"Quantum Break is now the best-selling new Microsoft Studios IP this generation"
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Dash_Riprock
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MS PR really earning dat paycheck.
JimJamJones
Member
QB is great, but MS PR is working overtime on this one.
Ori has no retail release.
AusRoachman
Member
As much as I want this to be widely successful because remedy deserves it , this really is just alot of Microsoft spin .
From what I remember both ryse and sunset were pretty poor performers , either way I hope it continues to sell well and get good word of mouth .
Best selling game starring Sean Ashmore ever will be the next spin.
From what I remember both ryse and sunset were pretty poor performers , either way I hope it continues to sell well and get good word of mouth .
Best selling game starring Sean Ashmore ever will be the next spin.
OT: Also in the same interview Sam Lake mentioned that the idea of the TV show integration came from Remedy. Althought MS was more than fine with this direction.
It's important to note that within the so called AAA games, the budget can vary significantly.
DeepEnigma
Gold Member
Ok, now this made me laugh.
Darth Smurf X
Member
WOW. I am super impressed...
...with MS's PR team! They deserve a raise!
...with MS's PR team! They deserve a raise!
It's great spin!
I do think claiming ownership in a roundabout way of other's IPs is bad form, though.
Man, that image on the post below has been haunting my Xbox dash for nearly a week now. Ooof.
Because for some there is a need to downplay everything MS does or says...
Seeing Videogamer.com and MCV.... they are talking about week 1 sales in the UK only.... and not worldwide.
Still ~28K is not really great or very good. It's pretty medicore, to be honest. Let's see if it has legs.
As already mentioned:
No one claimed it was a bad spin. It was always a great spin.
Tatsumi Oga
Banned
Good news. And well deserving too. I was a little afraid some of the negative reviews were going to make people change their mind. Can't wait to see what Remedy does next and I hope it will be on Xbox. Too few games really take advantage of its hardware and it's great to see when it happens.
This generation as a whole has been disappointing as far as retail bound new IP are concerned up till this point.
Which salty ass posts? Numbers in UK charts are low, even for No.1 game. But hey, 1st place is all that matters, right. You should ask MS why they tried to mislead people in PR. statement.
I'm pretty sure Ryse topped 1mil lifetime. So if QB topped it after 6 days on the market, I'd say that's pretty good for a new IP.
It seems to me that people are trying harder to spin this info bad/mediocre news.
I'm pretty sure this is all referring to week one sales.
CosmicQueso
Member
They're talking about the same period of time in market... not comparing life to date sales.
Come on.
wapplew
Member
MSPR in full effect. Makes you think QB sold over 1M in a week.
Possumowner
Member
That's a helluva way to spin it.Guess the PR guys/gals have worked in government before
BigTnaples
Todd Howard's Secret GAF Account
PR headline or not, I hope it sells well enough to get a sequel.
Finished it last night, and it is a damned fine game.
Finished it last night, and it is a damned fine game.
DeadOnions
Member
Hopefully it'll have legs it's a good game and in an ideal world would do a bit better.
This game deserves all the attention it can get. It's on my short-list of favorite games this year so far, if not more. But reading the Eurogamer write-up makes me question the author's English. Look at these two lines:
But those lines are saying two different things. The first line should convey that:
1. ) Overall sales have already exceeded the totals of other first party new IP (implying worldwide)
2. ) It placed first for weekly boxed UK sales
But those lines are saying two different things. The first line should convey that:
1. ) Overall sales have already exceeded the totals of other first party new IP (implying worldwide)
2. ) It placed first for weekly boxed UK sales
oldergamer
Member
What's with the spin in this thread? I good game deserves PR, that shouldn't be a shock to anyone. many people have no idea what this game is.
If it's the best selling New IP, then that should mean it outsold the other new IP.
I have no idea what the total sales numbers are. So either they have a new (misleading) meaning for Best Selling or it is the best selling, by the definition we typically use.
Looking at UK data, it would have had to do awesomely in the states and digitally.
Pathfinder
Member
Good going, Remedy!
Alan Wake 2 next, please.
Alan Wake 2 next, please.
Bits N Pieces
Member
Mislead people?
You guys are unreal, 'quick Robin, to the I'm moderately enraged about a PR piece Mobile' lol
Perhaps, but they have always used "fastest selling" when comparing similar time frames
New meaning.
When in doubt, they have a new meaning.
Hell, they redefined IP ownership in the same statement!
SmokedMeat
Gamer™
Everyone wants to tout their best selling new franchises these days.
PanicFreak
Member
I hope that this game sells well for Remedy's sake.
I'm not saying they are past changing definitions, but they didn't say anything about ownership in that statement. MS Studio's published every game they mentioned.
Bitch Pudding
Member
It's a great game which deserves better PR. "best selling new MS Studios IP this gen", I mean, come on...
Impeccable
Member
What an amazing feat. Well done, Microsoft.
Steverulez
Member
What do you expect them to say? They're comparing it to new IPs because that is what it is.
I mean, they aren't going to say "Its a game which sold 1/5 (?) of Halo 5s opening" or something are they...
Right, but the article isn't from MS. It's from Eurogamer. So did MS tell Specify to Eurogamer what "best selling" means, and tell them it means something different than every other time they use the phrase?
Like I said , I wouldn't put it past them.
Not try to pass it as if it sold more in one week than the ltd of thw other games would be a start.