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First Store Sales Of Anthem Paint Gloomy Picture: Only 25% Of Destiny 2

First Store Sales Of Anthem Paint Gloomy Picture: Only 25% Of Destiny 2

The first sales figures of Anthem are there. However, they are not very good and could mean a lot of problems for the game.

A few days ago, Anthem is now available and many players have plunged into the new Cooper shooter from BioWare. But how many players are there? Is Anthem selling well? The answer may be a clear “no”. Because at least in comparison with other top titles, the sales of Anthem are rather low.

Only a quarter of Destiny 2: The basis of these statements are the sales figures in the UK. Although they are not representative of the whole world, they often give a first impression of the performance of a game. These are so-called “box sales”, ie the sales of the classic box version of a game. Digital sales are not included, as unknown:

Anthem sold only half as many units as Destiny 2 on the opening weekend.
In comparison with its predecessor Destiny (1), it is even only 10% of the sold units.
Even Mass Effect: Andromeda has sold twice as often as Anthem.
Anthem also hangs behind sales of single-player games like Kingdom Hearts 3 or the remake of Resident Evil 2

Online sales are the big stranger: Nevertheless, one should enjoy all these sales figures for the time being with caution. After all, Anthem can not only be purchased as a boxed version but can also be purchased digitally or gambled on the PC in conjunction with the “Origin Access Premier” service. How high the actual sales figures are can only be guessed at.

EA has estimated the digital sales on PS4 and Xbox One at about 47% for the past year – so at least one can guess that Anthem is not doing so well.

Fans are worried about support: In the various discussions on this topic are already the first fears and concerns of the community. So it is feared that EA could simply “drop” Anthem, as it had done with Mass Effect: Andromeda. Here, intended DLCs were simply deleted without replacement and never published.

Are you surprised by these sales of Anthem? Do you think the game performs better in other regions (like the US)? Or are the digital sales numbers probably many times higher?

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