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Poops Mcgoots: Jul 12, 2010

I think zestiria was in a bundle.

# ? Jul 6, 2018 22:53

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# ? May 28, 2024 03:18

Motto: Aug 3, 2013

Bill Buckner posted:

That's a shame, I thought Berseria was pretty good.

A poorly received game usually means a dip for the one after.

# ? Jul 6, 2018 22:55

The Colonel: Jun 8, 2013; I commute by bike!

berseria came out after a lot of negative stuff around zestiria, and zestiria's gone on sale for $7 multiple times over the years before berseria even released while the deepest discount berseria's started hitting is $15

# ? Jul 6, 2018 22:56

Macaluso: Sep 23, 2005; I HATE THAT HEDGEHOG, BROTHER!

mutata posted:

code:

Brigador: Up-Armored Edition," 94,477
Tacoma," 76,114 
Tastes Where the WaterLike Wine," 9,061 "

Ouch.

Tacoma was excellent, I can understand it�s not a game that�s gonna be a huge seller though. I feel like that�s a pretty respectable number though, but I have no idea what the game cost to make.

Where The Water Tastes Like Wine was sadly a mechanically bad game. I dug the premise a lot

# ? Jul 6, 2018 23:06

al-azad: May 28, 2009

Macaluso posted:

Tacoma was excellent, I can understand it�s not a game that�s gonna be a huge seller though. I feel like that�s a pretty respectable number though, but I have no idea what the game cost to make.

Where The Water Tastes Like Wine was sadly a mechanically bad game. I dug the premise a lot

PC games have a longer tail than console games. At the end of March the dude was saying he had less than 3,000 sales or so but that number has tripled since. Granted he's still in the quadruple digits, but no indie console game would see a steady and appreciable growth over 5 months.

# ? Jul 6, 2018 23:10

The 7th Guest: Dec 17, 2003

the ANet firing was 100% about her being a woman and anyone saying otherwise is really not tuned into whats fuckin going on in our trash poo poo world

https://twitter.com/ChrisHanel/status/1015138194939973632

# ? Jul 6, 2018 23:41

doingitwrong: Jul 27, 2013

Andrast posted:

don�t attach your real name to a twitter profile

It�s pretty much the same thing as having your SA name be your actual name

For creative professionals, Twitter is a really hosed up situation that�s kind of inescapable. I know journalism better than I know games (but I know games a little) and Twitter is a place where you hang out with friends/industry buddies, meet people in your field, promote your work, interact with fans and critics and sometimes get harassed by a hate mob. It seems obvious then that you shouldn�t use Twitter but for a lot of people, the cocktail party atmosphere is a critical part of professional success because of the opportunities it opens up.

Going back to about 2010, 100% of the income I have earned can be linked back to contacts I made on Twitter with only a few projects in the past year being through other networking avenues (that are second order effects of contacts I made on Twitter). As Twitter has become more and more toxic, people are desperately searching for alternative ways of staying in touch with people, without losing access to opportunities.

Twitter is a perfect venue for creative professionals because these industries are already constantly asking you to blur the lines between work and personal life and Twitter is amazing at that. It�s unhealthy to link your name to your Twitter but it�s understandable.

# ? Jul 6, 2018 23:43

Grapplejack: Nov 27, 2007

Twitter sucks so goddamned much.

# ? Jul 6, 2018 23:47

Poops Mcgoots: Jul 12, 2010

Quest For Glory II posted:

the ANet firing was 100% about her being a woman and anyone saying otherwise is really not tuned into whats fuckin going on in our trash poo poo world

https://twitter.com/ChrisHanel/status/1015138194939973632

Lmao, that post reads like parody. Their point of reference for how corporate policy should be isn't where they work, it's at their dad's restaurant.

# ? Jul 6, 2018 23:47

Saint Freak: Apr 16, 2007; Regretting is an insult to oneself; Buglord

mutata posted:

So a bug in the system let people pull real player numbers from Steam's API. This shows the number of people who have ever launched all games that have achievements. This is the closest thing we'll probably ever have to a broad view of overall Steam sales numbers:

https://arstechnica.com/gaming/2018/07/steam-data-leak-reveals-precise-player-count-for-thousands-of-games/

There's a link to a csv file with the whole list. Go find your favorites and marvel at how little they've sold!

Edit: Link to the file: http://www.arstechnica.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/07/games_achievements_players_2018-07-01.csv

Tomb Raider
5,495,033
drat

Rise of the Tomb Raider
2,491,210
drat

Shadow of the Tomb Raider
174
Jealous

# ? Jul 6, 2018 23:51

Snooze Cruise: Feb 16, 2013; hey look,
a post

Poops Mcgoots posted:

Lmao, that post reads like parody. Their point of reference for how corporate policy should be isn't where they work, it's at their dad's restaurant.

Hey, do you know the name of their dad? Its Raising Cane's

# ? Jul 6, 2018 23:52

Macaluso: Sep 23, 2005; I HATE THAT HEDGEHOG, BROTHER!

Btw that Rami guy is an awesome indie dev to follow on the tweetsters. He is also nice.

# ? Jul 6, 2018 23:57

homeless snail: Mar 14, 2007

Saint Freak posted:

Tomb Raider
5,495,033
drat

Rise of the Tomb Raider
2,491,210
drat

Shadow of the Tomb Raider
174
Jealous

wow look at that fall off

# ? Jul 6, 2018 23:58

Saint Freak: Apr 16, 2007; Regretting is an insult to oneself; Buglord

homeless snail posted:

wow look at that fall off

Looking at some other games and genres I think there's just a trend of 'people really really really loving love sales'. I think it's just the first has been cheaper, more often.

And the third's been on sale 0 times so really just the worst thing you can do.

# ? Jul 7, 2018 00:00

corn in the bible: Jun 5, 2004; Oh no oh god it's all true!

Real hurthling! posted:

Hitman 2016 flopped bigly on pc probably due to the terrible episodic release and messaging around that

Also, to be fair, if someone played Absolution they'd be pretty justified in not wanting to come back to Hitman

# ? Jul 7, 2018 00:08

Propaganda Hour: Aug 25, 2008; after editing wikipedia as a joke for 16 years, i ve convinced myself that homer simpson's japanese name translates to the "The beer goblin"

Macaluso posted:

Btw that Rami guy is an awesome indie dev to follow on the tweetsters. He is also nice.

He's 1/2 of Vlambeer and makes kickass games like Nuclear Throne, Luftrausers, and Ridiculous Fishing. He's very vocal about the trials and tribulations as an indie dev and is one of the best recurring guests on Giant Bomb.

# ? Jul 7, 2018 00:15

mutata: Mar 1, 2003

homeless snail posted:

wow look at that fall off

The numbers mirror how long the games have been on market, too.

# ? Jul 7, 2018 00:15

Help Im Alive: Nov 8, 2009

corn in the bible posted:

Also, to be fair, if someone played Absolution they'd be pretty justified in not wanting to come back to Hitman

Every single one of them should be targets in hitman 2

# ? Jul 7, 2018 00:21

homeless snail: Mar 14, 2007

the hitman 2016 patient zero level except you're in a pressing plant trying to prevent discs of hitman absolution from escaping

# ? Jul 7, 2018 00:22

Real hurthling!: Sep 11, 2001

Bill Buckner posted:

That's a shame, I thought Berseria was pretty good.

Zesteria is so bad many people dont care about tales now
rear end creed origins is also supposedly good but lol at jumping in early on the new decade of yearly rear end creed whatever games

# ? Jul 7, 2018 00:24

chumbler: Mar 28, 2010

Were the 2d asscreed games set in China and India any good? I like that the series takes interesting historical settings but can't be bothered with all the bloat on them, and maybe the non-main line ones are better about that?

# ? Jul 7, 2018 00:30

I said come in!: Jun 22, 2004

Playing the headstart of Defiance 2050, the game is dead. I have ran into no other players.

# ? Jul 7, 2018 00:41

The Colonel: Jun 8, 2013; I commute by bike!

Real hurthling! posted:

Zesteria is so bad many people dont care about tales now

i mean a lot of those people also didn't care about any tales games that weren't symphonia or vesperia

among the hardcore fanbase it's a divisive game but not base-destroying

# ? Jul 7, 2018 00:46

homeless snail: Mar 14, 2007

I don't care about any tales game thats not phantasia or star ocean 1

# ? Jul 7, 2018 00:47

Fur20: Nov 14, 2007; すご▞い！
君は働か░い
フ▙▓ズなんだね！

homeless snail posted:

star ocean 1

gross

# ? Jul 7, 2018 00:58

The Colonel: Jun 8, 2013; I commute by bike!

the only vaguely interesting part of star ocean 1 is that you can legally call the main character Rod Dick

# ? Jul 7, 2018 01:01

Randallteal: May 7, 2006; The tears of time

The Colonel posted:

the only vaguely interesting part of star ocean 1 is that you can legally call the main character Rod Dick

Pretty good name

# ? Jul 7, 2018 01:25

Fur20: Nov 14, 2007; すご▞い！
君は働か░い
フ▙▓ズなんだね！

The Colonel posted:

the only vaguely interesting part of star ocean 1 is that you can legally call the main character Rod Dick

i mean it's narratively cool that ronixis is all "i realize i'm an ace space pilot but i want you to teach me how to be a hellsorcerer with death magic"

but mechanically mages suck

# ? Jul 7, 2018 01:36