Rocksmith Sales - Are they sufficiently good that we can expect Rocksmith 2 next year | Forums

[KinchBlade]

Hi all
I saw an interesting stat from fatherRock in another thread:
"... By week 10 they sold 280,733 Xbox 204,738 PS3 Gross Retail 37 mil. After all expenses, stores cut, ect. they prob profit is 30% so about 11 mil ..."

Are they decent numbers? Is Rocksmith a success? Not just within its almost microscopically narrow ganre but in general terms (I know its no Skyrim or wahtever but...)?

I suppose what I'm really asking ( as per the title) is : is it doing well enough that we might expect to see further development* after the imminent mega-patch or even a Rocksmith 2


* I'm assuming they'll keep their word and release a PC version at some point


Kinch

[lizardkng71]

I certainly hope so. Take the lessons theyve learned and make a better product. (not that Im complaining about the product we have...)

[supotco]

I don't think so though. So far they have probably sold around 700k. I don't think that is enough for them to make another one. I just hope they keep supporting this one at least.

Plus I wouldn't want another one, I think the current one is fine and just needs to improve the UI a little. Other than that we would only be getting more songs ans that can be done through DLC.

[Bluesman25]

There sales would be much better if they advertised a bit. It seems like they're relying mostly on word of mouth. Almost everyone I've talked to never heard of the game before I mentioned it to them (including a lot of guitar players as well). I'm thinking that once they get some of the issues solved, they will advertise a bit more. I'm sure that there will eventually be a Rocksmith 2, if they come up with enough significant changes. There is so much that they could do with this game.

[exolstice]

There sales would be much better if they advertised a bit. It seems like they're relying mostly on word of mouth. Almost everyone I've talked to never heard of the game before I mentioned it to them (including a lot of guitar players as well). I'm thinking that once they get some of the issues solved, they will advertise a bit more. I'm sure that there will eventually be a Rocksmith 2, if they come up with enough significant changes. There is so much that they could do with this game.

They had full page ads in most guitar magazines and banners on a lot of websites... I even saw a TV spot for it. What more do you want? Billboards? Skywriting?

[Bluesman25]

They had full page ads in most guitar magazines and banners on a lot of websites... I even saw a TV spot for it. What more do you want? Billboards? Skywriting?

Fair enough. I haven't seen any of it though (But I don't watch TV and haven't bought a new guitar magazine in years). I guess that I figured if they were advertising I'd at least find a few people that I know who have heard of it.

[smedford]

Now that the technology is available and the groundwork is laid, I am sure this is not the last of this type of game. Someone will make one.

[smooth52]

I tell everyone i can I heard about RS from TV. My wifes boss starts lessons this week and she told him about RS.

[KilaRoach]

These sales are actually very good when you consider ALL the facts.

The PS3 sales were heavily affected by the bugs. After the first couple weeks PS3 sales were about half the XBOX sales.

These numbers only reflect sales in America. No European sales and No Asian sales. With Euro and Asia added in, these numbers would likely be double.

These numbers do not include any PC sales. The PC sales would likely add another 50% to the total.

So once they get the bugs ironed out and solve the legal issues in Europe and Asia we should see a significant jump in sales.

We WILL see a follow up to this game and I expect other devdelopers to create their own veersions of this software. Maybe not as games but as instructional systems.

[fatherrock]

Now here is the interesting thing

GH and rockband had big opening numbers then trailed off quickly

Rocksmith opening numbers were not huge...however, they didn't have a big drop after...sales are pretty steady
In business that usually means that advertising was lacking but word of mouth is good.

So, if sales stay steady...they will catch upto some of the GH versions...and make enuff profit to justify a Rocksmith 2.
I don't see it happening in 1 year after launch...but very well could be year 2 after launch.

Rock On!