Sebastian1295
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Double fine's new game "Keeper" has launched with under 200 players on steam.
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davidjaffe
The Fucking MAN.
Easily one of the best experiences of the year. Shades of the glory days of That Game Company. Just wonderful.
Kvally
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Guess I am buying it.
LazyParrot
Member
Little to no mainstream appeal, even less publicity. Sucks, but not exactly surprising.
CentralScrutinizer
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Literally the type of game best experienced via gamepass or through a discount in the future. Not surprised.
bender
What time is it?
I always appreciate that Double Fine rarely rest on their laurels and are always willing to try something new. Marketing for this game has been abysmal, but even if it hadn't, the concept might be too out there for any type of successful marketing push. They are what I wish other development studios were like and exactly the reason why they aren't.
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bighugeguns
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You don't blow shit up? That sounds retarded.
Artistic
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flower Reviews
[Playstation Network] The pioneers that brought you the award-winning PlayStation Network title "flOw" are back with another concept that challenges traditional gaming conventions. Flower expands the team's tradition of delivering simple gameplay, accessible controls and a medium to explore...
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CrimsonTide
Gold Member
Looks ok but $30 for a short walking sim seems steep.
bighugeguns
Gold Member
Intentionally overpricing the game would be a clever way to get people to try out GamePass.
coffinbirth
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It's fucking incredible!
bender
What time is it?
We bemoan AAA going up to $80, but smaller scoped projects have been steadily rising in price for years now which is why everyone was surprised at Silksong's pricing. I do think Keeper would be an easier pill to swallow at say $15-20, but I don't think that changes its' fate much when you look at that concurrent user chart.
Ass of Can Whooping
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Well they're fucked. Not that it wasn't obvious
Punished Miku
Gaslighter Pro: 16.7 Fireflops
Journey is a 92 on MC. This massively blows away Journey.
Longer, more creative, more interaction and puzzles. If we grade it among other walking sim style games, its among the best of all time. Oh and its possibly the 2nd best looking game ever made behind Hellblade 2. The visual design is absolutely masterpiece level.
My only true complaints are that it starts a little slow, and I just wanted more.
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bighugeguns
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They'll be fine, they're a prestige studio and Xbox has forever-money.
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Ass of Can Whooping
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Being serious? Lol?
bighugeguns
Gold Member
I think so, if you're a marketing company for instance once in a blue moon you'll run a single ad at a loss simply to enter ad awards so you can farm cred.
It's usually high concept shit meant to bag awards. Requirements would be that the ad ran at least once, so that said the game's commercial success won't be important, the awards games like these bags for Sony/MS/Nintendo etc would matter more.
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Holammer
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Literally this meme.
Probably deserves better but it's a case of game being too weird and artistic.
They could have put the time and money on making a waifu shooter and it would have launched with 100k CCU instead.
MS needs an adult in the room telling people what to do.
... and one more time for the crowd claiming 1000's, nay 100.000s of thousands play it Game Pass.
Punished Miku
Gaslighter Pro: 16.7 Fireflops
Personally I think both DF and Ninja Theory are fine. They run small teams and both have put out possibly the best looking Unreal 5 content ever made. Minimal investment could lead to massive success someday for both of them.
XGS were all purchased individually, not in bulk like Bethesda or Activision. And I think both are working on multiple projects.
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bender
What time is it?
Literally this meme.
Probably deserves better but it's a case of game being too weird and artistic.
They could have put the time and money on making a waifu shooter and it would have launched with 100k CCU instead.
MS needs an adult in the room telling people what to do.
... and one more time for the crowd claiming 1000's, nay 100.000s of thousands play it Game Pass.
Not everyone can be a runaway success on Steam like Banana. Double Fine does not need Microsoft's suits telling them what to do and those same suits should have nixed the acquisition in the first place.
davidjaffe
The Fucking MAN.
My gut tells me you will hear about DF layoffs in the next month. And my gut is driven simply by the tweet Phil put out about the game yesterday. It was as benign and basic as you could get which isn't really fitting for a game as special as this.
it tells me they know they are gonna gut the studio or shut it down completely because otherwise the praise would be effusive and much more celebratory. And the game deserves that sort of praise but to do that when you KNOW you are about to close the doors in the next few weeks would come back to bite them in the ass PR wise.
All that said, it's just a gut feeling and I hope I'm wrong.
bender
What time is it?
My gut tells me you will hear about DF layoffs in the next month. And my gut is driven simply by the tweet Phil put out about the game yesterday. It was as benign and basic as you could get which isn't really fitting for a game as special as this.
it tells me they know they are gonna gut the studio or shut it down completely because otherwise the praise would be effusive and much more celebratory. And the game deserves that sort of praise but to do that when you KNOW you are about to close the doors in the next few weeks would come back to bite them in the ass PR wise.
All that said, it's just a gut feeling and I hope I'm wrong.
Pray for them purchasing their independence or being sold to someone else instead.
Clear
CliffyB's Cock Holster
Might be a controversial take, but the advent of things like GamePass means that basically small, arty games like this have fuck all chance of selling anymore in my opinion.
Very few are going to buy a game like this when they know it'll end up on one of the susbcription services in a short amount of time, if it isn't day #1.
Very few are going to buy a game like this when they know it'll end up on one of the susbcription services in a short amount of time, if it isn't day #1.
The Cockatrice
I'm retarded?
Gonna go with what others said here. Silksong is under 20 bucks for some high-quality stuff(and it aint just the only low priced great indie) and they want 30 bucks for a 2 hour lighthouse walking sim that is extremely niche? They pretty much murdered their own creation. Good luck to these dumdums.
EDIT: Xbox Games publisher. nvm, I know now why its priced like that. Xbox killed them.
EDIT: Xbox Games publisher. nvm, I know now why its priced like that. Xbox killed them.
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Gamer_By_Proxy
About to beat off
IMO $20 would be pushing it. $30 is ridiculous
kruis
Exposing the sinister cartel of retailers who allow companies to pay for advertising space.
200 players here doesn't mean "total number of players", but "200 concurrent players". But yeah, it's a really low number.
I bought it earlier this evening because I was curious but it's kinda expensive without any discounts or offers from key stores. The game should have cost $20.
Burger King
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Microsoft will close the studio in 3, 2, 1...
LiquidMetal14
hide your water-based mammals
It's on hampass so who would want to pay full price?
Looks interesting
Looks interesting
Solarstrike
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ResurrectedContrarian
Suffers with mild autism
Price is bad.
And DoubleFine still has my good will forever, but they're not what they used to be.
If you watch the complete PsychOdyssey documentary on the making of psychonauts 2, there was a clear shift in the company that's impossible to ignore. Prior projects like the original game were passion led by small teams centered around Schafer himself. For Psy2, they built a traditional, lumbering setup with different teams working independently on various layers, a straight up industry director/manager Zak McClendon to set it up in that fashion, Tim only working on story bits on the sideline while the game came into being, and obvious 9-5 types staffing everything, who complained about crunch time and acted like the typical, immature young devs you'd imagine seeing at an Ubisoft or whatever.
And DoubleFine still has my good will forever, but they're not what they used to be.
If you watch the complete PsychOdyssey documentary on the making of psychonauts 2, there was a clear shift in the company that's impossible to ignore. Prior projects like the original game were passion led by small teams centered around Schafer himself. For Psy2, they built a traditional, lumbering setup with different teams working independently on various layers, a straight up industry director/manager Zak McClendon to set it up in that fashion, Tim only working on story bits on the sideline while the game came into being, and obvious 9-5 types staffing everything, who complained about crunch time and acted like the typical, immature young devs you'd imagine seeing at an Ubisoft or whatever.
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Arsic
Loves his juicy stink trail scent
adamsapple
Or is it just one of Phil's balls in my throat?
Negotiator101
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This is some take on a congratulations from Spencer to a Studio who just released a new gameMy gut tells me you will hear about DF layoffs in the next month. And my gut is driven simply by the tweet Phil put out about the game yesterday. It was as benign and basic as you could get which isn't really fitting for a game as special as this.
it tells me they know they are gonna gut the studio or shut it down completely because otherwise the praise would be effusive and much more celebratory. And the game deserves that sort of praise but to do that when you KNOW you are about to close the doors in the next few weeks would come back to bite them in the ass PR wise.
All that said, it's just a gut feeling and I hope I'm wrong.
I don't mean to be rude but are you on some form of medication?
MacReady13
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Define "best looking"? Most realistic? Artistically beautiful? Cause I think Mario Wonder is a gorgeous looking game. Technically it can't touch these games but does it need to?
Buggy Loop
Gold Member
Because you buy DoubleFine for the next Halo /s
ChorizoPicozo
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It also cost the same as a Gamepass subscripti
insane value
GermanZepp
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I'm gonna try it when it's cheaper. I like the concept
Negotiator101
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That's gotta be some pizza!
