Dunno, golf was a dying game in my area, courses were closing all over the places. Owners of courses were complaining business was dying. Then Covid came, and golf was just about the only sport open for customers, no problem with distance restrictions. Suddenly golf was booming again in summer 2020, and it was very hard to book a tee time. And it was the same for video games, there was not much else to do when everybody were restricted to their homes. PGA 2K21 went on sale at the perfect time. And EA were boasting some record sales for their games too. We will probably never see those numbers again.
@Katybee_1313 wrote:Dunno, golf was a dying game in my area, courses were closing all over the places. Owners of courses were complaining business was dying. Then Covid came, and golf was just about the only sport open for customers, no problem with distance restrictions. Suddenly golf was booming again in summer 2020, and it was very hard to book a tee time. And it was the same for video games, there was not much else to do when everybody were restricted to their homes. PGA 2K21 went on sale at the perfect time. And EA were boasting some record sales for their games too. We will probably never see those numbers again.
This response makes total sense. I just forgot how the restrictions made golf boom again. PGA Tour 2K23 has sold 20K copies in its first month, but there is no new sales data on it. It is safe to assume that it was not close to the sales for PGA Tour 2K21. 2K21 came at the right place at the right time. The market does not favor a golf game until a new Tiger Woods comes along. The market favors Football/Soccer and Basketball since those are the top two international sports. American Football, Hockey, and UFC would be in the next tier for international sales. Boxing and Tennis are other sports that don’t have a large market share like golf. The weird thing is there is a larger market for Wrasslin than golf; there are 2 wrasslin games available.
