Thanks in large part to the retail version being made available a day early, GameStop COO Tony Bartel has revealed that week-one Overwatch sales “exceeded expectations.”
Word comes by way of GameStop’s quarterly financial call, where Bartel noted that Blizzard’s hero shooter enjoyed “a very strong launch” at the retailer.
Bartel didn’t disclose exact figures, nor how those sales were divided across each platform, but further in the report the executive championed Blizzard’s decision to release Overwatch a day early at retail as a “very progressive move.”
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What do our readers make of Overwatch‘s strong debut at retail? Indeed did you pick up the physical version of the game?
[Source: Seeking Alpha]
