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People Can Fly didn’t receive royalties from Outriders
People Can Fly apparently hasn't received any royalties from Outriders, and staff at the company don't know how many copies of the game have been sold.
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The game had over 100k CCU on Steam and was on Game Pass day 1 so MS must've paid quite a bit, yet it didn't break even? It's a third-person looter cover shooter, nothing revolutionary, and made in Poland which is cheaper than the West. Just how bloated are game budgets nowadays, Jesus.People Can Fly didn’t receive royalties from Outriders
People Can Fly apparently hasn't received any royalties from Outriders, and staff at the company don't know how many copies of the game have been sold.
lol it's faster than minei hate you all so much
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Where's the anime quilt cover?By far the best thing about being on your own and having your own place:
Outriders Surpassed 3.5 Million Unique Players In First Month
Despite a few server issues, Outriders had an incredible launch month.
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Sometimes I wonder if day 1 Gamepass games are those which don't meet high pre order expectation numbers and if entering into an agreement with Microsoft helps more than harms devs in the long term.
Data dive: inside a successful sequel launch
You want some more Car Mechanic Simulator? Everyone else does!
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Car Mechanic Simulator sold 132k copies on Steam in the first three days.
My first thought is SE might be doing some Hollywood accounting to say that the game hasn't made a profit yet.
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As long as Aaron D. also bought City of Gangsters to make up for it.
Agreed. I bought it because of his comments.
I bought this as well. The man should be on commission.
It cannot be easily blocked.
Data dive: inside a successful sequel launch
You want some more Car Mechanic Simulator? Everyone else does!
Car Mechanic Simulator sold 132k copies on Steam in the first three days.
Another case where the review-to-sale ratio (or "review multiplier" as VGInsights puts it) is roughly x100, i.e. 1% chance for a customer to write a review.
Pinging Tomasety. I expect the ratio to decrease to x30 (i.e. ~3% chance to write a review) as the game becomes more and more popular.
This is a possible explanation of the high ratio: there is a delay in the estimation of sales, because the number of reviews today tells us about the sales a few days ago (which are lower than the sales up to this day). However, I don't fully buy it because there are many games with a high ratio, even though they have been released some time ago. The delay is a convenient explanation, but there must be other explanations.
Not sure "a while" means the "first 5 days or so" here. If it takes more time than a week to settle, then maybe there is another explanation than the delay.
This stat is made-up. For CMS21, these 0.9k additional reviews could possibly translate into a number between 50k and 90k. It would not be unheard of if the game kept on selling very well. Valheim's sales have been great for a long time: 5M by March 3, 6M by March 19, 6.8M by March 31.
I actually believe the opposite, that popular games (let us say over 50k reviews) tend to have a lower ratio, closer to x30. The more players, the less variability, and the closer the ratio is to its limit. Anyway, with 2.5k reviews, CMS21 is not yet in the category of popular games to me.
Plus, I don't find this piece of information in the linked article.
How that game sold on Steam, using the 'NB number'.
Graphs are included, please keep up at home.
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didnt they accidentally removed the Syndicate FPS alongside this too in origin?
Coming Soon to Xbox Game Pass: Psychonauts 2, Humankind, Twelve Minutes, and More - Xbox Wire
You probably saw this coming, but there are lots of Xbox Game Pass games on the way. Last week we announced Humankind is coming to PC on day one… and today that day has arrived! Looking ahead, we’re excited to explore the bizarre, twisted, and trippy mental worlds of Psychonauts 2 and solve the...
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And nothing of value was lost.
This is great. Myst was not expected.Coming Soon to Xbox Game Pass: Psychonauts 2, Humankind, Twelve Minutes, and More - Xbox Wire
You probably saw this coming, but there are lots of Xbox Game Pass games on the way. Last week we announced Humankind is coming to PC on day one… and today that day has arrived! Looking ahead, we’re excited to explore the bizarre, twisted, and trippy mental worlds of Psychonauts 2 and solve the...
That was a pretty neat game I thought.
Didnt really keep the old Syndicate vibe, but I enjoyed it
Yeah, I remember enjoying it, and luckily there was the bloom remover on PC.
If you are scrolling I am sorry for your eyes.
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I could not bother downloading these, but I will try them with xCloud.
Yeah, I actually enjoyed the FPS Syndicate too, would love to have it on Steam. Along with SimCity and Warfighter.
In another topic: Azur Lane Crosswave, Death end re;Quest 2 and Super Neptunia RPG all got a small price cut (from $49.99 to $39.99 for the first two, and $39.99 to $29.99 for SNR). Since Idea Factory follows Valve's recommended pricing for all regions, everyone got lower prices.
In another topic: Azur Lane Crosswave, Death end re;Quest 2 and Super Neptunia RPG all got a small price cut (from $49.99 to $39.99 for the first two, and $39.99 to $29.99 for SNR). Since Idea Factory follows Valve's recommended pricing for all regions, everyone got lower prices.
That's the Myst remake by the same people who are working on a fully 3D version for Riven, right?This is great. Myst was not expected.
Glad you enjoyed it, I personally played for 30min and hated every second of it and I put part of the blame on the name. It was a pretty unremarkable game and clearly made by committee but I wouldn't dislike it as much had it any other name.
It was a similar situation to the TPS XCOM spinoff that got released around the same time. Pretty bland and non-inspired but the XCOM brand made me hate it.
Same thing happened with the C&C FPS spinoff.
Crysis 2 Remastered first look: what to expect from Crytek's next game
Set for release in the Autumn, Crysis 2 and Crysis 3 Remastered are heading for current-gen and last-gen PlayStation an…
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Does not look particularly impressive.
If they expect that PC players will pay a lot for that especially on Epic Store i can only say good luck with that.Crysis 2 Remastered first look: what to expect from Crytek's next game
Set for release in the Autumn, Crysis 2 and Crysis 3 Remastered are heading for current-gen and last-gen PlayStation an…
Does not look particularly impressive.
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Im a big fan of Crysis, played through it many times, it was also one of my first personally bought games ever, so it has a special place in my heart. Yet I never bought the Remastered, will on Steam whenever it releases there.
Also, thanks to CryTek for ruining the gameplay and story with Crysis 2 and 3. To this day I have still not come over the fact that they told the end of Nomads story in a goddamn comic book. What the fuck.
Also, thanks to CryTek for ruining the gameplay and story with Crysis 2 and 3. To this day I have still not come over the fact that they told the end of Nomads story in a goddamn comic book. What the fuck.
At least it's not based on the weak console versions. Still probably not worth the time as of yet.Crysis 2 Remastered first look: what to expect from Crytek's next game
Set for release in the Autumn, Crysis 2 and Crysis 3 Remastered are heading for current-gen and last-gen PlayStation an…
Does not look particularly impressive.
This might prevent me from ever buying anything Crysis-related again to be honest unless Psycho comes back (unless he's in 3, which I;ve not played)
Now you know how Assassins' Creed fans feel like
Could someone explain to me what this means and why its bad? I don't really know what it means to "crawl Steamdb" and why that's bad.
Some people want to download all of the data available at SteamDB, which incurs a lot more traffic (and cost) than the usual traffic. xPaw would normally block the IP of these people, but they are using residential proxies so that he cannot easily block them, and even if he did, there would be collateral damage (which means normal visitors contacting him because they cannot access the website). In the end, data will likely be made less accessible for everyone.
I suppose it's something to do with bandwidth and/or computing. Cloud servers cost money and high utilization = more service costs.
That really sucks :/
Sounds pricey for something that is such a useful service available to everyone. Hope these guys don't ruin it for everyone.
But what are those people doing and why would he want to block them ?
Because, granted I’m obviously missing context and he surely is right, but it’s asked so nicely in the tweet that it gives me a furious desire to do it.
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More explanation was posted, I need to read it asap.
- Extra system image backup of the Windows partition -
- An old and small 256GB SSD exclusive to install the games -
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Ok.. I'm ready to install some Gamepass games this month. And more importantly, try to uninstall them later. But between Humankind and Psychonauts 2 it is probably worth the risk.
Yup.. this a totally normal behavior when trying to use a service from one of the biggest software companies in the world
Didn't realize Myst had already released on Oculus, I thought it was just still being developed. Definitely interested in the remake, though. I was too young to understand the games the first time around and I loved the hell out of Obduction.
Implying I have that many pillowsBy far the best thing about being on your own and having your own place:
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