Or people are moving more towards digital
Good thing I'm not American so
There is clearly a digital market. May not be the number 1 market but suggesting they haven't sold any digitally is baffling
Glad to see the tragedy that was Destiny 1 isn't going unrewarded. I sure know they lost a repeat customer in me.
Or people are moving more towards digital
"no digital data" Wtf then this is meaningless
Almost everyone I know owns the game digitally.
I've always got the feeling that the UK is a much heavier PC market, but I don't know how accurate that actually is.
I think you're confusing UK with Germany.I've always got the feeling that the UK is a much heavier PC market, but I don't know how accurate that actually is.
Because everyone loves comparisons with PUBG, I went to the geography tab of the game, and looked at the UK.
Total owners: 10,696,948 (though in theory is more, the web author said it seems he isn't catching some steam id ranges)
% UK Owners 3,8%
Total owners in UK: 406K.
i did but yeah maybe most people are buying it physically although the physical version is £46 on amazon right now and that's with free delivery. if you want faster delivery then you might as well go digital unless you care about a measly few pound. even £9 difference isn't that huge. maybe if it was about £40 then i'd understand.
I bet the "but digital..." people are forgetting digital existed back in 2014 too.
Of course the drop isn't going to be 58% with digital. Because 58% is catastrophic, hilarious, and crazy. But whatever the real drop is, its bad. Real bad.
It's not comparable , at least worlwide. Just an example : Horizon zero dawn was around 650k retail only and >1Ml with digital in US. Back in 2014 digital sales were way lower for AAA console games.
but... but HOW?!Almost everyone I kno went cartridge for D2
Yeah, yeah, the end is nigh and all that.YES, i knew it!!
that dudebro marketing campaign was sucking big compared to the promise of a sci-fi epos that D1 made before its release and could now have been realized instead of making a loot based D1.5.
Feel free to double the numbers if you believe the digital ratio is that high. It's still falls short of retail alone.
Digital won't help with this.
PC will, though!
Because everyone loves comparisons with PUBG, I went to the geography tab of the game, and looked at the UK.
Total owners: 10,696,948 (though in theory is more, the web author said it seems he isn't catching some steam id ranges)
% UK Owners 3,8%
Total owners in UK: 406K.
Well, expansions sell less than real sequel so...
Yeah, yeah, the end is nigh and all that.
Destiny is not gonna be dead no matter how some you guys want it to be
I bet the "but digital..." people are forgetting digital existed back in 2014 too.
There are also people waiting for the PC version.
Yes but Digital is getting bigger all the time. I mean EA said digital sales had jumped over 23% just in the last year. In the UK more people than ever now have access to Fibre Broadband and its growing all the time and that the UK where we've always been crap at internet speeds
You'd expect growth overall considering the larger install current gen base on console (three years after Destiny 1 which sold 82% on current gen at launch) in addition to a new PC version. I wouldn't expect 'launch' sales of the PC version to cannibalise launch sales of the console version to such an extent.
Is there any data that suggest that digital share in the UK is notably lower than in other big Western markets? Because I seriously doubt it.
PC and XB1X platforms yet to be released to be released, surely these will contribute significantly. Also no digital.
I guess a lot of players waited this time around, myself included. That being said I've ordered my copy after seeing the glowing reviews and impressions here.
One that surprised me was the split between Xbox and PS, no where near as big as one would think.
P.S. I know at least 2 people that digitally preordered the game for day 1 gaming. Anecdotally speaking.
Good thing I'm not American so
There is clearly a digital market. May not be the number 1 market but suggesting they haven't sold any digitally is baffling
http://www.pocketgamer.biz/news/64771/uk-digital-games-sales-2016/
The digital market seems to be outperforming the retail market. Vast majority make be microtransactions but the uk loves digital spending
Yes but Digital is getting bigger all the time. I mean EA said digital sales had jumped over 23% just in the last year. In the UK more people than ever now have access to Fibre Broadband and its growing all the time and that the UK where we've always been crap at internet speeds