Not surprising thanks to COVID and next-gen launch
stats about physical sales
Digital sales split for TOP 20
stats about physical sales
Digital sales split for TOP 20
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[UK] More PS, Xbox and Nintendo Switch consoles were sold in 2020 compared to 2019
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Chris published the full report after the tweet : https://www.gamesindustry.biz/artic...ies-sold-800-000-consoles-in-the-uk-last-year
Interesting how all of Sony's exclusives were actually mainly physical. TLOU2 with only 36%, Miles with 30% and Ghost also with less than 50% of its sales digital.
Yeah so when Chris said "practically the same" for XBS and XB1 it was 310 vs 290. Interesting.
Its surprising to see Miles with the lowest digital ratio, I guess people wanted that shiny PS5 box.
Also I have to say, given this is probably our first definitive look at TLOU2 legs, I really think this does put the nail in the TLOU2 actually has good legs argument. >190k physical sold in its first 2 days, ~150k physical sales for the rest of the six+ months of the year. Physical LTD is only 180% of launch week. It seems like post-launch sales may not have out-sold pre-orders yet.
Other titles examples (physical comparison only since that's the launch week data we have):
Spidey MM (Nov launch) - LTD 325% of launch week
AC Valhalla (Nov launch) - LTD 280% of launch week
COD BOCW (Nov launch) - LTD 370% of launch week
Avengers (Sept launch) - LTD 450% of launch week
Fifa 21 (Sept launch) - LTD 320% of launch week
Ghost (July launch) - LTD 260% of launch week
Cyberpunk (Dec launch) - LTD 155% of launch week
Well, at least Cyberpunk is lower. Its a shame, the hate campaign and noise around TLOU2 does seem to have put people off it.
Also I have to say, given this is probably our first definitive look at TLOU2 legs, I really think this does put the nail in the TLOU2 actually has good legs argument. >190k physical sold in its first 2 days, ~150k physical sales for the rest of the six+ months of the year. Physical LTD is only 180% of launch week. It seems like post-launch sales may not have out-sold pre-orders yet.
Other titles examples (physical comparison only since that's the launch week data we have):
Spidey MM (Nov launch) - LTD 325% of launch week
AC Valhalla (Nov launch) - LTD 280% of launch week
COD BOCW (Nov launch) - LTD 370% of launch week
Avengers (Sept launch) - LTD 450% of launch week
Fifa 21 (Sept launch) - LTD 320% of launch week
Ghost (July launch) - LTD 260% of launch week
Cyberpunk (Dec launch) - LTD 155% of launch week
Well, at least Cyberpunk is lower. Its a shame, the hate campaign and noise around TLOU2 does seem to have put people off it.
We should compare it to more single player games, also as the game will enter catalogue cateegory soon, the digital ratio will keep increasing
Unfortunately the other games in the top 20 are all we have, unless you want to compare it to Animal Crossing?
Anyway I think its not awful legs, its just a bit disappointing, and its first week was so huge that sales are obviously still good overall.
It's a testament that the PlayStation 4 sold almost 2 million more units than the Xbox One given that the Xbox 360 (and Wii) were not only more popular in the UK back then, but the Xbox One has frequently been the less dearer console of the two (once they removed Kinect).
You could buy an Xbox One S for £149 for two Christmases in a row, whereas the PlayStation 4 was often £50-75 dearer with fewer games bundled too. Imagine the disparity in sales if Sony had matched the lower prices of the Xbox One every Christmas.
TLOU 2 just did a jrpg :P
Yes legs will be disappointing but i think a PS5 Sku will help
TLOU2 legs were disapointing until oc/november, the game started to see a increase in sales after that and was apear multiple times on the chart during the entire of 2021.
Goty awards and the reduce price as help the game as more peopel are willing to give it a try, no doubt in my mind the game will continue to sell well.
Sony exclusives seem to be below average in digital sales. It's no wonder though, since their digital game pricing is way too high and only way to buy digital games is their own store.
There digital split will increaseee over the years like it has been for Horizon and GOW.
Single Player "Year 1" Still is heavy towards Physical
Those % was for 1 Quarter
It's Alyx since it's only on PC and therefore didn't contribute to any increase in console sales.