MastorofPuppetz
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PAL Charts - Week 50, 2014
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.Officerrob
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Extremely
Jimmyfenix
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I wouldn't worry about it. Most sales will come from PC and PS4 will probably be the highest selling sku in the console side. DA advertisement could have come from the deal with EA.
TW3 will be interesting for other reasons for sure.
After the DA sales it will be interesting to see what EA does with Mass Effect.
Cereal Enthusiast
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Do you think Dragon Age would have sold better if it was advertised by Sony ?
do you mean xbox bundles right?
Stilton Disco
Member
Given the massive sales split in favour of the PS4, and the lack of adverts it got from MS, it certainly wouldn't have hurt
Nightengale
Member
If it was aggresively marketed to the extent of Far Cry/Destiny, sure. Do note that the same applies to Xbox, in the sense of their ACU/CoD/Titanfall-tier of marketing push.
It's very unfortunate that Dragon Age ended up in the "Shadows of Mordor"-tier of "Hey, we tied up this game for co-marketing, but we're treating it like the red-headed stepchild of our marketing line-up, unlike Destiny, Titanfall, Batman, AssCreed, etc!"
Lol that's what I'm saying. Sony doesn't even advertise it's own games.
Jimmyfenix
Member
I would say MS should have provided more in this deal but EA fucked it up overall.
DA:I performance has nothing to do with being advertised by MS, the game came out in a period full of games far more popular and mainstream than it. COD, Far Cry, Assassins Creed, Pokemon, GTA, Halo etc. It was never going to sell more than these games. Ever.
TW is a PC franchise and will sell the most on the PC, so don't worry about it.
i dont know man friends were asking me if DA:I was xbox xclusive due the online ads.
michaelius
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It's first Dragon Age game since DA2 - that's why it's performing like it does.
The Incarnation
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Fantasy games aren't very easy to market.
They tend to look extrememly dull from the outside in, and they're certainly not games for everyone.
It was never going to chart well.
They tend to look extrememly dull from the outside in, and they're certainly not games for everyone.
It was never going to chart well.
Totally. Someone should have picked up the buck somewhere no matter who it was.
You can't release a game during this period with no marketing budget and expect people to grab it. It's just too crowded.
DA:I probably should have come out in the August to September timeframe. It might have even done better at the end of January.
Sad to see. It's a really good game that seems to have been lost in the shuffle combined with pretty bad marketing. Sucks especially since that might mean we get even less straight up RPGs and more Mass Effect which is basically just a choose your own adventure shooter at this point.
Except the previous two games did better and Elder Scrolls also does gangbusters.
Stilton Disco
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Yet it still sold 79% of it's copies on the PS4...
Jimmyfenix
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Skyrim did excellent though that had a big advertisement budget.
what seriously? damn
MastorofPuppetz
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Anecdotal means nothing...facts are it sold way more on ps4.
There is nothing wrong with it except for being bland. It's not repulsive at all.
Skyrim did gangbusters and the pretty badly received Dragon Age 2 debuted at number 1 before slipping to 2 and then out of the top 10 when it launched in a March.
There's an audience out there. Sure, it's not going to do as well as FIFA, COD and games of that ilk, but it would have done a shitton better if some people knew it existed.
yeah someone already point out for me
Wat. Where are you getting this number from?
Succinct Verbosity
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I'm really worried what this means for Mass Effect's development. DA:I is arguably the best thing bioware has done for while, and this bomb may suggest to EA higher ups that more linearity may be the way to go =[.
Mass Effect is already mainstream as fuck. Nothing to worry about there.
Miles Quaritch
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MastorofPuppetz
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Except your wrong and they do, heck look at the massive marketing push they gave destiny...Uncharted will be pushed hard, as well some of there other games..
Speaking of anecdotal evidence:
I had a bunch of credit for Game, so I went in to pick up Dragon Age on PS4. Nothing. So I decided to go for Xbox. Nothing. So I headed to the PC section, and again, nothing.
I went through each section again, and a third time to be sure. There was nothing in the store to even suggest the game existed. No promotional material, no price listing, no strategy guides. I honestly had to pull out my phone to check it actually was out in the UK, so I wouldn't be embarrassing myself by asking the assistant where the fuck the Dragon Age be at. He told me they ran out. I asked when they'd be restocked. He said they have deliveries coming in pretty much every day but they'd been waiting on Dragon Age for a while. I gave up and bought the digital version.
I had a bunch of credit for Game, so I went in to pick up Dragon Age on PS4. Nothing. So I decided to go for Xbox. Nothing. So I headed to the PC section, and again, nothing.
I went through each section again, and a third time to be sure. There was nothing in the store to even suggest the game existed. No promotional material, no price listing, no strategy guides. I honestly had to pull out my phone to check it actually was out in the UK, so I wouldn't be embarrassing myself by asking the assistant where the fuck the Dragon Age be at. He told me they ran out. I asked when they'd be restocked. He said they have deliveries coming in pretty much every day but they'd been waiting on Dragon Age for a while. I gave up and bought the digital version.
Wickerbasket
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Looks like Dragon Age 2 damaged the brand; that's what happens when you put out a shitty game though.
The rest of the chart is pretty standard fare.
The rest of the chart is pretty standard fare.
MastorofPuppetz
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ME is more of a third person action/shooter game then RPG, it is much more mainstream and casual.
Sho_Nuff82
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As has been pointed out repeatedly in the NPD thread, DA:O outsold Mass Effect.
Edit: Though I agree that ME4 has much less to worry about, I do think that ME3 may have similarly damaged the brand.
Destiny was all Activision. Sony just paid for that thing at the end talking about PS4 and the DLC.
Miles Quaritch
Member
Cross posting.
While it is good to see. I think there's reason to care. That it took them bundling it so heavily to get the game some sales, suggests the IP might not be able to stand on its own and that's a worry for its long term success and viability as a new IP.
While it is good to see. I think there's reason to care. That it took them bundling it so heavily to get the game some sales, suggests the IP might not be able to stand on its own and that's a worry for its long term success and viability as a new IP.
Hamster Plugin
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PC gamers seem to prefer digital distribution these days, so The Sims 4's low position should not be a big surprise.
I wonder why Just Dance isn't selling as much on other platforms, like Xbox One (remember when Kinect was always included?) or 360. Everyone thinks of it as a Wii game.
Stilton Disco
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On here from a week or two back. Although now I think about it was more likely 69% (think I got 69% and ~70% confused) on PS4. I'll try and track it down quickly.
EDIT; Never mind, I was fucking miles off:
Dragon Age : Inq
PS 4: 43%
X1: 30%
X360 : 12%
PS 3: 6%
PC: 9%
Soz about that guys! Still a massive sales advantage in PS4's favour mind.
Eh, I wouldn't exactly call Mass Effect mainstream. IIRC DAO has sold more copies than every Mass Effect game.
I think it's a good strategy to get the game out there. I think any new racing IP is going to struggle (HI CREW) and bundling it would make sense to get name recognition out there and if people dig it, the sequel can stand on its own two feet.
It's not a game I enjoy, but looking at the positive feedback, getting the first one in as many hands as possible is probably a good thing.
Yup. It's always a shock to see a PC game chart rather than the opposite. Sims 4 did alright at launch and Football Manager is really the only other game that typically charts.
I think what you read was that it sold 79% more on ps4 than xb1.
Yes but The Sims, as Blizzard games, used to sell pretty well on physical formats too.
MastorofPuppetz
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umm no...sony also did a lot of ads for the game, and even stated they treated it like a first party title.
I see what you are saying but I cant agreed,bundles are nothing new at all even the most biggest IPs have them.
Hm, BusinessWeek seems to state that Sony merely chipped in towards the marketing budget,