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texhnolyze · Feb 23, 2016

GI: I was in your studio 25 days before Fallout 4 released, and it was very much the calm before the storm. Talk me through the games launch.

TH: It was pretty amazing in retrospect. I think you lose a little perspective when making games, and youre happy that it got done. You hope that when it comes out, its really good, and sells like crazy. Thats whats in your head. One of the things that is amazing: Fallout 4 sold more day one digitally than at retail. Thats a big change.

Related to this, the game shipped 12 million copies worldwide for launch day alone.

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KZXcellent · Feb 23, 2016

I guess I was a part of that. I buy most games digitally nowadays. Mostly to keep myself from trading stuff in and regretting it later on down the line.

Norwegian_Imposter · Feb 23, 2016

texhnolyze said:
Gameinformer

Related to this, the game shipped 12 million copies worldwide for launch day alone.

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Its happening guys 90% digital sales....

EDIT

I added to this, digital on PS4 and a copy on steam for the wife

Miles Quaritch · Feb 23, 2016

Impressive. Were there any deals to be had digitally?

Striek · Feb 23, 2016

He must be excluding preorders.

ShogunDarius · Feb 23, 2016

KZXcellent said:
I guess I was a part of that. I buy most games digitally nowadays. Mostly to keep myself from trading stuff in and regretting it later on down the line.

but on the flip side, you buy a game and hate it, you are stuck with it

Hamster Plugin · Feb 23, 2016

I guess this means digital price gouging in EU will never end. Steam is going to stay 50% more expensive than retail, console stores around 15-25% more.

texhnolyze · Feb 23, 2016

ShogunDarius said:
but on the flip side, you buy a game and hate it, you are stuck with it

Thank god we have Steam refunds nowadays.

oti · Feb 23, 2016

KZXcellent said:
I guess I was a part of that. I buy most games digitally nowadays. Mostly to keep myself from trading stuff in and regretting it later on down the line.

You guess?

LewieP · Feb 23, 2016

Presumably the bulk of the digital sales were on PC. Probably still did well digitally on consoles, but I imagine more than 50% of console sales were discs.

Edit: Particularly given how much more expensive digital console games are than physical copies in many regions.

ShogunDarius · Feb 23, 2016

Hamster Plugin said:
I guess this means digital price gouging in EU will never end. Steam is going to stay 50% more expensive than retail, console stores around 15-25% more.

that or we could get a weird situation where digital pricing goes lower in the us due to higher sales but stays high in the eu because people dont want to pay outrageous prices

texhnolyze said:
Thank god we have Steam refunds nowadays.

true but you only have 2 hours to make that call and that does nothing for xbox or psn sales

KZXcellent · Feb 23, 2016

oti xero said:
You guess?

I don't know. Maybe. Possibly.

Yes

danowat · Feb 23, 2016

Miles Quaritch said:
Impressive. Were there any deals to be had digitally?

Don't think so....

what would be interesting is to know what regions they were brought in, wonder just how many people are cross buying digital content across other regions

Newline · Feb 23, 2016

Hamster Plugin said:
I guess this means digital price gouging in EU will never end. Steam is going to stay 50% more expensive than retail, console stores around 15-25% more.

But cdkeys.

E_Darkness · Feb 23, 2016

I presume most of those were PC.

Hamster Plugin · Feb 23, 2016

Newline said:
But cdkeys.

Those come from retail copies and would count as a retail sale to Bethesda.

Tingle · Feb 23, 2016

E_Darkness said:
I presume most of those were PC.

Yeah, this is my thinking too. I doubt the console version sold nearly as much digitally, the PC version is probably what pushes this over. Especially with how popular the series is on Steam.

Crimsonclaw111 · Feb 23, 2016

E_Darkness said:
I presume most of those were PC.

It had 1.2 million sales on PC day one. Not sure how that compares.

Green Yoshi · Feb 23, 2016

Sell them without any DRM digitally, than I'm all in (and will buy a new PC). Until then I prefer my retail copies on PS4.

Norwegian_Imposter · Feb 23, 2016

KZXcellent said:
I guess I was a part of that. I buy most games digitally nowadays. Mostly to keep myself from trading stuff in and regretting it later on down the line.

Thats exactly why I started to do it and then it just became way too convenient with no disk swapping

Ninja Sharingan · Feb 23, 2016

Some people will not be able to accept this. Digital is the future sadly. People will be dragged kicking and screaming, some poeple might quit gaming etc but it will be the future, and the younger generation will just accept it.
Im all in I dont need plastic tat

Norwegian_Imposter · Feb 23, 2016

Ninja Sharingan said:
Some people will not be able to accept this. Digital is the future sadly. People will be dragged kicking and screaming, some poeple might quit gaming etc but it will be the future, and the younger generation will just accept it.
Im all in I dont need plastic tat

once collectors editions contain digital codes im all in

Poster#1 · Feb 23, 2016

90% DIGITAL CONFIRMED!

ShogunDarius · Feb 23, 2016

SirShizznit said:
once collectors editions contain digital codes im all in

this should be a thing tbh, a disc inside but a code as well so you dont have to open it

Hasney · Feb 23, 2016

ShogunDarius said:
this should be a thing tbh, a disc inside but a code as well so you dont have to open it

They tried and there was a backlash on the Halo 5 one.

They wouldn't do both as some people will flog on the code.

ShogunDarius · Feb 23, 2016

Hasney said:
They tried and there was a backlash on the Halo 5 one.

They wouldn't do both as some people will flog on the code.

wasnt that a code only not disc and code?

Tesseract · Feb 23, 2016

there's more fallouts online with more than fewer of the atoms inside all the retail meat space fallouts combined

TBiddy · Feb 23, 2016

Tesseract said:
there's more fallouts online with more than fewer of the atoms inside all the retail meat space fallouts combined

What. I don't even..

Did I miss a reference here?

SparkTR · Feb 23, 2016

Well if you count the ~90% digital sales of PC alongside the ~30% for console it makes sense.

KJRS_1993 · Feb 23, 2016

How can you guys even afford to buy so much digitally?
At least in the UK, the digital prices on PSN are absolutely forkin disgraceful.

Bluth54 · Feb 23, 2016

Miles Quaritch said:
Impressive. Were there any deals to be had digitally?

Green Man Gaming was selling CD keys for the game for a little over $40 but I imagine GMG sales make up a very small percentage of PC sales.

AHA-Lambda · Feb 23, 2016

That is kind of incredible

hobblygobbly · Feb 23, 2016

For me Fallout 4 was the first game I bought physically in the last couple of years for PC simply because for some reason the local store had it for 40% cheaper than Steam. Games are much cheaper here physically but I usually still go digital because for convenience and it's not too much of a difference (it depends, can be anything from 10-15% cheaper to 30-40%), but for Fallout 4 it was just a way better deal.

Norwegian_Imposter · Feb 23, 2016

KJRS_1993 said:
How can you guys even afford to buy so much digitally?
At least in the UK, the digital prices on PSN are absolutely forkin disgraceful.

same price here and often cheaper because of weekly sales than retail here in Norway

(PC is different with the code sellers)

Triggerhappytel · Feb 23, 2016

I mean, this has got to be PC sales, right? I'd be interested to know the ratio on consoles only.

Norwegian_Imposter · Feb 23, 2016

ShogunDarius said:
this should be a thing tbh, a disc inside but a code as well so you dont have to open it

yeah It should be a disc that you use the code once to activate it, without the code the disc is a paperweight but you can use the code on its own...

danowat · Feb 23, 2016

KJRS_1993 said:
How can you guys even afford to buy so much digitally?
At least in the UK, the digital prices on PSN are absolutely forkin disgraceful.

Buy from other regions.

SparkTR · Feb 23, 2016

KJRS_1993 said:
How can you guys even afford to buy so much digitally?
At least in the UK, the digital prices on PSN are absolutely forkin disgraceful.

Third party code stores with PC games. You can get keys for the majority of new release AAA games for $40 at launch. And after launch stuff like the new Tomb Raider is already $17 I think.

Bluth54 said:
Green Man Gaming was selling CD keys for the game for a little over $40 but I imagine GMG sales make up a very small percentage of PC sales.

GMG might be a minority, but I'm sure CD key sellers make up a big chunk as a whole. TW3 sold as much on GoG as it did on Steam (if not slightly more) and that's because places like GMG were selling gog keys.

SeanTSC · Feb 23, 2016

Ninja Sharingan said:
Some people will not be able to accept this. Digital is the future sadly. People will be dragged kicking and screaming, some poeple might quit gaming etc but it will be the future, and the younger generation will just accept it.
Im all in I dont need plastic tat

Digital is only *part* of the future. Not the whole future. Discs aren't going away anytime within the next few decades, just like DVDs and Blu-rays haven't and won't.

Jinjo · Feb 23, 2016

I bought digitally and I never regretted it so much, because I really, really wanted to return this game.

CecilRousso · Feb 23, 2016

Ninja Sharingan said:
Some people will not be able to accept this. Digital is the future sadly.

It's not sad that digital is the future. It's just sad that DRM interfers.

Otherwise, digital is the best and most natural form for games.

brawly · Feb 23, 2016

leeh redeemed

OléGunner · Feb 23, 2016

PC must have contributed a lot to that but our digital overlords are here to stay.

KJRS_1993 said:
How can you guys even afford to buy so much digitally?
At least in the UK, the digital prices on PSN are absolutely forkin disgraceful.

You know what I've come to realise is us forum gamers can be a frugal lot.
I think a lot of casual players now just want the ease/convenience of downloads and they've been nicely conditioned to do so thanks to Apple and Android.

Weird side story, I listen to this Arsenal podcast by a 40 something bloke (far far removed from being a hardcore gamer) and all through 2015 the guy was buying shit like Bloodborne/Fallout 4/Fifa 16 all off PSN because he couldn't be arsed to go to a store to just save an extra 10 quid.

I suspect they are many out there like him.

DieH@rd · Feb 23, 2016

E_Darkness said:
I presume most of those were PC.

Yeah.

VICI0US · Feb 23, 2016

Miles Quaritch said:
Impressive. Were there any deals to be had digitally?

there are always deals on PC, I think I grabbed my copy for around $35.

Renekton · Feb 23, 2016

Hope for SFV!

IvorB · Feb 23, 2016

Jinjo said:
I bought digitally and I never regretted it so much, because I really, really wanted to return this game.

Welcome to digital

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PastorOfMuppets · Feb 23, 2016

IvorB said:
Welcome to digital .

Not ideal but Steam has a no questions asked policy on refunds when it comes to purchases with less than two hours of playtime and two weeks old or less. I think if you email support, they're flexible with it.

In the case of a game like Fallout, it's not ideal because two hours is not nearly enough time to try before you buy.

King_Moc · Feb 23, 2016

It just means it sold a high percentage on PC I guess.

Tizoc · Feb 23, 2016

King_Moc said:
It just means it sold a high percentage on PC I guess.

Atm it is at 3 mil owners on steam

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