UK chart: The Division 2 is this week's UK No.1. Although launch physical sales are only 20% of what the original managed
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TD2 definitely sold more. I can't remember if it was 300k or 400k for the original but either way 20% of those are more than Anthem's 40k.
To be fair, I'm in the UK and didn't even realise it was out. It's not my sort of game though, so I just assume I didn't notice it.
Nah, there is no that much buzz around regarding D2 compared to D1. Game will sell well but it won't surpass D1 in my opinion.
there's only so many full priced online games the market can handle........
to all that attempts to release one...make your first one the good one.....at launch. preferably towards the start of a new gen.
If i'm Ubi. i would've delay division 2 till nextgen.
the beginning of every generation is when the gamers are most thirsty and will buy almost anything. that will garner you somesuckers' gamers' dollar easily.
to all that attempts to release one...make your first one the good one.....at launch. preferably towards the start of a new gen.
If i'm Ubi. i would've delay division 2 till nextgen.
the beginning of every generation is when the gamers are most thirsty and will buy almost anything. that will garner you some
Weird, not like the UK has anything to worry about with its economy right now.
I do have to wonder: if Article 50 winds up revoked, will game sales spike?
I don't think so personally. Digital is a big chunk. Nobody is buying Fortnite or Apex Legends at retail for instance and they are two of the top played games right now.
During their financials they said that they expected the game to sell more lifetime, but not in the first few weeks likely
Maybe people are finally getting smart about games as a service.
Perhaps throwing $80-$150 at a game and having it still lack content, contain poor narrative structure, disfunctional connectivity, and mediocre gameplay design has finally gone too far.
Hah, who am I kidding, people are gonna throw as much money as they can at these games.
Perhaps throwing $80-$150 at a game and having it still lack content, contain poor narrative structure, disfunctional connectivity, and mediocre gameplay design has finally gone too far.
Hah, who am I kidding, people are gonna throw as much money as they can at these games.
UK.
Digital-only, free games.
What's even the point of this comparison?
Compare it to Anthem, Destiny, or whatever AAA retail game happened currently/recently.
Division 2 is a online/gaas game - physical week 1 probably isnt the way to go for these kind of games.
Then again - the audience might also start to feel some kind of fatigue with all these GAAS games people are supposed to play, there is a limit to how many of them people want to get invested in. Not saying its the case with The Division 2 - but in general people need to keep their expectations in checks.
Then again - the audience might also start to feel some kind of fatigue with all these GAAS games people are supposed to play, there is a limit to how many of them people want to get invested in. Not saying its the case with The Division 2 - but in general people need to keep their expectations in checks.
Because they say people are adverse to downloading due to connections. These games would not be popular if that was the case.
We've had this for the past 2+ years, it's not an excuse for poor sales as we've had games that have surpassed previous entries too.
Part of the reason The Division 2 hasn't sold as well is due to poor marketing in the UK, I haven't kept tabs on the rest of the world for this though to compare. We'll have to see if good WoM and it being a GAAS will help the game have legs.
I think we need to stop using UK as point of any comparison. We basically entertain ourselves with Brexit news these days.
I don't know about UK specifically, but it might be good to remind that The Division was the best launch ever seen for a new IP (except in the US where it was Destiny I believe). Needless to say the bar was too high in any case.
They did and the game will 100% outsell the first one. Anyone should know by now that UK market is completely and utterly meaningless in regards to knowing what is a success wordlwide or not
Yeah but I think "Brexit will happen 2 years from now" is different from "Brexit will happen two weeks from now"
Also I dunno that marketing for Division 2 was that bad - I saw a lot of billboards and shit for it.
I've seen no advertisements for this game at all, I was in "Game" at weekend and they weren't even pushing it there, had no idea the game had come out.
These games are very heavily digital, based on Destiny 2 having something like a 40-50% split, but even with that it's probably down a lot. I know there was definitely nowhere near as much interest in my circles, but none of us liked Division 1 much so not surprising and Looter Shooters are pretty much wait for a deep sale tier for me now.
They dont have any other option for these game - you have to download Apex even if you usually prefer physical games.
Or will make a exception for the big ones like Fortnite or Apex - but likely not going to download other big size f2p titles.
Dude the game has like 50 hours of great content from the start. Even if it fails as GAAS and they stop updating it today, it's still an amazing value unlike Anthem.
They don't need to be popular in every single country. Poster was talking about the UK, how many times now did a game perform meh there and still did great numbers worldwide? Rhetorical question.
I don't think that matters in this case. It's not like the game, on the disc, prevents a massive download. Anyone buying the game is looking at a massive download before they can play anyway. For anyone who doesn't want to wait through a huge download to play the game, it's entirely likely that the downloadable version resulted in the shortest wait (since that could be pre-loaded and played at midnight on the 15th).
(This of course doesn't mean that there's been a switch to downloads in large enough numbers to make up the difference in sales - just that physical buyers really aren't getting the kind of convenience that you think.)
We've had games this year that have beat or equalled previous entries.
I've seen differently, the game has been lacking in the TV advertisement department, social media presence has been lower compared to the first game. Marketing is still high, just not as much as the first game I guess is what I'm trying to say.
This should be the comparable numbers.
So ~55k for Division 2.
Console Digital pricing is dogshit compared to what you can find physical here (up to £20 more depending where you shop), so being F2P is a massive factor in Fortnite and Apex's success.
The UK isn't bad when it comes to unlimited Internet so downloading isn't a massive problem, just an annoying wait for some, but pre-loading gets around that.
It was unlikely D2 would reach particular close to the first at retail considering how big the first one was and the growth in digital sales. Still the digital ratio would need to much higher than we've seen before to reach that launch so it's most likely still sold a fair bit less with digital included which Ubisoft seems to be expecting.
It's not that bad, the national average broadband speed in the UK was reported to be 18.57Mbps and that translates to just under 6 hours for downloading a 50GB game..
alright, thanks!
yea this doesnt sound good, Anthem had a really bad launch and only sold like 10k less i think.
The only point I was making was in response to someone saying digital is a significant barrier. If that was the case two of the top played games on console would not be digital only games.
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Yeah, and I'd assume 50% to be generous considering the cheeky fucks want £60 for the standard edition. That's a £20 premium to the physical.