| Zippy6 said: Hmmm. I'm confused? Both Legends games launched outside of the holidays right? Also wouldn't larger launch weaker legs be more likely for a holiday launch than an off-season launch? |
October 16th is a holiday launch, no? General rule of thumb for me is Q4FY = Holiday launch.
Also, to clarify, if we’re talking about a “holiday launch,” that doesn’t mean it’s launching amidst Black Friday/Christmas sales; rather, launching soon prior. That said, it’s *plausible* that a game may not sell very strong at launch if released in October versus in February due to a sect of consumers (in October) holding off for later in the holidays— whether that be for a holiday bonus, waiting for the upcoming freetime, a kid holding off until Christmas, etc. Whether this is a thing that exists? IDK I only arrived at this theory seeing how Arceus had performed against Z-A in EU.
| IcaroRibeiro said: Is there any evidence this ever happens on gaming? The part of weaker legs makes sense, but I never saw any data showing games released outside holiday windows enjoy larger debut sales, let alone games releases in January, I can't even think another AAA games released in January, most companies avoid it because people already spend their money on holidays. In fact, this is another thing that worked against Arceus compared do ZA |
IDK if there’s evidence. See my quote response to Zippy.
