The reality is it sold significantly less than the last game.
A financial report isn't going to say that's good. It's going to say it's bad. Because it's a financial report.
At this point I'm going to end this conversation with you because you don't seem to understand comparisons or context.
It's 3x what Crossworlds sold.
Which is why Crossworlds underperformed.
That's despite "1 million" being "big" in general.
Do you now understand? It's SEGA's financial report. They want more people to buy their game, not 3x fewer than last time.
I don't think anything will get them to understand that "7 digit number" can be small in context.
If next month Walmart made 7 digits of sales, they would have had their worst performing month in half a century.
If the next Mario movie makes 7 digits in the box office, it would be a massive flop.
It's SEGA's financial report...
1 million sales is terrible for a flagship game when niche games with little marketing performed 2.5x better.
Yes, "1 million" is a 7 digit number, but sometimes a 7 digit number can be small. It depends on context. I don't know how I could make it simplier for you.
Because everything is relative and opportunity cost exists.
What you call a "demented fantasy land" is just the land of being able to comprehend that a million can be a small number depending on what you're talking about.
A million grains of sand is a tiny amount on a beach.
The last Total War game, a PC game in a niche genre, sold 2.5 mil
Metaphor: ReFantazio sold 2 mil. A new IP with very little marketing
So yes, 1 million is a small number in the context of SEGA's game sales. Sonic is their flagship IP. It's expected to outperform Total War and Metaphor, but didn't
It's expensive if you go with the most expensive retailer, for the least popular platofrm, AND get all the DLC (also from the most expensive retailer), sure.
If you get it from the world's largest retailer, which isn't even the cheapest, it's £40 across all versions.
In general? Yeah, sure, big number. But everything is relative.
1 million is not a big number for the sales of a flagship release from one of the industries' biggest companies.
Compare it to sales of SEGA games from less popular franchises, 1 million is "underperforming" is putting it mildly.
Amazon's price history chart of Sonic Crossworlds, showing an approximate average price of £40 between the 5th November and 2nd February
This is the price over the last 90 days. It was never £80 and for most of it's release it's been selling for half that.
You're just making stuff up.
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Even if that were free... 8/10?
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