Fallout Franchise Sales Explode Like Megaton in Amazon Show Aftermath | Push Square
Curious about the kind of profound effect a popular television show can have on the sales of video game franchise? Just look at these latest numbers for the Fallout series in the aftermath of Amazon’s enormous adaptation. In the United States, sales of all titles in the post-apocalyptic property jumped significantly month-on-month, with Fallout 4 and Fallout 76 becoming the fourth and eighth best-selling titles of the month respectively.
But it wasn’t just the new titles that got a boost: cult favourite Fallout: New Vegas jumped up to 24th position, Fallout 3 climbed to 37th position, and even the classic Fallout games managed to jump up into around 122nd place. That’s a lot of Fallout flogged!
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It’s really impressive to see the kind of impact a quality television show can have, and obviously we’ve observed similar things with The Last of Us and The Witcher in recent years too. What other video game franchises do you think have the potential to hit the big time as television shows or movies? Let us know in the comments section below.
As the Editor of Push Square, Sammy has over 15 years of experience analysing the world of PlayStation, from PS3 through PS5 and everything in between. He’s an expert on PS Studios and industry matters, as well as sports games and simulators. He also enjoys RPGs when he has the time to dedicate to them, and is a bit of a gacha whale.
just goes to show what a high quality tv show will make for your IP in terms of video games. I hope that producers now understand why the Fallout and The Last of Us shows turned into video games sales, and why the Halo show did absolutely jack sh*t for the game
@Petrecis24 Cyberpunk's turn around in fortunes also coincided with the Edgerunners show, and it saw massive sales off the back of it as well as helping to turn the narrative around on that game.
That tv show was so good, until the last episode when all the mysteries were revealed and everything went incredibly dumb.
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