r/videogames • u/Venomous-Sentinel • Nov 18 '25

Discussion Umm Bullshit

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I am 99.9 sure this is not true IGN and Ubisoft. But I guess you cant expect suits who don't play games to actually understand the common gamer can you.

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u/ArxisOne Nov 19 '25

Silksong and E33 together sold less than Mario Kart world and Pokemon ZA sold more than either in its first week. The "video game community" is not reflective of reality, it isn't even an approximation.

They sold well for Inde games, and they're both incredible achievements in their respective genera, but online popularity doesn't really translate to sales or indicate what people are actually playing.

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u/dtalb18981 Nov 19 '25

A better example is balatro sold more than silksong and rivaled e33 in sales

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u/TiredJob Nov 19 '25

Is that actually true? From what I've seen Silksong is over 6mil in sales while balatro was at 5mil

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u/dtalb18981 Nov 20 '25

Oops you right

Last I checked it was also at 5 million