Madword said:
I guess they were hoping to get more sales from Hitman 2, I mean in the UK disk sales were 90% less than Hitman 1. |
No they weren't. They were 90% less than Hitman Absolution ... which came out in the 7th generation when digital sales were still only about 10%-15% of sales, and was the best selling Hitman game ever. A dumb metric if there's ever been one.
The Steam player count is better than Hitman 1, with a more consistent player base. Not only that, but:
https://www.destructoid.com/hitman-has-passed-13-million-players-504583.phtml
Hitman Season 1 went from 2 million in early 2017, to 5 million in late 2017, to 13 million in mid 2018 (it's worth mentioning this metric was before Hitman 2 was announced, so it had nothing to do with an upcoming game bringing hype to the first season).
