#game-sales

#game-sales

According to Obsidian boss Feargus Urquhart, Avowed and The Outer Worlds 2 didn't meet expectations. "They're not disasters," Urquhart told the outlet. "I'm not going to say this was a kick in the teeth. It was more like: 'That sucks. What are we learning?'" The disappointing sales for these two semi-open-world RPGs have Urquhart thinking "a lot about how much we put into the games, how much we spend on them, how long they take."

Choung says the weekly-release format that helped Dispatch explode past 1 million sales in 10 days and put it on track to hit its three-year sales target in just three months was difficult at every turn and an actual "insane thing to do." Speaking to technology newsletter Knowledge, Choung recalled being warned repeatedly that releasing the game week by week instead of all at once was a terrible idea. But the team believed the format was essential for the story.

As part of CD Projekt's earnings report, the Polish company disclosed the new sales figure for Cyberpunk 2077 and the context around it. Joint CEO Michal Nowakowski said Cyberpunk 2077's strong sales are a testament to the "franchise's enduring power." The sales success also "enables us to be even more audacious about charting its future," he said. VGC reminded us that The Witcher 3 needed about six years to achieve 30 million in sales, so Cyberpunk 2077 is selling at a faster rate.

the numbers were a little softer than we would have liked. In the fullness of time, we think it's going to do great.

There are a lot of questions about the future of Xbox as a brand, when games like The Outer Worlds 2 and even its signature shooter, Halo, is coming to PlayStation 5. Microsoft is reportedly working on the next generation of Xbox, but the outlook doesn't look promising. However, Xbox's perceived decline doesn't mean that consoles are dead, according a prominent video game analyst.

Escape from Duckov seems like a simple parody of extraction shooters at first glance, but Jean-Luc dives a little deeper into why over 2 million people bought this game.

Call of Duty: Black Ops 6 was the biggest-selling game of the year in the United States for 2024, and it set a franchise record as well. However, the decision to make Black Ops 6 a day-one launch title for Xbox Game Pass reportedly cost the Call of Duty franchise millions of dollars. According to Bloomberg, a former Microsoft employee disclosed that Call of Duty console and PC sales were $300 million lower in 2024 than they were in 2023. As previously disclosed, 82% of all Black Ops 6 sales came from PlayStation consoles.

The team behind Metal Gear Solid Delta: Snake Eater had one goal in mind when developing the recent remake of the series' most beloved game. "The biggest opportunity here was reaching a new audience," producer Noriaki Okamura told Inverse last month. In that way, Konami succeeded: the faithful-to-a-fault remake is the same generational game from over 20 years ago, built to be easier on the eyes and hands for contemporary players. And just three weeks after launch, the game has sold over a million copies so far, according to Konami.

"To everyone who emerged as a hero of Kvatch, mastered Arch-Mage, rose to Grand Champion, banished the Blackwood Company, gallivanted as the Gray Fox, and listened to the Night. Thank you for sharing in our worlds."

Microsoft's Forza Horizon 5 has become the best-selling new PlayStation 5 game, with over 3 million copies sold after its March release, boosted by a sale price of $45.

An interesting story about Peak, a co-op climbing game, highlights how smart marketing and community engagement helped it sell over 2 million copies in just nine days.

GOG announced nearly two dozen classic Star Wars games are now on sale until May 6, leading up to Star Wars Day, including titles like Dark Forces and Knights of the Old Republic.