Biggest Sales Surprise (both positive and negative) of 2016? (Software only)

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shikamaru317 said:

Why were some of you so surprised by Overwatch's success?

a. It's Blizzard, almost everything they make is at least moderately successful

b. The pre-release reception was extremely positive. There were tons of views on youtube trailers. Closed beta keys were more sought after than any previous game ever, so much so that the community dubbed themselves Onlywatch because they could only watch let's plays and twitch streams of those in the beta instead of being able to play it themselves.

I knew Overwatch would be a huge success all along.

Not to mention that their marketing machine was only slightly less omnimpressent and poweful than the Nazi party's propaganda machine in 1930s Germany :P.  I mean, if Overwatch hadn't been a big success, I would have been absolutely astounded.