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CBD Corndog posted:The PC game pass folder lockdown stuff stopped a while ago and you can just access game files like any other normal program now. I'd bet the incompatibility with an SKSE-like will probably come from any changes made to the actual EXE for game pass integration that changes memory addresses The EXE of Gamepass games is itself still super drm’d heavily and locked down. Just the other files aren’t. Script extenders will never work with Gamepass versions. You will be able to mod the game, but not freely to the same degree as Steam and you will be limited eventually.
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Mr. Pool posted:I can't wait to hit a Patrol ship with the "Dave Matthews Band" ahahhhah
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Chronojam posted:Citing Pokemon, Monster Hunter, and Dragon Quest to prove people play RPGs for the story It doesn't matter because all the sales numbers are bullshit anyway. You haven't been able to get meaningful sales data since before the digital era when retailers sold the data. That data is way too valuable for the companies that have it to sell it.
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K8.0 posted:It doesn't matter because all the sales numbers are bullshit anyway. You haven't been able to get meaningful sales data since before the digital era when retailers sold the data. That data is way too valuable for the companies that have it to sell it. You're very right. I don't think a lot of stats sites even pretend to present how they guessed up numbers. Big companies often do announce figures to investors or during trade shows etc, at least. Proving the point: the chart claiming The Elder Scrolls series has only sold 58m copies is insane because Bethesda announced a few months back during prerelease hype that Skyrim alone topped 60m copies.
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Wait Pokemon is an RPG I thought it was a simulate game where you make animals violently fight for the enjoyment of a blood thirsty crowd. I dunno, I never played it. I try and stay away from that sort of sick Nintendo filth.
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can i put a space pot on a space shop owners head while i rob his space shop in this?
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spaceblancmange posted:can i put a space pot on a space shop owners head while i rob his space shop in this? Space pots are banned in most places for this very reason, so you'll have to smuggle your own space pot in.
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dr_rat posted:Wait Pokemon is an RPG I thought it was a simulate game where you make animals violently fight for the enjoyment of a blood thirsty crowd. You play a person generally trying to become the very best, you know the whole deal. On the way you talk to people, sometimes make some very light decisions depending on the game, gently caress with your inventory and generally improve your skills and abilities through Pokémon death matches. They’re RPGs
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Chronojam posted:Citing Pokemon, Monster Hunter, and Dragon Quest to prove people play RPGs for the story i was more disputing the idea that bethesda games "massively outsell all other rpgs". also, final fantasy is absolutely a series that people play for the story and it sells in massive numbers, same with the witcher. ive never played pokemon or dragon quest so i cant speak to those and, yeah i wouldnt really count monster hunter as much of a story, but its pretty clear that story-based rpg's like final fantasy are just as popular if not moreso than elder scrolls games. and fallout didnt even make the top ten. Earwicker fucked around with this message at 00:55 on Aug 30, 2023 |
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If we can’t get sales numbers, what was the original assertion about best-selling RPGs based on?
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Subjunctive posted:If we can’t get sales numbers, what was the original assertion about best-selling RPGs based on? Impressions? People who hovered their mouse over the icon but then didn’t click it…anything they want to really.
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K8.0 posted:Bethesda massively outsells all other RPGs K8.0 posted:It doesn't matter because all the sales numbers are bullshit anyway.  kind of feel like you have to pick just one of these
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K8.0 took the Hypocritical Oath
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Orv posted:K8.0 took the Hypothetical Oath
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2 days to early access for the real men
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NBA 2k is an rpg
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Earwicker posted:
No? You can't get sales data worth dick. However, you can get relative popularity from a number of sources, like player count data where exposed, search trends, number of posts in various places, etc. Compare the Google Trends for Skyrim and The Witcher, it isn't even remotely loving close - and TW3 was HUGE. Google indexes about twice as many reddit posts mentioning Skyrim as The Witcher, and there ain't a Skyrim TV series. Anyone who thinks any individual RPG other than maybe some Pokemon games (which I will admit I overlooked) that you could combine have player counts that could best Skyrim is bizarrely disconnected from reality. It's probably the second most independently sold video game of all time behind GTA V.
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The only good RPG is Final Fantasy X and that's because it has blitzball
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Skyrim was popular? Never knew
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Obviously Steamcharts doesn’t tell the console side of the story but I feel compelled to point out that Skyrim’s top concurrency is 90k, versus Elden Ring’s very short of 1,000,000 and Baldur’s Gate 3’s just shy of 900,000.
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They got this voiced protagonist like fall out 4 or is that poo poo rightfully canned
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flashman posted:They got this voiced protagonist like fall out 4 or is that poo poo rightfully canned Gone. Apparently they considered it early on so bullet dodged there.
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Orv posted:You play a person generally trying to become the very best, you know the whole deal....and generally improve your skills and abilities through Pokémon death matches. Becoming the best at being terrible! They should feel very bad about trying to be the best horrible person. 
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Looks like the Eurogamer review copy issue is a UK-wide problem, so either Brexit messed something up or Microsoft has a bone to pick with the whole country https://twitter.com/ManyATrueNerd/status/1696603495934136673 https://twitter.com/ManyATrueNerd/status/1696603502363939080
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Earwicker posted:i was more disputing the idea that bethesda games "massively outsell all other rpgs". also, final fantasy is absolutely a series that people play for the story and it sells in massive numbers, same with the witcher. ive never played pokemon or dragon quest so i cant speak to those and, yeah i wouldnt really count monster hunter as much of a story, but its pretty clear that story-based rpg's like final fantasy are just as popular if not moreso than elder scrolls games. and fallout didnt even make the top ten. But when we're not sure that Fallout is at least Top Ten, not actually looking at all ten in your own list is naive because anybody reads on to see Fallout right there in the list.
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Orv posted:Obviously Steamcharts doesn’t tell the console side of the story but I feel compelled to point out that Skyrim’s top concurrency is 90k, versus Elden Ring’s very short of 1,000,000 and Baldur’s Gate 3’s just shy of 900,000. Yeah but there is Skyrim, Skyrim Special Edition, and Skyrim VR. I also don't REALLY know how to read this: https://steamdb.info/charts/?sort=peak EDIT We are absolutely spoiled for excellent games this year, dang. Both BG3 and Armored Core rule.
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dr_rat posted:Going to assume there is at least going to be some drug to slow down time. Bethesda loves there drugs Was just preloading and yeah the game is R18+ in Australia because of "Interactive drug use" so definitely going to be able to get high af
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Jabo, a UK streamer that mostly does Bethesda stuff, has a review copy. So unless he fell through the cracks it's not a complete UK crackdown.
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hanyolo posted:Was just preloading and yeah the game is R18+ in Australia because of "Interactive drug use" so definitely going to be able to get high af Oh hell yeah, Steam preloading starting now baby! and yeah there will absolutely be drug use to slow time probably, I'd always get a bullet time mod for Skyrim so my stealth archer could really get some rad shots in.
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ThaumPenguin posted:Looks like the Eurogamer review copy issue is a UK-wide problem, so either Brexit messed something up or Microsoft has a bone to pick with the whole country For a YouTuber
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KakerMix posted:Yeah but there is Skyrim, Skyrim Special Edition, and Skyrim VR. I also don't REALLY know how to read this: Interesting, I wonder what the discrepancy between charts and DB is. Point remains that it’s actually considerably less than the last couple huge RPG releases.
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kri kri posted:For a YouTuber Have some sympathy, he can't start playing his new game until up to 2 days later.
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That's hosed up for the YouTuber. Me, on the other hand? I'll be starting this bad boy up 5 days before most.
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Orv posted:Interesting, I wonder what the discrepancy between charts and DB is. Point remains that it’s actually considerably less than the last couple huge RPG releases. When did Steam start keeping track of consecutive players on games? Times are different know (for the better, it rules that BG3 is both good and popular) but I'd be surprised if BG3 has sold more than any single edition of Skyrim on Steam, let alone PC itself. Maybe that's my own bias as an old man though, idk.
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Orv posted:Gone. Apparently they considered it early on so bullet dodged there. Sick, should be good then
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Actually, I think you'll find that all Bethesda games where you don't spam click a bunch of hyperlinks to unlock all the dialogue are ontologically bad. I'm not sure I'm joking at all
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KakerMix posted:When did Steam start keeping track of consecutive players on games? Times are different know (for the better, it rules that BG3 is both good and popular) but I'd be surprised if BG3 has sold more than any single edition of Skyrim on Steam, let alone PC itself. Maybe that's my own bias as an old man though, idk. Prior to 2012 but I don’t know the specifics of charts/DBs analytics. I have no doubt Skyrim has outsold many things, it’s The Game non-gaming people know about. At the same time I think 200k vs 900k/1m is a meaningful data point for “sold large numbers overall” vs “has a lot of public impetus” especially for what could be considered markedly more niche RPGs.
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I dunno about numbers, but it feels like PC gaming has gotten way bigger in the 12 years since Skyrim released. I could see Steam not having a horde of players all at release back then (as opposed to console players), but I bet Skyrim has had one of the more consistent year to year player counts for such an old game.
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