was the worst of the bunch... Granted, in this series the worst is still a damn amazing game.

[Shadowsteal]

4 was fantastic and a great evolution to the gameplay. UC3 is the sore spot of the saga.

[Outside_ofthe_Box]

UC1 is the worst one.

1.UC2
2.UC4
3.UC3
4.UC1

[jwillj2k4]

UC3 was by far the worst. Only one I couldn’t finish. Looked sub par and was buggy in comparison to 2.

[Minute Man 721]

@the Professional
Toss up between 3 and 4 as the worst....
They showed the best part of 4 at E3

[Flewid638]

Yeah I feel like 4 had the best story but was among the worst games. The series overall peaked for me at UC2, but I will say the "young Drake" sections of 3 were fun. Overall that one felt like a bore too.

[lucian229]

nah part one is the worst; literally it's purely bare bones

[Espangerish]

Not a popular opinion but I totally agree with you. Uncharted 4 brought in too many TLOU mechanics and puzzles. These games were best as light hearted easy going action adventures. Don’t want stealth and realism at all.

[Army_of_Darkness]

I agree with @outside.
The first uncharted is definitely the worse(it was good, not great) out of series.

[septemberindecember]

IMO the first is the worst. But 2-4 are fantastic games. 2 is IMO the best.

[MrVux000]

By that logic God of War (2018) would not have sold so well (which is a 6th or 7th game in the God of War series if you count the Playstation portable game).

[DivineHand125]

God of war 2018 was successful partly to the fact that it had the perception of being a reboot. It also helped that the previous God of war games weren't that complex in terms of story. We all know what was kratos motivation in those games.

[Flewid638]

The first 3 were remastered in 60fps a while back. It should've been part of the package here

[neutralgamer1992]

I am a big fan of the series and I think Sony should and will release the original trilogy on PC. Releasing the 4th game in the series isn't the right way to do it

[LucasRuinedChildhood]

They could update the Nathan Drake Collection on PS5 to 4K as well.

Get people excited and replaying the whole franchise in anticipation for the next game.

[Minute Man 721]

Need 4K assets and not a resolution bump

[on_line_forever]

Yes sony did mistake by releasing the 4th one before the original trilogy this is make pc players not interest to 4th one

[MrBaskerville]

There's a possibility that games like this are fairly unpopular on steam. Narrative driven shooters doesn't seem like something that has a life on the platform. Unless I'm missing something.

[Flewid638]

Quantum Break was well received on there....and that game actually feels like a PlayStation game.

[MrBaskerville]

But they are few and far between. Looking at all time popular steam games it points in all kinds of directions. Small narrative indie games, simulators, hardcore shooters, horror games, animu visual novels. Just seems like the pc crowd is different than the console crowd.

A good example of this is Death Stranding, ps4 gamers thought it was weird while pc gamers embraced it.

[CantThinkOfAUsername]

Narrative-driven anything. PC gamers are more interested in RPGs, Time-sinks, and Multiplayer. Everything else gets tossed to the sidelines (even strategy games, which this is their main platform).

[MrBaskerville]

The most well reviewed game of all time on steam is cutesy narrative driven walking simulator. So not sure it's entirely true. But the popular narrative games are rarely third person shooters.

[Seafort]

What a load of crap. I'm a PC gamer and I love games like Uncharted 4. I did buy it on PC but I wouldn't have if I hadn't played the first 3 games in the series on PS3 first. A friend of mine didn't buy it as he hadn't played the first 3 games so wasn't going to buy the 4th in the series of a story driven series without playing those first.

That is the real reason that Uncharted 4 didn't sell as well as God of War or Horizon on PC.

Some of my favourite games are action-adventure games like Tomb Raider, Uncharted, and God of War.

I am hoping Ghost of Tsushima comes to PC early next year.

Your stereotyping is way off the mark.

[CantThinkOfAUsername]

@Seafort look at the current Steam Top Sellers, mate. Yes, people like you and me exist, but we're not the majority.

[porkChop]

I mean they released the end of a story spanning 4 games. They should have ported all of the games over. It's not a surprise that PC gamers might want to wait until they can get the whole story. Hopefully Golden Abyss also comes over because I enjoyed that game more than 1 and 3.

[IcedOmega13]

I had no idea they came out on pc. Maybe it needed better marketing?

[Furesis]

100% This
It being the 4th game honestly to me isn't a big deal.
I saw no marketing for this only on steam front page on the release day and maybe some small streamers were paid to play it. Can't expect people to buy it if they don't know it exists.

[lodossrage]

It' probably has to do with it being so old at this point. Uncharted 4 was released well before God of War or Horizon but got a computer release so much later.

Timing usually plays a big part in things not selling as well as they could when they've been released other places long before

[Tzuno]

Bad time window

[nevin1]

You could literally watch UC4 on YouTube and call it a day. I agree with the people who say its the worse. The game action sequences was missing in favor of a rock climbing simulator, lame puzzles and a boring movie.

And if you want to judge it on story alone, can I argue it's the worse of the bunch?

[GoodGuy09]

They should've done the nathan drake collection first and there aren't even plans to bring it over...they sent this one out to die...

4s story wasn't great as well. I really wanted to play UC2 with m&k.

[on_line_forever]

How you ask me enjoy the game when you give me only the last chapter of the story ?

[Aloren]

It's also much older. The games are 5 and 6 years old. I mean horizon, god of war, days gone, or spiderman were 2 or 3 years old when they came out on steam.

[Binarycode]

No advertising. Avx2 is required and although all modern CPU's have this. Many older ones do not.

Considering you can play Spiderman on PC, Sackboy, God of war 2018 without this need is strange. They are all PS4 titles.

They should have Remastered the original games on PC and marketed them properly, new audience hence higher sales and maybe new customers for PS5 if another Uncharted comes along.

[SDuck]

It's missing the other 3 games and it was released randomly without much advertising. It should've released with the movie, that would've pumped the sales but still, I'm not sure I'll buy it when I haven't played the first three games

[Knightofelemia]

The first three UC games should have been included on PC. Again do you start a book half way through and go to the ending? Do you start a movie halfway through and go to the end? No you start from beginning to end I think Sony is also losing out on sales by not porting the first three UC games.

[Profchaos]

Was a weird place to start they should have ported the Nathan Drake trilogy along with or prior to the 4th

[Stanjara]

Pc is a different audience that can also torrent their games. It is what it is. Call spade a spade.
Eather way, it just shows Sony that consoles are the way.
Support them, make backwards compatibility, don't shut down digital stores, and continue to make sales and discount promotions.
Oh yeah, continue to make AAA single player spektakle games and everything will be fine Sony.

Live services, streaming and subscriptions should be an afterthought.

[Psychotica]

I never liked that linear crap..