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[ethomaz]

GamesIndustry.biz presents… The Year in Numbers 2020

Christmas looms like a slightly obscured beacon of relief in the murky fog that is 2020, and here to guide you along th…

www.gamesindustry.biz

 

[Jethalal]

Props to EA. They are able to suck people dry each year and people keep coming back to them for the same game with minor differences.

 

[Kerotan]

Spiderman making the top 10 in the UK was impressive as was 3 ps4 exclusives in the American top 10.

 

[Imru’ al-Qays]

Extremely interesting. 60% of Switch owners have a PS4! Wish they would've told us how many own all three consoles.

 

[Yui's Empire]

Props to EA. They are able to suck people dry each year and people keep coming back to them for the same game with minor differences.

Peer pressure. You don't really miss out on much gameplay by not upgrading to the next, say, FIFA immediately, but when the community and friends you play with do, it becomes a no-brainer to upgrade.

 

[Amiga]

- Ghost of Tsushima more discussed than TLOU2. the quality of GoT beat the controversy of TLOU2.
- Ghost of Tsushima, the new IP from a good but not yet great as of then studio almost beat TLOU2 in sales.
- games like Avengers, FIFA and the TLOU2 prove sales are not a sign of quality or good reception.

 

[MagnesG]

*Does not include digital sales.

It's funny because the digital/physical ratio for Animal Crossing is nearing 50%.

 

[StreetsofBeige]

Marvel Avengers and Ring Fit cracked the top 10 depending on the region. I guess they sold much better than I thought they would.

 

[ZehDon]

Not including digital sales for Animal Crossing? So, basically confirming its the best selling title of the year, then. Thing is a fucking juggernaut.

 

[itsnotme]

- Ghost of Tsushima more discussed than TLOU2. the quality of GoT beat the controversy of TLOU2.
- Ghost of Tsushima, the new IP from a good but not yet great as of then studio almost beat TLOU2 in sales.
- games like Avengers, FIFA and the TLOU2 prove sales are not a sign of quality or good reception.

Dam what a huge hate boner you have for TLOU2. TLOU2 won many GOTY awards I think it's quality was good enough.

 

[Tchu-Espresso]

- Ghost of Tsushima more discussed than TLOU2. the quality of GoT beat the controversy of TLOU2.
- Ghost of Tsushima, the new IP from a good but not yet great as of then studio almost beat TLOU2 in sales.
- games like Avengers, FIFA and the TLOU2 prove sales are not a sign of quality or good reception.

You sound like someone who desperately wants to be correct.

Face it, TLOU2’s quality beat GoT’s quality. That shows in any number of metrics.

 

[Amiga]

Dam what a huge hate boner you have for TLOU2. TLOU2 won many GOTY awards I think it's quality was good enough.

those awards are because of the culture war content, not the gaming parts. the gamer score is still just 5.7.

 

[Amiga]

You sound like someone who desperately wants to be correct.

the numbers are from the article. I'm correct.

 

[itsnotme]

those awards are because of the culture war content, not the gaming parts. the gamer score is still just 5.7.

Whatever makes you sleep at night.

 

[Rolla]

The last Of Us 2 and Ghost Of Tsushima putting in some serious work.

 

[BaneIsPain]

Breaks my heart to see Mobile gaming is still strongg.

 

[Explosive Zombie]

Too bad we don't get unit sales for US.

 

[Mr Hyde]

Sad to see physical going down the shitter. This is probably the last generation before digital becomes the norm and physical is relegated to niche releases from the likes of Limited Run, Iam8bit, superrare games etc.

 

[Bernd Lauert]

Only 9% physical, yikes. That number will only go down with ubiqutous broadband internet slowly becoming available everywhere.

 

[Jethalal]

Only 9% physical, yikes. That number will only go down with ubiqutous broadband internet slowly becoming available everywhere.

Physical is starting to make less and less sense with these 50+ gig patches too.

 

[VN1X]

Amazing to see Mario Kart 8 still doing crazy numbers and that's excluding digital sales I believe.

 

[Thirty7ven]

TLOU2 haters stay holding that L.

 

[Petaya Berry]

Animal Crossing sales (without digital!) corroborating my thread about the biggest game of the year.

 

[GnomeChimpsky]

Cyberpunk not even on the most searched list, the fuck...

 

[Bodomism]

Mario Kart 8 Deluxe sold more in 2020 than the biggest playstation 4 exclusive is probably the biggest news here.

MK8D is going to sell around 50 million units alone on the Nintendo Switch.

 

[Woopah]

Great numbers, the video game industry is in a very healthy place right now and I think that will continue for the next few years to come.

 

[ethomaz]

those awards are because of the culture war content, not the gaming parts. the gamer score is still just 5.7.

It won 99% of the people choice awards lol

 

[jroc74]

Mario Kart 8 Deluxe sold more in 2020 than the biggest playstation 4 exclusive is probably the biggest news here.

MK8D is going to sell around 50 million units alone on the Nintendo Switch.

MK8 on the Wii U damn near sold more than the biggest PS4 exclusive. How is this news?

 

[Captain Toad]

Extremely interesting. 60% of Switch owners have a PS4! Wish they would've told us how many own all three consoles.

That's the beauty of Switch. It is offering something vastly different from the competition, which gives PlayStation and Xbox owners a reason to also own a Switch. There are far fewer reason for PlayStation owners to own an Xbox as well.

 

[DForce]

- Ghost of Tsushima more discussed than TLOU2. the quality of GoT beat the controversy of TLOU2.
- Ghost of Tsushima, the new IP from a good but not yet great as of then studio almost beat TLOU2 in sales.
- games like Avengers, FIFA and the TLOU2 prove sales are not a sign of quality or good reception.

those awards are because of the culture war content, not the gaming parts. the gamer score is still just 5.7.

Your opinions are not facts.

 

[Amiga]

Your opinions are not facts.

the opinion is based on facts, there are no other facts that prove the contrary.

It won 99% of the people choice awards lol

IIRC TLOU2 lost the the big one, the VGA peoples choice.

 

[ethomaz]

IIRC TLOU2 lost the the big one, the VGA peoples choice.

It won the biggest one... Golden Joystick.
It lose the VGA due the massive 4chan hate chain due a tweet from Neil but that is another discussion.

The actual numbers:

• The Last of Us Part II- 62
  • Media Outlets: 43 | Readers' Choice: 19
• Ghost of Tsushima- 12
  • Media Outlets: 10 | Readers' Choice: 2

GoT got only 2 popular votes awards (VGA and Yo soy un Gamer)... everything else choose TLOU2.
In fact the difference is smaller with Media Outlets (~4.3:1) than Popular Votes (~9.5:1).

 

[Bartski]

who the hell buys all those FIFAs?

 

[Nikana]

Mario Kart and Animal Crossing just wont stop. Or...cant be stopped. Idk which one.

 

[ethomaz]

who the hell buys all those FIFAs?

I used to buy each 2 years a new FIFA... in fact it was FIFA in the even years and PES in odd years.

The world (maybe less in United States) loves Football.
It is probably one of the best gaming sold in Europe and Latin America.

The updated athletes alone is a already a game changer.

 

[Amiga]

It won the biggest one... Golden Joystick.
It lose the VGA due the massive 4chan hate chain due a tweet from Neil but that is another discussion.

The actual numbers:

• The Last of Us Part II- 62
  • Media Outlets: 43 | Readers' Choice: 19
• Ghost of Tsushima- 12
  • Media Outlets: 10 | Readers' Choice: 2

GoT got only 2 popular votes awards (VGA and Yo soy un Gamer)... everything else choose TLOU2.
In fact the difference is smaller with Media Outlets than Popular Votes.

Golden Joystick is British, it's regional. VGA is the bigger and where people bothered to vote. since TLOU2 is bad nobody will go from site to site to vote it out, people just stop caring. only bother to with it on GAF because it's forum I follow. the defensive fanbase and the badgering non-gamer "woke" crowed though would have a reason to go all over the net voting to prove something. so the number of different "choice" awards don't matter if they are small circle with small participation.

 

[ethomaz]

Golden Joystick is British, it's regional. VGA is the bigger and where people bothered to vote. since TLOU2 is bad nobody will go from site to site to vote it out, people just stop caring. only bother to with it on GAF because it's forum I follow. the defensive fanbase and the badgering non-gamer "woke" crowed though would have a reason to go all over the net voting to prove something. so the number of different "choice" awards don't matter if they are small circle with small participation.

Yeap... only valid award where the one that 4chan made a massive campaign to make the second place win lol

Legit

 

[MiguelItUp]

I love seeing details like this, it's always interesting to get that insight.

Also, ugh, I really wish we'd get passed mobile gaming, lmao.

 

[DForce]

the opinion is based on facts, there are no other facts that prove the contrary.

1. GoT didn't beat TLOU in sales. It's still way behind.
2. TLOU has been talked about way more than GoT. People such as yourself love to bring up GoT alongside TLOU 2.
3. One person doesn't determine the quality of a game. A game being good or bad in quality is based on a person's personal opinion, and your opinion doesn't hold any higher value than anyone else on this thread.
4. These awards are a mixture of people fan votes and critics. As of right now, TLOU leads the most in gamer choice awards. Most critics from different outlets have chosen TLOU 2 as their game of the year. You cannot accept this, so you're making excuses why the awards TLOU 2 have received aren't legit.

You expect people to take you serious with such beliefs.

 

[ethomaz]

I love seeing details like this, it's always interesting to get that insight.

Also, ugh, I really wish we'd get passed mobile gaming, lmao.

Mobile is becoming more and more bigger every year.
It won't pass.

In fact games on mobile today has little to no difference from gaming on PC or consoles.
You can even use Mouse/KB or your preferred console controller.

 

[Maxwell Jacob Friedman]

- Ghost of Tsushima more discussed than TLOU2. the quality of GoT beat the controversy of TLOU2.
- Ghost of Tsushima, the new IP from a good but not yet great as of then studio almost beat TLOU2 in sales.
- games like Avengers, FIFA and the TLOU2 prove sales are not a sign of quality or good reception.

Almost is not good enough, also was ghosts at the awards cermeony this year....did it win :s. The last of us part II won goty and also the majority of the awards, got the shirt to prove it.

but wait let me guess...shills right....

or "well what about all those returned copies, probably the most returned game ever", hows cyberpunk doing by the way?

what other narrative do people want to spin?

 

[Amiga]

1. GoT didn't beat TLOU in sales. It's still way behind.
2. TLOU has been talked about way more than GoT. People such as yourself love to bring up GoT alongside TLOU 2.
3. One person doesn't determine the quality of a game. A game being good or bad in quality is based on a person's personal opinion, and your opinion doesn't hold any higher value than anyone else on this thread.
4. These awards are a mixture of people fan votes and critics. As of right now, TLOU leads the most in gamer choice awards. Most critics from different outlets have chosen TLOU 2 as their game of the year. You cannot accept this, so you're making excuses why the awards TLOU 2 have received aren't legit.

You expect people to take you serious with such beliefs.

on these facts say I'm right, not just opinion:

- said GoT "almost" beat TLOU2. it's comes right after it in numbers.
- the article here says GoT is more discussed.
- 150 thousand on MC give TLOU2 a bad 5.7 score average.
- critics don't matter, they are just regulars who bothered to run a website for add money. and misinform gamers most of the time for that add money. some publicly attacked gamers and other reviewers who criticized TLOU2. so critic opinion is actually worse and even a bad sign.

 

[deriks]

Glad to see Brasil at 4 in the sales. Even with all problems we rock!

Sad to see that Felipe Neto still is big. He's a lefty miss universe talk bitch

Also, Animal Crossing took the podium. Suck it, Sony boys

 

[Amiga]

Almost is not good enough, also was ghosts at the awards cermeony this year....did it win :s. The last of us part II won goty and also the majority of the awards, got the shirt to prove it.

but wait let me guess...shills right....

or "well what about all those returned copies, probably the most returned game ever", hows cyberpunk doing by the way?

what other narrative do people want to spin?

cyberpunk, TLOU2, Avengers, RE3 all deserve the criticism.

and CP77 and even Avengers can be fixed in time but TLOU2 will stay bad forever.

 

[ethomaz]

cyberpunk, TLOU2, Avengers, RE3 all deserve the criticism.

and CP77 and even Avengers can be fixed in time but TLOU2 will stay bad forever.

Happily TLOU2 is already amazing from day one... so it doesn't need to be fixed to get better.

 

[MiguelItUp]

Mobile is becoming more and more bigger every year.
It won't pass.

In fact games on mobile today has little to no difference from gaming on PC or consoles.
You can even use Mouse/KB or your preferred console controller.

Oh of course, I just wish it would.

But at some point they'll excel and be better than they currently are. I'll be more accepting of them then, haha.

 

[DForce]

on these facts say I'm right, not just opinion:

- said GoT "almost" beat TLOU2. it's comes right after it in numbers.
- the article here says GoT is more discussed.
- 150 thousand on MC give TLOU2 a bad 5.7 score average.
- critics don't matter, they are just regulars who bothered to run a website for add money. and misinform gamers most of the time for that add money. some publicly attacked gamers and other reviewers who criticized TLOU2. so critic opinion is actually worse and even a bad sign.

- There's no almost. It's more than a million behind in sales.
- It says most discussed games on Twitter. Twitter is only one platform.
- Vast majority didn't play it. Very different from the actual PlayStation store when you need to buy it to give it a rating. You expect people to take you seriously when you find nothing wrong with people spamming the MC user score versus critics who played the game.
- It's their opinion. So far, most gaming journalist pics TLOU 2 and most player choice awards have went to TLOU.

It's difficult for you to accept that many people like this game. You guys need to learn to accept and move on.

 

[Amiga]

Happily TLOU2 is already amazing from day one... so it doesn't need to be fixed to get better.

some say the same about CP77. both are obviously wrong

 

[ethomaz]

some say the same about CP77. both are obviously wrong

Nope.

You are wrong (again)... CP077 needs a lot of fixes... including breaking bugs that generate constant crashes.

TLOU2 while has some bugs was a complete experience since day one.

 

[Amiga]

- There's no almost. It's more than a million behind in sales.
- It says most discussed games on Twitter. Twitter is only one platform.
- Vast majority didn't play it. Very different from the actual PlayStation store when you need to buy it to give it a rating. You expect people to take you seriously when you find nothing wrong with people spamming the MC user score versus critics who played the game.
- It's their opinion. So far, most gaming journalist pics TLOU 2 and most player choice awards have went to TLOU.

It's difficult for you to accept that many people like this game. You guys need to learn to accept and move on.

- in sales even billions can be "almost". GoT even on pace to overtake eventually.
- yes
- please provide data on claim. on the other hand we have actual website "critics" who say they don't play the games they rate, some have been caught stealing other peoples reviews. they are mostly in this for business or politics.
- we have seen what Drukerman thinks about negative opinions. each critic he pointed out got attacked.

maybe it's you who is in denial? I know a group of people like TLOU2 even with it's problems. but you can't accept that a large percentage of gamers view it as a horrible game.