On Gamalytic, the owner count is now at 433.5K. Sales rankings have held up relatively well on the PlayStation side, too. By all reasonable logic, hitting that 1M mark should happen any moment now. That really is a solid performance in this market with digital-only copies. Earlier this year, another domestic title, Saros, was a very high-quality game, but rumors suggest its sales fizzled out at only around 300k during the first few weeks. In this sense, I think the budget for the new Resonant is sensibly kept moderate, especially when compared to Alan Wake 2. In my view, it makes no sense for a company like Remedy to take on any larger projects.
The market is indeed tough, and the competition specifically for consumers’ time is fierce. I’d love to buy that AC8 myself, but I’ll probably still be busy finishing Control for another week. By the way, there’s even a live-action miniseries for AC: ACE COMBAT 8: WINGS OF THEVE | Live-Action HOUR ZERO | Bandai Namco Europe The big publishers clearly have the muscle to put into this kind of marketing.