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UK weekly physical sales: 77% of sales of Metro Exodus Complete Edition were on PS5
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prinz_valium
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Tchu-Espresso
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Does it matter? There is a reason Microsoft doesn’t release sales numbers anymore.
MasterCornholio
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I'm wondering how that works?
For example.
If I had Gamepass I would play the games on it. Now I wouldn't buy those games because they are included with the subscription. The only way that I would is of they were taken off Gamepass. In that case I would buy them to continue playing them.
DLCs and MTX I completely understand though even though usually avoid MTXs.
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Markio128
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I already miss Nathan Drake. He’s been my fave game character in a long time. I may be in the minority, but I’d be happy with a PS5 Uncharted game. Can you imagine how stonking the set pieces would be with the SSD?We got the money.
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Bo_Hazem
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Would pay $500 just for a new Uncharted 5. They've honored my region and my request back in the day to make a game around Ubar in Uncharted 3, won't forget it.
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Stuart360
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Dead cert Bo, they have to accept at some point.
Aguero9320
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Argh, these fucking threads… Just an excuse for fanboys to fanboy.
Literally no one else cares how many physical copies of anything were sold in the UK. It’s representative of absolutely nothing meaningful, and in this case, it’s probably 77% of something like 15 total sales
Literally no one else cares how many physical copies of anything were sold in the UK. It’s representative of absolutely nothing meaningful, and in this case, it’s probably 77% of something like 15 total sales
Stuart360
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Plus its the UK, and Metro is not even in the Top 10, which probably means the game literally sold a few thousand copies together lol.Argh, these fucking threads… Just an excuse for fanboys to fanboy.
Literally no one else cares how many physical copies of anything were sold in the UK. It’s representative of absolutely nothing meaningful, and in this case, it’s probably 77% of something like 15 total sales
Let the concern flow though.
Markio128
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Argh, these fucking threads… Just an excuse for fanboys to fanboy.
Literally no one else cares how many physical copies of anything were sold in the UK. It’s representative of absolutely nothing meaningful, and in this case, it’s probably 77% of something like 15 total sales
ZehDon
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Hell of a spread - though it is just physical. Last year the UK was 67% digital. With Xbox's push for Gamepass, I've personally bought more digital games than physical, despite preferring physical. I'm curious if Microsoft's focus on Gamepass has accelerated their platforms shift to digital, and how much - if any - impact this has on these types of physical game splits? With PlayStation now accounting for close to 4/5s of next-gen physical game sales, how long do Xbox games stay on the shelves or have their shelf space reduced to reflect this?
Markio128
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I suppose with the decline in gaming stores, it isn’t a massive concern, however, it is difficult to get mindshare if you have no chart/store presence. Whether MS care or not is another story.
GHG
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Not on gamepass anymore and when it was it was the base version.
If you have it on PC then there should be another SKU in your library which will be the enhanced edition - that's the new version with the ray traced lighting.
Elbow Identity Shallow
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You have to wonder what sort of majority percentage of sales on PlayStation/Switch means that it's not worth the expense to developers to release on a third platform if peopel aren't buying them. I'd imagine that we're still quite some way from that for the bigger games like RE but for indipendant teams that's probably going to come a lot quicker.
It'd be intereting to see the numbers for DLC sales on GamePass games, it's a little different for first party games but for bigger third party games I do wonder how many people bring in that extra income for the studios knowing that they could lose access to that content without much warning.
I do feel that one of the best things that Sony could do right now is for any games that are new and a part of Plus, they should offer Plus subscribers something like a 50% discount but only during the game's month on Plus. That way the developers are still getting the benefits of being on Plus and if people ike the game then there's a good chance they'll get extra too whilst the game is still in it's busiest sales period.
It'd be intereting to see the numbers for DLC sales on GamePass games, it's a little different for first party games but for bigger third party games I do wonder how many people bring in that extra income for the studios knowing that they could lose access to that content without much warning.
I do feel that one of the best things that Sony could do right now is for any games that are new and a part of Plus, they should offer Plus subscribers something like a 50% discount but only during the game's month on Plus. That way the developers are still getting the benefits of being on Plus and if people ike the game then there's a good chance they'll get extra too whilst the game is still in it's busiest sales period.
Spidey Fan
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People this is just UK chart of physical. not digital. and there is more than UK in the world.
I have no idea why are these UK chart is getting posted as total sale? Fifa 21 and minecraft dungeon are getting sold there and n1 and n2 , whiles miles cant even keep up with these titles. Ratchet is there, because its a new entry which launched this month, but will do down soon, while these 2 titles i mentioned, will keep their space.
Give USA sales. I am from usa, and i want to know the ratio of xbox and sony sales in this country.
I have no idea why are these UK chart is getting posted as total sale? Fifa 21 and minecraft dungeon are getting sold there and n1 and n2 , whiles miles cant even keep up with these titles. Ratchet is there, because its a new entry which launched this month, but will do down soon, while these 2 titles i mentioned, will keep their space.
Give USA sales. I am from usa, and i want to know the ratio of xbox and sony sales in this country.
Spidey Fan
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It wont really. This is just UK physical chart. I am more impressed 23% bought physical edition, considering most xbox players buy the digital edition, since its easy to get refund on Microsoft side, unlike PlayStation.
I don’t think you guys understand statistics. Nothing is getting worse its selling at a proper ratio to its market share. Did you expect the console with a 3:1 ratio to have less sales?
Demon2blades
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With that ratio in mind and given the splits we've seen so far I wonder what the cost of getting a 3rd party day one title on gamepass is ? It must be a huge amount there paying but at the end of the day who gives a fuck as long as the cost is being covered by ms .
reinking
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I have not looked at the Xbox Game Store to purchase something since I joined Game Pass. It is working.
Umbasaborne
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Wow xbox sucks, they should cancel all upcoming xbox ports and everything should be ps,switch, uya ,and stadia from now on...../s
Hezekiah
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I mean this is the thing, most gamers have enough cash to buy a game every month - and the ones that are most in demand are Sony first-party games, and big name third-party games like Metro and Resident Evil.
GamePass is good for people who have the time to play tons of games, but it encourages the 'play what's available' mentality, and buying fewer games.
Hobbygaming
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I'm willing to bet 90% of the time it's an indie game that sells more because of GP but GP isn't good for AAA gaming
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Spidey Fan
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and then there is the freaking pandemic and social distancing. like who the hell is gonna go to physical store to buy a physical game.
I have gamestop 5m drive. but i dont buy physical games there. I just log in to x1s/ps4 and just buy the games from their store. Its convenient and i dont have to face store employs about what i buy.
All I see here is a bunch of kids celebrating, as if this is a big victory for them. I have 2 Metro games from epic, which i got it for free. why the hell would i buy it for my xbox, or ps4. it makes no sense for me. same for the people who got those games long time.
Also certain users said that the game was on gamepass, which effected some people decision to buy the game. or bought the game, when it was leaving the service.
If they want to brag, let both party present their digital sales. I know microsoft doesnt like to post, but i hope they do, so these stupid people can shut up and know the age of physical games is coming to an end.
If 3rd party have problem selling their games on xbox, they would have just put them on playstation, like how japanese devs are doing (looking at you atlus)
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Spidey Fan
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El Pistolero
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In the UK? Are you serious?
MasterCornholio
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I'm not even sure about that. I think what happens is that the game gets dropped from Gamepass and people buy it to continue playing.
I don't know which types of games get removed the most from Gamepass. I know the only ones that stay there are 1st party games.
Javthusiast
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I feel like there might be a pattern here.
Hobbygaming
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Idk, It's anecdotal but I've seen many Xbox guys brag about not having to "pay" for games and that they haven't bought games in a while
Lol at 3:1 ratio. If it helps alleviate your insecurities
Hobbygaming
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Your reading comprehension failed you. I'm not saying indie games sell more than AAA games. I'm saying that it's more likely that indie games on Gamepass saw a boost in their sales than AAA games in Gamepass
nice bullshit there buddy. as if people will buy indie games over AAA games.
Dick Jones
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Spidey Fan
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indie games will be happy with 100k sales, unlike AAA games. AAA games will be happy if its at least sold 500k-1M copies. different expectation.
Goalus
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Not physical games.
It's hard to believe that retail charts are still thought to have any relevance by some people. It's like ranking car manufacturers by the number of horse carriages sold.
MasterCornholio
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Well it's a big loss in revenue if people just stick with subscription services. Some companies need to sell physical/digital copies in order to cover development costs.
I don't think it's wrong if someone actually buys a game instead of playing it off a subscription service.
Hobbygaming
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Interfectum
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Console sales don’t matter, game sales don’t matter. We’ll be hearing this more and more as Xbox remains at the bottom of every conceivable metric besides a subscriber number they may or may not choose to share.Argh, these fucking threads… Just an excuse for fanboys to fanboy.
Literally no one else cares how many physical copies of anything were sold in the UK. It’s representative of absolutely nothing meaningful, and in this case, it’s probably 77% of something like 15 total sales
Spidey Fan
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we only have physical sales here. not digital. Subscription service boost players base of the game. they act as a demo. its like trying a car before you buy it. if you like it you buy it. if not, you dont buy it.
most people are gloomy about the service, not knowing those games stay for 1 year, and leave after that. and you have to be lucky for your favorite game to be on that service by that time it comes to these service. I am still pissed about kingdom heart. they left by the time, i was actually interested in the service.
in other new, those service wont make a dent on those games. people will buy them, just like how they buy old sony/xbox games, call of duty, the Witcher 3, skyrim, or whatever game you missed.
Hobbygaming
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Not a good comparison, as physical games will still exist for a very long time from now