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Borderlands 3 sales summary - 5 million sold in 5 days, 70% digital, Highest selling 2K title on PC
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Please include the IR in the OP!
https://ir.take2games.com/news-rele...e-billion?field_nir_news_date_value[min]=2019
Amazing job. Big win for 2K, Gearbox, and EGS.
https://ir.take2games.com/news-rele...e-billion?field_nir_news_date_value[min]=2019
Amazing job. Big win for 2K, Gearbox, and EGS.
For me the big news is 70% digital. Retail is dying quickly, I wonder if it hold on one more console cycle.
Not that retail isn't fading, but I really think it depends on the title. Borderlands is such an online-centric game for many that it's desirable to just have sitting on your harddrive so you can popin and play it whenever you want. More single-player driven games wont necessarily tap that same feeling.
Cant stop the Borderlands train. Congrats to the devs.
Highest selling 2k game on PC is a pretty good indication.
Yeah, I figured the game's selling like crazy. I'm currently talking about video games with people I've never talked video games with which is a nice surprise.
Sorry Zhugex but I don't think this is always the case. For something huge like Borderlands, sure.
But I think Microsoft missed out on a lot of sales for FH etc because people hated the Windows Store. Equally there are lesser known games that won't get discovered if they're not on the primary store that people are using. It's also impossible to know if the game would have sold even better again had it have been on Steam. Remember being the highest selling 2K label game doesn't include Rockstar stuff.
Are you really being petty about the game doing well?... I'm happy for the folks at Gearbox minus Randy.
I think that depends on the audience for the game. There's probably a big crossover between the audience for Borderlands and Fortnite - so they're already on-board with EGS.
It's also a co-op game rather than a single player game. People are going to want to play with their friends rather than sit it out and wait for a Steam release later.
What do you mean? The game has some issues it has to patch out but it's not enough to hold out purchasing.
How would that lead to the conclusion that Borderlands 3 would have sold the same whether it was on EGS, Steam + EGS or just Steam?
What would have previously held the title of best selling 2K game on PC? Bioshock Infinite maybe? A lot of their more mainstream games aren't big on PC (NBA, WWE), or are big within their niche but not mainstream games (like Civ/Xcom).
Well then, now time to wait for those numbers of the "hardcore" audience getting the game on Steam come February.
Same, this is the biggest news here, that's a huge rate. While retail will be gone in two more cycles, I think it will survive one more. I bet this upcoming one truly will be the transition period.
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Rockstar is 2k (unless they count it separately).
Edit : Messed it up. Take2 is Rockstar, which also owns 2K. So yeah.
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So much for boycotting it. I'll still wait for a sale oh the game + DLC or coming to steam. Whatever comes first
Rockstar is Take Two, just like 2K.
Of course BL3 didn't sell anywhere near what GTA5 did on Steam.
The question wasn't if the game would be a success on EGS, the question was if the exclusivity was worth whatever amount of sales they lost from not being on steam.
If they had the same deal as others in the form of sales guarantee i can't see how it was worth it since borderlands 3 doesn't need a safety net, it would obviously reach that minimum sales number on it's own. I suspect they had a different deal than others though.
If they had the same deal as others in the form of sales guarantee i can't see how it was worth it since borderlands 3 doesn't need a safety net, it would obviously reach that minimum sales number on it's own. I suspect they had a different deal than others though.
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While 2K and Rockstar both belong to Take2 I think both are counted as seperate enteties when it is about stuff like that.