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Quantum Break+price cut has sealed April npd for Microsoft. Although Amazon gave the ps4 the win the deals in other shops has given microsoft enough sale to sneak the win.

[Xb1]265k

[PS4]255k



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Ryng_Tolu said:
Boutros said:

You think 350k copies were sold on other PC services than Steam? I'm certain that's impossible. Also Steamspy is taken for gospel but it's been proven many times by developers and publishers to be pretty inaccurate. It's not like NPD.

Also I'm pretty sure last we heard the series was at 8.5m and 3.25m of those were on PC according to Steamspy. I've never heard of 9m and 5m on PC.

I think it's really misleading to put sales of the first Dark Souls on PC on the same level as the console version as it was sold from the get-go for $40 instead of $60 for consoles. After a month it was readily available for $20 or less. And a lot of those sales are from Steam deals where the game was $5. It's happened a lot lol

Trusth me, Zhuge posted a graph about Dark Souls sales before Dark Souls 3, i don't remember the link but way more than half of Dark Souls sales were on PC. We can ask to him when he see this post.

It's 4m+ for PC out of 9m+ (because there's 8 months of consoles sales missing from the total).



Boutros said:
Ryng_Tolu said:

Trusth me, Zhuge posted a graph about Dark Souls sales before Dark Souls 3, i don't remember the link but way more than half of Dark Souls sales were on PC. We can ask to him when he see this post.

It's 4m+ for PC out of 9m+ (because there's 8 months of consoles sales missing from the total).

Yup.

PC is clearly huge for the series. But it's not the majority. 

You're looking at around ~40%, give or take, of series sales coming from the PC versions of the games.

 

But as noted earlier, the Souls series has benefited from releasing on PC much more than other games. 



ZhugeEX said:
Boutros said:

It's 4m+ for PC out of 9m+ (because there's 8 months of consoles sales missing from the total).

Yup.

PC is clearly huge for the series. But it's not the majority. 

You're looking at around ~40%, give or take, of series sales coming from the PC versions of the games.

 

But as noted earlier, the Souls series has benefited from releasing on PC much more than other games. 

 

Boutros said:
Ryng_Tolu said:

Trusth me, Zhuge posted a graph about Dark Souls sales before Dark Souls 3, i don't remember the link but way more than half of Dark Souls sales were on PC. We can ask to him when he see this post.

It's 4m+ for PC out of 9m+ (because there's 8 months of consoles sales missing from the total).

oh!

For some reason i was sure it was 5m, my bad then



ZhugeEX said:
Boutros said:

It's 4m+ for PC out of 9m+ (because there's 8 months of consoles sales missing from the total).

Yup.

PC is clearly huge for the series. But it's not the majority. 

You're looking at around ~40%, give or take, of series sales coming from the PC versions of the games.

 

But as noted earlier, the Souls series has benefited from releasing on PC much more than other games. 

Its incredible how fast Dark Souls 3 out-sold Tomb Raider on Steam.



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Tagging, not expecting fireworks here but always nice to see numbers from good trackers.



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"My prediction is that quantum break falls like a rock. It's sank so fast in our stores to join the ranks of largely forgotten titles. Oy. No momentum at all.

Uncharted verily exploded though. Very positive so far. Our Sony rep is ecstatic. Exceptional results in the word of mouth and the reception around the game, but we'll see if it holds up for any length of time. It is a slow time of year, so maybe that will help give it staying power."

http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showpost.php?p=203406402&postcount=458

On Ratchet and Clank:

"Started quietly, but gained more positivity and attention with the reviews, low price and good word of mouth. Seemed to help a good bit. It's not like, a block buster, but it's solid."
http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showpost.php?p=203407671&postcount=461



poklane said:

"My prediction is that quantum break falls like a rock. It's sank so fast in our stores to join the ranks of largely forgotten titles. Oy. No momentum at all.

Uncharted verily exploded though. Very positive so far. Our Sony rep is ecstatic. Exceptional results in the word of mouth and the reception around the game, but we'll see if it holds up for any length of time. It is a slow time of year, so maybe that will help give it staying power."

http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showpost.php?p=203406402&postcount=458

On Ratchet and Clank:

"Started quietly, but gained more positivity and attention with the reviews, low price and good word of mouth. Seemed to help a good bit. It's not like, a block buster, but it's solid."
http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showpost.php?p=203407671&postcount=461

Damn that's harsh.



FIT_Gamer said:
poklane said:

"My prediction is that quantum break falls like a rock. It's sank so fast in our stores to join the ranks of largely forgotten titles. Oy. No momentum at all.

Uncharted verily exploded though. Very positive so far. Our Sony rep is ecstatic. Exceptional results in the word of mouth and the reception around the game, but we'll see if it holds up for any length of time. It is a slow time of year, so maybe that will help give it staying power."

http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showpost.php?p=203406402&postcount=458

On Ratchet and Clank:

"Started quietly, but gained more positivity and attention with the reviews, low price and good word of mouth. Seemed to help a good bit. It's not like, a block buster, but it's solid."
http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showpost.php?p=203407671&postcount=461

Damn that's harsh.

Amazon was like that too.

By the time Quantum break was in the 80s,  Rachet and clank was still top10-20.

Right now Quantum Break is #234 on amazon, when Rachet and Clank is #33.