MLB The Show 18 (Week 1 Sales)

[AGBandit]

We did it! After taking the initiative of being THE FIRST to publicly speak out against The Show's missing Online Franchise Mode... the results are in!

Screenshots of the USA sales have been attached but the main story is this...
After 2 consecutive years of increased sales growth (+60K & +259K) in 2016 & 2017 respectively... 2018 was the first year where SDS had a sales LOSS (-148,929 units)!

At roughly $60 per unit, that translates to almost $8.9 Million Dollars of lost sales!

To all those DD Fans that mocked and boasted "So who cares about Online Franchise, you all are gonna buy `18 anyways!" NGGHH! HOW DOES THAT PUNCH IN THE FACE FEEL LIKE?!

And to SDS... NGGHH! HOW DOES THAT HIT TO THE WALLET FEEL!? THAT'S WHAT YOU GET!

[AntDogs24]

Re: MLB The Show 18 (Week 1 Sales)

We did it! After taking the initiative of being THE FIRST to publicly speak out against The Show's missing Online Franchise Mode... the results are in!

Screenshots of the USA sales have been attached but the main story is this...
After 2 consecutive years of increased sales growth (+60K & +259K) in 2016 & 2017 respectively... 2018 was the first year where SDS had a sales LOSS (-157,929 units)!

At roughly $60 per unit, that translates to almost $9.5 Million Dollars of lost sales!

To all those DD Fans that mocked and boasted "So who cares about Online Franchise, you all are gonna buy `18 anyways!" NGGHH! HOW DOES THAT PUNCH IN THE FACE FEEL LIKE?!

And to SDS... NGGHH! HOW DOES THAT HIT TO THE WALLET FEEL!? THAT'S WHAT YOU GET!

wow thats crazy

[eric7064]

Re: MLB The Show 18 (Week 1 Sales)

I genuinely do think it's a big factor. No, it wasn't a vocal bunch of guys. But many people were in long running leagues for years that got shut down. Although I'm still playing 18 a ton, me & my buddies had been having an absolute blast playing Online franchise the last 3 years.

It's not the same not being able to compete in the same franchise.

[GlennN]

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I think you may be simplifying things a bit. Personally, I could not give a fig about online anything. I am strictly an offline franchise guy. I did not buy the game this year because there were not enough changes in offline franchise to make a $60 investment worthwhile. Also, I know several folks who did not buy this year because there is no Season Mode.

[BigOscar]

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Hopefully this encourages them to rethink their DD uber alles approach, rather than them seeing this as a reason to try and grab more money from DD to make up for the lost revenue

[BlacknBlue]

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First, to the OP, those sales figures are not spot-on and are estimates. Second, your math is way off in how profit works. Each unit sold is not $60 profit. Lastly, even if all your assumptions were correct, this doesn't account for dlc and other purchases within the game, that could offset any dips in overall sales of the product. But just know, your math is way off for how these things work.

[Azamien]

Re: MLB The Show 18 (Week 1 Sales)

Second, your math is way off in how profit works. Each unit sold is not $60 profit.

He said lost sales, not lost profit.

[BlacknBlue]

Re: MLB The Show 18 (Week 1 Sales)

He said lost sales, not lost profit.

Lol, I know. And to figure out a proposed amount of lost sales you would have to deduce that from profit, right? And each unit sold is not $60, is my point.

[Azamien]

Re: MLB The Show 18 (Week 1 Sales)

And to figure out a proposed amount of lost sales you would have to deduce that from profit, right?

You have that backwards. To figure out profit you subtract revenue (sales) from costs. While assuming every sale in the first month is $60 is a bit simplistic, him using that figure in an informal discussion isn't really wrong.

If he had said "profit" then that would be a whole 'nother ball of wax.

[PoppersPop]

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Congratulations?

[ty5oke]

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And people continue to buy 50 pack boxes for Online DD over and over again....

[WaitTilNextYear]

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Yeah, not sure how much I trust these numbers. Certainly I would like to think that some of us drawing a line in the sand on this year's game could cause a much needed course correction at SDS. But, again not sure how much I trust these numbers. I saw an article a few weeks ago that stated this year was The Show's best opening week ever. Factoring in the ever-increasing emphasis on pricey pre-orders and microtransactions and I imagine they could still probably have a better overall year despite fewer total sales.

I also don't really want to gloat over SDS having a down year if that is indeed the case.

[TripleCrown]

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No online franchise and a lack of franchise improvements. History is full of companies who went for short term monetization of their game instead of keep building up from the ground as they used to be.

I just hope SDS is not one of those.

[TheBleedingRed21]

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A game making less money is never a win for anyone. Not sure why anyone would want them to lose money.

[Caulfield]

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I dont think Sony is going to change directions with the Show based on 1 weeks performance
or 2 or 3 or 4. Even if it is the opening week of sales. It would be interesting to see the Show's sales thru say, October of this year vs. other years. The problem is though, Sony might not draw the same correlation that it's online franchise is the culpri. And even if it was they wouldnt know that if they kept online franchise & did away with DD, that sales wouldnt have been far worse (or better) with that model.

End verdict: Much ado.
Case dismissed. Nothing to see here.
Last mod out, feel free to lock the thread door behind.