Hogwarts Legacy finished as 2023’s best-selling video game in the U.S. market in dollar sales. It is the first year since 2008 that a non-Call of Duty or Rockstar developed title ranked 1st Rock Band. - eviltoast
  • bionicjoey@lemmy.caEnglish
    271·
    10 months ago

    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.

    • JowlesMcGee@kbin.social
      17·
      10 months ago

      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.

  • glimse@lemmy.worldEnglish
    201·
    10 months ago

    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?

    • ninjan@lemmy.mildgrim.comEnglish
      25·
      10 months ago

      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.

  • Throwaway@lemm.eeEnglish
    83·
    10 months ago

    I think that boycott did the opposite of what it was supposed to

      • sugar_in_your_tea@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
        21·
        10 months ago

        Something something Streisand effect.

        But probably not, I’m guessing most people weren’t aware there was a boycott.

    • iheartneopets@lemm.eeEnglish
      95·
      10 months ago

      If assholes wanna play a boring game to own the libs, then that’s on them, lmao. Similar to them buying barbie and bud light shit just to set it on fire when they are mad

      • Murvel@lemm.eeEnglish
        74·
        10 months ago

        Own the trans-commubity you mean. And people played it because bassically nobody could give a rats ass about the boycott…

    • meant2live218@lemmy.worldEnglish
      2·
      10 months ago

      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?

    • lemmyvore@feddit.nlEnglish
      4·
      10 months ago

      TBF the graphics, setup and intro were pretty good (esp if you’re a fan of the series). The problem was that it went absolutely nowhere after that, beyond “you’re at Hogwarts and it looks pretty”. I guess that was good enough for enough people to put it over the top.