After a decade or so using Sony's online services I think I'm good on a PC launcher made by them.This is by far the best outcome and you know it.
Agreed with the others that it has its charms, but I'm trying to put my finger on why.This indie "blobber" launched earlier this week on Steam, and it looks promising, if you don't mind the dated visuals:
Here's a trailer:
And some gameplay footage:
A demo should also be available soon.
yesI wonder if the PC version of FF will be affected by the PS5 timed exclusivity.
Insider source or gut feeling?
just an informed guessInsider source or gut feeling?
FFVIIR deal was most likely decided many years ago. FFXVI is apparently a deal made this year or so.just an informed guess
i mean - look at FFVIIR
i doubt that changes anything tbh ... with how sony have been going after timed exclusives left and right ... even stuff like AvengersFFVIIR deal was most likely decided many years ago. FFXVI is apparently a dela made this year or so.
FF X/X-2R, FFXIIR, FFXV, everything was PS exclusive for a year or so.FFVIIR deal was most likely decided many years ago. FFXVI is apparently a deal made this year or so.
I know nobody remembers but that game also launched on Xbox day 1.FFXV
I hope the few people who believe "hidden gems" do not exist read this story.
Also, sorry for the lack of activity during the last week. Darkest Dungeon got the worst of me. It's extremely addictive. (and grindy as well, which is my only biggest complaint)
Behind the dizzying ride to the top for Among Us
September 11, 2020
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You may recall me mentioning, in the last newsletter, the amazing ‘out of the blue’ success of multiplayer party game Among Us on Steam. (It’s the top global seller right now.)
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After launching in November 2018 on Steam, and having an extremely slow start there, the game has just exploded in recent weeks - in ways almost unprecedented on Steam for a title that’s been available for some time.
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ForteBass’ comments bear this out: “It's the end of 2019. America and Europe are not our big customers: Brazil, Korea, and the Middle East are. Google Play is our breadwinner & IAP for maps and pets are why.”
So it turns out that YouTubers have covered this game extensively before, just not English-language ones.
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We had considered wrapping up Among Us back then, because profitability was not in sight. But the Brazilian audience drove us to create more content, and that was wise.”
As for another major territory in question: “Our first audience was Korea, and they still constitute 50% of our Steam Among Us sales. That all started in Dec 2018 with Kevin Choi. He found Among Us via itch.io, and I think that's because we got a day of promotion on the front page. This is literally the only promotion we have expressly asked for.”
So as we can see, Among Us was popular and had good retention in other territories way before this big viral spike in North America and Europe. But it looks like those who saw streamers playing the game gravitated towards the free mobile version - also because those territories play more mobile than PC games.
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“In February 2020, Steam reached out to us for a daily deal, and we went for 50% off. If I remember rightly, each of those two days produced an entire month of sales, and left us with a higher baseline of sales after, as well as a boatload of wishlists. So that in turn made our Summer sale worthwhile - which snowballed into minor top seller visibility. (#35-ish).”
ForteBass speculates: “But why did we get a daily deal [in Feb]? Well, I didn't ask, but at the beginning of the year, Kaif (a… UK streamer) and his friends picked us up. We were already profitable by that point and actually had just announced Among Us as complete, which caused a sizable drop off of players. Kaif completely reversed that and brought in a wave of new European players (a new-ish market for us), particularly on Steam
Correct me if I'm wrong, Kena and Solar Ash are the only confirmed eggs of this list correct?If anyone is curious, these are the games the games on the bottom are the ones that will come to PC. So far only confirmed PS5 exclusive launch game is Astro's Playroom and Spidey.
Also Godfall and Jett.Correct me if I'm wrong, Kena and Solar Ash are the only confirmed eggs of this list correct?
Correct me if I'm wrong, Kena and Solar Ash are the only confirmed eggs of this list correct?
... for nowAlso Godfall an Jett.
It was pretty good, if a bit annoying with the mine physics at time.Song of the Deep is a nice little Metroidvanian type game. Im enjoying it.
WiiU Pro pad and Mayflash adapter.Hm, I should get another secondary controller to replace my DS3 soon-ish, what's the current recommendation here?
360, One, Ds4, Switch Pro, some 3rd party stuff or should I wait for the new controllers at this point?
I like the DS4 in terms of its feeling and handling. I hear good things about the Xbox One controller, but since I don't like asymmetric controllers, I can't recommend that one.Hm, I should get another secondary controller to replace my DS3 soon-ish, what's the current recommendation here?
360, One, Ds4, Switch Pro, some 3rd party stuff or should I wait for the new controllers at this point?
Yeah, it was released back in May.Did not know there was already another atom RPG.
I have been using Switch Pro and it's great.Hm, I should get another secondary controller to replace my DS3 soon-ish, what's the current recommendation here?
360, One, Ds4, Switch Pro, some 3rd party stuff or should I wait for the new controllers at this point?
I can recommend the SN30pro+ by 8bitdoHm, I should get another secondary controller to replace my DS3 soon-ish, what's the current recommendation here?
360, One, Ds4, Switch Pro, some 3rd party stuff or should I wait for the new controllers at this point?
Thanks for the suggestions. I had some of them already on "follow". There are too many potential good games on early access that I get overwhelmed by this circumstance. I usually wait until an early access game gets fully release to decide whether I want to buy and play it.There are currently a million and one early access games on Steam (or at least, it feels like it ).
Some turn out great, some never end up completed, or fail to provide a good product.
I buy quite a few myself, and I would just like to list a few that I think are worth a look.
These 3 games are already so much fun, I'm sure the final game won't disappoint:
And the following 4 show a lot of promise, and are worth keeping an eye on:
I still don't think Sony will block a PC version - I reckon a lot of it is on Square's reluctant to release on PC more than anyone else. Could be similar to the Ubisoft PC version delay shenanigans.I wonder why Sony is paying for this. I doubt this pushes anyone towards Sony platforms that doesn't already have one.