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New PS5 bundle sends Horizon Forbidden West back to No.1 | UK Boxed Charts

Hezekiah

Banned
If you can’t make sales the normal way, hope your game gets bundled.

Its a pathetic tactic but it’s a great thing to buy a machine and get a free game with it.
The games aren't free, have you never bought a bundle before?

Every manufacturer does it, and has been doing it since the beginning of time. No idea why you're triggered about it, maybe you should start a blog.
 

Kenneth Haight

Gold Member
Dropping In Video Games GIF by PlayStation

Back in to the charts!

Game is beautiful and absolutely huge. I’m just taking my time with it and enjoying flipping between GT7, good times!
 

Hezekiah

Banned
No other reason why every Sony game that is bundled effortlessly cross 20 million mark.

While masterpiece like Elden Ring is finding it hard to cross 15 million sold.
Elden Ring is cheaper, and available on five platforms.

No need for you to cry about its sales potential, and plenty of people don't consider it to be a masterpiece.
 
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STARSBarry

Gold Member
This bundle is newly released? Then why did we have people trolling the game weeks ago saying it only charted because of bundles?

Because its not new new, its new to being sold on the official playstation store, but its been in stock and sold multiple times prior to this from other retailer as per alerts from playstation stock trackers.

Did they break street date? Who knows, but the bundles have been on ebay since last month, so people must have been able to get them somehow.
 
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GHG

Gold Member
Wouldn't you support this method as it help Sony, the game developer, as well as gamers to try their games?
Exactly. So who cares?

They are selling consoles while also supporting their own development teams in the process and helping them gain exposure for their games. It's also likely that someone buying a PS5 would be interested in checking out the exclusive games available on the platform so what exactly is there to cry about? It's bizarre, especially considering this is something all console manufacturers do at various points throughout their product life-cycles.

Not understanding the reason you feel the need to jump in and protect the people who are irate about the outcome.
 

Neofire

Member
Elden Ring is cheaper, and available on five platforms.

No need for you to cry about its sales potential, and plenty of people don't consider it to be a masterpiece.
In my opinion this is another plus to Sony pushing its own games with it's consoles. They work in tandem and that plus is paying off.
 

ParaSeoul

Member
Sony exclusives really have done some mental damage to some people. Jaffes right they need therepy.

If ragnarok releases this year I think it will send them over the edge. Does gaf need a support system in place for these vulnerable people?
I'd hate to see them once the PS5 is getting stocked at the usual rate. They've convinced themselves Playstation was never the most popular choice.
 

Vognerful

Member
Exactly. So who cares?

They are selling consoles while also supporting their own development teams in the process and helping them gain exposure for their games. It's also likely that someone buying a PS5 would be interested in checking out the exclusive games available on the platform so what exactly is there to cry about? It's bizarre, especially considering this is something all console manufacturers do at various points throughout their product life-cycles.

Not understanding the reason you feel the need to jump in and protect the people who are irate about the outcome.

I made it clear that I don't stand in the same position as that guy or saying that HFW is selling well because it is bundled with PS5. If you are not happy with jaysus or whatever, please make it clear.

My issue is with comments that misrepresent the point of these comments

My issue is that everytime we have mentioned te case as an observation (PS5 bundled with games, controller , or headset) people take it as attack on Sony and the games as if we are saying this is the only reason this stuff charts.

In fact we have went through this same argument hundred times now. Shockingly, we have even people who pretend this had never happened (the bundling thing) before this bundle.

And you can go back to my previous comments on the subject; I didn't not object that Sony does it or anyone else. My objection was that people pretended it never happened.
 

Topher

Gold Member
My issue is that everytime we have mentioned te case as an observation (PS5 bundled with games, controller , or headset) people take it as attack on Sony and the games as if we are saying this is the only reason this stuff charts.

The argument that some are making is literally "this is the only reason this stuff charts". Those are the arguments that are getting rebuffed.
 
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Halo Infinite, Call of Duty, Spider-Man, Mario Kart, Animal Crossing all got bundles. They flopped too?

Horizon was on top of the charts for months now and fourth best-selling game of 2022. Seem like the hate campaign Elden Ring vs Horizon didn't work.
PS Store Sales Charts: Horizon Forbidden West Plays Second Fiddle to Elden Ring

Hate campaign?

PLAYSTATION BLOG March 2022


GTA V beat it… so did WWE. Hell even Stranger of Paradise beat it.
Hey, in its defense, Stranger of Paradise is an awesome game. It might as well look like something Square abandoned to launch on the 7th generation but it's damn fun to play it. And the memes actually helped to sell the game.
 

GHG

Gold Member
Yeah. I thinking hard of returning a forced bundle
145€ for 2 games is quite a joke. I get 4 years of Game Pass Ultimate for that.

Good for you.

Clearly not everyone wants to spend their money in the same way that you do though.

I made it clear that I don't stand in the same position as that guy or saying that HFW is selling well because it is bundled with PS5. If you are not happy with jaysus or whatever, please make it clear.

My issue is with comments that misrepresent the point of these comments

My issue is that everytime we have mentioned te case as an observation (PS5 bundled with games, controller , or headset) people take it as attack on Sony and the games as if we are saying this is the only reason this stuff charts.

In fact we have went through this same argument hundred times now. Shockingly, we have even people who pretend this had never happened (the bundling thing) before this bundle.

And you can go back to my previous comments on the subject; I didn't not object that Sony does it or anyone else. My objection was that people pretended it never happened.

The argument of "bundles bad" is being attacked, nothing more, nothing less. If we're on the same page then what's the problem?
 
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STARSBarry

Gold Member
By that logic, any bundles are 'maybe' indicative of bad sales...like Mario Odyssey, Mario Kart 8 & Animal Crossing.

Don't all those games consistantly chart? It shows that bundling games effectively let's you stay in the charts even years after release.
 
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reksveks

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No Miles resurgence, guess it might have been more digital. Interesting to see what increases with a PS5 drop.
 
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reksveks

Member
Switch Sport - Physical Numbers
WK 1 - 45-40k estimated sales numbers
WK 2 - 32% WoW drop (~27-30.6k)
WK 3 - 54% WoW drop (~12.5-14k)
WK 4 - 37% WoW drop (~7.9k-8.9k)
 
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Vognerful

Member
The argument that some are making is literally "this is the only reason this stuff charts". Those are the arguments that are getting rebuffed.

Good for you.

Clearly not everyone wants to spend their money in the same way that you do though.



The argument of "bundles bad" is being attacked, nothing more, nothing less. If we're on the same page then what's the problem?


There is no possibility to discuss this subject especially in this environment without me or you assuming the other fanboy or toxic..

So I will leave it here.
 

Garibaldi

Member
I remember being really bummed playing my bundled copy of Altered Beast on my Mega Drive way back when. I just couldn't enjoy it because all I could think about was how it was inflating the sales of the game. In other news, I'm thoroughly enjoying my bundled Forbidden West on my shiny new PS5. Well, I was until I came into this thread....
 
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SLB1904

Banned
FH4 was Gamepass day one so nobody was going to “number brag” as that would be completely dumb.
Fh4 was definitely bundled for a long time in UK. And was always in the charts and people bragged about it. Go check the threads yourself
 
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