DigitalFoundry: Skyrim for Switch

[DonFerrari]

AngryLittleAlchemist said:

DonFerrari said:

Supporting and cheering for Switch is fine and good. But you don't need to do this by discrediting the sales on a different platform. Because actually it would be less likely to have a big sale of Skyrim due to PSVR (even if bundled... because if PSVR was selling high before Skyrim then it having a bundle that sells good it would be more likely that Skyrim drove the buying than PSVR).

I would like Skyrim to do well. And sure it doing bad in UK doesn't necessarily means it done bad WW. The point is more like, if it is doing bad in UK considering the context then it may do bad WW and expecting high sales may drive to disapointement.

Hm....discrediting sales on a different platform? What? If it came off that way then I apologize, but that's literally the opposite of what I'm doing. It's the other way around, saying the Switch is only doing x compared to platform y is trying to discredit the Switch's sales of that software. The Switch's sales of Skyrim are nowhere near as impressive as VR's sales of Skyrim, the amount of software sales VR is getting is pretty impressive for Skyrim. That, I am not discrediting. I am merely making the point that we've seen this before, where a game charts on Switch and everyone gets into doom and gloom mode.

Also the Skyrim bundle is 50$ more than the regular PS VR bundle, so it's still making Bethesda and Sony a ton of money. It is not like a free game per say. This is why I was confused when you brought in other people's opinions on VR sales, I've never really talked about them before, but I'd say for what it's worth they are certainly impressive. Explaining why they are so high is not trying to downplay them inherently, that's just how you compare sales from two different platforms. 

When you put in those terms and consider PSVR Switch version to be doing great (which is good for me, because even though I don't care or like Skyrim more people buying PSVR is good for future support on the platform). And yep the bundle being 50 more, is basically a tie in. I'm quite impressed with the likes of GTA and Skyrim that people go and buy 2, 3 or more times to experience in a new way.

And you are right, explaining why something is doing good or bad is the reason for this forum. Perhaps I understood wrong that you were putting down the accomplishment of both PSVR doing better than usual and Skyrim propelling those sales, instead of the opposite that on a weak market for Nintendo versions, Skyrim may have done satisfactorily.

One can hope we get accurate numbers for the sales of the 3rd parties instead of just receiving the satisfied or not the expectations of publishers.

But so far, Doom and Skyrim have received positive reception in VGCland.