FIFA Switch sold about 1/50 of FIFA PS4, while being a simultaneous release. Doom did 1/10 as as full priced 1.5 year late port. The two really don't compare.
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PAL Charts - Week 45, 2017
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Not a very good result, but it should do considerably better in the US.
Xbox One X launch helped. You know who's gonna sell more worldwide, I doubt PD is worried right now.
Well launch of Xbox One X probably helped Forza 7 quite bit
Edit. Beaten badly
Switch uptake in the UK is not that great. Doom sales are pretty meh imo. The price is a turn off but all the same I woulda expected better.
Nevermind, I thought FIFA 18 on Switch sold around 10k in the first week, but I checked that and I remember wrongly.
Edit: they are related in terms of what part of the Switch audience is buying 3rd party games that are outside the comfort zone (Rayman, Sonic, LEGO etc.).
Agree. I'm sure Bethesda does not have big expectation, it's just another "experiment".
But i would say that for a game like that, those numbers looks alright.
3500 launch week sales seem poor despite all the caveats (full priced late port). In absolute terms, those are similar to niche Japanese game launch weeks in the UK. And i doubt the game will have great legs to make up for a mediocre launch.
Hmm, when you consider the difference in install bases, how expensive the Switch version is, the fact that it's a late port and not to mention that this is the UK market we're talking about here... 1/10th is actually really good!
It's so nice to see this typed out.
Install base matters significantly more when it comes to evergreen games that never leave charts and have loooong legs, because those are games that are in the GTAV category of "what most gamers buy when they buy a console."
But core games that sell a vast majority of its sales in the first 2-3 months? The ability for the game to sell and move units for that particular audience is the driver. And it's been demonstrated many times this gen, when games like Titanfall sell ridiculously well despite its low install base, Gravity Rush 2 performs terribly in spite of its install base, among other things.
I don't think there's going to be any remarkable third party performance in the UK for Switch ever (or at least in the recent future). It's like Japan for PS4 at the moment.
According to individual charts, only Forza 7 got a bump. Other titles no. Referring to enchanced titles of course.
The Individual Charts are here
http://www.chart-track.co.uk/index.jsp?c=p/software/uk/latest/index_test.jsp&ct=110032
http://www.chart-track.co.uk/index.jsp?c=p/software/uk/latest/index_test.jsp&ct=110032
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Well forza was £20 to be fair with an X at game, I'm assuming others had ok deals too
Yeah that's my take on it. Even with all the qualifications, unit sales of 3,500 is not a good or decent number.
Sonic Switch above the Xbox One version, also... for a one year later port, i think that Doom did good.
It's hard to spin a 3500 result as good. Sonic outselling Mario's second week tells a lot about Nintendo in UK though -- just not a strong brand in the country.
I would say look at what the expectations were.
Doom isn't in stock on Amazon uk so I would assume the shipment wouldn't of been too high. It's highly placed on the eShop as well
Doom isn't in stock on Amazon uk so I would assume the shipment wouldn't of been too high. It's highly placed on the eShop as well
Which is why I think its a respectable return for Doom. How can people be expecting any more when its outselling a brand new game from the same studio on platforms with a far greater install base
Because you're comparing this to a random week for Wolfenstein 2.
Also we really need to stop this 'install base' stuff.
I get people want Doom to do well but lets work with the information that's out there.
Late port plus full price works in it's favor. However, we are still in the launch year for Switch and DOOM isn't going to be the only late port at full price, so not every publisher will end up being content with such low numbers.
Yeah it's not an afwul result like wii u third party games but nothing to be happy about at the sime time.
I'm comparing the 3rd week of sales of Wolfenstein to Doom which has been out for over a year on other platforms
Ah but wolf has been out for weeks and there is no shortage of games to buy on all platforms at this time of year. It was bound to do most of it's business in the first few weeks. That should be a preview to the sort of legs Doom will have on switch. And the install base doesn't matter as much as you seem to think it does
It's done ok in the UK. 200k in a market which isn't great for Nintendo.
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Not sure if it's a typo, but they sold 300k already:
http://www.gamesindustry.biz/articl...d-assassins-creed-origins-top-uk-boxed-charts
Outsold is a strong word for a few more units. New platform and half price of Doom did the work.
If we see Value charts, Mario+Rabbids had a better week that Lucky's.
Also worth noting that Wolf2 had a relatively poor opening week and the game is working it's way down the chart very quickly which is a damn shame. DOOM did not do particularly well but I don't think this is surprising for an FPS on the Switch in the UK. Let's see how Skyrim does.
Call of Duty, Fifa, Assassins Crees
Basically all titels.
You can see that on the % share of Xbox One Version over last week. All increased some points.
Install base is what, 300k+ on Switch compared to 6m+ on PS4 in the UK. All i'm saying is Doom did all it could when you look at everything around it, old game + price tag being extremely high compared to other platforms. Doom on Switch should not be outselling a brand new game like Wolfenstein in its 3rd week on other systems
Its a shame Wolfenstein didn't release on Switch at the same time to see how sales compared
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