Valkyrie Elysium, the latest work in the “Goddess of War” series developed by Square Enix, has apparently suffered a commercial failure. In just two weeks, the price of physical films in Japan has dropped by half.
Including Japan’s leading online shopping platform Amazon and the brick-and-mortar chain store GEO, they have been discounted from the original price of 8,580 yen to about 4,500 yen, which is close to half price.
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— Asari Ikeda ඊew (@asaririce) October 7, 2022
In terms of Famitsu sales statistics, the PS4 version sold 23,295 units in the first week of launch (3rd in the week), and the PS5 version was 17,067 units (5th in the week), but the PS4 version plummeted to 3,016 in the second week. (No. 13 that week), the PS5 version fell out of the list directly, which shows that the reputation is bad.
If you want to talk about the reason why “Goddess of War in the Pure Land of Bliss” eats turtles, apart from some players who don’t like the appearance of Valkyrie this time, the biggest problem is that the game time is too short, and many players who play fast are about 6-8 rounds. It ends in an hour, and even if there are multiple endings, it won’t last long.
And because the game is not made to 3A-level specifications, even if the combat system is okay, there are still many flaws in the plot performance and system layout, and there is a lack of motivation for players to repeat the game, whether it is a negative comment or a second-hand thrown out soon. Films will cause pressure on merchants to sell goods, thus causing the price of new films to collapse.
In September of this year, Square Enix can say that A-2A-level works have been released in a frenzy. In addition to the already listed “Chronicles of the Gods”, “Goddess of War in the Pure Land” and “Dragon Quest 10 Offline”, there is also “Xinghai Ranger”. 6″, “Harvestella”, “Dragon Quest Treasure Hunt: Blue Eyes and Sky Compass”, “Royal Knights 2: Rebirth”, “Resurrection SaGa~The Song of the Bard~ Heavy Plate making” and the finale “Crisis Core -Final Fantasy VII- Reunion”.
Excluding the last three games that belong to the remastered version, whether there will be another situation in this wave at the end of the year may be something that many players continue to look forward to and fear.