Thanks to the success of the Amazon Prime Video series Fallout, Bethesda’s video game has never been so successful in so few days. The community is waking up…
It’s a bit like the series of the moment, as well The last of us At that time, Amazon Prime released its adaptation of Fallout. While some were hesitant when this project was announced, the episodes ultimately won everyone over. So, 219 years after the fall of the atomic bombs, we meet Lucy (Ella Purnell), who has to leave Vault 33 to find her father in a merciless world. During this mission she will meet Maximus (Aaron Moten), a young man from the Brotherhood of Steel; an iconic Fallout faction well known to players. Of course, this journey will not be without pitfalls.
This new adaptation is particularly successful because it does not take any titles out of the license. Rather, she suggests an original story that fits into the lore of Fallout. Perhaps it is this feature that has made some people want to restart their games or discover them.
A new record for Fallout
With the release of the series on Amazon Prime, several gamers have decided to reboot the Bethesda games. According to Steamdb data, the MMO Fallout 76 reached a peak of 39,455 concurrent people this Sunday. Before the show aired, only 13,000 people were registered on average over three months. Although older games such as Fallout 3 or New Vegas have also seen this increase in popularity thanks to the streaming service, it is Fallout 4 in particular that has welcomed the most players in the last few days.
According to SteamDB, it was still the game with the most visitors, but this weekend the number of visitors actually tripled. He recorded At its peak there were 83,491 players, instead of the average of 20,000 to 24,000 players, in the last six months. This gives Fallout 4 a second life. According to GSD, the game saw a 7,500% increase in sales in Europe this week compared to the previous week. PC accounts for 69% of these sales, with PlayStation and Xbox consoles sharing the rest. If Fallout 4 reached the top of European sales (ahead of Helldivers 2 and EA FC 24), Fallout 76, New Vegas and the third work close the ranking.
We expect Fallout 4 sales to likely continue to increase in the coming weeks with the release of the free next-gen update. It will also offer a performance and quality mode, as well as various fixes to make the experience more stable and provide new content.
