| DonFerrari said: Have yearly FIfa (and other sports games), CoD, AC dropped the sales of each edition to 40% of what they were 10 years ago? FM5 sold better than 6 and at a much much smaller userbase, we already know the sales correlation to userbase is nowhere linear. |
CoD sales are far lower than they were a decade ago, yes. AC had to take a year off, because they could read the writing on the wall. FIFA - well, it certainly has not lost any steam that I'm aware of.
I agree, obviously, that the sales to userbase correlation is not 1:1. But, it is a *fact* that a game's sales are limited by the install base of the console on which it appears. So, there is a connection.
I'll offer this as well, as an occasional Forza player - the game is just the same thing over and over again. I don't want to play it often enough to buy a new version every two years, expecially with Horizon in the intervening years. I certainly don't want to buy it anywhere near the launch window, when the price is high. I own Horizon 1 and 2, and Motorsport 5 and 6. I think I may have one of the earlier Motorsports that I've forgotten about as well. But, I've gotten half of them for free with XBL, and purchased the other 2 for less than $20 each, well after launch.
I also own a PS4. In contrast to Forza, I'm a bit interested in picking up GT in the nearish future. I won't likely buy it while it is $60. But, I may get it in 6 months or so, at $35-$40. There is no way that I'd pay $40 for a Forza game, unless it had some very major changes from the previous one. That's not because I like GT more than Forza. In fact, I'd say I've had more fun with Forza games than I have with GT. Its because I haven't burned out on continuous GT releases.
I'm certainly not the only person in this boat.
