Cage: Heavy Rain sold four times more in US than Sony had anticipated

It's a great game that everyone (of age) should try!

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Glad to hear. The game is awesome and deserves every bit of your hard earned money!

"Cage said Sony did a great job pushing the game in the States"

By putting boobs on the box art?

There's something I don't quite understand about this article. Why would strong sales present a problem when paired with little spent on marketing? Isn't that a really good thing?

Translation:

Cage thinks that American gamers won't buy games if the game doesn't go: "pew,pew,die,respawn,pew,pew".

And he's probably right.

I can honestly say that it did a lot better than I had anticipated as well....I was saying it wont hit 2 million in the first 5 years....but thanks to it doing so good it means Sony will take more chances with stuff....

sold ff13 that i got around the same time
kept heavy rain for permanent collection.

It's good to see games like this doing well.

Sad were not getting that dlc though. Maybe a sequel perhaps?

Wow Sony didn't have faith in a developer or a new title. That's news there... /s

One of the best games I've played in awhile. Hope they change their mind and release the rest of the DLC.

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anyways i bought the game day one from Gamestop ( pre-ordered ) here in Canada i went too look for the copies on the shelf but saw none and i was standing their saying .. did it get a 1 day delay ? I walked up too the Employee and said i'm here to pick up Heavy Rain, The guy grabs it from underneath the counter and i was like what the hell did they sell out that quick i don't see it anywhere on the shelf.

The employee responded, Well the game is part of a Niche Gaming Market this is a first of it's kind and no one really knows about this title. I said so it's not as big as other titles that's why you didn't order as many and the guy said, Yes we didn't wanna be stuck with alot of copies not selling and it's not like Grand Theft Auto or Halo or Mario

anyways I know David Cage said no more of this type of game will be made as it was his last one. but i'm wondering if it was his best selling game he's made ( not sure what the sales are for his other games ) but I hope he takes this as a sign and does another Game like Heavy Rain ( maybe with some returning characters ) and have it be another Murder Mystery.

Go pick up Heavy Rain it's a wonderfull experience !

@Jiminhno

Game 1: Hanna Montana

Game 2: Monsters VS Aliens

Game 3: Cloudy with a Chance of meatballs.

I'm not a fan of "QTE" games, and this one is pretty much all QTE, however, the way it was handled in Heavy Rain was enjoyable.

Since I borrowed the game, it's not worth for me to pick up (I'm really not THAT interested in seeing all the other endings) - however, if a sequel were to be released, I'd buy it day one. Especially if it means more video game boobies :)

I'm glad this game was a success as clearly a lot of hard work went into it. I would never ask for a sequel to Heavy Rain 2 as it just wouldn't make sense storywise, but Quantic Dream (and more developers) need to make more games in this cinematic style. Heavy Rain was a breath of fresh air among all the repetitive shooters and open world action games that have come out in the last couple years.

I started playing this game in front of my sister, who is not a gamer in any sense of the word, and she got hooked and would not let me stop playing! She had no interest in playing it herself, but enjoyed watching it and calling the shots when it came to making contextual decisions. I ended up playing it for her in 3 long sessions at which point she became obsessed and started reading about the plot and different endings on the internet. I told her about the MOVE version coming out soon and she wants to play through it herself using move.

My point is, Heavy Rain is a special game that captivated a person who has the remotest interest in video games because it's such a solid, cinematic and dramatic experience. I only wish the voice acting was better.

im holding off for the move support (and more cash).

according to the figures here, sony only expected to sell ~100k of this game in that states? lifetime? that seems pretty low-ball estimate IMHO. 400k is respectable for such a new IP/niche genre game. not surprised that more of the sales came from europe though...

Im glad for them. Must buy for ps3 owners.