According to Michael Pachter, God of War (PS4) is going to sell around 10-20 million copies, mainly thanks to its quality, which has been recognized with the early reviews, and secondly because it has all elements that can be picked up and enjoyed by a lot of different users.
According to Michael Pachter, God of War is going to sell around 10-20 million copies, mainly thanks to its quality, which has been recognized with the early reviews, and secondly because it has all elements that can be picked up and enjoyed by a lot of different users.
“It’s pretty well rated, and… I think 95 actually probably puts them in the 10 highest rated games of all time, I think the highest is Ocarina of Time? GTA got a 97. 95 is pretty universally a great, great game, so there’s a minimal risk that anyone will buy it and be disappointed,” the analyst claimed.
Pachter also added that he thinks the game will be “quite clearly the number one best selling PS4 exclusive,” beating, perhaps because of Kratos and the series’ popularity among gamers, another PlayStation behemoth – Horizon: Zero Dawn.
“I think that the gameplay is actually easy to pick up and play, and there’s a lot of little things in the game that can appeal to different niches of game players, there’s action, and adventure, puzzles, and a compelling story. It appeals to everyone, and I think making it a father-son story makes it similar to The Last of Us, which, again, brings in fans of that game too.”
Talking about specific numbers, he said that 10 million units sold could even be a low target for how he expects the game to perform.
“I think 10 million units sounds like a low bar for it, actually. Last that Sony announced, there were 70 million PS4s out there, so 10 sounds really reasonable. I’d say realistically, it could do as many as 20 million,” Pachter commented.
“Now that’s hard, because not everyone who has a PS4 will like an action game like God of War. But I’d say between 10 and 20 million, and I’d say 10 million is a low estimate. I think they will absolutely do 10 million.”
God of War released on April 20 for PlayStation 4.
Source: Gamingbolt
