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UK Boxed Sales | MW3's launch is 25% lower than last year’s MW2 - 72% of sales on PS5, 20% on Xbox and 8% on PS4 (digital will change this though)
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yazenov
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MW3 is around 25% lower on steam as well, so the trend continues with the UK. Well deserved.
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News - The Call of Duty MW3 multiplayer launch is met with negative Steam reviews and a player count far below that of Modern Warfare 2 at launch
Call of Duty MW3 multiplayer is here, but the Sledgehammer Games FPS is struggling to find its footing at launch, being met by ‘mostly negative’ Steam reviews and a somewhat underwhelming peak player count for Activision’s Call of Duty HQ, which was introduced in 2022 and incorporates Modern...
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Bernoulli
M2 slut
That's good news if digital dropped too, copy and paste each year the same trash
Down 25% only??? Should’ve been more…. Why are people even buying it to begin with?
FalsettoVibe
Member
Cod and Madden need to die.
BennyBlanco
aka IMurRIVAL69
There are no other shooters on the market really that aren’t PC exclusives
JohnnyFootball
GerAlt-Right. Ciriously.
Everything Microsoft touches dies. This happened in record time
I'm kidding. Chill out.
Bernoulli
M2 slut
Makes sense when 75% of Xbox are digital only series S
adamsapple
Or is it just one of Phil's balls in my throat?
Xbox fans need to thank PS fans for their generosity by buying more MLB The Show next year.
thicc_girls_are_teh_best
Member
PS paypigs lining up Microsoft's pockets as we speak. All for a 2-hour DLC 
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Physiognomonics
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Not bad for a DLC though
vaibhavpisal
Member
Xbox users buying game in droves.
It's all starting to make sense now.
It's all starting to make sense now.
thicc_girls_are_teh_best
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Horseganador
Member
Well, as happens with all multis, an abysmal difference in sales in favor of PS5, you remove COD from PS and the franchise sinks.
diffusionx
Gold Member
Why? People always say this but all evidence is that physical and digital sales are highly correlated. The split also matches what is happening in hardware sales.
adamsapple
Or is it just one of Phil's balls in my throat?
Both consoles have a digital SKU. Xbox games, specifically, tend to sell a lot more digitally in UK compared to physically (~80% of UK Elden Ring Xbox sales were digital, as a historic example). PS5 also has a sizable DE audience.
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Because ~70% of the UK Is digital? Because ~80% of Xbox sales are digital? Because 99% of PC sales are digital?
Clearly when the digital data is known we will have a clear situation. In these times, data on boxes data is certainly useless.
Blood Borne
Member
This is a genuine request. Do you have a source for those percentages?
thicc_girls_are_teh_best
Member
The big question is how would those sales hold up if they start to bring COD to Game Pass Day 1. If they are basically unchanged, that's still a W for Microsoft.
Feed it to their sub-addicted base for "free", have Sony's paypigs subsidize any B2P losses on Xbox and then some buying it in droves on PlayStation platforms. That's probably what MS are counting on.
Digital ratio averages in UK are higher for PlayStation than Xbox. So on average, the gap would actually get worst for Xbox with digital included
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iamvin22
Industry Verified
Pretty much this. If the sales difference continues for the next 6 to 7 years you better believe that 10 year deal is getting extended.
Ronin_7
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Wonder if Microsoft considered this move.
Removing games for PlayStation can sink a franchise overnight, the splits are incredible dominant.
I'm not sure all those people would change platform
twilo99
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Mainly because it provides very good entertainment, satisfying people’s competitive nature, and is a solid hand-eye coordination exercise.
MWIII is a very good FPS game.
twilo99
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It will be extremely interesting to see what would happen to Sony’s income statement as well if that happened
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wipeout364
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I am sure digital sales are increased this year. I am not against physical media but buying COD physical would be like buying Fortnite or Apex physical editions. 90% of the game is online, I honestly can’t imagine why physical editions are selling at all for COD.
That said I would not have expected anything to have matched MW2 sales, that was one of the most anticipated COD games since the first MW. MW3 was always going to be the follow up and not the main show.
The next one people need to be watching for is next years BLack Ops 1 remake, that is going to do MW2 numbers again.
That said I would not have expected anything to have matched MW2 sales, that was one of the most anticipated COD games since the first MW. MW3 was always going to be the follow up and not the main show.
The next one people need to be watching for is next years BLack Ops 1 remake, that is going to do MW2 numbers again.
Mibu no ookami
Member
Down 25% only??? Should’ve been more…. Why are people even buying it to begin with?
Down 25% amongst the core that buys it at launch. It's fall-off will be even greater.
Mibu no ookami
Member
Wonder if Microsoft considered this move.
Removing games for PlayStation can sink a franchise overnight, the splits are incredible dominant.
I'm not sure all those people would change platform
The percentage of people that are going to switch platforms over one franchise is minuscule...
Spyxos
Member
Probably also applicable 1 to 1 to FIFA players.That's good news if digital dropped too, copy and paste each year the same trash
yazenov
Member
Total user base matters.
This year's YTD worldwide , the PS5 is estimated to have sold around 14 million as opposed to around 4 million Xbox Series. That's more than 3 to 1.
So based of hardware unit sales and total potential consumers, it's no wonder that the ratio of software sales is overwhelmingly in favor of Playstation.
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Mibu no ookami
Member
Important to recognize what Chris isn't flat-out saying here. That 20% is XBS and X1... To be barely more than double of PS4... is staggering...
owandeseis
Member
Digital ratio averages in UK are higher for PlayStation than Xbox. So on average, the gap would actually get worst for Xbox with digital included
o_o no, not even close.
For example, the physical ratio for Elden Ring's copies sold on Xbox was only 15% on release, while on Playstation it was around 50%, basically over 3x times more on average on Playstation consoles.
Kinda obvious since like over half of Xbox consoles sold so far are Series S, and the Xbox user is closer to a PC one, which left Physical copies long ago
jm89
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In sure Chris will release the digital ratio this time, as shooters generally have a decent split on Xbox.
His been flagrantly hiding platform digital splits for other games for months, which would not have been favourable for Xbox.
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James Sawyer Ford
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-25% for CoD is a massive miss on such a big franchise….Destiny 2 was down 45% but made far less revenue
I’m sure Microsoft ain’t pleased with this trend
I’m sure Microsoft ain’t pleased with this trend
RyanEvans21
Member
Except its on Game Pass
Mibu no ookami
Member
So many people in the industry benefit from "console wars."
The day there is no console war, you're going to see a lot of people at the bread lines. FUD around Sony sells right now. Trying to prop up or make excuses for Microsoft sells right now.
For the longest time we've become accustomed to 2, 3, or even 4 competitors in the console space. Sega bowed out, Nintendo pivoted, and it has been Sony and Microsoft for a very long time.
People think that reality gravitates towards the mean, but it doesn't always. When Netflix defeated Blockbuster they really didn't have any competition for YEARS. It wasn't until 2015 did anyone even think the challenge Netflix. Note Netflix launched original content in 2012.
There could be a time when the only viable major 4K console is the PS5
Their 3rd studio is responsible for this game. What I could see is them moving to a non annual cycle and cutting out sledgehammer games.
Bumblebeetuna
Gold Member
Phil thanks all of you for the money.
James Sawyer Ford
Gold Member
non annual would cause an even bigger revenue decline
MS paid $70B for annual CoD
Killjoy-NL
Member
That's why MS needed to buy Activision.
If they would ever want COD exclusive, or bring GamePass to Playstation, it would require a massive amount of money to compensate for the loss of revenue on Playstation.
Playstation marketshare is just too big, so buying Activision is cheaper long-term.
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Mibu no ookami
Member
Not saying it was a good decision just that annual releases of quality probably aren’t sustainable.
I never thought ABK was worth 70 billion dollars.
Just think about how crazy that is when a game like the last of us costs 200 million to make.
thicc_girls_are_teh_best
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COD still gets XB1 versions released? Not that it'd matter, but I thought almost everyone ditched XB1 versions of games in favor of XBS.
That's what I was saying, think you might've misread my comment
