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Spyro & Pokemon sales decent in the UK, Fallout & Hitman poor, Battlefield V prospects not positive
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IIRC it was around 120k. Bruno would be best to answer this though.
But yeah biggest Switch opening looks a lock now.
I suppose it's significant that it's selling on par if not better than a brand new mainline entry. But I also recall X/Y opening being a little soft for the series and it made it up by having longer than usual legs. So it's hard to say for certain without numbers.
Forgive me for not weeping over low 'advanced sales'. I'd probably prefer them to be even lower as an argument for ending such practices.
Hitman will be a sad casualty, but then I mean, I'm part of the problem. I still haven't finished Red Dead, Odyssey or even bloody DQXI, so there's no room for anything else with Smash coming in a few weeks. I've got more than enough to do as it is.
Hitman will be a sad casualty, but then I mean, I'm part of the problem. I still haven't finished Red Dead, Odyssey or even bloody DQXI, so there's no room for anything else with Smash coming in a few weeks. I've got more than enough to do as it is.
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Great numbers for Let's Go if this pans out.
Because they are. Plenty of games underperform at retail, unfortunately.
i doubt spyro will do as well as crash or have the absolutely crazy legs of that collection, but it still should do pretty good.
if spyro comes to switch, i doubt size would be an issue at all. the fact that they need downloads on ps4/xbo isn't because they couldn't fit them on a blu ray, they just pressed the game before they were completely done. crash (including the dlc) was on a 8 GB cart, they probably can fit all three spyro games on a 16 GB one.
if spyro comes to switch, i doubt size would be an issue at all. the fact that they need downloads on ps4/xbo isn't because they couldn't fit them on a blu ray, they just pressed the game before they were completely done. crash (including the dlc) was on a 8 GB cart, they probably can fit all three spyro games on a 16 GB one.
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Is the full version of BF5 available at retail? You know the one that gives early access or is that a digital thing only?
Some extra info: Sun/Moon were double ORAS, so ORAS was 145k. ORAS was bigger than XY, so 121k <= XY < 145k
Sad to hear about Hitman 2. Such a good game, I've been enjoying it a lot. Hopefully world-wide performance is going to be ok.
Did you miss the bit about Pokémon and Spyro?
Also the UK is the first place we get sales data from, hence it gets talked about as it gives the earliest indications of how games may be performing.
And bad sales make bigger news than good sales. God of War, Spider-Man, Forza Horizon 4 all sold like hot-cakes.
And, finally, the UK chart only includes physical sales, and online games like Fallout and Battlefield and going to skew towards digital significantly more than the likes of kids games like Pokémon and Spyro.
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Those insights are based on the deluxe sku being out, as well as pre-order for the regular version. Dring states in one of the replies that even accounting for rising digital and using preorders, sales still look bad for BFV.
Got the same conclusion after looking up B2/W2 launch since XY was double that.
Yep XY in general had "weak" launch but very strong legs, and I think Let's Go will follow a similar pattern considering the small Switch userbase at the moment.
Sun and Moon were the complete opposite, the launch month was nuts, but the announcement of Ultra Sun and Ultra Moon basically slaughtered its legs.
Good job it plays nothing like it then. Outside of the same engine, it feels very different.
You know that's nonsense right, the U.K. retail sector as a whole is struggling significantly this year and it only looks to get worse with coming years.
It isn't about moving to the future at all, it's about more tougher decisions being made with wallets
The U.K. game industry went from
Being like worth 5bn in 2008 to being 1.4bn In 2018 , a slight uptick of 10% on FIFA and the 40% digital share does not account for anywhere near this decline
this is gonna sound mean, but im glad f76 is doing poorly, and hope it ends up being a commercial failure.
i think its important for people to let bethesda know that 76 isnt what they want from a fallout game, and this is probably the only way to be heard
i think its important for people to let bethesda know that 76 isnt what they want from a fallout game, and this is probably the only way to be heard
i think the Episode format was better suited for Hitman instead of selling an standalone game. and well, the first game was not even 2 years before, i think many people had their fix with the first game and didn´t need "more of the same" so soon
Yeah PS3 games were £35 on Amazon, now they're £42-£50.
Hm, I don't really see Let's Go having a lot of legs, considering Gen 8 is right around the corner and the purpose of this game is to build an userbase for it anyway.
The handling of BFV's release and marketing is so bizarre to me.
All this early access bullshit and lack of a real marketing push. This should be one of the biggest games out this year and instead it's kinda just... I can't even think of the word. It's just here
All this early access bullshit and lack of a real marketing push. This should be one of the biggest games out this year and instead it's kinda just... I can't even think of the word. It's just here
I have the impression that just as there are people who are not interested in Let's Go waiting for Gen 8, there are people who want Let's Go and are not interested in anything that Gen 8 can offer.
I don't even know when BFV is coming out with all this pre launch stuff. You can't say EA/Dice didn't make their own bed with lower sales.
Also games have become way too expensive in the UK, no way would I pay £50 for a game.
Also games have become way too expensive in the UK, no way would I pay £50 for a game.
That's literally truly of the majority of pokemon games. These games sell the majority of what they're going to do within the year of release that's true of XY as well.
Warner and/or IO picked an awful date for Hitman, it sucks but THEY. NEVER. LEARN. This happens every year.
One of the smaller publishers always puts a smaller game out in big boy season and this is what happens, THQ, Bethesda, Warner, all guilty of thinking that they can compete with the likes of RDR2, CoD, FIFA, AC etc.
I'm hopefully trading a console in on Monday so if I get around to it I'll try and pick up Hitman 2 while I'm in the shop.
One of the smaller publishers always puts a smaller game out in big boy season and this is what happens, THQ, Bethesda, Warner, all guilty of thinking that they can compete with the likes of RDR2, CoD, FIFA, AC etc.
I'm hopefully trading a console in on Monday so if I get around to it I'll try and pick up Hitman 2 while I'm in the shop.
I guess me only having "hardcore" pokemon fans as friends makes it rather hard to gauge it, but considering GF has apparently been working ln Gen 8 since before LG, it should end up being the more appealing offer both in presentation (After seeing Town and Sun/Moon's general artstyle I thinl the graphics and artstyle will definitely be an improvement over LG) and content.
Of course, Gen 1 is the most popular and it always be but I'm not sure sheer nostalgia will trump all that.
Sucks for Hitman. I picked it up digitally but this is alongside needing to really get on with RDR2, Diablo 3 still having its hooks in me, Let's Go Eevee, BFV and now Civ VI. This is all without Destiny which has the Black Armoury coming.
So many good games out right now that I hope it doesn't get eclipsed as Hitman is great, but even I'll struggle to play it for awhile.
So many good games out right now that I hope it doesn't get eclipsed as Hitman is great, but even I'll struggle to play it for awhile.
its a real bummer they didnt do episodic for hitman... no way i have another $100 AUD with everything that's released, but ~$20 for a new hitman level, I'd had done that in a heart beat.
I'm pretty sure this is a factor in all of the declining retail sales. A sudden 25% price increase shouldn't be overlooked.
I've never spent more than £40 on a game until this year.
Releasing a demo that had the same levels of the original probably doesn't help either.
These last 2 hitman games have been amazing, it sucks that they're not selling well
I really hope we can get a 3rd game
I really hope we can get a 3rd game
Have prices increased in Euro-zone too over the last decade? Because the pound is actually stronger against the Euro now than it was 10 years ago when games were still less than £40 in the UK.