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UK Charts: Days Gone defeats Mortal Kombat 11 to claim No.1 (Update: Eurogamer: Biggest UK physical launch so far in 2019)
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Wow, isn't that not good for a huge game like The Division 2? Has Ubisoft commented on their overall global numbers for that game?
If you think that's not good, take a look at Anthem, which was way bigger and way more expensive :P
Wow, thx. Great numbers for DG, wouldn't believe it will beat Anthem.
Yeah that's for sure. But Anthem was a well documented disaster critically. I'm surprised The Division 2 isn't a big hit based on its reception from both critics and fans.
Where does it say only PS4? I think it's Xbox and PS4 combined.
Quantifying the state of the physical market has value. The article is just stating that Days Gone (70k) beat MK 11 (40k) in physical sales, which is a valid comparison.
Lmao. My son went from World War Z to this with no complaints. Both games not really reviewing well.
I already planned to get it day 1 regardless.
I always play a game before I decide if it's good to me or not. This is one of those times it's good to me despite reviews. I also want to get Crackdown 3, so what the hell do I know, lol.
Why not report on physical sales regardless if the data is there?
Open World fatigue was also a common "argument" against DG.........
Quality wins. I love that a great single player game without garbage microtransactions outsells a grindy, predatory WB game.
Congratulations to Bend for making a fun, beautiful and atmospheric game.
Congratulations to Bend for making a fun, beautiful and atmospheric game.
On what data are you basing this on? Isn't this the first official data we get regarding the Days Gone performance compared to MK?
Amazing and unexpected result for Days Gone! I'm really surprised it beat MK 11.
This is great news as I am really enjoying the game so far, it appeals to my gaming tastes a lot.
Also the MK11 split towards PS4 is absurd.
This is great news as I am really enjoying the game so far, it appeals to my gaming tastes a lot.
Also the MK11 split towards PS4 is absurd.
This. Sure, including digital would be perfect, but there's still a lot to take from the available sales data of physical games.
Look what that post was replying to. He's talking compared to MK 10, then MK 11 had bigger debut worldwide.
a multiplatform fighting game will always favor PS4 and that's the current FGC platform of choice.
Seeing this, God of War even seems rather low. Were people hesitant of the new direction? Reviews were out at time time or not?
God of War had a way bigger launch than any previous entry in the franchise. So it's more that Spider-Man and Uncharted 4 had an insanely good launch and Horizon had two more days in it's first week.
I agree with both your points made but that 71% split still seemed really high.
But perhaps most fighting games split that way overall so I shouldn't be as surprised.
Edit: Wander_ thanks for that extra info, didn't know switch version was not out
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It's had a tepid launch but it apparently has great legs thanks to a great wom.
it's the usual split. switch version is not out yet in europe.
I voted Days Gone and then changed it to Mortal Kombat because I thought these charts were now including digital sales. I reckon MK11 PS4, Xbone, PC physical & digital would be #1 if it were all accounted for in these positions.
Do we know the development budgets of either game? While I'm sure Anthem was a huge project with hundreds of developers working on it at its peak, I doubt TD2 was any slouch in that department.
Personally I think people are feeling a bit saturated with these always-online 'Play us forever' type-games. People only have so much free time, and once they're invested in one game or series I reckon it's very hard to prise them away from that and get them invested in another for any significant duration.
Ironically, outside of the Era bubble I'm willing to bet that it being open world and having zombies was a positive as far as most casual gamers go.
I recall it selling about 1/3 better than the previous series best in GoW3. It's never been an especially strong series here, and after all the acclaim of this one I'm willing to bet that GoW2 will open significantly higher.
Eurogamer article link
Eurogamer confirms what Games Industry failed to mention. If you ask me that should be the new thread title :)
Days Gone is the biggest physical sales launch of the year so far in the UK
Days Gone is the biggest physical sales launch of the year so far in the UK
Nice a confirmation
Biggest launch and it's a new IP, congrats Bend !
I've got a lot of love for Bend so I'm very happy for them. They would have gained a lot of experience from this project and I look forward to seeing what else they can bring to the table in future, but selfishly I hope it doesn't mean sequel.
I swear, sometimes I read these speculative threads and just think to myself "Oh boy, do these people are in for a surprise....".
Always use my "casual" co-workers as a measuring stick. They own PS4s but don't play much, only buy like 2-3 games a year (mostly FIFA, CoD plus X). They don't read reviews, post on forums and basically get all their gaming news from mainstream media coverage (like tabloid magazines that have one tiny gaming article per issue).
When they talk about an upcoming game, I know it's gonna sell like bonkers.
It's a bullshit metric, but they were super hyped about Wildlands or Spiderman (games that were picked to struggle by a large part of ERA) for example. OTH they probably think "Persona" or "Bloodborne" are bands or TV shows.
Too many posters on ERA (tbf I often agree with them over the mass market) just assume that everyone reads reviews, watches streams and follows gaming news, then act super surprised that the mass market reacts differently than expected.
Let's face it "Zombie hordes, bike, open world" is an amazing elevator pitch to the masses.