Fallout 3 Outsells All Previous Fallout Games in UK

Oh - and regards Oblivion - didn't that come out on PC and then later 360? Did it have a simultaneous release on PC, PS3 AND 360? No. So again, we do not see like for like - these people must think we are total idiots!

Let's get this shit report out of the way. Fallout 1, 2 and Tactics came out on PC only. Fallout 3 came out on PC and TWO consoles. Fallout Brotherhood of was console only.

PC sales accounted for 17% of the total, so you have to take away 83% of the sales for a level playing field. Take away that 83% and I would suggest Fallout 3 may have just about matched the sales of EITHER fallout 1 or 2 and yes, beat the sales of Fallout Tactics. I also wonder if continuing sales of Fallout titles in the form of budget releases and various compilations have been taken into account, because when you go into a game store (here in the UK), and check the budget section, I reckon Fallout will be there in some form or another and will be the oldest game in that whole store.

These reports are published for one reason only - to convince us PC gaming is thriving, when in fact it's at death's door. I don;t know why they want to shovel this bullshit, unless they just think we willonly buy games on PC if we think the format is doing well?

A little surprised PC sales accounted for so little of the total sales, but on the other this is probably only retail right? Would be interesting to see how the PC stands up to the other platforms everything considered...

This is meaningless.

What possible relevance could this have? *grins*

The originals were pretty impenetrable by choice, geekfest RPGs, in an age where gaming was only a fraction as popular.

I don't see why this would be anything less than.. Wholly logical and expected?

All those images of a blasted Washington will not have hurt European sales. ;-)

It doesnt suprise me that consoles sold this game well, it lends itself well to HighDef gaming,

and as far as games for x360 and ps3 go, Fallout3 is really impressive for those systems so any consoler would want it.

Gameplay is awsome for both pc and console, cant say that about most multi platform games.

As far pc sales being low, Steam sold huge and thats likely not counted.

And if your more concerned about popularity.. theres the huge Piracy amount to be counted for as well..

I'm betting somewhere around 50 - 60% of people playing Fallout 3 are on PC, whether they purchased it legally or not doesnt matter. PC demand is huge. If they ever come up with a FAIR way of deterring piracy, PC sales would increase im sure.

But Really, I dont consider piracy to be a big issue, Its been a problem for years, and companies still thrive.. so I vote let it continue because the people who download a game and speak well of it, im sure cause a positive impact on sales that otherwise wouldnt happen.

Just ordered the game, can't wait to explore every little nook and cranny...

I also sold Far Cry 2 today, what a waste of money that was......got most of my money back tho, woop!

Would people not agree that there are more people buying games now, than there were back in the 90s, aswell as the fact this game has had a much larger media campaign than any game had a decade ago.

Not that I dont think the game is awsome, just seems like an odd claim.

This should not be any surprise.

There are far more PC gamers no a days in the world, and the Bethesda is a huge game-maker, and Fallout 3 is more mainstream than Fallout 1+2.

It doesn't surprise me, FO3 is a lot more mainstream friendly than the first two were.