Video Game Sales Thread

Aura7541 · Jul 31, 2015, 03:05 PM

Hopefully, we'll get a new Motorstorm sometime in the future

ethomaz · Jul 31, 2015, 03:07 PM

Best racing game of this gen.

Legend · Jul 31, 2015, 03:23 PM

Wow.

So that means infamous, killzone, tlou, and driveclub are all probably pass 2 mil, and knack, lbp3, order, and bloodborne are probably all past 1 mil. First party games are selling!

Aura7541 · Jul 31, 2015, 03:33 PM

Quote from: Legend on Jul 31, 2015, 03:23 PMWow.

So that means infamous, killzone, tlou, and driveclub are all probably pass 2 mil, and knack, lbp3, order, and bloodborne are probably all past 1 mil. First party games are selling!

This also puts the "If Game X sold 1 million, how come Developer/Publisher Y has not announced it?" argument to rest. It has to do with the sales pace. Infamous exceeded 1 million in 9 days; Bloodborne exceeded 1 million in 10 days. Those would make good PR statements. The Order might have gotten over 1 million sales, but it has taken a long time for it to do that, so there's no point in gloating about it.

ethomaz · Jul 31, 2015, 03:43 PM

People on chertz... it needs to be shipped lol

@BabedibuBen Sold through.
— Paul Rustchynsky (@Rushy33) July 31, 2015

Xevross · Jul 31, 2015, 06:46 PM

Wow that's a lot more than I thought. Very impressive but it still deserves a lot more! Amazing racing game!

Max King of the Wild · Jul 31, 2015, 06:53 PM

I don't see what the picture says

Legend · Jul 31, 2015, 07:12 PM

Quote from: Max King of the Wild on Jul 31, 2015, 06:53 PMI don't see what the picture says

Awarded for sales above 2 mil.

ethomaz · Jul 31, 2015, 08:21 PM

Ohhhh God the guy saying to me Forza 6 will sell tons of digital when most sales come from retail... digital is really a small part of the sales and it will be this generation.
He says Forza 6 sales will be better than DriveClub due digital.

I can take any bet about that... DriveClub will sell more than either Forza 5 and Forza 6 lifetime by a good margin.

darkknightkryta · Jul 31, 2015, 08:26 PM

Quote from: ethomaz on Jul 31, 2015, 08:21 PMOhhhh God the guy saying to me Forza 6 will sell tons of digital when most sales come from retail... digital is really a small part of the sales and it will be this generation.
He says Forza 6 sales will be better than DriveClub due digital.

I can take any bet about that... DriveClub will sell more than either Forza 5 and Forza 6 lifetime by a good margin.

Kinda funny that this is true O_O

Aura7541 · Jul 31, 2015, 08:35 PM

Quote from: ethomaz on Jul 31, 2015, 08:21 PMOhhhh God the guy saying to me Forza 6 will sell tons of digital when most sales come from retail... digital is really a small part of the sales and it will be this generation.
He says Forza 6 sales will be better than DriveClub due digital.

I can take any bet about that... DriveClub will sell more than either Forza 5 and Forza 6 lifetime by a good margin.

Ha! I guessed the person was Chris Hu and I guessed right when I looked on Chertz. Forza 6 needs to have as good of a business model as Driveclub's in order to do better. No microtransaction battleship, consistent post-launch support, and a Games with Gold edition equivalent to the Driveclub PS+ edition.

MCV reported Kantar WorldPanel's study on May 23, 2014. 72% of UK gamers prefer purchasing physical games exclusively. 18% purchase both physical and digital and only 10% buy digital only. The numbers likely the same in the US since the UK market is very similar to the US market.

Xevross · Jul 31, 2015, 10:29 PM

I'm one of the 72%, I only buy digital if it's far more beneficial.

Legend · Jul 31, 2015, 11:34 PM

I buy 99.9% of all my games physically when I have the option. The only time I opted for digital was Driveclub.

Digital makes up 10% to 20% of a game's sales on consoles. That's better than last gen, but it's still not a huge amount for most games.

Aura7541 · Jul 31, 2015, 11:36 PM

Quote from: Legend on Jul 31, 2015, 11:34 PMI buy 99.9% of all my games physically when I have the option. The only time I opted for digital was Driveclub.

Digital makes up 10% to 20% of a game's sales on consoles. That's better than last gen, but it's still not a huge amount for most games.

I don't mean to be a hardass, but do you have a link to the article that references a study that states that? It's really hard to find articles that report on the physical vs. digital console game sales >_<

Legend · Jul 31, 2015, 11:45 PM

Quote from: Aura7541 on Jul 31, 2015, 11:36 PMI don't mean to be a hardass, but do you have a link to the article that references a study that states that? It's really hard to find articles that report on the physical vs. digital console game sales >_<

I've heard that range from various sources. Pretty sure most recently was a GDC talk about sales. I'll see if I can find it publicly.