One million copies within a week in early access. Original Sin 2 needed 6 weeks after the full release to reach the same number while being cheaper.
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As people who friended me on Steam surely know, I'm playing FF14 these days. After several restarts over the years, I finally finished ARR and am in the middle of the horrible slog between base game and xpac 1.
All that to say, there is a maintenance. And I'm feeling like a crack addict.
I tried to watch a video on inventory management but kept wanting to do it on mine.
PS. Casually browsing FF14 twitter while grinding my teeth. I see that doggos are still SE nemesis.
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All that to say, there is a maintenance. And I'm feeling like a crack addict.
I tried to watch a video on inventory management but kept wanting to do it on mine.
PS. Casually browsing FF14 twitter while grinding my teeth. I see that doggos are still SE nemesis.
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That's what I heard as well. Bought.
I'm glad I checked the article for more details because I hadn't seen any tweet mentioning those sales numbers.
It's an extremely dangerous statement claiming a game has sold "X" number based on just Steamspy data.
Those numbers could be totally be true but my point is that's not how game sales works and much less a journalist article.
Edit. Also, unless I'm totally wrong there's no third-party site which sells Steam keys for the game so that leaves about 1.300 reviews (free game, no sales) from "press/testing reviewers" which is equal to about 10% of total reviews done.
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It's ridiculous: just because I currently don't have a smartphone capable of using the Steam mobile authenticator, all the cards I try to sell on the community market have a... 15 day hold? After validating all sales manually through an email link?
If that email validation isn't enough, surely a couple of days of hold would be enough, no? But 15 days?!
After validating all sales manually through an email link?If that email validation isn't enough, surely a couple of days of hold would be enough, no? But 15 days?!
Old SteamSpy, prior to Valve setting accounts to private by default, was super accurate, it was literally sampling the libraries of real Steam users. You can't get better data than that. I wouldn't have minded that data being used in articles as well.
But more recent methods, estimating sales via user reviews, or achievement numbers, seems far less convincing to me, even if they end up being colse to the real thing at times.
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Also the person that runs SteamSpy is the head publisher for EGS so I wouldn't put much stock in his numbers. That's not to say BG3 hasn't sold incredibly well, but I'd be wary of putting a hard number on its sales outside of a direct statement from Larian.
There is that but SteamSpy is funded by his patreon, to rather high numbers. I don't think he can afford to be dishonest or unprofessional to them.
There is always the option of using the unofficial Desktop authenticator. It will also auto-confirm market transactions.
I start to understand the complain on GTA4 PC port. Encountered foggy weather and the FPS dropped from 60 to 30s.
Fine, I will play it on series X instead. Looks like it will run at rock solid 60 fps according to Digital Foundry's BC video.
Fine, I will play it on series X instead. Looks like it will run at rock solid 60 fps according to Digital Foundry's BC video.
Also the entire epic store is based on his numbers. I don't think he's that incompetent, probably...
I don't agree, I feel Playtracker shows too low numbers. Like Playtracker has Fall Guys at 9.2 million at currently almost 220k reviews, when Devolver announced 7 million copies has been sold when it had not even reached or was around 100k if I remember correctly.
It shows Among Us at just 6.2 million which is far too low considering how long it has been on top 5 and it's cheap as hell.
Satisfactory seems maybe more correct with 818k. So maybe games under 1 million sales are more accurate?
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I remembered what you said about Fall Guys and Devolver announcement happened to Playtracker data. Littledinamit has said several times their data lags behind real numbers by a few days if I'm not wrong.
Besides Playtracker data, I believe guesstimation works quite well, generall speaking.
Yeah. People aren't that one thing that strikes you as, and often the things they say, especially at their level of instrumental, outward-facing PR, is quite divorced from their ability in other areas. Sweeney might behave in utterly sleazy and dishonest ways, but I'm pretty confident he can hold his own when it comes to structuring and developing an engine.
I know, this is No Shit Sherlock Tuesday.
He should stick to doing that.
Anyone who hasn't done so and has an interest in co-op roguelites (which are very much on the lite side) should give Ditto a try.
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I tried downloading and using an older version of the Steam mobile app with my current phone (the last that works with it), and I keep experiencing the same problem (I fill in the login data, and nothing happens, it doesn't login).
Not even when I do so within the browser of the phone. It just... goes back to the previous screen.
Then, I tried login-in to the Google store, and... the same thing happened.
Does anyone know what could be happening? Is there something that I may have done, that makes me unable to log-in to secure websites/apps?
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Not even when I do so within the browser of the phone. It just... goes back to the previous screen.
Then, I tried login-in to the Google store, and... the same thing happened.
Does anyone know what could be happening? Is there something that I may have done, that makes me unable to log-in to secure websites/apps?
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Yes, you have to wait 1/24 of a year to trade a shitty card. As with all 'features' on steam they are either cut out or gutted into uselessness.It's ridiculous: just because I currently don't have a smartphone capable of using the Steam mobile authenticator, all the cards I try to sell on the community market have a... 15 day hold?
If that email validation isn't enough, surely a couple of days of hold would be enough, no? But 15 days?!
Horizon Zero Dawn PC patch makes Aloy walk straight
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I still believe it might come one day. But sad news for Halo fans, unfortunately today.
love the callout to previous dev
sounds like they basically redidt the whole game (Fall Roadmap)
In addition to everything above in our Fall 2020 roadmap, here is a complete list of all the work we have done within the last year of development on RUNE II:
- SIGNIFICANTLY increased optimization and frame rate
- Greatly improved combat, blocking, and added parrying system
- Added 200% more new landmass
- A brand new tutorial
- Redesigned stamina system
- Bloodlust system
- Added skill tree (and the 29 skills that go along with it)
- 1 new inherent skill
- 4 new core skills
- 6 new Thor skills
- 6 new Odin skills
- 6 new Hel skills
- 6 new Heathen skills
- Brand new narrative and campaign
- New voiced NPCs (previously there were no open world NPCs you could interact with, only gods that talked at you)
- New Villages
- Horde mode events
- Brand new main and side quests
- Removed repeatable ages and the Ragnarok Timer
- Dungeons
- Boss fights (not just fighting Loki 22 times)
- Rebalanced enemy difficulty and greatly improved enemy AI
- Added a dodge roll based on community feedback
- Greatly improved animations
- New weapon types
- Improved player progression
- Improved one-click co-op experience (previously had to rent a server to play co-op)
- Revive system in co-op
- Updated User Interface and User Experience
- Added attribute points
- Overhauled the old hunger system (now gives health regen when full, no negatives when hungry)
- Updated visuals across the Ages of Ragnarok
- Added destructible buildings
- New Bifrost gate attunement respawn system
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^Me for the past 20 years of playing SF3 3S after expericing NG and 2I Sean
I find myself going back to FFXII to do all the hunts even though I already did a 100% run of the game back on the PS2. But I guess that was a long time ago and this is a different version of the game. I'm really glad that we got a remastered version of Zodiac Age on steam, it was actually possible to play it through emulation with a translation patch which I ended up doing a few years ago, but I'm glad none of that is necessary anymore. Having this game stuck on PS2 and only in japanese for so many years was a crime,
Vesperia on PC is very pleasantly surprising, given that every previous Bandai Namco game on XGP I'm aware of has only been available on console. Hopefully, this means that whatever deal Microsoft had with BN has been amended or renegotiated and that all BN XGP releases will be on PC as well going forward.
Will play Katana Zero.
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Why? The company in charge of the game was part of the decision to make it EGS exclusive, despite existing pre-orders (handled by them) offering a Steam key.
This is just a cheap attempt to gather interest for a poorly received game, now that is launching on another platform, one where some people are upset about the whole EGS deal, and others are simply turned off about how the game was poorly received.
It really rubs me the wrong way, and is frankly quite cynical of them, to use this to pass all responsibility to Human Head, and gain some goodwill from the community that may have an "anti-EGS" sentiment (and were upset with Human Head), when Ragnarok Game, LLC was there from the start. And Studio 369 is mostly comprised of former Epic Games staff.
Additionally, I'll just quote this (straight from one of their representatives, taken from the Steam forums):
«We have no plans to change the current pricing models of RUNE II at this time. You can still expect the Standard Edition to be $29.99 USD, Berserker Rage to be $39.99 USD, and God Slayer to be $59.99. »
So, $29,99 to $59,99 for a one year old buggy, incomplete game, one that even though it might have improved a bit, one look at recent and planned changes tells you it is nowhere near a complete product.
There are so many other worthwhile games available, that didn't pull this crap, nor are released in this state, one year later, at these prices.
I really enjoyed Mafia 1 but am just not feeling 2. It doesn't seem to play the same, doesn't look as good, some of the controls are different, don't really care too much about the characters. Ive moved onto 3 which so far is much better.
2 seems like it was made by a different company or something.
2 seems like it was made by a different company or something.
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Yeah, it was... by the original team.
One and two were done by the same developer. Three was by another.
The remake of one was done by the developer of Mafia 3, so the Deluxe Edition of 1 was now changed to play like 3.
tbh i dont give a fuck whose fault it was that it went EGS FunktionJCB
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what the the callout is and why i found it funny is what happened after the EGS launch and that was defintiely Human Head's fault ..... they delivered alpha-stage game as ffull release , dumped it on EGS , and crawled back to Bethesda , they supposedly hated over Prey 2 fuckery.
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Also i am quite fascinated everytime there is changelog and how they are building on the skeleton human head left.
I am not saying its awesome game or anything, i am just baffled at such dedication for such failed project and attemt to rebuild it
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what the the callout is and why i found it funny is what happened after the EGS launch and that was defintiely Human Head's fault ..... they delivered alpha-stage game as ffull release , dumped it on EGS , and crawled back to Bethesda , they supposedly hated over Prey 2 fuckery.
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Also i am quite fascinated everytime there is changelog and how they are building on the skeleton human head left.
I am not saying its awesome game or anything, i am just baffled at such dedication for such failed project and attemt to rebuild it
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Do you really think Ragnarok Game, LLC was completely oblivious to how development was going? They didn't know what they launched, when they launched it? As if funding wasn't dependent on Human Head reaching certain production stages.
They might have been unaware of Human Head not sticking around, but do you really believe a company invests millions in a product, and doesn't have producers following development, and is surprised that they don't have a working product on their hands? And don't even have a look at it when launching it?
No way.
the series got quite fucked dev-wise..... Original game was made by Illusion Softworks , who later become 2K Czech.
In middle of the Mafia 2 development there were problems between studio leads and the 2K overlords , so half of the team left (to later create Warhorse Studios) . So to actually release Mafia 2 looots of stuff was cut. After that both czech studios became pretty much shells and the development of M3 was rebooted at US Hangar 13 studio . (which was ultimatley quite a mess with fun story)
And this US studio with help of shells of og studio made Mafia Deprinitive edition. (derpified game on M3 engine and characters completely changed to resemle goodfellas instead of original Gothfathery feel)
this is what they said on it,
reads like they didnt really knew it was that bad until they started fixing it ,and also were ghosted on the human head closure
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It honestly reads like "they didn't work with us on promoting the game", and "they announced they were closing less than a week until launch, which gained bad will to our product". And, if true they have a point.
But, and that was my point, nowhere did they say they weren't aware of the status of the game. On the contrary, they actually say the game got good feedback/reviews before Human Head announced their closure (kind of making it sound like that was the cause for the poor reviews).
Naturally, all the rest (about originally not having the source code to provide fixes) I have no problems believing, but the game launched as a completely broken product, and I really doubt they were unaware of what they were launching, and as such, they are as responsible as Human Head for the condition the game launched.
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