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[Tizoc]

Aped Knurek's style and did a list for the October month. Please let me know if i left something out or missed something that was also given for free etc. After that maybe we can move it to its own thread.

Overall:

Total copies sold: 33,257,831
Average price: $9.21
Average discount: 26.37%

Steam ownership changes between 01.10.2015 and 01.11.2015:

 1.) Counter-Strike: Global Offensive (469,533, LTD: 16,418,998, price $14.99, lowest price $14.99)
 2.) ARK: Survival Evolved (254,146, LTD: 1,995,007, price $29.99, lowest price $20.09)
 3.) Warhammer: End Times - Vermintide (242,642, LTD: 251,476, price $29.99, lowest price $26.99)
 4.) PAYDAY 2 (208,081, LTD: 5,423,629, price $19.99, lowest price $4.99)
 5.) Tomb Raider (196,844, LTD: 3,530,345, price $19.99, lowest price $3.99)
 6.) Undertale (190,871, LTD: 247,640, price $9.99, lowest price $9.99)
 7.) Grand Theft Auto V (174,957, LTD: 3,205,635, price $59.99, lowest price $40.19)
 8.) Rocket League (171,730, LTD: 1,580,811, price $19.99, lowest price $19.99)
 9.) Fallout: New Vegas (163,329, LTD: 4,110,000, price $9.99, lowest price $3.39)
10.) Garry's Mod (150,578, LTD: 9,926,459, price $9.99, lowest price $9.99)
11.) Metro: Last Light Redux (142,981, LTD: 714,433, price $19.99, lowest price $4.99)
12.) Metro 2033 Redux (141,033, LTD: 725,573, price $19.99, lowest price $4.99)
13.) Fallout 3 - Game of the Year Edition (139,554, LTD: 1,975,466, price $19.99, lowest price $9.99)
14.) The Binding of Isaac (138,155, LTD: 2,839,835, price $4.99, lowest price $0.49)
15.) South Park: The Stick of Truth (131,237, LTD: 1,363,303, price $29.99, lowest price $7.49)

Excluded titles: Divinity: Original Sin - Enhanced Edition (free to owners of original version), Wasteland 2: Director's Cut (free to owners of original version), Vertiginous Golf (free to keep deal), Resident Evil Revelations 2, Lost Planet 3, Bionic Commando Rearmed, Strider, Resident Evil Revelations, DmC, Resident Evil 5, Resident Evil 4 (Capcom Humble Bundle), Bionic Dues ( i believe it was free on one of the bundle sites).

Steam ownership changes between 01.10.2015 and 01.11.2015 for games released in October:

Note: some of these titles left Early Access in October.

 1) Warhammer: End Times - Vermintide (242,642, price $29.99)
 2) Undertale (190,871, price $9.99)
 3) Keep Talking and Nobody Explodes (90,034, price $14.99)
 4) Prison Architect (82,452, price $29.99)
 5) Planetbase (69,763, price $19.99)
 6) Rebel Galaxy (68,484, price $19.99)
 7) The Beginner's Guide (63,736, price $9.99)
 8) Tales of Zestiria (59,369, price $49.99)
 9) Kingdom (54,422, price $9.99)
 10) Broforce (40,451, price $14.99)
 11) Dracula's Legacy (33,237, price $2.99)
 12) Sword Coast Legends (30,184, price $39.99)
 13) Legends of Dawn Reborn (29,037, price $29.99)
 14) Downwell (24,106, price $2.99)

Note: something weird is going on with Minecraft: Story Mode (http://steamspy.com/app/376870). Was released last month but Steamspy data only starts on Nov. 6.

Fallout 4 is quickly approaching 1.5 million owners on Steam!
http://steamspy.com/app/377160

Owners: 1,478,392 ± 30,211

Wouldn't surprise me if it hits 2 mil come the Winter Seal when Bethy decided to discount it
For 10% off~

Call of Booty BLOPS 3 is currently at 366,000 owners
http://steamspy.com/app/311210

Owners: 366,549 ± 15,075

Keep in mind that the game will allow for mods. Many previous COD games are currently by the 1 million mark as per steamspy-
http://steamspy.com/search.php?s=call+of+duty

Anno 2205 is currently at 40K owners
http://steamspy.com/app/375910

Owners: 42,282 ± 5,123

This is the latest entry in the Anno series having released earlier this month

Tales of Zestiria is currently hovering at near 90K onwers
http://steamspy.com/app/351970

Owners: 90,743 ± 7,504

Could someone post how many were its total sales in Japan are?

Nep Nep 3's updated ver. got released on Steam weeks ago and is currently 25,000 owners
http://steamspy.com/app/353270

Owners: 25,206 ± 3,955

Note that the game was discounted on launch which prob. attributed to its sales.

For comparison-
Nep Nep 1 currently has gotten 180,000 owners on Steam in 10 months' time
http://steamspy.com/app/282900

Nep Nep 2 currently has gotten 80,000 owners on Steam in 5 months' time
http://steamspy.com/app/351710

Trails in the Sky 2nd Chapter is currently at 7,000 owners.
http://steamspy.com/app/251290

Owners: 7,318 ± 2,131

The game also released on GOG as well BTW.

In contrast Mugen Souls has 9,000 owners
http://steamspy.com/app/389870

Owners: 9,432 ± 2,419

Mugen Souls was released with a discount, I think it went for $15ish

Paint it back is currently at 4,000 owners
http://steamspy.com/app/385250

Players total: 4,066 ± 1,588 (100%)

It's the equivalent of Picross on Steam.

Sonic Lost World is currently at 6,000 owners
http://steamspy.com/app/329440

Owners: 6,830 ± 2,059

Doesn't help that the game's overall design was poorly received on the Wii U, however the community is doing interesting progress in the modding scene-
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b9vNcKSNgjY

Mushihimesama currently hovers at 12,000 owners
http://steamspy.com/app/377860

Owners: 12,197 ± 2,751

Note that the game comes with an Easy/Novice mode which makes the gameplay bearable, no harm in playing that should you plan on getting it in the near future.

Warhammer Vermintide is approaching 300K owners although the dev has recently stated it reached that many owners
http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showthread.php?t=1138505
http://steamspy.com/app/235540

Transformers Devastation is a strange one, I've seen it average at having 8,000 owners, but the game was offered on Amazon.de and sister sites for EUR 20 (Retail that comes with a steam code), so we'll see if the owners exceed 10,000 in the next few months
http://steamspy.com/app/338930

Spoiler

Currently a GotY contender thanks to dat gameplay, dat music, dat TF goodness

That's it from me, feel free to discuss these or any game data found on Steamspy.

Note that notable releases in coming days and weeks include
Higurashi Ch. 2- http://store.steampowered.com/app/410890/
Ass Creed Syndicate- http://store.steampowered.com/app/368500/?snr=1_7_7_151_150_1
Saint Seiya- http://store.steampowered.com/app/348710/?snr=1_7_7_151_150_1

edit1:

Football Manager 2016 is sitting at 119,527 ±8,612 owners

Garry's Mod is 9,915,686 ±76,962

and CS:GO is 16,926,300 ±99,144

 

[Pranay]

Fallout 4 seems will be a surprise package interms of sales.

It charted in top 10 of German charts one week before its release :lol (PS4 and PC version)

 

[Chairmanchuck]

Trails in the Sky Sales are kinda sad to see, but I think XSeed didnt really do them any favor releasing that game in that timeframe.

Tales of shortly before, Nep Nep 3 shortly after and somehow the game just came out of "nowhere" after all those delays...

 

[HK-47]

Is that good for Trails? I havent finished the first one so I havent picked it up yet.

 

[Pranay]

Do we get regional breakdown ?

 

[Chariot]

Is that good for Trails? I havent finished the first one so I havent picked it up yet.

No, it's pretty bad.

Do we get regional breakdown ?

OP posted steamspy links, you can find those information and more there. If you see something of particular interest, share it with us.

 

[Durante]

Is that good for Trails? I havent finished the first one so I havent picked it up yet.

It's pretty bad compared to the first. It's also less than Mugen Souls which is just sad given the relative quality of the games.


On the other hand, Zestiria did even better than I expected (and I expected quite a bit).
You have to remember that all those 90k sales are at full price. I think that's already a fantastic result for the first Tales on Steam.

Mushihimesama isn't quite as amazing, but still a good result I'd say. It just came out and is getting good support. It's also one of the best games in its genre, so if you have any interest at all in shmups do buy it.

Neptunia is expected I think, the games are quite similar to each other (as well as to the also released Fairy Fencer F) and they hit at a rather rapid pace. Not outstanding but certainly easily worth it for IF (given their games sales for their original releases).

 

[KillerMan91]

But I want the Third Chapter for Trails...I need it =(. Well hopefully with sales the numbers will grow significally.

 

[YianGaruga]

The only thing Trails needed was a launch discount to convince people on the fence. That was the only big mistake. Without that people will just wait for the first discount.

The date or the unexpected launch don't matter. It's an expensive game and a sequel to a long JRPG. It was never going to top the charts. It also released on three "platforms".

Please dont jump to conclusions about the future of the series.

 

[leatherhat]

Trails in the sky is too low, hopefully its doing ok on vita.

 

[KKRT00]

Anno 2205 is currently at 40K owners
http://steamspy.com/app/375910

This is the latest entry in the Anno series having released earlier this month

60€ was clearly a mistake.

 

[Possumowner]

Is that good for Zestiria?

 

[Gipsy Danger]

Is that good for Zestiria?

Very good. Most people didn't think it would even beat it's preorder goals or reach 50k.

 

[HK-47]

It's pretty bad compared to the first. It's also less than Mugen Souls which is just sad given the relative quality of the games.

Well thats worrying.

 

[ashecitism]

Football Manager 2016 is sitting at 119,527 ±8,612 owners

Garry's Mod is 9,915,686 ±76,962

and CS:GO is 16,926,300 ±99,144

 

[Knurek]

Mushihimesama isn't quite as amazing, but still a good result I'd say. It just came out and is getting good support. It's also one of the best games in its genre, so if you have any interest at all in shmups do buy it..

Isn't it? I can't imagine LTD sales for x360 ports being much higher than 1st week sales on Steam...

 

[kewlmyc]

On the other hand, Zestiria did even better than I expected (and I expected quite a bit).
You have to remember that all those 90k sales are at full price. I think that's already a fantastic result for the first Tales on Steam.

How many of those are influenced by getting Symphonia free for those who preordered though? I wonder how Symphonia will sell?

I'm glad it did sell well regardless. Hopefully all Tales games come to PC from now on.

 

[Tizoc]

Apparently ToZ debuted in Japan with over 300,000 units sold on PS3
http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showthread.php?t=981029&highlight=media+create+zestiria

Here, there are the best selling games for the Q3 (September, 27th) according to Media Create
11./00. [PS3] Tales of Zestiria <RPG> (Bandai Namco Games) {2015.01.22} (¥8.715) - 378.602

http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showpost.php?p=181222124&postcount=489

60€ was clearly a mistake.

I gladly got it for EUR 60
We have GAFfers here who even pre-order AssCreed Syndicate day 1 on Steam, how much do you think THAT cost

 

[derExperte]

60€ was clearly a mistake.

GMG has it for 34.99€ right now. A Uplay key of course which should also be kept in mind when looking at the numbers.

 

[Pranay]

Most Japanese pub are considering Steam as a replacement for "Xbox" (last gen) as a second platform

Now with NX coming next year, it will be interesting to see

 

[Tizoc]

GMG has it for 34.99€ right now. A Uplay key of course which should also be kept in mind when looking at the numbers.

Correct, it may even have more owners through Uplay only than through Steam.

Oh and I wanted to bring this up
Both A. Creed 2 and 3 are at 1 million owners on Steam at least
http://steamspy.com/app/33230
http://steamspy.com/app/208480

 

[Pranay]

Correct, it may even have more owners through Uplay only than through Steam.

Oh and I wanted to bring this up
Both A. Creed 2 and 3 are at 1 million owners on Steam at least
http://steamspy.com/app/33230
http://steamspy.com/app/208480

Syndicate numbers will be interesting to see on PC

 

[Aztechnology]

Those Anno numbers hurt :/. On the flip side though I'm really happy about Vermintide.

Now the next game that I really want to sell well will be Xcom 2.

 

[SparkTR]

Those Anno numbers hurt :/. On the flip side though I'm really happy about Vermintide.

If we don't have UPlay numbers it could easily be around ~100k. If TW3 and GTAV are any indication, purchases from the various CD key sites like GMG/Amazon etc plus retail usually bring in slightly more sales than purchases directly through Steam.

 

[Earthpainting]

Trails is looking pretty low, but I honestly did not expect a ton better from it either. I'd say it's a shame, but I didn't buy myself either.

Is that good for Zestiria?

If you had asked me to slap a number on it last year, I expected it would do around 40k~50k copies at full price. Zestiria did not have the warmest reception by the Japanese players, and I assumed this would be apparent in its western launch too. I don't know how much they expected, but I think they can be pleased with this result. Steam is also a place where discounts and sales also more easily breathe new life in titles.

The port quality of the game is pretty decent too, and the even the pre-order campaign seemed like it was as reasonable success. I wouldn't be surprised in Namco keeps this train going.

 

[Saty]

Might as well do a thread to summarize October.

 

[Nirolak]

Is that good for Zestiria?

Xillia's full first month in NPD (it released very early in the ninth) was 100K so this is pretty comparable to what Xillia did in 30 days at full price in the US, given PS3 was the only platform for that game.

Now, this is worldwide, but I'm not under the impression that Europe does much more than half the series' Western sales.

If Zestiria (PS3/PS4) had a similar retail performance as Xillia there's potential they had significant overall growth sales percentage wise. Worst case they moved sales to a high margin platform.

 

[Fuu]

Great showing for Zestiria. Hopefully this will bode well for the future of the franchise on the platform.

 

[Tizoc]

Might as well do a thread to summarize October.

A thread title change would be in order then since it can still be discussed here.

 

[Granjinha]

Zestiria did pretty good and will make a KILLING at the first ~30% off. It's still selling, too.

SC is a hard sell. Sequel to a really long JRPG that's not THAT popular to begin with. Also, no exposure at all (youtubers, marketing, etc). Launched with fucked up prices in some regions too. (Here in Brasil, for example)

Undertale is still doing amazingly well:

http://steamspy.com/search.php?s=Undertale

More than 300k copies sold.

Two games that also surprised me:

Kingdom:

http://steamspy.com/app/368230

Downwell:

http://steamspy.com/app/360740

Most Japanese pub are considering Steam as a replacement for "Xbox" (last gen) as a second platform

Now with NX coming next year, it will be interesting to see

Thing is, PC sells much more than the 360 sold. It's profit margins are higher, too, thanks to digital sales. Aaaaaand, we have sales that do really well for these japanese titles. (Dark Souls, Xenoverse, etc). Even with NX i don't see the pubs dropping PC support.

 

[Tizoc]

Trails in the Sky isn't popular?
http://steamspy.com/app/251150
It currently sits at 140,000 owners on Steam, and the game is available on GOG as well.

It also was among the top 5 games on gog upon release.

EDIT: Beaten regarding UnderTale :V

 

[Granjinha]

Trails in the Sky isn't popular?
http://steamspy.com/app/251150
It currently sits at 140,000 owners on Steam, and the game is available on GOG as well.

It also was among the top 5 games on gog upon release.

EDIT: Beaten regarding UnderTale :V

Isn't ~that~ popular. FC had sales, too, remember? Don't know how it did on launch but nowhere near that.

 

[Tizoc]

Isn't ~that~ popular. FC had sales, too, remember? Don't know how it did on launch but nowhere near that.

What constitutes being mega popular among those with an interest in niche genres/series then

 

[SliceSabre]

Damn Trails SC is dead in the water on PC. Hopefully the PSP/Vita side of the equation if picking up PC's slacking off since they know not to wait for a 70% off sale.

 

[Cow Goes Moo]

compile heart aint doin so hot as i scroll down lol

at least nep nep has fans

 

[Pranay]

Xillia's full first month in NPD (it released very early in the ninth) was 100K so this is pretty comparable to what Xillia did in 30 days at full price in the US, given PS3 was the only platform for that game.

Now, this is worldwide, but I'm not under the impression that Europe does much more than half the series' Western sales.

If Zestiria (PS3/PS4) had a similar retail performance as Xillia there's potential they had significant overall growth sales percentage wise. Worst case they moved sales to a high margin platform.

Depends.

Some games do perform better in the european charts as well as the asia.

 

[Granjinha]

What constitutes being mega popular among those with an interest in niche genres/series then

I don't think that using the 140k numbers is that fair because we don't know the launch numbers. Also, the sequel to a enormous RPG (FC) that is directly tied with it and had no marketing whatsoever was bound to do worse than FC.

Damn Trails SC is dead in the water on PC. Hopefully the PSP/Vita side of the equation if picking up PC's slacking off since they know not to wait for a 70% off sale.

Yeah i mean it's not like the PC launch of FC that was what made SC get localized at all, right? These PC players, man.

 

[Gipsy Danger]

Downwell is god damn GOTY and it's like a dollar. It's doing well but hoping it does amazing.

Damn Trails SC is dead in the water on PC. Hopefully the PSP/Vita side of the equation if picking up PC's slacking off since they know not to wait for a 70% off sale.

The ignorance here, though. PC is a lot less front loaded, in time SC will do very well and I'm sure XSEED know this. Besides if it wasn't for these slacking PCs, the game probably wouldn't have been localised at all.

 

[Aeana]

Is that good for Trails? I havent finished the first one so I havent picked it up yet.

It's only a little more than FC sold on PSP when XSEED called it a massive failure.

 

[Pranay]

Zestiria did pretty good and will make a KILLING at the first ~30% off. It's still selling, too.

SC is a hard sell. Sequel to a really long JRPG that's not THAT popular to begin with. Also, no exposure at all (youtubers, marketing, etc). Launched with fucked up prices in some regions too. (Here in Brasil, for example)

Undertale is still doing amazingly well:

http://steamspy.com/search.php?s=Undertale

More than 300k copies sold.

Two games that also surprised me:

Kingdom:

http://steamspy.com/app/368230

Downwell:

http://steamspy.com/app/360740



Thing is, PC sells much more than the 360 sold. It's profit margins are higher, too, thanks to digital sales. Aaaaaand, we have sales that do really well for these japanese titles. (Dark Souls, Xenoverse, etc). Even with NX i don't see the pubs dropping PC support.

Isn't ~that~ popular. FC had sales, too, remember? Don't know how it did on launch but nowhere near that.

Im talking about few series in Particular.

Dark Souls and Xenoverse audience might be entirely different as compared to tales.

 

[Psycho_Mantis]

Xillia's full first month in NPD (it released very early in the ninth) was 100K so this is pretty comparable to what Xillia did in 30 days at full price in the US, given PS3 was the only platform for that game.

Now, this is worldwide, but I'm not under the impression that Europe does much more than half the series' Western sales.

If Zestiria (PS3/PS4) had a similar retail performance as Xillia there's potential they had significant overall growth sales percentage wise. Worst case they moved sales to a high margin platform.

US + EU for ToX on PS3 after 2 months was 230k and 770k in Japan+Asia.

 

[Granjinha]

Downwell is god damn GOTY and it's like a dollar. It's doing well but hoping it does amazing.


The ignorance here, though. PC is a lot less front loaded, in time SC will do very well and I'm sure XSEED know this. Besides if it wasn't for these slacking PCs, the game probably wouldn't have been localised at all.

The dev said on twitter that it already paid all it's costs and it's still selling.

Im talking about few series in Particular.

Dark Souls and Xenoverse audience might be entirely different as compared to tales.

But Tales did well. We have numbers.

US + EU for ToX on PS3 after 2 months was 230k and 770k in Japan+Asia.

So yeah, not bad at all for the west. It definitely helped the audience to grow.

 

[Durante]

Isn't it? I can't imagine LTD sales for x360 ports being much higher than 1st week sales on Steam...

That's why I said it's still a good result. To be amazing, it would have to break 25k before heavy discounts.

But I expect "good" to be good enough to ensure future Cave ports.

Damn Trails SC is dead in the water on PC. Hopefully the PSP/Vita side of the equation if picking up PC's slacking off since they know not to wait for a 70% off sale.

I'm quite confident the active PSP base is incredibly excited for the game. I expect dozens of sales to that group. (Vita is more relevant of course)

It's only a little more than FC sold on PSP when XSEED called it a massive failure.

It's actually more? Wow.

 

[Gipsy Danger]

I'm quite confident the active PSP base is incredibly excited for the game. I expect dozens of sales to that group. (Vita is more relevant of course)

Is it though?

 

[YianGaruga]

Is it though?

it is. On GAF we had a poll of purchase intent for SC which was 60/40 for PC/PSN

Vita is a viable platform for niche releases

 

[squall211]

Those seem like pretty nice numbers for Zestiria. As one of those 90k owners of the Steam version, I'm enjoying it greatly.

 

[hosannainexcelsis]

Is it though?

More relevant than the PSP? Of course it is.

At any rate, I bought SC on GoG, so my copy isn't reflected in these numbers. Probably worth remembering that Steam doesn't have a complete monopoly on PC sales, even if I'm sure its market share is very high.

 

[Parsnip]

Trails SC sales are probably fine for a direct sequel to a game that less than 10% have finished (of the people who have started it). They priced it out of the impulse purchase territory as well.

The good news is that according to steamspy, FC has had over 10K players in the last two weeks, which might indicate that now that the sequel is finally out, people are actually playing FC and after they are done with that, will buy SC. Maybe SC will have an extremely long tail.

 

[Tizoc]

Trails SC sales are probably fine for a direct sequel to a game that less than 10% have finished (of the people who have started it). They priced it out of the impulse purchase territory as well.

The good news is that according to steamspy, FC has had over 10K players in the last two weeks, which might indicate that now that the sequel is finally out, people are actually playing FC and after they are done with that, will buy SC. Maybe SC will have an extremely long tail.

We'll see, a sale or bundle during the coming weeks can help boost it.

 

[Atolm]

Trails SC sales are probably fine for a direct sequel to a game that less than 10% have finished (of the people who have started it). They priced it out of the impulse purchase territory as well.

The good news is that according to steamspy, FC has had over 10K players in the last two weeks, which might indicate that now that the sequel is finally out, people are actually playing FC and after they are done with that, will buy SC. Maybe SC will have an extremely long tail.

Now this is what I call seeing the glass half full.

Unless the PSN numbers are much bigger (which I certainly doubt) with those sales the series isn't worth it for XSeed at all, especially considering the ordeal SC has been for them.

It seems one of these series with a very vocal, but really small fanbase.