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

[Mr Puggsly]

binary solo said:

Mr Puggsly said:

Not really a relevant response...

Europe is more important to X1 software sales than given credit for. Frankly, some X1 games would fail without Europe, go look at the numbers. http://www.vgchartz.com/platform/68/xbox-one/

I think you're overstating things there. Take out Fifa anf Forza and the list of games where Europe is a more important market than the USA is very short indeed. There are some games where you can say Europe is of almost equal importance to success as USA, but in those cases floppage in one territory will not be made up by sales in the other. By and large the sales profile of Xb one games backs up my statement that to achieve sales success QB needs to do well in the USA.

Of all the games that VGC has recorded as selling >The Order (interestingly that's only 22 games right now), only Fifa 15 and 16 have sales <1 million in the USA and >1 million in Europe. All other games have sales >1 million in the USA and Europe sales are substantially lower than the USA, and in many cases less than 50% of USA sales.

Am I overstating or have you COMPLETELY misinterpreted?

Even if Europe only accounts for 20%, 30%, or 40% of a game's sales that's still a significant number of sales in many cases. I shouldn't have to explain this to you, those sales are what help make X1 releases financially worthwhile.

In a nutshell, the additional sales from Europe help X1 games succeed. That's a fact.