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[notaskwid]

So, fastest selling MS publish new IP for Xbox one in the UK?

Yes.

That means it's outsold the week one sales of the likes of Insomniac's Sunset Overdrive and Crytek's Ryse, both new Microsoft Studios IP that launched this generation.

Though it's weird, wasn't Ryse a lauch title? You'd assume it'd sell more than 28k units first week.

 

[In Service]

That is a sad list of new IP 3 years in.

My thoughts exactly. Whilst I liked SO, it's hardly a record breaker.

 

[Nightengale]

So, fastest selling MS publish new IP for Xbox one in the UK?

*boxed retail sales only

 

[Gurish]

MS with their PR, you can never know.
Hopefully the game did well, but we can't learn that from MS, they will release a good PR even if a game is a flop.

The fact that they didn't mention how good it did compared to previous Remedy titles doesn't bode well.

 

[chromatic9]

How reliable are those numbers?
What Rise of Tomb Raider first week number?

42k 360/XBO
36k XBO

 

[chadskin]

How reliable are those numbers?
What Rise of Tomb Raider first week number?

Approximation, hence within a (narrow) range. Should be about right I think.

 

[R3TRO]

Great game.

 

[Maximo]

Wish I could play but I ain't touching the pc port, least TheRadBrad is doing a good walkthrough of it.

 

[KORNdoggy]

is this "first week quantum break sales surpass those games lifetime sales?" or "first week quantum break sales surpass those games first week sales?"

 

[RoKKeR]

Nice, good for Remedy. Game seems pretty damn solid, excited to play it when get back to the States this summer.

 

[Rozart]

The PAL Charts thread has some first week UK numbers/estimates: http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showthread.php?t=1206590

QB ~28K
Alan Wake ~36K
The Order 1886 ~40K

Oof, okay. Well, hopefully it does well worldwide anyway.

 

[sueil]

is this "first week quantum break sales surpass those games lifetime sales?" or "first week quantum break sales surpass those games first week sales?"

The latter. Completely misleading.

 

[notaskwid]

is this "first week quantum break sales surpass those games lifetime sales?" or "first week quantum break sales surpass those games first week sales?"

As per the article, the second.

 

[Fantastapotamus]

Cool, maybe fix the PC version now? Thanks

 

[The Jackdog]

MS with their PR, you can never know.
Hopefully the game did well, but we can't learn that from MS, they will release a good PR even if a game is a flop.

The fact that they didn't mention how good it did compared to previous Remedy titles doesn't bode well.

please do tell me the other game companies that release bad PR statements

 

[Ricky_R]

Yes, more or less.

 

[Gurish]

The PAL Charts thread has some first week UK numbers/estimates: http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showthread.php?t=1206590

QB ~28K
Alan Wake ~36K
The Order 1886 ~40K

Now that I see the numbers I realize how useless this PR is, hopefully it did well worldwide, I really want linear TPS games to be successful this gen, it's very important to me

 

[pitchfork]

Before QB i would have said Alan Wake 2. But after QB i dont know what i want first.

Yeah, same for me

Would love some kind of survival mode DLC for QB though. Couldn't get enough of those awesome combat mechanics!

 

[Paz]

This thread is pretty amazing to read given the near 50/50 split of people who are and are not capable of deciphering the PR.

I hope Remedy got a good deal and I hope Microsoft pays for them to do a proper PC release at some point.

 

[Samurai G0SU]

Great job! This game is so good. Loving every moment. Almost done

 

[Raylan]

Well yeah, title sounds great but...

So....
the first week for The Order: 1886 in the UK = ~40K
The first week for Quantum Break in the UK = ~28K

Well I guess that's that.

 

[wapplew]

I'm sure it do well digitally, preorder get PC code only for digital right?

 

[Gurish]

please do tell me the other game companies that release bad PR statements

Some companies prefer not to comment at all in bad cases, you can count on MS to always release a PR regardless.

 

[Introvese]

Was Ryse at retail before the X1 launch?

 

[Messofanego]

Before QB i would have said Alan Wake 2. But after QB i dont know what i want first.

That post-credits scene...

 

[notaskwid]

please do tell me the other game companies that release bad PR statements

Maybe other companies won't say "this thing has become our most sold new thing ever" when it really means "this thing sold the most in the first week in the market out of all new things we had so far".

 

[Ricky_R]

please do tell me the other game companies that release bad PR statements

You could always ignore the game and act as if it doesn't exist. Like Sony did with The Order.

Seriously though, while MS is definitely more creative with their PR, they are all basically the same when it comes to painting something in a better light that its reality. However, MS's fans seem to eat their PR far easier than other fans. Anecdotal of course, but that's the impression I usually get.

 

[Zedox]

That post-credits scene...

This is so perfect. LOL.

 

[User 479360]

Congrats to Remedy. Really good game.

Sunset was awesome, though.

 

[brawly]

Well yeah, much more potential buyers. I wonder how that number would look if we take the installbase of Ryse (let's say the console's first month) and then compare it with the current installbase...

 

[Bishop89]

this sounds like brilliant PR'ness.

What other new AAA IP's has MS had? Ryse and S.overdrive?

 

[Elandyll]

Looking at the UK 1st week sale, I think someone should definitely ask if they include the PC keys gifted away with XB1 versions as separate units, because 28k is rather low I'd say.

 

[petethepanda]

Ouch.

Hope people give it a shot, it's a really good game. Shame the PC version is a clusterfuck.

 

[Bits N Pieces]

Some of you really do get worked up over some spin from the PR and marketing divisions of these companies.

Its pretty cute, really

 

[sueil]

This thread is pretty amazing to read given the near 50/50 split of people who are and are not capable of deciphering the PR.

I hope Remedy got a good deal and I hope Microsoft pays for them to do a proper PC release at some point.

Yeah this is trying to spin bad news.

 

[DieH@rd]

MS clarified by MS IP's they mean Ryse, Sunset Overdrive, Zoo Tycoon and Screamride.
https://twitter.com/vg_dave/status/719482363990929408

Well, that's not a difficult task. Those games did not sell really well, and they were released when install base was much smaller.

 

[KORNdoggy]

this sounds like brilliant PR'ness.

What other new AAA IP's has MS had? Ryse and S.overdrive?

those aren't technically MS IP's either. both developers maintain ownership of said IP's.

 

[LiK]

Doesn't seem impressive if they listed outsold games that didn't sell that well in the first place. QB is fun and I think everyone should check it out.

 

[StereoVsn]

Looking at the UK 1st week sale, I think someone should definitely ask if they include the PC keys gifted away with XB1 versions as separate units, because 28k is rather low I'd say.

Isn't that just retail? So should be just Xbone numbers, no?
Anyway, good PR job but man is his thing low in UK and I don't see mainland doing better.

So I guess it's up to US (let's face it Xbone ROTW is very low).

 

[Chris1]

Looking at the UK 1st week sale, I think someone should definitely ask if they include the PC keys gifted away with XB1 versions as separate units, because 28k is rather low I'd say.

They haven't given out the PC codes yet.

 

[mangochutney]

fucking A that is low as hell

You're forgetting the 100:1 digital-to-physical ratio!

 

[Family Fry]

To be honest UK retail numbers are becoming more and more redundant every day.
I wonder what those first week Columbia/Russia digital stores sales numbers were? I wonder how many people played the game whe we take into account digital gamesharing, one sale for two people.

People are more spend savvy now than ever before.

 

[AHA-Lambda]

Its sales competition was Sunset Overdrive and Ryse?

Uh ... congrats ... ?

This.
I'm not seeing the competition frankly

 

[Nzyme32]

Considering the games that make up that list, it doesn't seem so tough an act to surpass

The PAL Charts thread has some first week UK numbers/estimates: http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showthread.php?t=1206590

QB ~28K
Alan Wake ~36K
The Order 1886 ~40K

That's a lot lower than I was thinking. Perhaps other countries did better?

 

[Elandyll]

They haven't given out the PC codes yet.

Would that Really deter MS PR from including them?

I mean, they even list Ryse and SO as MS IPs, which they are not.


http://www.p4rgaming.com/microsoft-we-cant-believe-crytek-wants-to-keep-the-ryse-ip-that-badly/

http://gamerant.com/insomniac-games-why-sunset-overdrive-xbox-one-exclusive/

 

[Theorry]

To be honest numbers are becoming more and more redundant every day.
I wonder what those first week Columbia/Russia digital stores sales numbers were? I wonder how many people played the game whe we take into account digital gamesharing, one sale for two people.

People are more spend savvy now than ever before.

I wonder to wich region cdkeys count. As i unlocked on the nz store.

 

[Spaghetti]

The PAL Charts thread has some first week UK numbers/estimates: http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showthread.php?t=1206590

QB ~28K
Alan Wake ~36K
The Order 1886 ~40K

Welp. That's that.

Not sure if damage control or fluff PR from Microsoft.

 

[DieH@rd]

That's a lot lower than I was thinking. Perhaps other countries did better?

US and UK are the only countries where Xbone has meaningful presence. So no, in other countries the game did not do better.

 

[DomsPlaying]

To confirm, this is U.K. only from what I understand. And no actual figures.

Still solid for exclusive new IP on the lagging console to perform well in this market. But let's wait to see how it does in other locales.

 

[Hoje0308]

I just hope it sells enough to get a sequel. Fantastic game, enjoying it more and more as I continue my second run. Replace the TV show with hip fire next time and you've got yourself a masterpiece, Remedy.