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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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"Highest selling 2K title on PC in a five-day window".
So yeah, the quote that BL3 is the fastest selling 2K title on PC in general is incorrect
Well it was already explained
Like how Activision and Blizzard stuff are counted separately even if they're the same company.
...how exactly are the two sentences contradicting? It's the fastest and highest selling 2K title launch aligned. And obviously it's launch aligned, no sane analyst is going to compare FW numbers to LTD and draw conclusions.
70% digital makes more than enough sense if this game sold so much on PC, I don't think anybody bought retail for that platform. The initial EGS payout, plus the higher share per sale, plus the Steam relaunch in 6 months, I don't doubt that will be one of Gearbox's best financial decisions in the company's history.
You spouted off some similar nonsense in the recent Pitchford thread, 50% more than BL2 is massively successful if you couldn't take the time to read the bullet points Zhuge outlined in his tweet. I'm not sure how you think numbers and math works but please continue with this narrative of yours.
It better hold on until prices are fixed in certain regions. I'm not paying £60 for a game available for £40-£45 physically.
Happy to buy some new AAA releases digitally once that's sorted and wait on a sale for the ones I'd usually resell.
If the only argument left at this point is arguing obvious semantics, it speaks a lot about the state of the discourse against EGS.
BL3 can sell X units within 5 days. Another game can sell 3X units within a year. The other game would have 3 times more sales than BL3.
Also you just added the "launch aligned" part right now which is kinda sneaky, isn't it?
I'm referring to this. Obviously. 2K have literally stated "in a five-day window" but you do you I guess.
"Obvious semantics"
Not that obvious when you read the thread. Some people seemed to think it was already the highest selling pc title for 2K. Which it factually cant be.
As for your "well it proves that people dont care", how can you count missed sales ?
That's the entire point. No, BL3 wouldn't have bombed. Now did it hurt its growth ? It's highly possible.
Nice, despite some issues and questionable decisions, I've enjoyed my time with bl3. Surprised at 70% digital tho
Impressive.
I'm also not surprised by the digital percentage as Borderlands has always had a pretty strong PC following, and nearly all PC sales are digital, couple that with the already increasing console digital splits, and there you go.
I'm also not surprised by the digital percentage as Borderlands has always had a pretty strong PC following, and nearly all PC sales are digital, couple that with the already increasing console digital splits, and there you go.
How is it semantics?
Highest selling implies it somehow outsold the PC version of GTAV in 5 days, a game that has basically never left the global top sellers on Steam for the past 4 years. That's kind of a big difference.
I think long-term the problems are gonna be with DLC.
EGS is not well setup for BL-levels of DLC at all.
Trying to spin BL3 success into "BuT EgS hUrT iTs GrOwTh" when the press release highlights multiple record-breaking milestones that they're clearly pleased with is pretty wild.
2K games and Rockstar games are counted separately.
They always have been.
"Highest-selling title for the label" means 2K's best selling game, not T2.
It doesn't counts GTAV because it's only about 2K (as in, the label) games, as per the PR:
The previous record holder was probably either Borderlands 2 or Bioshock Infinite.
Where did I say that it's not a success ?
I'll make it simple for you:
Your previous game sold 1 million.
Your next game being exclusive sold 2 millions. It's a success.
But if it wasn't exclusive, it could've sold 3 millions.
While it's a success, you lost in potential growth.
Also writing that way doesn't make a point. You just come across as inintelligible.
Ok, that makes more sense.
Ain't that the truth.
Plus that 70% is massive and it's only growing faster and faster.
I didn't say you didn't call it a success? I said the fact you are trying to spin these numbers and this PR into "but it could've sold more!" is hilarious.
Or Civilization. Didn't the last one sell 10 million+ units?
Similar to how the Xbox One was the "fastest selling Xbox" when it was getting slaughtered by the PS4 heh.
Good marketing spin!
ITT: A ton of expert video game sales analysts. Didn't know we had so many!
Where did you go to school?
Where did you go to school?
It didn't sell 5 million units as fast as Borderlands 3, thus Borderlands 3 is the fastest selling game. This is a weird and entirely useless semantic argument y'all are having here.
EDIT: I just noticed that the tweet misquotes 2Ks report, where they themselves state it's "the highest-selling title for the label on PC in a five-day window". So yeah, that tweet is, indeed, incorrect. Not 2K's report I was reading, though.
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Of course. People are used to buy or rent content digitally, why would games be an exception? Convenience wins for most but I feel that physical will still be with us for a few years.
How is that hilarious ?
Because you cant properly make a point so you resort to making fun of others in lame attempts ?
Where did I spinned any numbers ? I replied to someone saying "see it proves that it didn't hurt sales" to which I replied "well, by definition, you cant count lost sales".
You should take some fresh air, I feel you upset and tense.
