Ben-DutkaTowards the end of our Heavy Rain review , we expressed a concern that gamers weren't mature enough to give such a progressive interactive experience its just due.
Thankfully, though, those fears haven't been realized. Initially expected to sell 1.5 million units in its lifetime – a fantastic accomplishment in its own right – Quantic Dream boss David Cage has revealed that Heavy Rain has already hit that mark…and well before the holiday season even begins. Speaking at GDC Europe in Cologne , Cage now says he expects the game to hit the 2 million mark before year's end. As usual, he cited the strong review scores as the prime reason for the game's success; counting over 500 total reviews, the average score is over 90, and that usually translates to a financial success. We still think it marks a revolution and a giant step forward for the industry and we'll certainly be interested in Horizon , Quantic's next project. For a game with 22 different endings and dozens upon dozens of different scenes depending on the story branch you take, it may be the only title in existence where one can say truthfully , "every time you play it (to a point), it'll be different."
If you haven't tried it yet, we strongly urge you to pick it up soon. We're so happy the developers are being rewarded for such an effort; if the consumers hadn't responded, we might've been doomed to a future of…well, the same ol' same ol'.
Related Game(s): Heavy Rain
HEY QD,
Here's how you'll make a lot more sales & money on Heavy Rain.
Just go ahead make those 3 other missing DLC's, so you can keep the media hype & word of mouth continually going for HR.
And then afterward's, go ahead re-release HR, this time as a GOTY copy with all 4 packs included
*Sigh* I wish Sony didn't go retarded and force QD to cancel the DLC. Heavy Rain is hands down the most immersive game on the PS3 or console, it was also my first platinum trophy.
Well, we could see that this was coming after it was received so well. I really do hope that Heavy Rain goes on to have lifetime sales exceeding three or four million, but I know how unlikely that is for any PS3 exclusive. Damn shame because it is a fantastic game, and one that I really should have a second run-through some time soon.
Here's hoping Horizon (or whatever QD's next project really is) can blow us all away again.
I was going to say more, but I don't have the energy right now. Peace.
not enough if you ask me, this deserves to sell 30M units!
still pissed they cancled the DLC though, i was really interested to see what they did with them.
hopefully the patch for move will be ready for launch because ATM the only game set for launch is sports champions and the shoot.
come on, and i thought the ps3 had a weak launch!
Good game. And definitely deserves top sales.
Unfortunately for me the replay value was pretty low. Even with the talk of move added play im not bothered to pick it up again.
Basically it was a rental for me from day one.
Makes me wander what this game would have done if it was on the crap box.