brokenbeans
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XB1 player here, my skill level has soared since my first game a few weeks ago and I can only see it growing.
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Rocket League hits 1 million unique players on Xbox One
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XB1 player here, my skill level has soared since my first game a few weeks ago and I can only see it growing.
I'd even argue that RL has more in common with how football is played than FIFA.
xenorevlis
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Oh I'm well aware. If MS ever made the exception for them, like they have for others, it'd be pretty awesome.
Yup, totally this. Got people talking about it and it's still on the PSN top sellers now.
hydrophilic attack
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Very impressive!
They got a good deal from Sony. They said as much in interviews around release. Sony sugared the deal, after they considered not launching on Plus after the well-received beta.
Even so, the attention from Plus allowed them to sell a lot of copies. They announced at the end of February that they had sold 4 million copies on PC and PS4, not including plus. I'd guess around half, or a little less, of those were on PS4. We know that the game sales exceeded 1 million on Steam by the end of August. I think it's likely that lifetime sales will be roughly equal on PS4 and XBO when all is said and done, which is impressive for XBO, considering the late launch. Then again, the game would have probably sold less on XBO and PC had it not gotten a lot of attention from Plus.
Also, you have to consider that the huge user base on PS4 gives an opportunity to sell a lot of cosmetic DLC. However, considering the game's total revenue in December was $50 million most of that likely came from copies sold rather than DLC. (Two months later 4 million copies had been sold, and the non-sale price is $20 I think).
I've heard that Supersonic Acrobatic Rocket-Powered Battle-Cars was really good, but never really caught on. Rocket League's huge success, in comparison, has to be attributed in part to the exposure from being on Plus. On the other hand, stuff like streaming wasn't really around when the prequel launched, and that likely helped the game a lot as well. It'll be interesting to see if other similar games will try similar launch strategies in the future.
They got a good deal from Sony. They said as much in interviews around release. Sony sugared the deal, after they considered not launching on Plus after the well-received beta.
Even so, the attention from Plus allowed them to sell a lot of copies. They announced at the end of February that they had sold 4 million copies on PC and PS4, not including plus. I'd guess around half, or a little less, of those were on PS4. We know that the game sales exceeded 1 million on Steam by the end of August. I think it's likely that lifetime sales will be roughly equal on PS4 and XBO when all is said and done, which is impressive for XBO, considering the late launch. Then again, the game would have probably sold less on XBO and PC had it not gotten a lot of attention from Plus.
Also, you have to consider that the huge user base on PS4 gives an opportunity to sell a lot of cosmetic DLC. However, considering the game's total revenue in December was $50 million most of that likely came from copies sold rather than DLC. (Two months later 4 million copies had been sold, and the non-sale price is $20 I think).
I've heard that Supersonic Acrobatic Rocket-Powered Battle-Cars was really good, but never really caught on. Rocket League's huge success, in comparison, has to be attributed in part to the exposure from being on Plus. On the other hand, stuff like streaming wasn't really around when the prequel launched, and that likely helped the game a lot as well. It'll be interesting to see if other similar games will try similar launch strategies in the future.
As of December 1 there were over 8 million players on PS4 and PC.
sixteen-bit
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Congrats on the milestone
Neo-Saiyan
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My love for this game is unreal! I've said before and I'll say it again, this is my GAME OF THE DECADE! I've lost count of the hours of enjoyment I've gotten out of this since the PS4 release almost a year ago, I've bought every dlc (something I very rarely do) so far just to show my support for the devs, in fact my plus runs out at the end of the month and I plan on paying for the game before I re-sub! Devs deserve every penny.
Ok.. someone hates the idea of cross play.
Yeah that's what it is, I simultaneously login with 999999999 accounts
Banjo-Kazooie
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I still remember all the concern trolling that this game wouldn't sell well on XB1 because of PS+, PC, and releasing a year later.
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CountAntonius
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More people to watch The Rocket League Championship Series.
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