UK sales Split

[Welfare]

hiccupthehuman said:

There we go. From the UK monthly: Total RE8 sales split = PS: 58%, XB: 31%, PC: 11%

So when you do include digital sales, the RE8 console split is 65%/35% PS/XB, which is much more in line with the ~60%/40% PS/XB split in the UK.

As I had always said, digital sales on Xbox are higher, and balance things out.
Not that the split matters all that much, it's all about profits anyway. PC is "only" an 11% split, so according to the logic of some people here, developers will soon abandon PC gaming because of its "minuscule market share". When in reality even Sony is now jumping into PC gaming for the first time ever ;p.

RE8 launched to ~50K going by Era estimates and the split was 80:20 PS:Xbox.

PS4/5: 40K
XB1/XS: 10K

But then the split goes to 58:31:11 with digital. David Gibson said digital for RE8 was around 50% at launch. Let's assume PS is 50% digital. That then means

PS4/5: 80K
XB1/XS: 43K

Xbox has a 77% digital share. If PS has a 60% digital share

PS4/5: 100K
XB1/XS: 53K

Xbox has an 81% digital share.

Actually there is info on physical RE8 after 4 weeks. So here's that. ~83K total. 50% digital for PS5 assuming retail split is still 80:20 after 4 weeks.

PS4/5: 133K
XB1/XS: 71K

Xbox has a 76% digital share. If PS has a 60% digital share

PS4/5: 166K
XB1/XS: 89K

Xbox has an 81% digital share.

Physical only charts are objectively worthless for Xbox and offer no real info. Xbox also has a +20% digital share compared to PS which is a pretty big jump.

Last edited by Welfare - on 14 June 2021