Posted June 10, 2015
cw8
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mobutu
down with DRM
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From Other
Posted June 10, 2015
imo 4m for 2weeks is pretty good :)
lukaszthegreat
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From Norfolk Island
Posted June 10, 2015
Question is how it compares to dragon Age and mass effect 3
Riotact
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From Ireland
Posted June 10, 2015
Seems like a lot of console love for what is essentially a new IP for them :
PHYSICAL COPIES ONLY :
63 per cent of physical copies were sold on PlayStation 4,
32 per cent on Xbox One (unusual insofar as W2 was a 360 exclusive so it had history wit XBOX)
5 per cent on PC. Of course, the lion's share of PC sales will be digital (Chart-Track's data does not include download sales).
PHYSICAL COPIES ONLY :
63 per cent of physical copies were sold on PlayStation 4,
32 per cent on Xbox One (unusual insofar as W2 was a 360 exclusive so it had history wit XBOX)
5 per cent on PC. Of course, the lion's share of PC sales will be digital (Chart-Track's data does not include download sales).
markrichardb
Games Writer
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legopig
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From United Kingdom
Posted June 10, 2015
That's how it starts :) Nipped in the bud though.
0Grapher
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0Grapher
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From Germany
Posted June 10, 2015
CharlesGrey: Cool story bro. Not really related to Witcher 3 and its commercial success, but still, highly fascinating!
In other news, Angry Birds, Candy Crush Saga and The Sims, most likely outsold them both... Whatever that means!
Also, this just in: Sales of sliced bread are at an all-time high!
XD In other news, Angry Birds, Candy Crush Saga and The Sims, most likely outsold them both... Whatever that means!
Also, this just in: Sales of sliced bread are at an all-time high!
I don't know what's legopig's problem. He calls us fanboys and keeps talking about how Fallout games will sell more copies although it has nothing to do with the Witcher 3 and no one even mentioned Fallout games, compared them to Witcher games or claimed that they would sell not as well. - That's a fanboy for you.
By the way, this isn't the only thread where he's trolling. :)
darkwolf777
Carpe Cervisiam
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Posted June 10, 2015
Wishbone: I wonder if all the NVidia codes aren't included in that "sales" figure. Kind of like how Wii Sports is the "best selling video game of all time".
It's certainly still impressive, but companies like to boast about such figures without saying exactly how they arrived at them.
While the latter is true all too often, Wii Sports was not bundled with the Wii in Japan and was still one of the highest selling games, if not the highest selling game, in that territory. It's certainly still impressive, but companies like to boast about such figures without saying exactly how they arrived at them.
And even if you don't consider the Nvidia bundle as a sale (whether those numbers are included in this or not), I can't imagine that most of those 4m sales could be attributed to people buying new GPUs. I'm not even sure 25% could be. I would bet the bulk of the sales are to consoles, unfortunate as that may be, and they didn't get a free copy of Witcher 3 for buying a new GPU. I would speculate 5%-10% tops could be attributed to the Nvidia bundle.
Hackworthy.900: Yeah that's why you buy a Bethesda game 2 years after release when it's about 49% finished.
Yep. When all the DLC is packed into a GOTY version and mods aplenty round out the remaining 51% of the game. Woe to the console buyer of Bethesda games, though. I pity them.
For a niche game/franchise in a niche genre? Hell yes that's a lot.
Do you know how many copies of Final Fantasy 13 have sold? About 7 million. And bear in mind that game has been on sale for... what 6 years now? And that's from a very well known franchise.
Even Fallout 3 only has about 10 million sales after 7 years, although that doesn't yet account for the huge spike it got from the FO4 announcement.
Skyrim is an anomaly in that there have been about 25 million sold to date, but even Skyrim didn't have 4 million sales in it's first two weeks. Not saying Witcher 3 will hit 25 million sales over the next 4 years (would be awesome if it did), but it's still a damn fine achievement to have this many sales already. There's still a good 3 months of hype driven sales ahead, and then word of mouth picks up the long tail.
orumaeiman
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From China, People's Republic of
Posted June 10, 2015
Impressive
budejovice
3/23/17
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From Belize
Posted June 10, 2015
nvm
Post edited June 10, 2015 by budejovice
Grargar
Insert cat to continue
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From Greece
Posted June 10, 2015
Indeed. It did so in 2 days. :P
ZocomMAX
Indeed!
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From Canada
Posted June 10, 2015
first 2 weeks that is pretty good now they still got all this year and holidays to make even more so lets see how big that number can grow from 4 to _
KiNgBrAdLeY7
Слава России! ура́
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From Other
Posted June 10, 2015
4 million copies is spectacular, actually. This is a next gen game. I can't imagine too many people owning a next gen rig... And considering that many people wait for bargain sales because they cannot spend a large sum. And considering that many people dislike preordering models or buying games at day 1.
Actually, it is doing pretty well. Considering the multitude of bugs... The "no free game guide" this time round and MONETIZING it instead... The absence of storage chest (inkeepers in 1, chestbox in 2)... The abysmal inventory... Grrr, considering they also fixed the nice exploits!!! Et cetera.
Actually, it is doing pretty well. Considering the multitude of bugs... The "no free game guide" this time round and MONETIZING it instead... The absence of storage chest (inkeepers in 1, chestbox in 2)... The abysmal inventory... Grrr, considering they also fixed the nice exploits!!! Et cetera.
Post edited June 10, 2015 by KiNgBrAdLeY7
bluesky777
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