What makes the 30 dollar price even better is SoD2 being number 1 is based on revenue. So they had to sell a shitload.
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NPD May 2018: State of Decay 2 #1 software, PS4 tops hardware charts
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What makes the 30 dollar price even better is SoD2 being number 1 is based on revenue. So they had to sell a shitload.
I believe that is they way Mat P defined it, i.e. games that keep players engaed over time by offering additional content imcluding things like Witcher 3 and Fortnite.
Everything matters, to different extents, in regards to how a launch performs. No one thing is THE thing. Quality, marketing, promotion, streaming, box art, pricing, distribution... I mean if math could be done to backwards engineer a sales number it would have been done already.
DS:R currently ranks at #21
DS:R currently ranks at #21
Not surprised with SoD2, people still love zombie games, even with the bad reviews. Days Gone will most likely do better, I also think it'll review better, at least 80+ meta. Also I have no doubt Days Gone will also be played a lot by streamers/youtubers, even Detroit did pretty good on Twitch.
Not too sure about that. New single player ip vs sequel with added multiplayer. Though it should do better than what most of era expect.
state of decay 2 is a real shock being number 1. but it seems everyone did well which is great
i wonder if this means days gone will be a success. i dont really know what to expect sales wise from that game
i wonder if this means days gone will be a success. i dont really know what to expect sales wise from that game
Easy worldwide Detroit sold more, Europe love those kind of games and even in Japan sold better than Heavy Rain. Detroit could have sold more than those games worldwide.
Five years from now, there will be probably 30 more first party games that are available for you to play when you subscribe. It may cost a couple bucks more per month but it will still kick ass.
YouTube has been a great indicator of "success" and while SoD2 did good, Days Gone has been doing even better. Days Gone wasn't even shown at Sony's press conference but the show floor demo has more than 3 million views just from 4 channels. Compare this to State of Decays 2 last years E3 which also has 3 million but Days Gone did this in 1 week. I also think Days Gone's E3 2017 views are around I think 15 million if I remember correctly.
I have no doubt in my mind that Days Gone will sell better than SoD2.
Man I really miss getting PR to dissect and analyze. Having no PR just makes NPD so much less fun.
Oh and yea not having the platform breakdowns for multiplats also still sucks.
I keep hoping I will click on an NPD thread and be greeted by a big fat pile of PR and platform splits but alas it is not to be.
They made the Dreamcast so they always win.... in my heart.
Oh and yea not having the platform breakdowns for multiplats also still sucks.
I keep hoping I will click on an NPD thread and be greeted by a big fat pile of PR and platform splits but alas it is not to be.
They made the Dreamcast so they always win.... in my heart.
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Yeah, I mean who buys an XBO for State of Decay 2?
All I know is I'm also one of those who just started playing 1 and I'm surprised how fun it is.
2 can't be any worse.
I'm happy for undead labs!!! I enjoy SoD2, but there is so much more they can do with the game. I have high hopes for the next entry
All there consoles have sold over 80 million and for this being their 4th generation that's damn good
I've got gamepass but im buying certain first party games still.
1. To show support to devs for their brilliant games, i want them to keep making them.
2. I own the game outright and it cant be revoked
This pertains to Forza Horizon, Halo, Gears, SoT and any other game i feel meets the 2 points.
It was really a masterful deathblow to GC/Xbox. I doubt we see a such a lopsided generation again.
I would imagine it's more a case of your friend has it (through GamePass), so you just buy it to play with them/because they said it's good. Not people who already have it through gamepass buying it separately, which is probably a tiny amount of people.
SoD1 sold a million back in it's XBLA roots. Not a surprise the seconds does well too if you were paying attention.
The funny thing is you DO understand why, and readily admit you will pointlessly waste money and buy Halo: Infinite when you need not!
Hey MatPiscatella y'all track digital sales for Bandai Namco right? If so Dark Souls Remastered not being in the top 20 at the very least seems crazy to me. I have a really hard time believing it sold that poorly given the other metrics we have surrounding the game's release. Any chance you could comment on that at all?
Nevermind I just saw this
Thats nuts. Id have assumed it sold well enough with digital included to make it at least into the top 20. With it being a budget release I'm assuming it would have made it in to the top 20 units list at the very least if its ranked at 21 by revenue.
Nevermind I just saw this
Thats nuts. Id have assumed it sold well enough with digital included to make it at least into the top 20. With it being a budget release I'm assuming it would have made it in to the top 20 units list at the very least if its ranked at 21 by revenue.
The month-to-month hold at 5 by DKC: TF impresses me. Surely this game is outperforming the Wii U version significantly.
EDIT: Ack, unreliable mobile reception led to a double post. Mods, feel free to clean this up.
i think we can expect an annunce from Sony this week, maximum next week about 80 million sold.
State of Decay is a surprise for sure. The fact NPD is based on revenue and the game is $30 tells me it sold a ton. I think a lot of people treat Game Pass like a demo service and if they enjoy a game they purchase a physical copy to keep. Unless, State of Decay is a XBLA title again and can only be downloaded. That wouldn't make any sense.
If that ever happens it is because that is what consumers are demanding. Your whole comment sounds like fear mongering. Instead of supporting another option to buy games and the success it brings you want to talk 20 years down the line and act like we are all doomed unless we sign up for Game Pass.
People often ask, why does Microsoft sell Xbox machines if they are putting games on the PC? Well month after month we continue to see high growth in console software that is also on the PC. Therefore there is still demand for console hardware, pretty simple. Right now there is still large demand for physical software for those consoles. So why would Microsoft ignore them any more than Nintendo just because Game Pass is growing?
Phil was surprised at what Game Pass is doing, it is increasing software sales through it. One is actually helping the other you think is going to go away. It's a total contradiction.
Keep forgetting that MS releases their games on two platforms now, and we like to compare exclusives yet it's not really fair now since it's on 2 platforms for MS but 1 platform for Sony/Nintendo. Really wish we could get numbers for just Xbox. According to MagicPork, it seems that SoD2 (Xbox version) couldn't even outsell Hyrule Warriors.
Deserved though. I spent a lot of hours on that game.
Will it be what they actually want though or are they being groomed to accept it right now by MS, who's made gamepass such an attractive offer early in its life? That's a big part of the point I'm making, what's going on right now is the training part of the plan. Easing people into the idea of "renting" these games so they get used to it and don't care when it becomes the only option. Most people will just say "well I've been using it __ years already so nothing's going to change for me" and go about their lives.
If Sony bothered to price cut we'd be looking at something PS2 like but they don't.
Probably not, Switch and One have better momentum than GC and Xbox ever did. It was an issue on both sides.
There is no such thing as "just Xbox" when it comes to digital copies of play anywhere games. So either you look at only retail (which is dumb), or you look at digital (which includes Xbox+pc).
God of war, an exclusive, is the second best selling game of the year.
Yeah Sony gon eat.
Gonna be crazy when Spiderman out sells it.
Yeah Sony gon eat.
Gonna be crazy when Spiderman out sells it.
SoT(incomplete game), SoD2(buggy game) and PUGB(buggy and lagging game) selling too well setting a bad tone and publishers will get away releasing broken/unfinished games more in the future promising they will patch in the future. Seems like gamers does not care playing these games especially on MS consoles (may be lack of exclusives?) and I hope other publishers or at least Sony do not follow these GaaS service trend and releasing broken games.
Xbox gain momentum because ps4 isn't competitive with price. Imagine if every single deal was matched since day 1. Especially holidays where there have been a couple where they didn't even try.