Wouldn't be much of a downplay anyway since both those games sold better than any GOW ever did
I just had to poke some fun since I know he is salty about its success.
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Wouldn't be much of a downplay anyway since both those games sold better than any GOW ever did
I just had to poke some fun since I know he is salty about its success.
That's 300 more than the previous best not 300 copies full stop of course. SoT is 11th
Yeah, I got that. I just thought 300 copies was a pretty squeaky thin margin of victory. That would be bad, if it only sold 300 copies total, lol.
Benji (Reset insider) seems to think it'll do very big numbers.
Oh I wasn't talking about you
I've read it on other forums and I'm sure there is at least one person I have on ignore here doing the same thing lol.
NPD
- Far Cry 5
- Sea Of Thieves
- MLB 18: The Show
- Kirby Star Allies*
- Grand Theft Auto V
- Call of Duty: WWII
- Mario Kart 8*
- Ni No Kuni II: Revenant Kingdom
- NBA 2K18
- Monster Hunter: World
SoT did well. I was wondering where it would land, especially with Gamepass in the picture and the flak it got. I'd like to know numbers, but we'll have to wait for those. I'm sure they're good.
PS4 has two exclusives on the list, with MLB setting a franchise record. Switch has two exclusives also, with Kirby setting a record (w/o digital). Far Cry tops the list as expected. Good month for everyone.
PS4 has two exclusives on the list, with MLB setting a franchise record. Switch has two exclusives also, with Kirby setting a record (w/o digital). Far Cry tops the list as expected. Good month for everyone.
Xbox player base starving for big exclusives. I'll bet Crackdown 3 does better than one might think as well.
I wouldn't expect too much. Microsoft forced Rare to push it out the door and I doubt the player base is really there to support it. It'll get a few updates, but unless they do gangbusters for Rare, I think SoT is sailing into the sunset.
The best-selling games of 2018 so far(U.S)
- Far Cry 5
- Monster Hunter: World
- Dragon Ball: Fighterz
- Call of Duty: WWII
- Grand Theft Auto V
- NBA 2K18
- PlayerUnknown’s Battlegrounds**
- Sea Of Thieves
- MLB 18: The Show
- Mario Kart 8*
Where did you conjure up all that info?
The updates aren't meant to do gangbusters.
https://venturebeat.com/2018/04/24/...5-debuts-as-the-top-selling-game-of-the-year/
Here are the numbers for March:
Software
**No PC digital sales included
Far Cry 5 swept the console charts, but it’s not the only new game that saw success last month. Microsoft and Rare’s co-op pirate simulator Sea of Thieveslaunched on March 20 and earned a No. 2 spot in the best-sellers list despite only rolling out to Xbox One and Windows 10. Its debut came after several closed-beta sessions that drummed up hype. More than a million players set sail on the open ocean within the first two days, crashing its servers at one point with all their plundering and pillaging.
“Sea of Thieves was the second best-selling game of March, and is the eighth best-selling game of 2018 year to date,” said Piscatella. “Sea of Thieves generated the highest launch month sales for any title produced by developer Rare since tracking by The NPD Group began in 1995.”
Along with Far Cry 5, other franchises also set launch month records. Sony’s MLB 18: The Show and Hal Laboratory’s Kirby: Star Allies both had the best-selling debuts in their series histories.
Xbox One
Compared to March 2017, consumers spent less on hardware last month — $331 million, down 32 percent from $485 million. But year to date, hardware-spending is at a high, generating $925 million so far in 2018. This was driven mainly by Microsoft’s Xbox One, though Sony’s PlayStation 4 remains the best-selling console in March and 2018. The Nintendo Switch 32GB with red and blue Joycon controllers was the best-selling hardware in March and 2018.
While folks weren’t spending as much on consoles last month, accessories saw an uptick thanks to the popularity of multiplayer games like certain wildly popular battle royale hits.
“Both PlayStation 4 and Xbox One achieved accessories sales growth of more than 40 percent in both the month of March as well as year to date 2018,” said Piscatella. “The headsets/headphones segment is driving accessories growth across both platforms, likely driven by the increase in popularity of multiplayer games such as Fortnite from Epic Games.”
Here are the numbers for March:
- Total: $1.316 billion (down 11 percent from $1.478 billion in March 2017)
- Hardware: $331 million (down 32 percent from $485 million)
- PC and console software: $613 million (down 10 percent from $682 million)
- Accessories: $372 million (up 20 percent from $310 million)
- Total: $3.41 billion (up 15 percent from $2.98 billion in 2017 year to date)
- Hardware: $925 million (up 13 percent from $817 million)
- PC and console software: $1.53 billion (up 8 percent from $1.42 billion)
- Accessories: $956 million (up 29 percent from $740 million)
Software
- Far Cry 5
- Sea Of Thieves
- MLB 18: The Show
- Kirby Star Allies*
- Grand Theft Auto V
- Call of Duty: WWII
- Mario Kart 8*
- Ni No Kuni II: Revenant Kingdom
- NBA 2K18
- Monster Hunter: World
- Super Mario Odyssey*
- The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild*
- PlayerUnknown’s Battlegrounds**
- Tom Clancy’s Rainbow Six: Siege
- A Way Out**
- Assassin’s Creed: Origins
- Dragon Ball: Fighterz
- FIFA 18**
- Splatoon 2*
- UFC 3
**No PC digital sales included
Far Cry 5 swept the console charts, but it’s not the only new game that saw success last month. Microsoft and Rare’s co-op pirate simulator Sea of Thieveslaunched on March 20 and earned a No. 2 spot in the best-sellers list despite only rolling out to Xbox One and Windows 10. Its debut came after several closed-beta sessions that drummed up hype. More than a million players set sail on the open ocean within the first two days, crashing its servers at one point with all their plundering and pillaging.
“Sea of Thieves was the second best-selling game of March, and is the eighth best-selling game of 2018 year to date,” said Piscatella. “Sea of Thieves generated the highest launch month sales for any title produced by developer Rare since tracking by The NPD Group began in 1995.”
Along with Far Cry 5, other franchises also set launch month records. Sony’s MLB 18: The Show and Hal Laboratory’s Kirby: Star Allies both had the best-selling debuts in their series histories.
Xbox One
- Far Cry 5
- Sea Of Thieves
- PlayerUnknown’s Battlegrounds
- Call of Duty: WWII
- Grand Theft Auto V
- Monster Hunter: World
- NBA 2K18
- A Way Out
- Tom Clancy’s Rainbow Six: Siege
- Assassin’s Creed: Origins
- Far Cry 5
- MLB 18: The Show
- Ni No Kuni II: Revenant Kingdom
- Grand Theft Auto V
- Monster Hunter: World
- Call of Duty: WWII
- NBA 2K18
- A Way Out
- Dragon Ball: Fighterz
- FIFA 18
- Kirby Star Allies
- Mario Kart 8
- Super Mario Odyssey
- The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild
- Splatoon 2
- Mario & Rabbids: Kingdom Battle
- Pokken Tournament DX
- Bayonetta 2
- Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim
- ARMS
- Detective Pikachu
- Pokemon: Ultra Sun
- Pokemon: Ultra Moon
- Mario Kart 7
- Super Smash Bros.
- Minecraft
- Super Mario Maker
- Super Mario 3D Land
- Kirby: Battle Royale
- Mario Party: The Top 100
- Far Cry 5
- Monster Hunter: World
- Dragon Ball: Fighterz
- Call of Duty: WWII
- Grand Theft Auto V
- NBA 2K18
- PlayerUnknown’s Battlegrounds**
- Sea Of Thieves
- MLB 18: The Show
- Mario Kart 8*
- Call of Duty: WWII
- NBA 2K18
- Destiny 2**
- Madden NFL 18
- Super Mario Odyssey*
- Star Wars: Battlefront II 2017**
- Grand Theft Auto V
- Mario Kart 8*
- Assassin’s Creed: Origins
- The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild*
Compared to March 2017, consumers spent less on hardware last month — $331 million, down 32 percent from $485 million. But year to date, hardware-spending is at a high, generating $925 million so far in 2018. This was driven mainly by Microsoft’s Xbox One, though Sony’s PlayStation 4 remains the best-selling console in March and 2018. The Nintendo Switch 32GB with red and blue Joycon controllers was the best-selling hardware in March and 2018.
While folks weren’t spending as much on consoles last month, accessories saw an uptick thanks to the popularity of multiplayer games like certain wildly popular battle royale hits.
“Both PlayStation 4 and Xbox One achieved accessories sales growth of more than 40 percent in both the month of March as well as year to date 2018,” said Piscatella. “The headsets/headphones segment is driving accessories growth across both platforms, likely driven by the increase in popularity of multiplayer games such as Fortnite from Epic Games.”
I think their updates are designed to be successful. My uncle works at Rare and told me.
Wonder if they're offering refunds for over hyping the game and releasing it with no content or if that's just a No Man's Sky and Sony thing. Unless they already do that refund program for all Xbox games? I don't know.
Anyway, i'm sure it will get better with time. Sea of Thieves is a game i'm definitely interested in when it gets more content. Might pick it up this Summer just to support Rare because i've always liked them going back to their days of absolute magic on the N64.
Real shame what Microsoft has done to them. Turning them into a Kinect shovelware company and then a GAAS developer. You had a gold mine Microsoft. You had a gold mine. You still do, but will you ever realize it? That's the question.
Why would they? It's the pinnacle of racing perfection. If they mailed me a letter asking for another $60 i'd gladly hand it over.
It's simple.
Both Rare and Microsoft knew Sea of Thieves was going to release to poor reviews. I'm sure Rare wanted more time to add content to it before release. MS thought it would be a better financial decision to just get it out the door.
It released, disappointed a lot of people, and has proceeded to drop in terms of most played XBox Live games and Twitch viewership. I think right now it's 17th on most played XBox Live. Last time I checked on Twitch it was at 30th.
Next up, Rare releases a roadmap of sorts that can only be described as a mixture of vague and disappointing.
Microsoft has no confidence in Sea of Thieves. They're going to support it as minimally as possible while the bulk of Rare is working on more lucrative endevers.
It's a shame because it had potential, but MS is moving on from that game.
This is counter-intuitive at first glance, which I think makes it interesting.
Instead of diminishing physical sales (as I would've expected), Game Pass actually boosts physical sales. It must do that by causing more users to sample the game, stream it, and get the word out, which in turn leads to greater physical sales.
Fwiw, this is similar to the somewhat counter-intuitive observation he made about digital "vs" physical. Digital is not cannabilizing the physical market -- that is, physical sales aren't decreasing as digital sales increase. What's happening instead is that the overall market is expanding.
Same here. Instead of a zero-sum game where one thing wins (subscriptions) and another thing loses (physical sales), they both coincide with market growth.
Instead of diminishing physical sales (as I would've expected), Game Pass actually boosts physical sales. It must do that by causing more users to sample the game, stream it, and get the word out, which in turn leads to greater physical sales.
Fwiw, this is similar to the somewhat counter-intuitive observation he made about digital "vs" physical. Digital is not cannabilizing the physical market -- that is, physical sales aren't decreasing as digital sales increase. What's happening instead is that the overall market is expanding.
Same here. Instead of a zero-sum game where one thing wins (subscriptions) and another thing loses (physical sales), they both coincide with market growth.
https://www.theguardian.com/games/2018/feb/13/rare-sea-of-thieves-multiplayer-pirates
The Xbox and PC online multiplayer pirate adventure will boast sea monsters and skeleton forts – and this is only the beginning.
"We’re talking about being a 10-year title, and it’s what we’ve done already that gives us the confidence to commit to that.”
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