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[Tiago Rodrigues]

Mentioned by Chris on Twitter. He's the one that writes all articles from GamesIndustry.biz each week for UK sales and each month for European's sales.

Hopefully another rumor dies down on Gaf that most of this game's sales were from bundles, when less than 20% of them were, lol.

This was something that a lot of players from other platforms have been mentioning since the game released early last year for some reason.

 

[Ansphn]

Myth busted

 

[RickSanchez]

Mentioned by Chris on Twitter. He's the one that writes all articles from GamesIndustry.biz each week for UK sales and each month for European's sales.

Hopefully another rumor dies down on Gaf that most of this game's sales were from bundles, when less than 20% of them were, lol.

This was something that a lot of players from other platforms have been mentioning since the game released early last year for some reason.

i did not even know such a myth existed.

Also, Forbidden West is a fucking great game.

 

[jm89]

Bunduru brigade in shambles

 

[MasterCornholio]

 

[Tiago Rodrigues]

i did not even know such a myth existed.

Literally every sales charts with Horizon in it ends up on how it's all a part of bundles, specially from european charts.

Good for you for not paying attention to sales charts. I should do the same, lmao.

 

[Punished Miku]

The fact that this headline even exists is a win for trolls everywhere.

 

[Topher]

Sucks Bernd Lauert isn't here for this

miss ya bro!

 

[XXL]

 

[The Cockatrice]

Europe has good taste. It's my goty. The most incredible technical achievement for a game ever done tbh. Its insane how not many talk about its visuals.

 

[TropicanaTwista]

Always weird to me people downplay games selling with bundles anyway. So about 15-20% of the games sales were from bundles. I'm sure a decent chunk of those people were interested in the game anyway.

Like maybe it's just me. But I'm not buying a bundle with a game I'm not interested in unless it's basically included for free (which I don't believe was the case for Horizon, but maybe wrong on that).

 

[Gudji]

 

[feynoob]

It's called physical sales.
Bundles would be too much for that.

 

[DeepEnigma]

Europe has good taste. It's my goty. The most incredible technical achievement for a game ever done tbh. Its insane how not many talk about its visuals.

It's definitely a looker. Still, IMO, the best looking game out there, open world to boot.

But one thing I will comment on that is very underrated in the game and does not get much attention, is the sound design and music. Especially the hot mechanical synthy sounds in the music change when you get into battle with machines.

 

[STARSBarry]

Still haven't finished it as I found it so bloody boring but good on Horizon for keeping the general public entertained none the less.

 

[ToTTenTranz]

Also, Forbidden West is a fucking great game.

I'm playing it right now and IMO, at least from a technical point of view, it's definitely a game that suffered from forgetfulness syndrome during the 2022 awards period.

It's easily one of the best-looking games I have ever played and it's open world.

 

[geary]

At 5 millions copy sold, 20% is 1 million.

 

[DaGwaphics]

Always weird to me people downplay games selling with bundles anyway. So about 15-20% of the games sales were from bundles. I'm sure a decent chunk of those people were interested in the game anyway.

Like maybe it's just me. But I'm not buying a bundle with a game I'm not interested in unless it's basically included for free (which I don't believe was the case for Horizon, but maybe wrong on that).

I'm not for or against bundles, they can be a great value. But, I don't think the bundle sales necessarily represent a real interest in the pack-in game, especially when the system is still in the hard-to-get phase. Basically if you want the system and the version you can buy is the bundle, you get the bundle.

 

[Bo_Hazem]

 

[Ar¢tos]

I got the game as part of a forced retailer bundle on top of the official GoWR bundle.
I guess those count as "individual" sales and not bundle sale...
(ps5 GoWR edition + physical hfw + physical tlou part 1)

 

[The Cockatrice]

It's definitely a looker. Still, IMO, the best looking game out there, open world to boot.

But one thing I will comment on that is very underrated in the game and does not get much attention, is the sound design and music. Especially the hot mechanical synthy sounds in the music change when you get into battle with machines.

Yeah I loved the soundtrack, I listen to it on spotify ocasionally.

 

[MikeM]

Only the anti-PS fanboys would believe such a ridiculous rumour.

 

[skit_data]

Yeah I loved the soundtrack, I listen to it on spotify ocasionally.

I like the game and the soundtrack too but it got destroyed a bit for me by tommib saying something along the lines of ”sounds like something you’d hear a middle-age woman doing yoga class put on” which was a pretty damn apt and funny way to put it IMO xD

Edit: wierd, he doesn’t show up when I tried tagging him

 

[mckmas8808]

Literally every sales charts with Horizon in it ends up on how it's all a part of bundles, specially from european charts.

Good for you for not paying attention to sales charts. I should do the same, lmao.

It's sad that the Xbox fanboy crowd NEEDS to believe that 1st party games don't matter to the success of a console SO badly that they've created that stupid narrative about Horizon: FW and the bundles crap.

 

[DeepEnigma]

It's sad that the Xbox fanboy crowd NEEDS to believe that 1st party games don't matter to the success of a console SO badly that they've created that stupid narrative about Horizon: FW and the bundles crap.

Don't worry. That narrative will do a complete 180 when those games start dropping on their platform of worship. Much like how they now love anemic boxes that are supposed to last the next 4-5 years, game streaming, and cinematic walky talky movie game adventures.

 

[mckmas8808]

The fact that this headline even exists is a win for trolls everywhere.

When facts are put out for the public to see, we should NEVER care if it's a win for trolls or not.

 

[PixelatedBeast]

Still haven't finished it as I found it so bloody boring but good on Horizon for keeping the general public entertained none the less.

NGL, this is how I feel sometimes whenever I play a Fromsoft game. The gameplay loop is just kill this, kill that, fight big boss and die 8x then repeat.

 

[RickSanchez]

01011001​

If you have an opinion on the game, at least have the balls to voice it yourself, instead of twisting someone else's words

 

[TheRedRiders]

It’s been my favourite game since the PS5 has launched. The gameplay, story, lore and soundtrack are phenomenal.

Glad to see the stupid narratives surrounding it getting destroyed.

 

[The artful mincer]

 

[RickSanchez]

It’s been my favourite game since the PS5 has launched. The gameplay, story, lore and soundtrack are phenomenal.

Glad to see the stupid narratives surrounding it getting destroyed.

Yes! I haven't played Elden Ring and GoW Ragnarok underwhelmed me, so Forbidden West is basically my personal 2022 GotY

 

[Portugeezer]

 

[FingerBang]

Well deserved. I rarely change my mind after playing a game, but Forbidden West went to "meh, more of the same" to "fuck, this shit is amazing".

It's just so slow at the beginning, I can see why it failed to generate much buzz once Elden Ring released after a week. It was really unfortunate.

 

[RickSanchez]

Well deserved. I rarely change my mind after playing a game, but Forbidden West went to "meh, more of the same" to "fuck, this shit is amazing".

It's just so slow at the beginning, I can see why it failed to generate much buzz once Elden Ring released after a week. It was really unfortunate.

I guess Guerilla / Sony underestimated the potential overlap of the target audience for the two games, and frankly so did i. I did not think Forbidden West players would simply move to Elden Ring en-masse, because it is such a different game.

But yes, Forbidden West is fucking amazing, and Aloy is......

 

[FingerBang]

I guess Guerilla / Sony underestimated the potential overlap of the target audience for the two games, and frankly so did i. I did not think Forbidden West players would simply move to Elden Ring en-masse, because it is such a different game.

But yes, Forbidden West is fucking amazing, and Aloy is......

Well, I did not buy Forbidden West because Elden Ring was coming out and I knew there was not time for me to play the former in one week. I ended up buying it 6 months later and played it properly only in December, after finishing GOW Ragnarok.

I'm not a big fan of Aloy's personality and the characters of the game in general, but the gameplay and graphics are top notch and there's a lot to like. I feel it's really underrated and I'm happy it did well. Looking forward to the next gen exclusive DLC!

 

[remember_spinal]

NPD alone should have told us this but here we are….again..

 

[Heisenberg007]

Horizon Forbidden Dance.

 

[Kvally]

Oh oh, someone will be in shortly to condemn Sony gifs.......

 

[Topher]

Oh oh, someone will be in shortly to condone Sony gifs.......

Condone or condemn? I've seen both...

 

[remember_spinal]

the more people complain about sony gifs the more fun they are to use

 

[mckmas8808]

Well deserved. I rarely change my mind after playing a game, but Forbidden West went to "meh, more of the same" to "fuck, this shit is amazing".

It's just so slow at the beginning, I can see why it failed to generate much buzz once Elden Ring released after a week. It was really unfortunate.

It's funny when people say this, because it's one of the world's best selling games in 2022 and was nominated for many gaming awards last year. It just didn't "win" many.

 

[mckmas8808]

the more people complain about sony gifs the more fun they are to use

Jeez......I now wish this was a scene in the game.

 

[remember_spinal]

It's funny when people say this, because it's one of the world's best selling games in 2022 and was nominated for many gaming awards last year. It just didn't "win" many.

If horizon forbidden west was forgotten or “did bad” becuase of elden ring what does that say for the rest of the gaming industry this year? Lol

 

[TheGodfather07]

trolls will be trolls and will always find a way to downplay.

 

[GHG]

 

[22:22:22]

So 80% bought this game at what, 80€?

 

[Pelta88]

It's sad but kinda hilarious that this basic fact needs clarification.

There's a segment of gamers that live in a realm where Playstation's quality is really a conspiracy. In that particular rabbit hole, PlayStation will face a backlash for upping the price of their exclusives while at the very same time, their games are only being sold in $500/£500 console bundles.

Truly strange shit.

 

[DeepEnigma]

It's sad but kinda hilarious that this basic fact needs clarification.

There's a segment og gamers that live in a realm where Playstation's quality is really a conspiracy. In that particular rabbit hole, PlayStation will face a backlash for upping the price of their exclusives while at the very same time, their games are only being sold in $500/£500 console bundles.

Truly strange shit.

Don't worry. That narrative is now retired since it's $70 now for you know who and their recent bundle of a 2021 game.

 

[ZehDon]

I've literally never seen nor heard this rumour, was it actually widespread?

 

[DForce]

When Sony released bundles and the game was hitting the top of the sales charts, haters assumed it was putting up huge numbers. What they didn't know is that it doesn't take much to make it to the top of the sales charts in the UK.

Horizon was probably selling around 2K per week when the bundles were released, which is very small in comparison to the first week sales, when it sold over 100k.