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so many words for "it sold well"
"Quantum Break is now the best-selling new Microsoft Studios IP this generation"
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rokkerkory
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PR gonna PR lol
wapplew
Member
Could use more accurate words like "fastest selling" instead of "best selling", could use "in the UK" instead of nothing, could use "this week" instead of nothing.
Many poster think it's out sold SO & Ryse world wide LTD with those words.
Are you expecting the game to take 1st place in April's NPD? How the hell did this sell 1M+ first week? If you even barely follow sales you know it'a not possible.
If they had sold that in one week, they'd be shouting from rooftops.
I don't know why they would think that. Same thing that Ubisoft said after the division's first week. They weren't saying it outsold games ltd. just best opening. This was the best opening for a new MS IP
Bitch Pudding
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Or they just could have STFU. They actually compared QB' sales performance to games released when the XBOX One's install base was just a fraction of the current one. So, yeah, if I don't have something extraordinary to communicate, it sometimes is better just to say nothing at all. Or at least something else which doesn't sound so desperate, like refering to the game's very solid reviews.
Wowfunhappy
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I'm not sure what to make of The Order, but by these numbers I think Quantum Break compares favorably to Alan Wake. Consider that at the time Alan Wake launched:
1) The Xbox 360 was the most popular console (aside from the Wii which had a different type of audience).
2) Digital Downloads were less prevalent than they are today.
I'm merely asking a question, not expecting anything.
How did 'fastest selling' become 'best selling'? How does Eurogamer confirm this switch in terminology?
Not sure why these sorts of threads turn people into presumptive jerks. You'd think MS slapped someone's mom or something...
Yeah this does seem like a case of MSPR, all things considered.
Is it possible that QB topped 1mil global retail + digital+ Xbox bundles? I dunno, Prolly not, but that's about the only way this statement could be true without some sick wordplay
Lupin the Third
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Why does Halo not count as an MS Studios IP?
Halo isn't a new IP
SmokedMeat
Gamer™
I thought Ori was a Microsoft Studios title?
wapplew
Member
Could be real thou, Greenberg keep saying its best selling MS new IP globally. So we should take his word for it.
28K in UK plus the rest of the world and digital, who knows? Over 1m within a week is possible I guess.
Edit: and Windows 10 store copy too.
I would guess that they are also including bundle sales so that would probably help the number also
Primethius
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There's not enough markets in the world that XB1 is doing good in for it to hit 1m within a week if it only pulled 28k in the UK. It would have to do absolutely bonkers in the U.S., which is next to impossible.
Zvonimir Boban
Banned
No retail release iirc
Unless the digital sales are much higher than usual, as well as the w10 sales much higher than expected, I can't see how this game outsold Ryse in one week.
Not counting Ryse Steam's release, that'd be completely bonkers.
Also consider, though, that Alan Wake had to launch against Red Dead Redemption, another third-person action game, made by Rockstar Games, that went on to ship 14 million copies.
QB basically had no competition in its genre around the time of its release.
I'm sorry but that UK number alone tells you 1m in a week is not possible.
That's XB1's rare market where it has an actual foothold.
That Titanfall thread reminded me. Curiously they don't count Titanfall as one of their own IPs. I know they don't own it, but neither do they own Ryse or SO. And I know EA published Titanfall, but MS aren't the sole publisher on Ryse either. Crytek and Deep Silver were also involved. Presumably if this did better than that they'd find a way to spin their wording to mention that somehow. So it's probably safe to assume that it didn't.
They are clearly talking about IP that MS Studio's published. That's what they mean by MS Studio IP.
Titanfall was published by EA.
MS studios published Ryse on Xbox. Not Crytek, not Deep Silver. Those guys published PC versions.
7DollarHagane
Banned
so if it did worse than The Order is remedy in trouble?
this seems like some heavy spin and context to tie the word "best-selling" to this game.
this seems like some heavy spin and context to tie the word "best-selling" to this game.
CertifiedFP
Member
Ehh, not exactly a high bar to lift when its competition for this award were two games that had no sales potential.
kruis
Exposing the sinister cartel of retailers who allow companies to pay for advertising space.
The UK and the US are the only markets where the Xbone is popular. Sales in the rest of the world are going to be negligible.
wapplew
Member
Maybe sold well in Finland?
I see. Should of gotten one...relative to whatever MS put out at launch it's a solid casual title...if marketed that way.
Is this an inside joke I don't understand?
The devs are Finnish.
SEGAvangelist
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The Order didn't sell poorly. I assume the game isn't getting a sequel because of the toxicity surround the franchise, though. RAD is working on a Oculus game and a AAA game currently, so they're just fine. I would think Remedy is probably going to be fine as well because it seems MS is pleased with the game (and the sales). While digital sales won't be major, they could be decent with this title because the digital pre-order was a bit more attractive than normal. Bundles will also be a thing since the game received a white special edition bundle. The game also could be a standard bundle for a while much like Gears of War Ultimate was, so I feel overall that Quantum Break (and Remedy) should do fine.
Gut feeling says Remedy might already be in trouble.
It's only "casual" if you were a master of SNES/NES platformers...lol
Sleight of Jam
Banned
Congrats on outselling your whole two other new IP's MS. We must surely pop the champagne.
Pathfinder
Member
And your gut thinks this why?
...what is this based on?
SEGAvangelist
Member
Tweets? Maybe I should write "I think?"
potatohead
Member
PR is always gonna PR.
SEGAvangelist
Member
Of course... but they are PRing this more than Sunset Overdrive.
Combination of both: lack of return investment on the IP(still in the air) if it doesn't make profit for them and MS cutting fat like crazy with studio closings(Lionhead being the recent one).
That has nothing to do with how actually happy they are.
Welfare
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Mr. Giggles
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Wow!
Good stuff for remedy, I'm guessing this includes the halo IP?
Edit: oh my mistake, "new" IP.
Halo is still the leader
Good stuff for remedy, I'm guessing this includes the halo IP?
Edit: oh my mistake, "new" IP.
Halo is still the leader
wapplew
Member
Remedy is not own by MS, they are fine. Their customer(MS) happy with the games, that's most important.
Yes but considering the install base when Ryse launched and the actual install base...
Mr. Nice_Guy
Member
That's true, holding out hope that Scalebound delivers. Gameplay wise I mean...we all know how P* sales are.
Pathfinder
Member
I think it's still way too early to know how much profit they're going to make on the game. It's only been out a week, and we have no figures. Just a generic cheerleading PR statement.