Fans of the PlayStation exclusiveDays Gonehave gone through a rollercoaster of emotions since the game’s launch. Despite what seemed like early success, game director Jeff Ross later confirmed that Sony hadn’t approved a sequel due toDays Goneunderperforming. Then, this past week, what appeared to be new details aboutDays Gonewere shared publically. Ross stated thatDays Gonelikely sold as much or more thanGhost of Tsushima’s 8 million copies. However, he’s now clarifying that those numbers may not be entirely accurate.
Ross recently did an interview with ex-game director and controversial figure David Jaffe in which he discussed thetopic ofDays Gone’s sales. Ross said that his number forDays Gone’s sales comes from PlayStation Trophy data pulled from a data-scraping website named Gatestat. The Gamestat website, oddly, has been offline for some time, but has been used for similar estimates in the past. Needless to say, however, it’s not an official source or reliable for this kind of data.
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The numbers that Ross had previously shared were thatDays Gonehad potentially sold as much as 10 million copies. This number, he insinuates, should neve been plenty to persuade Sony to greenlight aDays Gonesequel.Ghost of Tsushimais believed to have a sequelin the works, after all, and only sold around 8 million copies. If Ross' numbers are fudged or based on incorrect data, that makes his argument much less persuasive.
Ultimately, sales may or may not have been a major factor in the decision not to make aDays Gonesequel. The reception of the open-world zombie game was middling, drawing in a Metacritic rating of 71% compared toGhost of Tsushima’s 83%. When deciding to make a sequel it’s important for the fanbase to actually be excited for it, after all.
The issue is understandably frustrating to Ross, as well as the developers at Sony Bend Studio, who put their lives intoDays Gonefor several years.Ross even left Sony Bend Studioin 2019 following the release ofDays Gone, though he hasn’t shared the reason for his departure.
This past year, Ross told fans to keep their hopes up because aDays Gonesequelwas still a possibility in the future. That may be growing less and less true, however, with how much odd controversy continues to build around the game. Sony Bend Studio, at the very least, will be able to take the lessons ofDays Goneand make its next project that much better.
Days Goneis available now on PC and PS4.
