Ah, so that must be what's happening. I didn't know Nintendo went through something similar. Ok, so this could take a while...
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Fallout 76, One Week After Release, Has Already Been Discounted by Bethesda Themselves
"Not only does the official Bethesda store have the game on sale for a lower price of $40, but almost every other big online retailer seems to have a similar price as well."
https://twinfinite.net/2018/11/fallout-76-discounted-bethesda/
La Bamba.
"Not only does the official Bethesda store have the game on sale for a lower price of $40, but almost every other big online retailer seems to have a similar price as well."
https://twinfinite.net/2018/11/fallout-76-discounted-bethesda/
La Bamba.
Yooka-Laylee sold a million. So there you go.
https://twinfinite.net/2018/11/yooka-laylee-sell-million-copies/
https://twinfinite.net/2018/11/yooka-laylee-sell-million-copies/
I spent $30 plus tax as i got $50 Xbox credit for $40.
My son wanted it ignoring all the warnings...
Hopefully they get it fixed and he can enjoy it, ESO is fun but I didn't play that until it had been out for years so I don't know what kind of shape it was in at launch.
A lot of times things are sold out (like that Spider-Man bundle not being available until Nov 30th) so you see the console much further down the list than it should be because they just don't have them to sell at the moment. Even their annual list doesn't make much sense, the PS4 is still the best selling console in the US this year and they have it at number 52 on their list with the switch having two other bundles ahead of it.
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It must hurt Sony knowing it has to gear up for next gen, in the next year or two, despite the fact that the PS4 is still red hot. If Xbox was selling just as hot, or close to it, we wouldn't see any next gen consoles until at least 2021.
- FIFA 19
- Call of Duty: Black Ops 4
- Red Dead Redemption 2
- Battlefield 5
- Forza Horizon 4
- Marvel's Spider-Man
- Fallout 76
- Pokémon: Let's Go Pikachu
- Spyro Trilogy
- Mario Kart 8 Deluxe
It's a bumper week for UK video game sales, with 1.66 million boxed games sold and more than £53 million in revenue.
Unfortunately, it's a weaker Black Friday than last year, with revenue down 4.6 per cent and unit sales down 6.7 per cent.
There's a few caveats to consider, of course. The first is that digital sales are not included - we do not know if download sales over Black Friday were up or down. In addition, Black Friday ran for a far longer period this year, having started (in some cases) up to two weeks before.
Discounting on FIFA 19 propelled the EA game to the top of the charts (it was also bundled with PS4 consoles). The title's average selling price was just over £30 (on Switch), and under £40 (on Xbox One and PS4), which meant the game shot up 177 per cent in sales to reclaim No.1.
Also firing back up the charts with an impressive 360 per cent sales rise was Call of Duty: Black Ops 4. Activision's game was discounted even further, selling at just over £35 on average.
It means Red Dead Redemption 2 (which wasn't discounted) fell to No.3. But even the Rockstar game enjoyed a small sales improvement (up 36 per cent) thanks to hardware bundling with PS4.
All of this means that the one big new release of the week, Battlefield V, had to settle for No.4. It's not a great start for EA's shooter, with launch sales down more than 63 per cent compared with 2016's Battlefield 1. Even with the expected rise in digital sales, it seems like the shooter is another AAA title to struggle in the current marketplace. However, it did perform better in its first week than titles such as Assassin's Creed Odyssey and Fallout 76.
One interesting stat about Battlefield V is that the game sold best (in a box) on Xbox One. Microsoft's console accounted for 50 per cent of the game's sales.
It wasn't the only new release in the charts, however. The impressive Farming Simulator 2019 makes it to No.16, while Bendy and the Ink Machine comes in at No.30.
As for last week's big new games, Fallout 76 dropped 51 per cent in sales week-on-week. Bethesda's game was discounted slightly over Black Friday (barely a week since it came out) and now sits at No.7.
The online title is just ahead of Pokémon Let's Go Pikachu at No.8, which saw sales drop 43 per cent week-on-week. That game's sister title, Pokémon Let's Go Eevee, dropped 55 per cent in sales and is at No.18.
However, it was Spyro Reignited Trilogy that endured the heaviest fall. Sales fell 62 per cent week-on-week and the game tumbled from No.1 to No.9.
Black Friday is a big sales period for hardware, and you'll often find exclusive games (particularly those bundled with the consoles) tend to perform strongly during the weekend. According to retailers talking to Gamesindustry.biz, more than 300,000 consoles were sold over Black Friday. It was pretty close between all three formats, but we understand that PS4 was the best-selling machine, narrowly ahead of Xbox One, which was narrowly ahead of Nintendo Switch. Over Black Friday, PS4 consoles were being sold at just over £220 (with bundles featuring FIFA 19 or Red Dead Redemption 2), Xbox One was on sale for as low as £170 with a game (including Forza Horizon 4, Minecraft or Battlefield V), while Nintendo Switch saw its first real price drop, falling by around £20 in price overall.
As a result, Xbox One exclusives such as Forza Horizon 4 (No.5), Minecraft Master Edition (No.33) and Forza Motorsport 7 (No.34) all shot up the charts, with sales rising 535 per cent, 1768 per cent and 573 per cent respectively.
PS4 exclusives Spider-Man (No.6), God of War (No.21) and Detroit: Become Human (No.35), saw sales rise 634 per cent, 1283 per cent and 826 per cent respectively.
https://www.gamesindustry.biz/artic...truggles-as-black-friday-transforms-uk-charts
Unfortunately, it's a weaker Black Friday than last year, with revenue down 4.6 per cent and unit sales down 6.7 per cent.
There's a few caveats to consider, of course. The first is that digital sales are not included - we do not know if download sales over Black Friday were up or down. In addition, Black Friday ran for a far longer period this year, having started (in some cases) up to two weeks before.
Discounting on FIFA 19 propelled the EA game to the top of the charts (it was also bundled with PS4 consoles). The title's average selling price was just over £30 (on Switch), and under £40 (on Xbox One and PS4), which meant the game shot up 177 per cent in sales to reclaim No.1.
Also firing back up the charts with an impressive 360 per cent sales rise was Call of Duty: Black Ops 4. Activision's game was discounted even further, selling at just over £35 on average.
It means Red Dead Redemption 2 (which wasn't discounted) fell to No.3. But even the Rockstar game enjoyed a small sales improvement (up 36 per cent) thanks to hardware bundling with PS4.
All of this means that the one big new release of the week, Battlefield V, had to settle for No.4. It's not a great start for EA's shooter, with launch sales down more than 63 per cent compared with 2016's Battlefield 1. Even with the expected rise in digital sales, it seems like the shooter is another AAA title to struggle in the current marketplace. However, it did perform better in its first week than titles such as Assassin's Creed Odyssey and Fallout 76.
One interesting stat about Battlefield V is that the game sold best (in a box) on Xbox One. Microsoft's console accounted for 50 per cent of the game's sales.
It wasn't the only new release in the charts, however. The impressive Farming Simulator 2019 makes it to No.16, while Bendy and the Ink Machine comes in at No.30.
As for last week's big new games, Fallout 76 dropped 51 per cent in sales week-on-week. Bethesda's game was discounted slightly over Black Friday (barely a week since it came out) and now sits at No.7.
The online title is just ahead of Pokémon Let's Go Pikachu at No.8, which saw sales drop 43 per cent week-on-week. That game's sister title, Pokémon Let's Go Eevee, dropped 55 per cent in sales and is at No.18.
However, it was Spyro Reignited Trilogy that endured the heaviest fall. Sales fell 62 per cent week-on-week and the game tumbled from No.1 to No.9.
Black Friday is a big sales period for hardware, and you'll often find exclusive games (particularly those bundled with the consoles) tend to perform strongly during the weekend. According to retailers talking to Gamesindustry.biz, more than 300,000 consoles were sold over Black Friday. It was pretty close between all three formats, but we understand that PS4 was the best-selling machine, narrowly ahead of Xbox One, which was narrowly ahead of Nintendo Switch. Over Black Friday, PS4 consoles were being sold at just over £220 (with bundles featuring FIFA 19 or Red Dead Redemption 2), Xbox One was on sale for as low as £170 with a game (including Forza Horizon 4, Minecraft or Battlefield V), while Nintendo Switch saw its first real price drop, falling by around £20 in price overall.
As a result, Xbox One exclusives such as Forza Horizon 4 (No.5), Minecraft Master Edition (No.33) and Forza Motorsport 7 (No.34) all shot up the charts, with sales rising 535 per cent, 1768 per cent and 573 per cent respectively.
PS4 exclusives Spider-Man (No.6), God of War (No.21) and Detroit: Become Human (No.35), saw sales rise 634 per cent, 1283 per cent and 826 per cent respectively.
https://www.gamesindustry.biz/artic...truggles-as-black-friday-transforms-uk-charts
I'll sticky this thread, because we're always adding to it.
Nintendo Switch Sales Set Black Friday Week Record in the US
Stronger sales than even the Wii ever managed in this period.
The Big N, in a press release today, announced that the Nintendo Switch saw the highest sales any Nintendo console has seen during Black Friday week in the United States. That includes consoles like the Wii, which created records with how many consoles they moved in this critical shopping period—and implies that in these five days alone, Nintendo may have moved north of 800,000 units of the Switch.
This performance is actually up by 115% over the same period in 2017, and was driven no doubt by more aggressive bundles this year, as well as the critical launch of Pokemon Let’s Go, Pikachu! and Let’s Go, Eevee! the week prior. Nintendo also notes that Super Mario Party has now sold in excess of 1 million units in North America alone, becoming the fastest selling game in the series in the process.
https://gamingbolt.com/nintendo-switch-sales-set-black-friday-week-record-in-the-us
Nintendo Switch Sales Set Black Friday Week Record in the US
Stronger sales than even the Wii ever managed in this period.
The Big N, in a press release today, announced that the Nintendo Switch saw the highest sales any Nintendo console has seen during Black Friday week in the United States. That includes consoles like the Wii, which created records with how many consoles they moved in this critical shopping period—and implies that in these five days alone, Nintendo may have moved north of 800,000 units of the Switch.
This performance is actually up by 115% over the same period in 2017, and was driven no doubt by more aggressive bundles this year, as well as the critical launch of Pokemon Let’s Go, Pikachu! and Let’s Go, Eevee! the week prior. Nintendo also notes that Super Mario Party has now sold in excess of 1 million units in North America alone, becoming the fastest selling game in the series in the process.
https://gamingbolt.com/nintendo-switch-sales-set-black-friday-week-record-in-the-us
They need such a level of ungodly s*** flung at them for sticking with Gamebryo (Creation Engine). They need to let it die, and they are being waaay stubborn. Howard even said they were using it for ES 6. They are so lazy that bugs persist from previous games that were fixed in the old game by MODDERS. People need to set them straight.
I don't know how companies like Bethesda and Bioware (different reasons) can move on to new generations and their games just look like prettied up versions of past generation games. I love the ES series but Bethesda needs to make some big chances, it's too slow and stiff, it moves like an old school PC FPS and the animations all around are terrible. They build such immersive worlds even with all of their flaws, imagine how good a new ES would be if it was up to the standards of other games in the genre. I am not a Fallout fan and I find FO4 to be boring as hell but it too looks like a crossgen game at best.
I loved Skyrim, played it two and a half times. But after Fallout 4, Fallout Shelter, Fallout 76, clinging to Gamebryo, etc., I'm getting the sense that Bethesda has lost their way. I guess most creative people or companies go through that process -- they are great for a while, and then they slowly become a shadow of their former selves. It's too bad. They produced two of my favorite games of all time. Now they just seem to be chasing money and cutting corners.
This is a case of pure laziness and complacency, and I don't like to use those words. The fact that the modding community is outstripping the actual developers says it all. They chuck stuff out riddled with bugs and poor design at full price and wait for someone else to pick up the slack for free. Then they soak up the fan praise. THAT is why they are sticking with their engine.
It's pretty disgusting.
Battlefield V sold more on Ps4 in Japan than both Xbox and Ps4 in the UK (retail at least not including digital and bundles)
01./01. [NSW] Pokemon: Let's Go, Pikachu! / Let's Go, Eevee! # <RPG> (Pokemon Co.) {2018.11.16} (¥5.980) - 162.467 / 823.707 (-75%)
02./00. [PS4] Battlefield V <ACT> (Electronic Arts) {2018.11.20} (¥7.800) - 110.653 / NEW
03./00. [PS4] Disaster Report 4 Plus: Summer Memories <ADV> (Granzella) {2018.11.22} (¥7.200) - 42.272 / NEW
04./00. [PS4] Shenmue I & II <Shenmue \ Shenmue II> # <ADV> (Sega) {2018.11.22} (¥3.990) - 37.529 / NEW
05./03. [NSW] Super Mario Party # <ETC> (Nintendo) {2018.10.05} (¥5.980) - 24.450 / 370.077 (+17%)
06./02. [PS4] Fallout 76 # <RPG> (Bethesda Softworks) {2018.11.15} (¥7.980) - 11.800 / 85.289 (-84%)
07./07. [NSW] Mario Kart 8 Deluxe <RCE> (Nintendo) {2017.04.28} (¥5.980) - 11.714 / 1.847.777 (+26%)
08./09. [NSW] Splatoon 2 # <ACT> (Nintendo) {2017.07.21} (¥5.980) - 10.527 / 2.709.412 (+32%)
09./04. [PS4] Call of Duty: Black Ops IIII <ACT> (Sony Interactive Entertainment) {2018.10.12} (¥7.900) - 10.052 / 470.942 (-41%)
10./10. [NSW] Minecraft # <ADV> (Microsoft Game Studios) {2018.06.21} (¥3.600) - 9.818 / 375.166 (+32%)
11./11. [NSW] The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild # <ADV> (Nintendo) {2017.03.03} (¥6.980) - 6.883 / 1.166.281 (+11%)
12./06. [3DS] Luigi's Mansion <ACT> (Nintendo) {2018.11.08} (¥4.980) - 6.640 / 43.329 (-29%)
13./13. [NSW] Super Mario Odyssey # <ACT> (Nintendo) {2017.10.27} (¥5.980) - 5.309 / 1.850.991 (+33%)
14./00. [3DS] Cats Together <ETC> (Bandai Namco Games) {2018.11.21} (¥5.300) - 5.212 / NEW
15./08. [PS4] Red Dead Redemption II # <ACT> (Take-Two Interactive Japan) {2018.10.26} (¥8.800) - 4.411 / 196.592 (-46%)
16./14. [3DS] Pokemon Ultra Sun / Ultra Moon <RPG> (Pokemon Co.) {2017.11.17} (¥4.980) - 4.169 / 1.764.472 (+19%)
17./16. [NSW] Kirby Star Allies <ACT> (Nintendo) {2018.03.16} (¥5.980) - 3.996 / 646.201 (+35%)
18./00. [NSW] Nari Kids Park: Hugtto! PreCure <ACT> (Bandai Namco Games) {2018.11.21} (¥4.800) - 3.301 / NEW
19./05. [PS4] Hitman 2 <ADV> (Warner Entertainment Japan) {2018.11.15} (¥7.800) - 2.821 / 12.983 (-72%)
20./18. [NSW] Taiko no Tatsujin: Drum 'n' Fun! <ACT> (Bandai Namco Games) {2018.07.19} (¥6.100) - 2.650 / 228.067 (+22%)
01./01. [NSW] Pokemon: Let's Go, Pikachu! / Let's Go, Eevee! # <RPG> (Pokemon Co.) {2018.11.16} (¥5.980) - 162.467 / 823.707 (-75%)
02./00. [PS4] Battlefield V <ACT> (Electronic Arts) {2018.11.20} (¥7.800) - 110.653 / NEW
03./00. [PS4] Disaster Report 4 Plus: Summer Memories <ADV> (Granzella) {2018.11.22} (¥7.200) - 42.272 / NEW
04./00. [PS4] Shenmue I & II <Shenmue \ Shenmue II> # <ADV> (Sega) {2018.11.22} (¥3.990) - 37.529 / NEW
05./03. [NSW] Super Mario Party # <ETC> (Nintendo) {2018.10.05} (¥5.980) - 24.450 / 370.077 (+17%)
06./02. [PS4] Fallout 76 # <RPG> (Bethesda Softworks) {2018.11.15} (¥7.980) - 11.800 / 85.289 (-84%)
07./07. [NSW] Mario Kart 8 Deluxe <RCE> (Nintendo) {2017.04.28} (¥5.980) - 11.714 / 1.847.777 (+26%)
08./09. [NSW] Splatoon 2 # <ACT> (Nintendo) {2017.07.21} (¥5.980) - 10.527 / 2.709.412 (+32%)
09./04. [PS4] Call of Duty: Black Ops IIII <ACT> (Sony Interactive Entertainment) {2018.10.12} (¥7.900) - 10.052 / 470.942 (-41%)
10./10. [NSW] Minecraft # <ADV> (Microsoft Game Studios) {2018.06.21} (¥3.600) - 9.818 / 375.166 (+32%)
11./11. [NSW] The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild # <ADV> (Nintendo) {2017.03.03} (¥6.980) - 6.883 / 1.166.281 (+11%)
12./06. [3DS] Luigi's Mansion <ACT> (Nintendo) {2018.11.08} (¥4.980) - 6.640 / 43.329 (-29%)
13./13. [NSW] Super Mario Odyssey # <ACT> (Nintendo) {2017.10.27} (¥5.980) - 5.309 / 1.850.991 (+33%)
14./00. [3DS] Cats Together <ETC> (Bandai Namco Games) {2018.11.21} (¥5.300) - 5.212 / NEW
15./08. [PS4] Red Dead Redemption II # <ACT> (Take-Two Interactive Japan) {2018.10.26} (¥8.800) - 4.411 / 196.592 (-46%)
16./14. [3DS] Pokemon Ultra Sun / Ultra Moon <RPG> (Pokemon Co.) {2017.11.17} (¥4.980) - 4.169 / 1.764.472 (+19%)
17./16. [NSW] Kirby Star Allies <ACT> (Nintendo) {2018.03.16} (¥5.980) - 3.996 / 646.201 (+35%)
18./00. [NSW] Nari Kids Park: Hugtto! PreCure <ACT> (Bandai Namco Games) {2018.11.21} (¥4.800) - 3.301 / NEW
19./05. [PS4] Hitman 2 <ADV> (Warner Entertainment Japan) {2018.11.15} (¥7.800) - 2.821 / 12.983 (-72%)
20./18. [NSW] Taiko no Tatsujin: Drum 'n' Fun! <ACT> (Bandai Namco Games) {2018.07.19} (¥6.100) - 2.650 / 228.067 (+22%)
"Xbox One sales show the highest growth of the 3 major HW platforms in the US this year according to Mat Piscatella"
"Xbox One sales show the highest growth of the 3 major HW platforms in the US this year, and the Xbox One X in particular has been performing phenomenally. Console warring on the internet is one of the dumber things people do, unfortunately."
"Xbox One sales show the highest growth of the 3 major HW platforms in the US this year, and the Xbox One X in particular has been performing phenomenally. Console warring on the internet is one of the dumber things people do, unfortunately."
That's kind of weird. I didn't know Battlefield games did well in Japan.
I'd be really curious what the percentages are (X relative to overall Xbox One sales). These statements about it "performing phenomenally" make me curious. It isn't the first time Mat has said something like that. Of course, Mat won't say what the actual numbers are, and neither will MS, but it does sound encouraging. And well deserved.
"Console warring on the internet is one of the dumber things people do." Ha, so true.
Anyhow, it's good to see quality getting rewarded.
I know you are not a fan of Amazon, but until today at least, the Xbox One X was outselling every Xbox One S sku besides Minecraft one.
Wouldn't it be something if the X was out selling the other Skus ( one and S). Like as an exec I wouldn't know what to do with that kind of data.
Interesting. There was the $400 sale, so it makes sense it would surge.
I just don't like amazon for comparisons involving the PS4. It's probably fine for comparing Xbox products or Xbox vs. Switch.
That would be something else, for a $500 ($400) product to be outselling a $200 one. I think I'd want to boast about that, if I were Phil Spencer. It would really show what a success the X is.
Microsoft: Xbox Gaming Revenue Exceeded $10 Billion in Fiscal 2018
https://variety.com/2018/gaming/news/microsoft-xbox-gaming-revenue-2018-1203065766/
"Microsoft’s gaming revenue exceeded $10 billion in fiscal 2018 (which ended Jun. 30), and Xbox Live had more than 57 million monthly active users, the company said during an annual shareholders meeting on Wednesday."
https://variety.com/2018/gaming/news/microsoft-xbox-gaming-revenue-2018-1203065766/
"Microsoft’s gaming revenue exceeded $10 billion in fiscal 2018 (which ended Jun. 30), and Xbox Live had more than 57 million monthly active users, the company said during an annual shareholders meeting on Wednesday."
As long as it's good enough to keep them wanting to make quality hardware, I don't care what the numbers are!
Here is the combined physical/digital chart for the EMEAA region for the week ending November 25th:
FIFA 19
Spider-Man
Battlefield V
Farming Simulator 19
Call of Duty: Black Ops 4
Red Dead Redemption 2
Assassin's Creed Odyssey
God of War
Pokemon: Let's Go, Pikachu!
Detroit: Become Human
FS19 was the most downloaded game in Europe and RDR2 was the only title not to see a price reduction for black Friday or cyber Monday.
FIFA 19
Spider-Man
Battlefield V
Farming Simulator 19
Call of Duty: Black Ops 4
Red Dead Redemption 2
Assassin's Creed Odyssey
God of War
Pokemon: Let's Go, Pikachu!
Detroit: Become Human
FS19 was the most downloaded game in Europe and RDR2 was the only title not to see a price reduction for black Friday or cyber Monday.
On Gamepass. It only takes a few hours to realize the game is just more of the same and that the whole " seasons change everything" was nothing but a bulls*** marketing ploy for an insignificant main new feature.
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