Wow. That is quite a spike.

Given that the XBO is down by 40k units with a Slim revision and a price cut, I'd say it's pretty obvious that there are more than just those factors at play. Ie. software this november completely flopped compared to last november, where we had both Fallout 4, Battlefront and Black Ops 3 do very big numbers. Infinite Warfare on the other hand performed terribly, and don't even get me started on Watch_Dogs 2 and Titanfall 2. So imo these are still very respectable numbers from the PS4.

I think it flopped after people got burnt by the first one. Though I'm not sure.

The first WD was like a brand new IP with lots of hype and was one of the first new/big titles on next gen, so I think it was one of those games that many people went out and purchased. A bit like Destiny. So I think a lot of people who played the first were not interested in the 2nd, and some other WD users needed convincing to buy. I mean I didnt buy it on release, but I did fold after a few days... but I am unique in that respect...lol.

I suspect Destiny 2 will have a similar drop in sales to WD2.

It "flopped" first week, surely, but let's not forget ho GREAT was it's second week. It's up by 5% after first week, and has also beat Watch Dogs 1 second week. (74,000 WD1 VS 82,000 WD2)

yes, it's Black Friday but in any case Watch Dogs 1 sold 800k first year, if Watch Dogs 2 end 2016 with 500k, and then you add 25-30% digital sales, it's very close with the first Watch Dogs considering we talk about 7 weeks VS 31 weeks.

Yes, I noted that in the UK charts thread, and we can't make a definitive statement about its sales performance yet, though it's first week was immensely dissapointing. The 2nd week actually being up is somewhat of a consolation, but it is just that - a consolation.

Personally, the game is performing exactly how i predicted. Way less than the first Watch_Dogs at launch, but way better legs thanks a great word of mouth and the PS4 bundle. So all right with what i thought. Even so it won't outsell Watch_Dogs 1 lifetime, nope, this is not gonna happen.

Watch_Dogs 1 after launch got weak legs, but it was boosted from the death more times thanks last year Assassin's Creed Syndacate+Watch_Dogs bundle, and this year with Watch_Dogs 1 + Watch_Dogs 2 bundle, something Won't happen with Watch_Dogs 2, i mean, not like this...

I was also expecting a drop but stronger legs thanks to WoM, but I never though it would drop that much.

My guess was 1/3 of WD2 at launch at retail. So yes, not that big, but really i was not surprised when i saw the numbers. Also this was before Ubisoft annunced that pre orders were low, after that i predicted even less.

There were some ridiculous deals this week though. You could have purchased a slim model plus game (not recent though) for less than 200 quid.

Edit - um ok the deals are more ridiculous than i thought. Infinite warfare / watch dogs 2  bundles for just under 200 quid.... no wonder it did so well...