Bethesda has found some tremendous success with their new open world RPG Fallout 4 having managed sales of some 12 million units and $750 million on day one. But there are other ways of looking at its impact and success.
Apparently the launch of the game had an immediate and sizable effect on one of the largest activities on the internet - porn surfing. Corey Pris, CEO of Pornhub told Gamesbeat as much:
"We can't say we're too surprised with what happened to our traffic during peak gaming hours."
"Based on the data, it looks like a huge surge of people decided to indulge in some wasteland wandering by taking the day off of work and school to play, while the rest of the world had to wade through what we assume were the longest hours of work ever in anticipation of some alone time with their consoles."
The eloquent CEO was very understanding of those who took some time off from their usual porn habits in order to enjoy the wasteland.
"As huge fans of the game, we can't say we blame anyone for swapping Pornhub time for some Pip-Boy surfing instead. We would have done the same."