@bionicjoey@lemmy.ca
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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
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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.

@Vespair@lemm.ee
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lemmyvore
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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.

@Zoboomafoo@slrpnk.net
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Literal children?

Throwaway
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51Y

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

@iheartneopets@lemm.ee
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41Y

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

As boycotts tend to do.

Something something Streisand effect.

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

@glimse@lemmy.world
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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.

@Zahille7@lemmy.world
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And it is actually pretty fun, if really simple in a lot of ways.

@glimse@lemmy.world
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61Y

Good point!

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?

Aussiemandeus
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I love qualifiers and how detailed they can get.

@can@sh.itjust.works
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41Y

Rock Band

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