Metascore disappointments sales battle The Order:1886 vs. Quantum Break (Xb one)

[Zanten]

I'm pretty much in the same wheelhouse of thinking that Quantum Break certainly deserves better sales than The Order. (Just to quickly explain why, The Order irritated me because it felt like a 60$ equivalent to Ground Zeroes, and was designed more to tease at a FUTURE 60$ game than to actually deliver a fully satisfying experience. Now, cliffhangers or setting things up for a sequel isn't a bad thing if the experience it DOES deliver is in and of itself satisfying, but... it felt more like a prologue than a proper title. By comparison, even though Quantum Break's own story ending has been criticized in some outlets for feeling rushed, from what I understand it seems more a case of just trying to wrap things up too quickly, not leave a gaping hole to be filled with a 'Part Two.') But you raise good points with regards to the specifics of the Xbox One's install base, and how it might affect the demographics interested in the title.

I think it might come down to marketing and how far Microsoft intends to push the title, i.e. how long it will remain in the public eye as a 'must have' piece of software following release. Up here in Canada at least, I never saw that much of Sunset Overdrive in terms of ads as soon as a week or so after it came out, and beyond 'Good game, looks cool!' its public hype seemed to fizzle out not too long after it came out. (Which was a shame, because it's easily the number one currently released Xbox exclusive that I have my eye on, though either Crackdown or Scalebound may eventually dethrone it.)

Coupled with reviews that overall are quite positive, I think we've got a good chance of having a steadier tail on Quantum Break's sales that could eventually overcome whatever initial lead that The Order starts off with.


I'm admittedly more curious about PC sales, as even if the rumored reports of performance issues on PC turn out to be false, I'm interested in seeing how being both a Windows 10 exclusive, AND exclusive to the Windows Store as a Universal App will impact its potential sales. In theory its storefront exclusivity shouldn't be a major problem, as anyone interested in the game could simply opt to buy it on the Windows Store and then never touch that storefront again, buuuuut on the flip side if Microsoft still hasn't properly updated the featureset to include the various technical touches that take advantage of PC hardware, some people might opt to wait until such a time as those updates are made before jumping in.