Saw this shared on Twitter. It's being reported by a French gaming site in reference to sales on Amazon France. The relevant bit (Google-translated):
Article here (in French).
Article here (in French).
Xbox Series X|S sales see 1,335% increase following Showcase/Starfield Direct (Amazon France)
- Thread starter Fiery Phoenix
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It should be noted that it has since fallen to number 73, behind multiple variations of the PS5 and Switch. Also, the article was solely talking about the Series X, not the S. I'm not sure the Series X was actually the top seller on all of Amazon since I didn't look two days ago, but I think the article may have confused the movers and shakers category (called Baromètre des ventes on Amazon France) with the overall bestsellers list, which are two different things.
For anyone that wants to look for themselves: https://www.amazon.fr/gp/bestsellers/videogames/ref=zg_bs_pg_1?ie=UTF8&pg=1
Note: It's going to fluctuate a decent amount since Amazon's best-sellers list is an hourly chart
Some other interesting placements, TOTK is still no.1, the Starfield controller is number 2, Final Fantasy XVI is no. 3 (again, these are all bound to switch up every few hours)
For anyone that wants to look for themselves: https://www.amazon.fr/gp/bestsellers/videogames/ref=zg_bs_pg_1?ie=UTF8&pg=1
Note: It's going to fluctuate a decent amount since Amazon's best-sellers list is an hourly chart
Some other interesting placements, TOTK is still no.1, the Starfield controller is number 2, Final Fantasy XVI is no. 3 (again, these are all bound to switch up every few hours)
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I almost bought one after the Starfield presentation too.
Decided against it and got Game Pass Ultimate instead.
The acquisition worked, regrettably.
Decided against it and got Game Pass Ultimate instead.
The acquisition worked, regrettably.
Damn.
Well, can't say it doesn't make sense. Starfield looks amazing.
For all our sakes, I hope it delivers!
Well, can't say it doesn't make sense. Starfield looks amazing.
For all our sakes, I hope it delivers!
Seems to have been short lived as the Series X dropped back down to #73 for overall best sellers but it shows promise that the game can move consoles closer to release.
While I was not a fan of the presentation itself (Seriously Todd Coward is a complete black hole of charisma), I found Starfield really fascinating. So I will be keeping my ear to the ground, so to speak.
Baffled? It isn't my exact cup of tea but the hype is as straightforward as possible: giant, robust outer space exploration RPG with seemingly tons of time/money put into it by the same people who made Skyrim.
And look, simultaneous release on PC and Cloud also don't get in the way.
It seems to have sold out since you can't add to cart, so i expect it's rank will continue to fall. I guess well see how quickly restock shows up now that microsoft has claimed to finally up the supply of series x. I expect series s will take a dip in sales until the 1TB unit launches and well probably see some very aggressive bundles with the old 512GB version.
As someone that was previously baffled until last Sunday, I don't know how anyone could watch the deep dive for it and not understand the hype for it
Skyrim is the best selling SP only game of all time. Fallout 4 shipped 12 million copies in 24 hours. There is hype for Starfield because people love BGS games. It also looking like one of the most ambitious games ever made helps too.
That's an impressive increase but it's hard to say how impressive without knowing the actual sales numbers before the increase.
I'm not even that into Bethesda games but I'm baffled by that take. It's the first RPG in nearly a decade from the team that makes arguably the most popular RPGs ever made.
They can disable adding to cart if you are not from the region, if that is your situation. They did that for the US stock of XSX as well.
He's clearly not and this is a weird shot to take. I don't even play his games.
It looks exactly like the Elder Scrolls/Fallout formula in space. Dunno just doesn't seem awe inspiring to me in any way shape or form.
Right, exactly. "Thing you like but in space" is a pretty rock solid marketing pitch.
Makes sense, it's the first exciting exclusive Xbox Series game really. Similarly, Sony will probably see a boost when Spider-Man 2 comes out.
Definitely sounds like a you problem. Even if it's not your type of game if you can't look at that presentation and understand why people are excited then you're willfully trying to not understand.
"Why is this popular"
Person says to gamers who love these games. You clearly don't like their games. It's ok.
Yeah, the ps5 standalone and digital systems also have the same thing where I can add it to cart but not buy it instantly and I'm in the US. It says all three are in stock and has delivery dates for them, so I think it's just some items don't have every option available outside the host country.
It seems to be in stock. I can add it to my cart. It's similar to the PS5 standalone and digital standalone in that way, I think they may just have a bit of restricted access to people outside of France.
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For what it's worth I hear what you're saying from a personal perspective but gaming audiences, taken in aggregate, basically want slight variations of what they know they like over and over again until they die lol so the hype is extremely predictable.
This is like the Oblivion With Guns argument all over again. What a throwback
That's like saying "wow, RDR 2 looks just like historical GTA"
sure, so? It's not like there are many developers making games like that or games like TES. It's their thing, they will stick to it, its what they are loved for.
But, but Era told me that if you release games day one on PC, everyone dumps consoles and buys a PC. It's why Sony doesn't do it... I'm confused.
Sorry. My bad. That's on me. What I was trying to say was "everyone goes out to buy a PISSEEE".
You can probably understand how I got that one wrong.
People puzzled as to why this has gained such traction must have never played a Bethesda game before or really dislike them.
Series S isn't even in the top 100. Series X already dropped all the way down to #73. Starfield controller doing well though, currently #2.
Yeah, Bethesda games go well beyond the normal gamers. I hear people who never talk about games bring up Fallout, Skyrim and now this. It's in the GTA level of games.
You are taking potshots at people based on a very small window and based on limited data. If this maintains for months leading up Starfield launch sure, but it's a little combative to be like this immediately at the first sign.
Xbox has continued to see growth for a long while after starting to release games day one on PC. This isn't a case of just one game and just one uptick.
Same. I'm not sure if I'm being too cynical on this or wondering how people are ready to eat up "Skyrim meets Fallout with guns in space at 30 FPS", but this should be a heads-up for Microsoft about how to get things done and avoid a Redfall fiasco again.