“70 years since the first dive, we have finally become the first survivors.” This is the line spoken by the main character, Eve, in the first released video of ‘Project Eve’, Shift Up’s console challenge, in April 2019. Over the past five years, her appearance, setting, and even the title have changed. While it received a new name, ‘Stellar Blade’ and was embraced by Sony, the market environment in which it had to challenge itself also changed. ‘P’s Lies’ and ‘Dave the Diver’ were the first to leave meaningful marks in a place that was virtually a wasteland when the project was launched. That's why expectations and support for the next challenger are hotter than ever.
Stellar Blade for PlayStation 5 was the highest selling title last week, moving an additional 13,033 retail copies. It was followed by Mario Kart 8 Deluxe for Switch, which moved an additional 9,652 units.
I love how Ring Fit Adventure pops it's head back in the top 10 telling us that people ate too much during golden week!
Hardware Sales (followed by lifetime sales)
Switch OLED Model – 35,575 (7,231,271)
PlayStation 5 – 18,166 (4,827,074)
Switch Lite – 7,604 (5,841,449)
Switch – 3,885 (19,790,275)
Xbox Series X – 3,466 (274,587)
PlayStation 5 Digital Edition – 3,352 (770,755)
Xbox Series S – 982 (311,834)
PlayStation 4 – 80 (7,925,861)
There are so many games that would straight-up print money for Nintendo if they got the remake treatment. Here are but a few of them.
Edge Magazine's latest issue is out now and they have shared reviews on some of the recent games including Stellar Blade.
Anyone else playing Stellar Blade and made it to the Great Desert?
I felt the story barely had us do anything here but there are a lot of side quests taking us back and the framerate is kind of all over the place. Curious if anyone else is noticing the same?
It's the only blemish so far in what's surprisingly become my current GOTY.
Stellar Blade a 6? That score is blasphemy. Score should be a 9, no lower than an 8. It's GOTY.