Technology Tell writes, "Now The Walking Dead featured a popular theme in current entertainment, but had the pull of a hit comic book behind it. The video games had both the comic and the TV show, and their built in fanbases. In contrast, State of Decay was a brand new IP. It entered the Xbox 360 marketplace June 2013 with virtually no advertising. But once people played an apocalypse simulator with permanent death, word spread quickly."
Amazon has heavily discounted several Microsoft-published Xbox One digital games, including Gears of War 4 for $29.99, Halo Wars 2 for $39.99, Ori and the Blind Forest to $11.99, ReCore for $19.99, State of Decay: Year-One Survival Edition to $12.00 and Sunset Overdrive to $12.00.
Several survival horror games on PS4 and Xbox One have been discounted with Dead Rising 4 dropping to $41.20, Dying Light: The Following - Enhanced Edition to $29.90, Until Dawn: Rush of Blood to $9.99 and more.
Several digital Xbox One games have been heavily discounted with Lego Jurassic World dropping to $11.99, Mad Max to $11.99, Rare Replay to $12.00 and State of Decay Year-One Survival Edition to $15.00.
Aren't all of these cheaper on the marketplace ? Aside from Rare Replay which was $9.90 during week 1 & black friday...