Henry Cavill went from playing both Superman and Geralt to now not playing either moving forward in the span of 1 month
Tough times
Benji-Sales
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Benji-Sales
@BenjiSales
I cover the Video Game industry, with a focus on sales, data, social metrics, and business. Also gaming industry news in general
Joined September 2018
- Sam Lake 10 years ago in 2013: Makes a video apologizing to fans Remedy aren't able to get an Alan Wake sequel made due to financials Sam Lake in 2023: Alan Wake 2 releases and wins Best Narrative, Best Direction, Best Art, and he gets to perform at The Game Awards So awesome
- Pokémon Scarlet and Violet sold an unbelievable 10+ Million Units in 3 days including 4+ Million from Japan Alone • Biggest Pokémon Launch Ever • Biggest Switch Launch Ever • Biggest Nintendo Launch Ever • Biggest Console Exclusive Launch of All-Time nintendo.co.jp/corporate/rele…
- The Witcher 3 released on May 19th, 2015. Over 4 years ago Today, The Witcher 3 set its ALL TIME concurrent players record. More people played The Witcher 3 today than AT LAUNCH. Almost 95k concurrent This is one of the craziest things I've ever seen for a single player game
- The Oscars vs The Game Awards ratings Oscars 2021: 9.8m 2020: 23.6m 2019: 29.6m 2018: 26.6m 2017: 33m 2016: 34.4m 2015: 37.2m 2014: 43.7m TGAs Livestreams 2020: 83m 2019 : 45.2m 2018: 26.2m 2017: 11.5m 2016: 3.8m The shows are headed in completely opposite directions
- Cyberpunk 2077 just passed the ALL TIME Steam Peak Concurrent Players for The Witcher 3 Cyberpunk: 104,827 The Witcher 3 (all time peak): 103,329 Absolutely nuts. Nearly 2 years after launch Cyberpunk has more people playing it right now on Steam than The Witcher 3 has ever had
- Netflix went all out for Stranger Things 4 Episode Lengths • Episodes 1-6 = around 1 hour 15 minutes each • Episode 7 = 1 hour 38 minutes • Episode 8 = 1 hour 25 minutes • Episode 9 = 2 hours 30 minutes Budget is a giant $30 Million Per episode. Wow netflix.com/tudum/articles…
- Horror Game fans we are about to FEAST In a only 4 month release window • The Callisto Protocol - December 2nd, 2022 • Dead Space Remake - January 27th, 2023 • Resident Evil 4 Remake - March 24th, 2023
- Back to Back • Like A Dragon Infinite Wealth - 1m Units in 1 Week. Fastest Selling Yakuza Game Ever • Persona 3 Reload - 1m Units in 1 Week. Fastest Selling Atlus Game Ever JRPGs thriving in 2024
- Street Fighter 6 has just SMASHED the All-Time concurrent players of every Street Fighter, Mortal Kombat, or Tekken game on Steam All-Time Peak • Street Fighter 6 - 64,000+ • Mortal Kombat 11 - 35,147 • Tekken 7 - 18,966 • Mortal Kombat X - 15,743 • Street Fighter V- 14,783
- The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt "Next-Gen" Reviews • Gameblog - 10 • God is a Geek - 10 • PSX Brasil - 100/100 • Screen Rant - 5/5 • VGC - 5/5 • Xbox Era - 9.5 • PSU - 9 • Push Square - 9 Metacritic - 97
- Armored Core VI First Reviews • Siliconera - 10 • Eurogamer - 5/5 • GamingTrend - 90/100 • Shacknews 9 • Press Start - 9 • GamingBolt - 9 • GamesBeat - 4.5/5 • PC Gamer - 87/100 • PSU - 8.5 • IGN - 8 • GameSpot - 8 • VG247 - 3/5 Metacritic: 87 OpenCritic: 87
- The record-breaking performance from Baldur's Gate III doesn't stop It has passed the All-Time time peak players of Apex Legends and entered into the Top 10 Highest Players for a game in the History of Steam. 630,000+ concurrent players and climbing Mind-blowing performance
- Destiny players are gathering in The Tower to honor the tragic passing of actor Lance Reddick, who played Commander Zavala in the franchise
