Racing Game Sales Figures
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They're consistent, clean facts about sales. Unfortunately, most other regions hide behind smoke and mirrors to look at how well games are performing. More often than not, we only see PR statements from affected companies too.
I'm sure we'd all love to see more accurate sales data but yet, here we are. At least we get the monthly NPD rankings too.
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That's what I thought as well. But the most weird thing is, Battlefront II is 5th!
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GTS too, before.
GTS is suffering in sales because of the small content and the single player is unfinished and extremely limited.
If GTS were to release 70% of the content of cars and racing tracks of F7, surely it would sell much more and the reception of the criticism would be very positive.
But PD chose to launch an incomplete game, malnourished and with a very bad IA. GTS turned market niche game.
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They released a game with a very tight focus, I wouldn't necessarily call it incomplete. As for the Ai, I'm sure they didn't spend much time on it considering the main draw of the game is the online, player-to-player component. Especially so since the offline portion of the game was kind of just tacked on as of late.
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Look at what's happening to GTS? It fell from 8th place to 19th place on the UK sales chart; something most GT fans like to bring up when it's doing well. If it were GT7, I'm sure it would've performed much better if it stuck to the old.
Too bad PD had to change direction though....
Too bad PD had to change direction though....
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This is the discussion thread for a recent post on GTPlanet:
This article was published by Brendan Rorrison (@Brend) on January 13th, 2018 in the Gaming category.
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Well deserved. Just give us the promised content and it'll keep sell well.
Also, impressive that FH3 is 13th. I'm sure it's worth every single Penny.
Also, impressive that FH3 is 13th. I'm sure it's worth every single Penny.
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Man, Horizon 4 is going to have to be incredible for Horizon 3 not to be best racing game of the generation.
Why would you expect Project Cars to be beating any of those in sales? It's not a particularly established brand compared to those three, it's pretty niche gameplay-wise, and on consoles at least it had a poor release in terms of performance and bugs as a follow up to a game that was a terrible release.
Did you also expect Assetto Corsa to be on there?
Why would you expect Project Cars to be beating any of those in sales? It's not a particularly established brand compared to those three, it's pretty niche gameplay-wise, and on consoles at least it had a poor release in terms of performance and bugs as a follow up to a game that was a terrible release.
Did you also expect Assetto Corsa to be on there?
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Spend most time on Project Cars 2. Next to no time on GT Sport due to the weird, odd, no idea what, out of place vibration I get when taking corners/bends. Some might say that it's trying to convey traction loss or some such thing, but to be honest its almost like the games trying to tell me what the force feedback would feel like if Donald Trump farted in the bath. Not good for my poor t300 and me
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I'm not sure what this tells us, this is retail and does not include digital downloads, where other games may far much better.
I have not purchased a retail copy of any game in the last three years, I guess it's what it says on the tin, it the best selling physical copy of a racing game, maybe it's because it come bundled with some PS4 packages, who knows?
I have not purchased a retail copy of any game in the last three years, I guess it's what it says on the tin, it the best selling physical copy of a racing game, maybe it's because it come bundled with some PS4 packages, who knows?
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It is worth noting that 2017 was also the year that a slight slump in retail sales ended, making it the most popular year for physical copies in a few years at least. It was a strong showing for retail so it tells us that part of the story.
Until we get actual digital sales data, it's a bit of a struggle. Not surprising each vendor tries to control those numbers so they can spin their own PR on them as required.
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I try to purchase retail as much as I can, can't support download with the internet limitations a lot of us has (including me) and games are starting to exceed 100GB (Forza 7, Battlefield 1, etc).
GTS right now has a concurrent userbase close to 200,000 while the other racing games are lucky to even have 2,000. iRacing has about 20,000 on any given day which is fairly healthy for how expensive that game is to invest in.
I kind of like Project CARS, Project CARS 2 I can't seem to get into much probably due to other recent racing game releases but it's a definite improvement over the first one. I'm a long time Forza player since Forza 2 and Forza 7 isn't that bad but GTS has been taking up most of my time that I haven't really fired up my rig's PC to play other racing games lately.
GTS right now has a concurrent userbase close to 200,000 while the other racing games are lucky to even have 2,000. iRacing has about 20,000 on any given day which is fairly healthy for how expensive that game is to invest in.
I kind of like Project CARS, Project CARS 2 I can't seem to get into much probably due to other recent racing game releases but it's a definite improvement over the first one. I'm a long time Forza player since Forza 2 and Forza 7 isn't that bad but GTS has been taking up most of my time that I haven't really fired up my rig's PC to play other racing games lately.
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This is the discussion thread for a recent post on GTPlanet:
This article was published by Brendan Rorrison (@Brend) on January 17th, 2018 in the Gaming category.
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To those who are coming to this thread from the front page:
You'll notice this article's discussion thread has been merged with multiple previous ones, all focusing on the UK physical sales charts. We've been keeping track of these for a few months now, and we think the long-term trends are better represented this way. The UK is a major chunk of GTPlanet's userbase, and while the digital format is contributing ever more to the sales pie, physical still represents a significant portion. So, we'll continue to focus on it — typically with our man @Brend — and hope the discussion continues in this general thread.
Yay racing games!
You'll notice this article's discussion thread has been merged with multiple previous ones, all focusing on the UK physical sales charts. We've been keeping track of these for a few months now, and we think the long-term trends are better represented this way. The UK is a major chunk of GTPlanet's userbase, and while the digital format is contributing ever more to the sales pie, physical still represents a significant portion. So, we'll continue to focus on it — typically with our man @Brend — and hope the discussion continues in this general thread.
Yay racing games!
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GTA V is no surprise, I think it's a great all-in-one game, if you're buying a new console you might as well buy GTA, especially if you don't have much money, there's driving, shooting, flying, swimming, story, multiplayer, it's a massive package that can satisfy different needs and playstyles, still looks great as well. Plus the franchise isn't milked to death and the next GTA is not even remotely on the horizon.
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This is the discussion thread for a recent post on GTPlanet:
This article was published by Brendan Rorrison (@Brend) on January 23rd, 2018 in the Gaming category.
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It should be noted that Forza 7 was on sale for around $10 in the UK last week that's why it was so high on the charts last week. Also it needs to be noted that Forza 3 charts because it's bundled with the Xbox One S.
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Forza 7 was nowhere near that cheap. At best it was between £18-20 at a push, hardly $10.
The article specifies that bundling factored into the sales of Horizon 3. Literally in writing.
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That's what I thought as well. But the most weird thing is, Battlefront II is 5th!
Latest numbers say BF 2 sold 9 million, just 1 million shy of the EA projections. What hurts EA the most is that there are no micro transactions right now in BF2 (the real money maker for EA).
I bought it too, at 50% sale. It is actually a fun game, but it's a grind fest, IMO more than GTS. Looking forward to the March update, in game progression will bi addressed, so I'm not playing right now,..to busy with GTS.
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BF2 is bundled with PS4 so its going to chart. It should be noted that the UK has slipped to 3rd or 4th for European videogame sales and anything below the top 5 is only selling a modest 1200 to 5k copies at best and that's the upper half of the top 40. FH3 has charted since it launched last year but GT Sport day 1 sales beat FH3 lifetime sales to date in the UK. Which should also be noted.
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http://www.vgchartz.com/
This website have sales data about games consoles , etc , although now really up to date , just for reference
This website have sales data about games consoles , etc , although now really up to date , just for reference
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