PS Store Sales Charts: Stellar Blade Loses Out to Sea of Thieves in Europe, Helldivers 2 Is Still King in US

Helldivers 2 has to be well pass 10 million copies sold.

Not bad to say it launched at the end of the month, also great to see HellDivers 2 still doing great after 3 months, I'm surprised they haven't announced any sales millstones yet.

There wasn’t much competition at all…MW3 is what, like 8 months old? Decade plus old GTA5 sold for dirt cheap. Pretty much any new release will get on the charts by default.

It looks to me like a lot of these newer games had weak legs, like where is Tekken or FF? These games disappeared quickly.

Europe making sure Xbox ports all their games lol.

Damn, my 3 copies of Stellar Blade weren't enough to push it higher then lol

Thanks Europe! this all but guarantees that the flood gates for Xbox games to PS5 is wide open. I mean is not like Xbox has anything else to lose by porting their whole catalog 😅

@Juanalf bring on the gears and halo collections lol.

@Shad361
Like a Dragon: Infinite Wealth missing from both charts as well. Surprising and disappointing. All 3 are great games.

The g.o.a.t. 🐐 👑.grand theft auto 5 still doing its thing.x box bringing its games to PlayStation is the right move.word up son

@somnambulance Why is it so hard to imagine that every year someone is born... and eventually they'll be old enough to own GTA. I was in best buy today and someone was buying a PS5 for their son. Guess what they also bought with the consoles... GTA

You know MS will be like "EU is Xbox' strongest sales region!"

@AverageGamer You hope that each generation develops higher intelligence and taste than the one before it. But, alas....

Being only behind Helldivers is nothing to be ashamed of for Stellar Blade. Helldivers really is kind of an anomaly after all. I am really shocked Sea of Thieves is doing as well as it is. It never looked very appealing to me but hey glad people are enjoying it.

@Juanalf Seriously, grow up.

Stellar Blade is not a AAA game so why even make the comparison?

I hope the discourse around Stellar Blade doesnt mess up sales because the game is truly brilliant. Tonns of fun!

Stellar Blade is a really good game and once you get to a certain point its actually pretty great but its still a fairly niche game and the T&A can only get you so far with people who might not be into action "soulslite" games. It will do well but it was never changing anything and i expect the crowd that bought it purely for Eve were shocked to find its more Dark Souls/Sekiro and less Bayonetta and actually requires both hands to play.

Is that surprising? Stellar Blade is a niche game for a specific audience, it's already good that it is so high in the charts.

Where is Final Fantasy 7 Rebirth ? What is wrong with gamers, man ? This is just sad. Can't believe I live in a world where such an amazing game is outsold by Fallout 4. I honestly hate gamers right now. You all should be ashamed of yourselves. You are a disappointment.

A great result, i thins SB may have sold 3 million copies

I guess Rare will get closed next.

I'd say that Stellar Blade being in the top 5 in the US and Europe(On the PS Store) is actually awesome for the game. Given the type of game it is(action/soulslike) and the audience that it's for/geared towards is pretty good. I'm finally going to start playing it this week which I'm excited about.

Shift Up did a great job with their first console game and I can't wait to see what they do next, and hopefully Playstation partners with them again because it just makes too much sense given how much they promoted Stellar Blade. Almost like it was a first party game.

I'm curious to see how many copies it sold once the Circana report comes out.

@__jamiie did someone hit a nerve 🤣

The golden ages for SoT

@__jamiie who is liking it to a AAA game?

@somnambulance IIRC buying copies of GTA5 gets you the ingame currency sometimes at cheaper rates than if you bought it on the shop (depending on sales of the game).

@bizzysgs I agree. Rebirth deserves so much better sales. Is superb.

At least stellar blade is doing well. Having more fun with that than I thought I would.

@Dodoo The other poster is being dramatic. Expecting a 2.5 month old $70 single player game to place high on charts is just ridiculous. Everyone who wanted it, bought it. Most of the sales of FF7Re, DD2, and assumedly Stellar Blade happen the first week or two. Its not a service game like HD2 where stuff is always happening and people are joining in with their buddies.

Comparing to FO4 is equally ridiculous. The game is on the coattails of a popular TV show and was being sold for a couple bucks. One of the old Need For Speeds placed the other month because it was on sale for 90% off. It doesn’t mean NFS’s 2018 game is the pinnacle of 2024 gaming content…

@somnambulance But back when we had the OG Super Mario Bros... We didn't have to wait 15+ years for the sequel. We got Super Mario Bros 2 3 years later. I'm also sure games back then had limited production runs. It also doesn't help that Rockstar keeps porting it to new consoles and updating it with meaningful content.

@somnambulance Edit: I see someone else already made this point so feel free to disregard the following...GTA V is like a Disney film. There are always more young people and when 'coming of age', allowed by their parents to buy it. There ain't no GTA 6 yet and 5 is always on sale. That's my two pence anyway!

@Konks
Look at the competition though, it’s painfully non existent. Rebirth not even making top 20 isn’t good. And 2.5 months isn’t even THAT old honestly.

People just aren’t buying games outside the hardcore right now honestly.

@Korgon People love pirates in the west and the only competition is the dead Skull and Bones. In HK and Japan it is at 40-50 on the best selling chart.

@BIG3 discourse? The censorship stuff or did I miss out on anything?

@somnambulance - It's evergreen status is absolutely due to heavily discounted physical shark card bundles. I have 2 people on my friends list who play GTAO religiously and they both buy dozens of cheap bundle copies per year. Their GTAO playing friends all do the same.

@Cherip-the-Ripper Yeah. Pretty much the Censorship and character design. Such a shame that became the main talking points because as an arpg the game is superb. Should be praised like dmc and/or nier for its combat.

@bizzysgs Agreed. The majority of gamers are just stupid. That's the world we live in.

@Sincleaver the $70 price tag doesn’t help. People will only buy big ip and cheap discounted games now.

@BIG3 yh that's certainly a shame then, was actually just looking at its storepage and some of these screenshots are super nice damn
But the half naked characters kinda take away from it for me as well 🥲

@Cherip-the-Ripper luckily there are several fully dressed outfits that you can find rather early, just so you know.

@Artois2 The article says 'That's not quite on par with what we'd expect from, say, a AAA PlayStation Studios title, but it's still a very solid return for a single-player action game in the current climate.'

I think it's a bit unfair to compare a first full console game from a small studio that way.

@Artois2 Yeah sometimes I get grumpy.

@__jamiie don’t we all

@Artois2 and sometime I miss read things 🤣

Boo to them both, Eiyuden Chronicle should been on top those list.