Does this stat take release date into account? Otherwise it seems like a pretty meaningless metric. An AAA game that releases in January is going to have better sales for the year compared to one that releases in October.
this post was submitted on 18 Jan 2024
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It doesn't, but most game sales are front loaded at release. Having 8 months on the shelf still makes a difference, for sure, but it's still notable that it was number 1.
Call of Duty always release near the end, but is still the number 1 game every year.
What's crazy to me is that after the first week or two, I didn't see anyone talking about it. I kind of assumed it either flopped or was mediocre but I guess people just silently played it?
It has that mainstream appeal as in being a brand parents know (Harry Potter) and being pretty inoffensive (i.e. no guns and blood or sex and partying) so I imagine just about every kid with a system it runs on and in the age bracket of 6-16 got it for Christmas or their Birthday despite not being on the wishlist.
And it is actually pretty fun, if really simple in a lot of ways.
Good point!
I love qualifiers and how detailed they can get.
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This is really cool Rock Band
Looks like the original tweet ended as (Rock Band) to indicate the game that took #1 back in 2008, and either OP or the auto-titler missed the parentheses?