It's been less than a month since the game was released, but it's already 40% off?
I will not pre-order EA games from now on.
Lesson learn if you get upset for such silly reason don't buy games at release always wait for the first discount it will always happens in the first 3 months at most especially for games that come out every year
Oh, I found the data (it was not as difficult as I thought)
"Steam only"
- F1 2020 revenue 36.4M
- F1 2021 revenue 41.8M
- F1 2022 revenue 28.8M
I suspect there has been a market shift toward consoles in 2021-2022 (plus covid in 2020-2021 helped videogame a bit)
and ultimately, F1 2022 was not reviewed that well
There are too many weird things happening in the last 3 years to extrapolate a linear trend, but I would say the goal is around 30M for F123; less would be a kind of flop, and more would be a success. At least on steam
Some people migrating to console because it is "harder to cheat."
What can’t be discounted is the lack of hype surrounding F1. Pre season favourites are dominating. No buzz for this season. We knew who was winning this season after fist couple off races.
It is odd given that F1 viewership is up, particularly in the US - so there is a larger audience to draw from.
@dwin20On a whole, worldwide audience, it's actually down, with the last peak being 2018 according to F1 statistics. It does appear to be on the rise in the US
@mariohomohYou could have at least humoured me...I live in the hope that gamers are starting to think about their purchases a little bit more forcing publishers and developers to stop putting out half finished games
@mariohomoh wrote:@wildwestcowboy and @TotosHeadphones there was this piece from Gamesindustry.biz just today about European markets:
The next biggest new release is F1 23 from EA. It's a disappointing launch for the official racing game, with sales down almost 47% compared with what F1 22 managed over the same period.
Edit: From Steam Charts:
Numbers for the 1st month, average players then peak player count:
- F1 2021 - 9.9k and 24.3k
- F1 22 - 8.2k and 23.8k
- F1 23 - 5.5k and 13.3k
So player count for F1 23 is 33% down on average and 44% on peak player count compared to F1 22.
I take it these numbers are just for steam?
Just curious, as F1 22 and F1 23 are both sold on EA's own app, and on Epic Games also. I know for my side, since I need to have the EA app open in order to play F1 22 or F1 23, I bought them both via the EA app directly. I would have to assume my logged play hours never make an appearence on Steam statistic sites because of that.
The game being sold and played via differing store fronts would make it a lot harder to guage how many people are actually playing on PC at any given time.
@Ialyrn yeah, the charts are only for Steam. The article though is not, and the data seems to be self-reported by EA.
GSD digital data includes games from participating companies sold via Steam, Xbox Live, PlayStation Network, Nintendo Eshop. Major participating companies are Activision Blizzard, Bandai Namco, Capcom, Codemasters, Electronic Arts, Embracer Group (including Gearbox, Koch Media, Sabre Interactive), Focus Entertainment, Konami, Marvellous Games, Microids, Microsoft (including Bethesda), Milestone, Nacon, Paradox Interactive, Quantic Dream, Sega, Sony, Square Enix, Take-Two, Ubisoft and Warner Bros. Nintendo and 505 Games are the notable absentees, alongside smaller studios.Digital data includes games sold in Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Croatia, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Iceland, Ireland, Italy, Luxembourg, Malta, Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Russia, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Turkey, Ukraine, and United Kingdom.
Physical data includes all games, but only those sold in Austria, Belgium, Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, Italy, Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland and United Kingdom.
May not include EA own storefront, but given the inclusion of PS Store, Xbox store and physical copies, I guess the trend is solid enough to extrapolate to other vendors as well?
It was mentioned by someone above the possibility of Steam users migrating to consoles as well. I don't think that makes for a significant cohort. More often than not platform is chosen by convenience and that decision tends to stick. Once I feel comfortable playing on PC, perhaps even having my own compatible wheel and such, I wouldn't consider jumping to a different platform unless it is just as convenient as I've made PC to be.
@mariohomohI play on PC, but I have always been a mixed platform gamer. So I play things like ACC, F1, Rally (WRC and DIrt), iRacing (occasionally), etc. On PC with my wheel. I play things like Forza Horizon and such on console, usually with a game pad.
My preferred platform, though, is PC. Racing sims, anything VR, First person shooters (or anything that works really well with keyboard and mouse), I buy them all on PC.
You could say anything I take seriously is PC, anything I just relax with is on console. Except for Nintendo titles, obviously. They are always on Switch, lol.
