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Forums - Gaming - Payday 2: 1.58 million copies sold since launch, 80% were digital

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How can that be? I hardly know about this game and nobody on VGC cares about it, and it's already a million seller?

Is it a $15 title? What platforms is it released on?



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Fantastic game........... the 4 player nature of it, and having to work together to succeed on the harder parts/jobs gives me that Left 4 Dead feel, but obviously with criminal activities instead of taking out hordes of zombies.

And like Left 4 Dead........ playing it alone is lame, but when you take it online........ AMAZING.



The digital sales been so high i suspect is due to the lack of copies at retail upon release.

I myself pre-ordered it on August 12th (with a release date of August 23rd) however, my copy did not arrive until September 3rd (ordered online via amazon)

Could not find the game for love nor money in any shops (and i went to many)



why is this surprising? the original was a PC/PSN exclusive. Their primary audience viewed the franchise as a digital download, plus this game started as digital only.

is this available on xbox digitally?



Looks like a good game. I didn't get it because I don't have any friends that would be into it and I heard it sucks solo.



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It's quickly becoming obvious that the landscape is changing. For titles that are less than full retail, digital distribution is huge.

This $30 niche should be a big part of the future of gaming.



Ronster316 said:
The digital sales been so high i suspect is due to the lack of copies at retail upon release.

I myself pre-ordered it on August 12th (with a release date of August 23rd) however, my copy did not arrive until September 3rd (ordered online via amazon)

Could not find the game for love nor money in any shops (and i went to many)


The first game was digital only, if I remember correctly, so that would make sense



I find those sales impressive as the game is 39.99€ on PSN in France.



Slimebeast said:
How can that be? I hardly know about this game and nobody on VGC cares about it, and it's already a million seller?

Is it a $15 title? What platforms is it released on?

1. not an exclusive so not interesting to talk about for many on vgc. well, it would be if it would be much better on ps3 or 360

2. it is a very good co-op game but i think not so good for singleplayer. many people on vgc are singleplayer only players

3. it's a shooter and many vgc users don't care about this genre

probably more points but those alone are a big reason.



RenCutypoison said:
Ronster316 said:
The digital sales been so high i suspect is due to the lack of copies at retail upon release.

I myself pre-ordered it on August 12th (with a release date of August 23rd) however, my copy did not arrive until September 3rd (ordered online via amazon)

Could not find the game for love nor money in any shops (and i went to many)


The first game was digital only, if I remember correctly, so that would make sense


Yeah, i'm sure digital sales would have been good anyway.

But not been able to find it in shops or online places like amazon for almost 2 weeks after its release would have contributed to it's digital sales too.