Fall Guys is the Biggest Digital PC Debut Since Overwatch
SuperData analytics group summarized the global digital distribution in August. The industry has had a very successful month, but the biggest winner was the debuting Fall Guys, which outclassed all competition on PC.
Overwatch launched in May 2016. Blizzard's title generated a total of $269 million in revenue at the time. Let's add that by the end of August Fall Guys had reached 8.2 million PC buyers, and by early September the game was available on PlayStation 4 at no extra charge to PS Plus subscribers.
Source: SuperData.
The success of Fall Guys is all the more impressive because the game was developed by a small, independent team. Yes, the publisher took care of the advertising campaign (also in problems with servers).
The report also mentions the success of other games. In August, visible in previous months. High revenues translated into outstanding market performance, which this year has already generated 82.3 billion dollars (13% increase compared to January-August 2019).
