102020393023445948594 2,223 Posted July 5, 2021 Share Posted July 5, 2021 Quote It’s not unusual to see the physical sales of new releases skew heavily in favour of PlayStation in the UK, but the emergence of Xbox Game Pass is making the splits ridiculous. Dungeons & Dragons: Dark Alliance, which launched in Britain last week, generated 54 per cent of its boxed copy sales on PS5 and a further 42 per cent on PS4 – that’s 96 per cent in total. It means that just four per cent of physical copies in the UK were sold on Xbox platforms, an unprecedented split between console families. https://www.pushsquare.com/news/2021/07/in_the_uk_96_percent_of_dark_alliances_physical_sales_were_on_ps5_ps4 4% Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Cooke 2,034 Posted July 5, 2021 Share Posted July 5, 2021 (edited) why would xbox gamers buy it? its on gamepass.. so uh its kinda free. What would be weird is if that 4% were higher. Enjoy paying for that shit game though British cows Edited July 5, 2021 by Cooke Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Cooke 2,034 Posted July 5, 2021 Share Posted July 5, 2021 This is the equivalent of buying a shitty movie when you can watch it on Netflix for less than half the price. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
madmaltese★ 2,591 Posted July 6, 2021 Share Posted July 6, 2021 2 hours ago, Cooke said: why would xbox gamers buy it? its on gamepass.. so uh its kinda free. What would be weird is if that 4% were higher. Enjoy paying for that shit game though British cows Very true but don't forget how much Phil and Xbox use to say that GP actually boosts game sales 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Voidler 1,675 Posted July 6, 2021 Share Posted July 6, 2021 2 hours ago, Cooke said: why would xbox gamers buy it? its on gamepass.. so uh its kinda free. What would be weird is if that 4% were higher. Enjoy paying for that shit game though British cows It matters when retailers start reducing shelf space for Xbox when it only brings in 4% of game sales Quote Link to post Share on other sites
FIREPOWER 739 Posted July 6, 2021 Share Posted July 6, 2021 Didn’t Phil the Clown say that GamePass would increase game sales! How is this possible? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
bhytre 2,753 Posted July 6, 2021 Share Posted July 6, 2021 It's s-strategy - Microcuck Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Cooke 2,034 Posted July 6, 2021 Share Posted July 6, 2021 34 minutes ago, Voidler said: It matters when retailers start reducing shelf space for Xbox when it only brings in 4% of game sales Unfortunately this is the future. It's digital entertainment, discs are fading fast. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
DynamiteCop 2,087 Posted July 6, 2021 Share Posted July 6, 2021 35 minutes ago, Voidler said: It matters when retailers start reducing shelf space for Xbox when it only brings in 4% of game sales Retailers barely even exist anymore. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
JonDnD 2,650 Posted July 6, 2021 Share Posted July 6, 2021 Guy on era said the retail copies sold were in the thousands , like in 1000s lol 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Twinblade★ 3,946 Posted July 6, 2021 Share Posted July 6, 2021 14 minutes ago, JonbX said: Guy on era said the retail copies sold were in the thousands , like in 1000s lol Im not surprised it seemed pretty rough based on the footage I saw. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Voidler 1,675 Posted July 6, 2021 Share Posted July 6, 2021 39 minutes ago, DynamiteCop said: Retailers barely even exist anymore. They still exist, especially for new hardware purchases Quote Link to post Share on other sites
JonDnD 2,650 Posted July 6, 2021 Share Posted July 6, 2021 17 minutes ago, Twinblade said: Im not surprised it seemed pretty rough based on the footage I saw. I tried it on GP, its terrible Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Mr. Impossible 411 Posted July 6, 2021 Share Posted July 6, 2021 To the people using Netflix as an example of gamepass, look at what happened there. The biggest studios pulled out to maximize their catalogs. If the numbers don't work for game makers why would they waste their time having their sales cannibalized? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
madmaltese★ 2,591 Posted July 6, 2021 Share Posted July 6, 2021 1 hour ago, Twinblade said: Im not surprised it seemed pretty rough based on the footage I saw. Having tried it last night, 'pretty rough' would be a compliment. 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Cooke 2,034 Posted July 6, 2021 Share Posted July 6, 2021 42 minutes ago, Mr. Impossible said: To the people using Netflix as an example of gamepass, look at what happened there. The biggest studios pulled out to maximize their catalogs. If the numbers don't work for game makers why would they waste their time having their sales cannibalized? That's why MS has been buying studios to compensate for that eventuality.. or they add their own service to it like EA play. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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