I bought it a while back on sale, but I'm still waiting for that next-gen upgrade to finally play it!
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Totally, game clearly did really well and I'd include deals around things like Stadia and Game Pass part of that. People wanted a new Doom! Both fans and platform holders.
December 2020 but MS might've paid the sum prior to it appearing.
Yeah man. Like, I wanna play it. But you get old, and you need sleep more than anything else. So it's Stardew Valley before bed.
The acquisition hasn't happened yet. MS announced a deal had been reached, but regulatory approval is still pending (word among the rumour mill is that MS expects to get the green light next month).
Completely deserved for such a masterpiece in FPS mechanics. Eternal is also, continuing straight from 2016, the most well optimized game that I've ever played. 4K 60 with everything maxed out, and it loads in like 5 seconds? Like, what? ID are wizards, and Eternal is a glorious game.
Maybe the Twitch skins? They had a lot that unlocked using Prime. I guess they got money for that.
Uh that's a lot lol?
6-7M in less than a year for what is mostly a single player FPS is massive.
Doom 3 was at 3.5M at the beginning of 2007 for comparison and that was the highest for the franchise at that point.
Only game I've pre-ordered/bought day one in past 15 years (unless you count backing Shenmue III on Kickstarter). Absolutely loved it, never touched the multiplayer, though. I haven't played it since April, though, makes my heart race and gets my adrenaline pumping to ridiculous levels. Will dive back in once the DLC is deeply discounted.
Math is a little wonky.
1. Closer to $35 per unit after retailer, platform costs and other costs.
2. Monetization Designer role is designing systems for purchases AFTER someone owns it, so increasing ARPPU.
Given the type of game, if they were able to generate $100m revenue from fans who already bought the game, that would be a huge win.
i would argue it wasn't particularly hyped at all. bethesda/zeni tends to throw games out there without trillion $ super bowl ads or whatever
probably did fine for what it is. not like doom was ever a cashcow post mid 90s
Bear in mind, around launch its physical sales weren't exactly good at all. So it mostly sold digitally on PC and Consoles likely and also sold 3m digital units in March, 2020 according to SuperData. So retailer costs might not be a lot here unlike other big titles also Covid really helped it sell more digitally than physically way back in march last year because of the lockdown.
The game doesn't actually have anything in the way of microtransactions. The only post-release monetisation is the two-part Ancient Gods expansion.
Edit: Oh, and the pre-order bonus was made available separately. But, yeah, both are sold directly on digital stores, not in-game with a premium currency a la Rage 2.
There's an OT, but I've been avoiding it lately as I haven't played The Ancient Gods yet, so beware if you want to avoid spoilers:
DOOM Eternal |OT| Hells Bells
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Decent enough numbers for the best FPS ever I guess. Should get a little boost from the next gen patch and DLC2 too.
I wasn't going to go that far because some people have preferences and biases but yes, it is by far the best most frenetic most fucking awesome glory kill of a demon killing FPS there ever was, definitely the best I can remember playing since the times when Quake 3 and Unreal Tournament and Tribes ruled the 56k bandwidth.
Doom Eternal on Ultra Violence is wild. 😆