Hellblade II Hit Woeful Sales Records in May

[Fenton]

US sales data published by Circana has revealed how poorly Hellblade II performed when it was released, with the game coming in 37th place overall in the charts for full-game dollar sales. On Xbox, it ended up in 21st place. In terms of player count, it fell behind the likes of Fallout 76, and on Steam, it peaked at just 3,892 players.


In the European sales charts, it was revealed that Hellblade II failed to break into the top 100 games in May. On streaming platforms, Hellblade II crashed pretty quickly. It reached a peak of 110,193 viewers on Twitch on launch day, but by the second day on the market, that number had dwindled by 90%, and by the following week, a peak of just 900 users was recorded.

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[Kokoloko]

Wasnt it released at a lower price too?

 

[ToTTenTranz]

Shouldn't all "day one" Gamepass games be just written off as investment for the subscription service?


The only question should be whether or not the game brought in new subscriptions. Though it looks like it didn't, just like HiFi Rush.

 

[Muddasar]

Gamepass.

The best deal in gaming.

 

[Jim Ryan]

Microsoft have a lot of money, I am told. So they can afford to release flop after flop....it's them flexing actually.

 

[voke]

Hopefully MS gives them another chance. High talented dev team.

 

[ToTTenTranz]

High talented dev team.

The technical teams? Yes.

The story and game direction teams? Not so much.

 

[Gediminas]

Hopefully MS gives them another chance. High talented dev team.

Bleeding Edge and H2 their last 2 games. not sure, how they are high talented team? they last game has like 2,5h of gameplay created in last 5 years.

 

[voke]

Bleeding Edge and H2 their last 2 games. not sure, how they are high talented team? they last game has like 2,5h of gameplay created in last 5 years.

In terms of technical excellence yes. Everything else... eh. I'd rather them stay around than shut down.

 

[Kokoloko]

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[Remember_Spinal]

Wasnt it released at a lower price too?

20 dollars higher than the first game, which was a mistake

 

[Kokoloko]

20 dollars higher than the first game, which was a mistake

But still 20 dollars more than most AAA game releases right?

 

[Nhomnhom]

So much for the biggest Xbox release this gen. What is next Avowed?

 

[Remember_Spinal]

But still 20 dollars more than most AAA game releases right?

Less? Yeah… but the biggest talking point of the game was that it was only around 6 hours long so it was always an uphill battle to convince people to spend 50 dollars on it

 

[Kokoloko]

So much for the biggest Xbox release this gen. What is next Avowed?

Yep Avowed. Then it will be Perfect Dark. Then Gears. Then Elder Scrolls 6 lol
The great Bot hope will never end

 

[Dr Bass]

Hopefully MS gives them another chance. High talented dev team.

Where is the evidence for that talent? Is it the sum total of "they can make nice art for UE5"?

 

[Kokoloko]

Where is the evidence for that talent? Is it the sum total of "they can make nice art for UE5"?

I liked Heaven’s Sword for the that time, it did its job. Was kind of the first Uncharted cinematic game before Ucharted when it came to facial expressions and voice acting. And I enjoyed Enslaved.
Also the combat in DmC was decent for 30fps limits they had.

Wasnt a fan of Hellblade

 

[Nhomnhom]

Where is the evidence for that talent? Is it the sum total of "they can make nice art for UE5"?

DmC sucked that is the last of their games I intend to play.

 

[Dr Bass]

I liked Heaven’s Sword for the that time, it did its job. Was kind of the first Uncharted cinematic game before Ucharted when it came to facial expressions and voice acting. And I enjoyed Enslaved.
Also the combat in DmC was decent for 30fps limits they had.

Was a fan of Hellblade

Well I thought Hellblade sucked, which is why I wasn't excited (rightfully it turns out) for part 2.

And Heaven's Sword ... this is halfway through the PS5/XSX cycle, not the first few years of the PS3. That game is 17 years old. It's simply not the company it was.

So yeah, I just don't see current evidence for them being a good dev.

 

[Kokoloko]

Well I thought Hellblade sucked, which is why I wasn't excited (rightfully it turns out) for part 2.

And Heaven's Sword ... this is halfway through the PS5/XSX cycle, not the first few years of the PS3. That game is 17 years old. It's simply not the company it was.

So yeah, I just don't see current evidence for them being a good dev.

Lol I meant wasnt a fan of hellblade. DmC overall I didnt like too, but the combat for the limitations was good. The others I liked.

Your probably right, Im not sure which people have left the studio etc. The studios that made those games had some talent in some areas. Never hit a home run. I guess not so much anymore, Im guessing they got a big budget for HB2