Yeah, being one of the only ways you could get a PS4 for a little while really helped it out. Wonder how Knack did in the same circumstances.
Halo 5 sales in the UK [Excludes digital sales]
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Yeah, being one of the only ways you could get a PS4 for a little while really helped it out. Wonder how Knack did in the same circumstances.
Coulomb_Barrier
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Difference is that no-one on my friend's list is playing Killzone: SF now, but at launch a few people on there were.
I'm sure there'll be at least two people on my mate's friend's list still playing Halo 5 a significant time after launch.
Chobel
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Messofanego
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Undertale sold more than Halo 5 (250K vs 150K). With zero marketing budget.
When you got unknown indie games with no marketing selling more than console killer apps, you know Microsoft and 343 dun goofed on multiple levels.
When you got unknown indie games with no marketing selling more than console killer apps, you know Microsoft and 343 dun goofed on multiple levels.
So we've got PR, not a flop now? The game made more than Bond in its opening week, that's great.
Dash_Riprock
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Thats some brilliant spin by MS. Well done.
What? Does Steamspy track steam sales in uk only ?
ShogunDarius
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rudimentary maths, 7,700,000 divided by 45 is 171111 (rounded down), I used 45 as thats the digital price that so many swear by thats how so many people got the game, and it's what supermarket are likely to sell it for, oh and GAME
Did they goof or do people only have money for one game and that game is Call of Duty
Blackleg-sanji1
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That still doesn't really help sales tho. Theres like 10 people on my friends list playing disgaea 5 and(unfortunately) doubt that sold gangbusters
Castef
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Believe me: you really, really, really have to read data more carefully before posting.
Stilton Disco
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That's one way to spin it. Guess that confirms well under 200k total sales at least.
Wordwide vs UK
great way to make numbers look great.. (not saying that they aren't great)
because Spectre broke UK records the first week..
Familienoberhauptvogel
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I mean bond tickets sell for a 6th of the price? Dunno UK theatre prices
Chobel
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Opening day, not week.
Around a 5th, we get stung at the cinema here. That's before you even think about food.
Can you clarify for me? Site is blocked at work. Opening day for the game, or opening day for the film?
Bits N Pieces
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250k for Undertale in its opening week the UK? Holy fucking shit!
Caipirinha
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No, people just aren't interested in playing tired old franchises again and again.
If Uncharted was on it's 5th entry with spinoffs inbetween and many years after Naughty Dog had moved on, I would expect the same.
that is only for day ONE.. this PR says it beat Spectre in DAY ONE sales..
the numbers (for Halo5)on the chart are for more days.
Oh yeah, I wasn't comparing it to Halo at all really, just a tangent that this thread went off on at that point.
Chobel
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Opening day for both.
Cthulhu_Steev
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I'm not going to watch a movie at £60 a ticket.
Anyway me and my 9 mates downloaded the movie from Russia, who needs the cinema these days?
I can only think of this as a positive?
Obviously not, but its around a fifth of the price. I usually fork out just under a tenner for a cinema ticket.
Considering Spectre broke UK box office numbers, this shows a healthy market for gaming in general to me.
Poor troll attempt. I do like the term bro-Halo though.
Halbro
Katana_Strikes
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I can break that down further...
1st copy of Halo 5 made more money than 1st ticket for Spectre
The difference being that Bond doesn't make such a huge chunk of it's lifetime earnings on day one.
Comparing the day one sales of a computer game, including all pre-orders, to day one at a cinema is ridiculous levels of spin when games are so front-loaded.
http://www.thewrap.com/spectre-tops-skyfall-in-first-day-at-u-k-box-office/
Halo 5 < Halo 4.
The dream is over.
Spectre > Skyfall.
Halo 5 < Halo 4.
The dream is over.
Familienoberhauptvogel
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Did an early copy leak or did you watch a filmed cinema showing, if it's the latter why would you do that to yourself?
travisbickle
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I can't speak for the UK but in Australia:
It was $32 cheaper at retail
Option to trade in when done with it
Horrible slow internet
Katana_Strikes
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Nope, because we don't know how many copies it sold on 1 day.
Cthulhu_Steev
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I'm just saying the Spectre sales are only low because everybody I know watched a cheap digital copy.
No, it's one day.
So a very basic sales breakdown:
So £7.7 million revenue. Lets assume £40 as the average retail purchase of week one for a copy of Halo 5 (because of limited editions). Retail generated 6 million. That leaves digital revenue at 1.7. With £45 as the lowest possible pricepoint for a digital copy in the UK it leaves ~37k digital copies at best. So digital marketshare is around 20% which has often been cited by many publishers and Nirolak.
So £7.7 million revenue. Lets assume £40 as the average retail purchase of week one for a copy of Halo 5 (because of limited editions). Retail generated 6 million. That leaves digital revenue at 1.7. With £45 as the lowest possible pricepoint for a digital copy in the UK it leaves ~37k digital copies at best. So digital marketshare is around 20% which has often been cited by many publishers and Nirolak.
Chobel
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It's still positive news, but Spectre did $63.8 million in its opening week, so I highly doubt Halo 5 opening week beat that (needs +900K sales to do that)
Familienoberhauptvogel
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is this is a jab at the anecdotal evidence thrown around in this thread before?
Messofanego
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Hey, USA might pull in a million sales. Who knows!
Of course. Wouldn't want to compare numbers for Europe I'm sure. Clever spin though. Given the weaker than average launch in UK they need to target strong legs and the perception the games is a winner via word of mouth and market perception is vital to making those legs happen.
How is a game creating more revenue than the leading box-office film on day one meaningless? Especially when you're seeing articles on here on the front page talking about console gaming dying as we know it. Shows that it's healthy to me.
Xan Kriegor
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It's worrying how badly people want this game to fail.
What percentage of your friends? 9 to 1 by any chance?