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Have they released the #'s yet?

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How much money did they make on The Elder Scrolls Online sales?
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  • Thechemicals
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    http://www.vgchartz.com/game/70799/the-elder-scrolls-online/

    They undersold so im guessing they are hoping, maybe even praying the console consumers bite. The mmo market is too congested for a cult classic like elder scrolls. Especially since many other mmos have loyal followers.
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  • Saerydoth
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    http://www.vgchartz.com/game/70799/the-elder-scrolls-online/

    They undersold so im guessing they are hoping, maybe even praying the console consumers bite. The mmo market is too congested for a cult classic like elder scrolls. Especially since many other mmos have loyal followers.

    That's speculation. They have no way to know how many direct downloads were sold, because Zenimax hasn't released that information. Also, Zenimax is a privately owned company so they don't have to release it if they don't want to.
  • ZiRM
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    So they probably won't release the numbers I'm guessing.
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  • Saerydoth
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    NiRN wrote: »
    So they probably won't release the numbers I'm guessing.

    Realistically, they *probably* will. But just keep in mind that they do not have any legal obligation to release them the way a publicly owned company does. The vg chartz people are just wild guessing. They do not have access to the real sales figures. And a LOT of people opted for the digital download rather than a boxed copy.
    Edited by Saerydoth on 5 May 2014 18:00
  • Thechemicals
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    Saerydoth wrote: »
    http://www.vgchartz.com/game/70799/the-elder-scrolls-online/

    They undersold so im guessing they are hoping, maybe even praying the console consumers bite. The mmo market is too congested for a cult classic like elder scrolls. Especially since many other mmos have loyal followers.

    That's speculation. They have no way to know how many direct downloads were sold, because Zenimax hasn't released that information. Also, Zenimax is a privately owned company so they don't have to release it if they don't want to.

    Thats not speculation- Those are the distributers numbers and affiliates numbers. How many physical copies were sold is the only thing not their, and i speculate that most people bought the download and not the physical copy.
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  • Thechemicals
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    Saerydoth wrote: »
    http://www.vgchartz.com/game/70799/the-elder-scrolls-online/

    They undersold so im guessing they are hoping, maybe even praying the console consumers bite. The mmo market is too congested for a cult classic like elder scrolls. Especially since many other mmos have loyal followers.

    That's speculation. They have no way to know how many direct downloads were sold, because Zenimax hasn't released that information. Also, Zenimax is a privately owned company so they don't have to release it if they don't want to.

    Thats not speculation- Those are the distributers numbers and affiliates numbers. How many physical copies were sold is the only thing not there, and i speculate that most people bought the download and not the physical copy.

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  • Saerydoth
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    Saerydoth wrote: »
    http://www.vgchartz.com/game/70799/the-elder-scrolls-online/

    They undersold so im guessing they are hoping, maybe even praying the console consumers bite. The mmo market is too congested for a cult classic like elder scrolls. Especially since many other mmos have loyal followers.

    That's speculation. They have no way to know how many direct downloads were sold, because Zenimax hasn't released that information. Also, Zenimax is a privately owned company so they don't have to release it if they don't want to.

    Thats not speculation- Those are the distributers numbers and affiliates numbers. How many physical copies were sold is the only thing not their, and i speculate that most people bought the download and not the physical copy.

    But they do NOT have access to the figures of digital sales from Zenimax itself, because they have not released that information. You're looking at sales from third party retailers which are not the majority of game sales for a game like this.
  • ZiRM
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    It gives you a round about idea how much money they raked in.
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  • Saerydoth
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    NiRN wrote: »
    It gives you a round about idea how much money they raked in.

    They can only get sales figures from third party retailers. Since Zenimax also sells the game themselves as a digital download, that leaves out a *great deal* of the sales.
  • ZiRM
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    Yes, of course. So add ALOT more money to the third party retail sales and that = Mucho $$$
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  • Ragnar_Lodbrok
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    NiRN wrote: »
    How much money did they make on The Elder Scrolls Online sales?
    Who cares? Are you a stockholder wondering about your dividend? What does it matter, unless you are looking for something irrelevant to hang your banner on?
  • ZiRM
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    NiRN wrote: »
    How much money did they make on The Elder Scrolls Online sales?
    Who cares? Are you a stockholder wondering about your dividend? What does it matter, unless you are looking for something irrelevant to hang your banner on?
    You obviously cared enough to come in here and make an irrelevant opinion on the matter.

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  • Malediktus
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    I seriously doubt vgchartz is anywhere close to the reality 330k would be abysmal.
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  • Thechemicals
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    Malediktus wrote: »
    I seriously doubt vgchartz is anywhere close to the reality 330k would be abysmal.

    Not really. Multiply 330k times the price of the game and then 15 a month. Im sure they sold copies beyond what vz chart shows but all top sales of a game ussually have lots of sales in the 3rd party as well and well....this game doesnt.

    Its not a bad thing, it likely means that the youth went with titancall and other games and this game sold primarily in the adult and elder scroll fans genre...otherwise the zone chat would be filled with more colorful teeny bopper comments :pensive:

    If you look at the 3rd party sales for titancall and destiny, they are through the roof meaning they smashed this game in sales.

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  • Saerydoth
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    NiRN wrote: »
    How much money did they make on The Elder Scrolls Online sales?
    Who cares? Are you a stockholder wondering about your dividend? What does it matter, unless you are looking for something irrelevant to hang your banner on?

    That's the thing. Zenimax doesn't *have* stockholders. They are under no legal obligation to release their sales or financial figures, because they are a *privately owned company*, not a publicly owned corporation.

    Now, granted, they *probably* will eventually release some sales figures, once things settle down over the first few months of the game, but if they do this it will be because they want to, not because they have to.
  • Elsonso
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    That 330K sales figure is probably 50% gold spammer and bot sales, most of which are banned and refunded already. :)
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