Borderlands 2 sold nearly 160k copies back in 2012, so BL3 is most likely between 70k-80k
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Borderlands 3 biggest UK physical launch of 2019 (less than a half of BL2 opening in 2012)
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Borderlands 2 sold nearly 160k copies back in 2012, so BL3 is most likely between 70k-80k
Is that really why you purchased digitally? To play like half a day early??
I don't know if it's the same in other countries, but digital launch copies of PS4 games cost roughly 50% more than physical copies here. An all digital future would suck arse in Australia.
Yes, I'm sure the delayed Steam release is affecting a retail boxed game numbers.
Anyone know if EGS actually supports installing from a disc?
I'd guess it'll probably be similar to Shenmue 3, a disc just containing an installer for EGS.
No data caps in the UK, makes sense.
What doesn't make sense is people paying those ridiculous digital prices on Sony/Microsoft stores.
What doesn't make sense is people paying those ridiculous digital prices on Sony/Microsoft stores.
Yep I agree. As long as digital will be significantly more expensive than retail there is no incentive for me to buy the game digitally. Just checked how much Borderlands 3 is in the UK PS Store and it's £10 more compared to Amazon UK.
A lot of people simply prefer the convenience over saving a few pounds
game sales in the UK have been going down this whole year, look how BL3 while being the best selling w1 game of the year, it still sold only less than 80k, in the past UK game market was selling a lot more.
I'm kind of curious about the digital sales. My friend and I bought the super deluxe, but he went digital. I would have did the same if it weren't for the steel book.
Paying £10 extra to sacrifice your ability to sell the game when you're done with it will never make sense to me.
You don't remember the days when folks would compare which retailer sent their games out early and most would switch orders at the last minute to take advantage of that one extra day?
There was Amazon, ShopTo, SimplyGames...and I'm forgetting a couple.
Last I heard (maybe not UK specifically) is that digital sales account for almost 50% of sales these days. So even if that were true, BL3 still wouldn't have had quite as successful a launch as BL2 in the UK.
They can't be losing out by that much, i imagine they crunched the numbers and thought it made more sense to take a lump sum upfront rather than hope the game performs well. Same with EGS, if the money is good, why not take it?
Yeah, might be time to admit the UK market is contracting pretty badly this year. Combination of Brexit and general economic uncertainty seem to be the main driving factors.
It's 80 percent in the UK,
UK video games market is now 80% digital
UK video games (excluding hardware) generated £3.864 billion last year, according to the Entertainment Retailers Associ…
www.gamesindustry.biz
5 dollars that's shared with a ton of other games, gears included per single customer vs 60 from a single customer for the one game.
Maybe MS is subsidising massively, don't know, but i don't think it's sustainable.
It's 80 percent in the UK,
UK video games market is now 80% digital
UK video games (excluding hardware) generated £3.864 billion last year, according to the Entertainment Retailers Associ…
Hmm, that is surprising. Although it does say that that data in includes DLC and microtransactions, not limited to title sales.
The overall digital market is 80%, but the article also mentions that for Fifa 75% of sales were physical. That's to be expected given how expensive full price digital games are in the UK.It's 80 percent in the UK,
UK video games market is now 80% digital
UK video games (excluding hardware) generated £3.864 billion last year, according to the Entertainment Retailers Associ…
I think the digital prices are an absolute joke, but for that £10 extra the benefits I see for buying console games digital are:
- Play games across two consoles (By setting a family member's or close friend's Xbox to your Home console IIRC.
You can change your home console up-to five times in a year. I'm not sure how this stuff works on PS4 and I personally haven't tried this myself, but I have friends that do this) - No disc switching and games take up no physical space
80% is revenue not salesIt's 80 percent in the UK,
UK video games market is now 80% digital
UK video games (excluding hardware) generated £3.864 billion last year, according to the Entertainment Retailers Associ…
It's not doing >50% digital.
That article says it's 25% for "AAA", by which I assume they mean full priced retail.
I would never sell a game and I don't have space for hundreds game boxes in my house, so...
You'd never trade in a game at the shop to get money off the next one? I mean, I get it if you hate money!
I like to be able to play anytime, unless I buy something I hate (really rare)
