PAL Charts - Week 7, 2019
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My impression of this whole Anthem fiasco is that Anthem is a repurposed game. No way the released product had 6 years of development.
Someone at EA saw Destiny 1's success and said: I want that! Copy it ASAP!. And BOOM! Rebooted!.
This is just my hypothesis, because if you release a game in this state after 6 years of fruitful development, there's something very wrong with the company.
Someone at EA saw Destiny 1's success and said: I want that! Copy it ASAP!. And BOOM! Rebooted!.
This is just my hypothesis, because if you release a game in this state after 6 years of fruitful development, there's something very wrong with the company.
I'm not convinced Anthem is bombing, yet. I still think 2-2.5M globally by end of this week. That's not a bomb, right? This data point just means it sold poorly at UK retailers.
That's great. I loved the 2 first games and I can't wait to play the new game.
Yep. Keep in mind in raw units it's not a huge performer like other franchises but Metro has never been huge. I'm certain 4A are very happy with the results
The thing that makes it especially impressive is that physical sales are up over previous entries, and back when the other games releases digital was a small percentage of sales.
So the actual growth for the franchise when factoring in the growth of digital sales is very good
This is good info and knowledge so cheers Benji!
I dumped my 50 quid into Metro Exodus (over Anthem) this past weekend off PSN.
After taking a chance on redux couple years ago at a really low price, 4A deserved a full sale from me.
Destiny 2 had 35% in 2017, assuming that as a similar title and adding a bit due to the rising digital shares throughout 2018, I'd say 45%-ish would make sense.
120k would be 65% digital, which is unrealistically high. I think it's very safe to say Anthem is under 100k.
I want to wait for the previews and reviews for my final predictions, but I will say between 80-100K for now.
Yeah the previews and reviews play a part in the sold numbers .
Since it's a zombie game it might appeal to casuals
Mhm, that is why I think good previews and reviews will provide a solid bump to what will already be decent sales thanks to its market appeal combined with Sony's marketing. Sony going on a tour with it like their other big games inspires confidence.
True hopefully it end ups 80 plus on metacritic.and they r in for a 5 to 6 million LTD
I really don't think 60-65% digital split is unrealistic for Anthem. It's very premature to call this a bomb.
It's a bomb for retail stores. They're part of the industry too.
But not a bomb in the sense of EA revenue or negative implications for BioWare.
I know, I originally said it's premature to call it a bomb (or not). A bomb at retail isn't a bomb for EA (yet).
I think the US numbers will be much more telling. If it is a similar result there, it is a wrap.
Down 50% since December?
https://www.gamewatcher.com/news/fortnite-revenue-down-since-december
Chasing the latest trend is like hitting a moving target while taking 3-5 years to take a shot.
EA paid him to not say Anthem numbers. lol
Seriously, he was talking about Week 6 numbers, I don't know why.
I suppose we'll see Week 7 numbers for next week on the website.
i am not sure if i am calculating this right, but Anthem did 12k this week then?
Regarding Trials Rising:
Wasn't expecting a near fair split for Switch considering some previews of that version.
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Wasn't expecting a near fair split for Switch considering some previews of that version.
Anthem was a Friday release and it has a similar drop to percentage to games released on Tuesdays. Yeah that's not great.
Yeah, if 1st week was 42k, a -71% drop would give 12k for Anthem
the trials split is so close for all platforms. any other multiplat game where the spilt for ps4/xbo/switch was this close?
Anthem (-71%) Yeaaaaah, that's a hefty second week drop for a Friday release, more so for one that didn't light the charts on fire in first week.
Indeed.
DOA6 is doing even worse than than I imagined. Do we know wow much DOA5 did in 2012 ?
I seriously doubt that Anthem did well even with digital. This is almost a JRPG like drop. Bioware probably failed to capture a mainstream market because the game is too science-fantasy and the WoM is horrible. Division 2 will also be good for comparison. That game should have a similar physical/digital split. My guess is that it will do much better in physical sales even with the growing digital market.
Impressive 59% PS4 share for Lego movie. With Anthem being number one with 12K doesn't leave much room for excitement about overall retail sales this week.
Thinking there shouldn't of been an announcement about tracking digital sale until all the contact were signed.
Thinking there shouldn't of been an announcement about tracking digital sale until all the contact were signed.
The new Chart-Track has been up for a while in case anyone hadn't noticed.
https://www.chart-track.co.uk/index.jsp?c=p/software/uk/latest/index_test.jsp&ct=110032
https://www.chart-track.co.uk/index.jsp?c=p/software/uk/latest/index_test.jsp&ct=110032
No.
Guess thats explains the 59% PS4 share.
Weird that they always have issues releasing the Lego Switch version at the same time....def. not the first time.
Yes it's happened more than once. Would love an explanation to why?
Third party games on Switch have vanished this week.
EDIT : on the Switch-only charts, 1-10 are first party games and 11-20 are third-party.
Awkward split.
Ouch.
Low opening numbers and a heavy drop is a toxic combo for a game like this.