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Over 2 million citizens have explored Atomfall's dangerous biomes, foraging for meat, drinking beer, and bonking druids on the head with cricket bats. The RPG is shaping up to be one of Rebellion's greatest achievements—if not the greatest—and the developer has a ton of fun facts about the two million Atomfall players who've played the game.

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[adamsapple]

Impressive for a game with only 6000 peak CCU on Steam.

 

[DeVeAn]

Fully enjoyed this. Hope the DLC is good.

 

[Mr Moose]

Impressive for a game with only 6000 peak CCU on Steam.

Those are from sales though. This is players, and it's on GamePass.

 

[adamsapple]

Those are from sales though. This is players, and it's on GamePass.

Yes. That's the point.

Steam CCU alone is not really a good indicator of the game's total player base, or sales base for that matter, if it's on multiple other platforms.

 

[LiquidMetal14]

I'm going to try it

 

[Magic Carpet]

Swarm Fatalities.
That sucked.

 

[San Dan Glokta]

How many sales though????

 

[TintoConCasera]

Steam CCU alone is not really a good indicator of the game's total player base.

This again? Lol dude. Should I post again the list of games with high CCU despite being day 1 on GP?

 

[adamsapple]

This again? Lol dude. Should I post again the list of games with high CCU despite being day 1 on GP?

Sure, but don't forget to add Atomfall to the list this time, please.

 

[Buggy Loop]

This again? Lol dude. Should I post again the list of games with high CCU despite being day 1 on GP?

And Atomfall still manages to find success it seems

Yes, can a known franchise with a huge fanbase waiting 15 years for a sequel massively jump on and bought on Steam such as STALKER 2? Yes.

Can an unknown new franchise with "ok" reviews have peoples exploring the game on gamepass rather than spend full price on Steam? Yes.

 

[Mr Moose]

Yes. That's the point.

Steam CCU alone is not really a good indicator of the game's total player base, or sales base for that matter, if it's on multiple other platforms.

Steam CCU is only part of the story, but it's one of the only things we know until the publishers or sales people give us sales numbers (or in this case players).

 

[Loomy]

Do we have the rare successful game with 'Fall' in the name?

 

[TintoConCasera]

Sure, but don't forget to add Atomfall to the list this time, please.

Numbers are there for anyone to see.

And Atomfall still manages to find success it seems

Yes, can a known franchise with a huge fanbase waiting 15 years for a sequel massively jump on and bought on Steam such as STALKER 2? Yes.

Can an unknown new franchise with "ok" reviews have peoples exploring the game on gamepass rather than spend full price on Steam? Yes.

Yeah sure. Atomfall seems fine, I was quoting him more in relation to the argument that Steam CCU isn't an indicator of sales, which I think is big cope.

 

[Kacho]

And Atomfall still manages to find success

Define success

 

[Heisenberg007]

Yes. That's the point.

Steam CCU alone is not really a good indicator of the game's total player base, or sales base for that matter, if it's on multiple other platforms.

It is a good indicator for estimating Steam game sales. Analysts have been using that number for years at this point.

Some of you keep downplaying Steam CCU only because your favorite gaming company can't hit high-enough numbers there, so suddenly it "doesn't matter."

 

[Zacfoldor]

Edit: Nevermind, removed the post, fuck I'm stupid, I missed a whole month in my calculations

Instead, I'll say good for atomfall.

 

[adamsapple]

It is a good indicator for estimating Steam game sales. Analysts have been using that number for years at this point.

Yes, agreed. It is a good indicator for estimating Steam sales and Steam sales alone.

 

[Magic Carpet]

Fully enjoyed this. Hope the DLC is good.

I'm going to try it

Thank you both for joining in on what this type of thread SHOULD be about.
All you others are being killjoys making sales and war comparison posts with other games.

 

[acm2000]

very much enjoying the game myself, refreshing to get away from open world(ish) games set in boring america but i wish they would fix the quick save/resume sound bug on xbox

 

[adamsapple]

Thank you both for joining in on what this type of thread SHOULD be about.
All you others are being killjoys making sales and war comparison posts with other games.

I have it downloaded, next game after South of Midnight.

I think it got a massive patch a day or two ago too so hopefully it fixes any lingering launch day issues / hitches.

 

[Kilau]

Yes, agreed. It is a good indicator for estimating Steam sales and Steam sales alone.

I think if a game is not on a sub service it can be a good indicator of overall sales, take Concord. Even better if it's an online game where CCU matters the most versus a single player game.

 

[Zuzu]

Sounds like it's doing well

 

[mayham2199]

Close to hitting Hi-Fi rush numbers.

 

[seething left]

Yes. That's the point.

Steam CCU alone is not really a good indicator of the game's total player base, or sales base for that matter, if it's on multiple other platforms.

<3

 

[Vlodril]

We don't do numbers anymore. Players , engagement , bullets fired etc...

 

[Majukun]

does it count the free gamerpass user

 

[Nocty]

well deserved, it's is a gem of a game with an immersive world.

 

[calico]

does it count the free gamerpass user

It counts people paying $0 for it as part of a subscription they would have kept regardless, and people paying $1 to rent it with a game pass trial.

An unknown number of those 2 million players are paying an unknown amount to play it. Even Microsoft wouldn't be able to put a very accurate $ amount on the game pass players.

 

[tmlDan]

Yes, agreed. It is a good indicator for estimating Steam sales and Steam sales alone.

There are no sales on xbox, i can assure you

 

[Guardian Monkey]

Game seemed interesting but crashed twice on my pc. Xbox game pass version for the record, maybe other store front versions are in better state. It seemed interesting at least, maybe I'll check it out on the Xbox or pc later again.

 

[phant0m]

I have it downloaded, next game after South of Midnight.

I think it got a massive patch a day or two ago too so hopefully it fixes any lingering launch day issues / hitches.

It's a way better game than SoM imo

(And I like SoM)

But Atomfall reallllly scratches my immersive sim/survival horror itch in a really good way

 

[N0S]

GAME PASS YALL

 

[Kvally]

Useless numbers. I need to know if the company profited or not. That is what keeps me gaming.

 

[Kacho]

There are no sales on xbox, i can assure you

Just to put things into perspective, the Steam version peaked at 6k CCUs. There are ~1.7k reviews currently. These are dreadful numbers.

The Xbox version has 3k reviews and that's likely 99% Game Pass players reviewing it.

So unless this game managed to over perform on PlayStation (it didn't) this game is a huge bomb.

 

[TintoConCasera]

Just to put things into perspective, the Steam version peaked at 6k CCUs. There are ~1.7k reviews currently. These are dreadful numbers.

The Xbox version has 3k reviews and that's likely 99% Game Pass players reviewing it.

 

[Heisenberg007]

Yes, agreed. It is a good indicator for estimating Steam sales and Steam sales alone.

Of course. I don't think anybody argues that Steam's CCU is also used to determine a game's sale on Xbox, PlayStation, or Nintendo.

It is a commonly-used metric to calculate Steam sales. No more; no less.

 

[NeonDelta]

I gave it half hour or so but it wasn't for me.

 

[Buggy Loop]

Define success

The devs themselves?

Over 2 million citizens have explored Atomfall's dangerous biomes, foraging for meat, drinking beer, and bonking druids on the head with cricket bats. The RPG is shaping up to be one of Rebellion's greatest achievements—if not the greatest

Success is relative. For this dev it can be their biggest achievement, in the meantime Square Enix is never satisfied with any sales.

 

[Kvally]

Just to put things into perspective, the Steam version peaked at 6k CCUs. There are ~1.7k reviews currently. These are dreadful numbers.

The Xbox version has 3k reviews and that's likely 99% Game Pass players reviewing it.

So unless this game managed to over perform on PlayStation (it didn't) this game is a huge bomb.

I don't think anyone bought it on PS or Xbox or anything else for that matter. Even looking at Twitch, the biggest viewer right now has 207 people. The others are 20 viewers or less. In all aspects, it seems it's not doing well anywhere.

There are no sales on xbox, i can assure you

Nor PS.

 

[adamsapple]

GAME PASS YALL

 

[Alebrije]

its not the Fallout clone I expected but far better than Outer Worlds....

its a good Game overall....

 

[Denton]

Steam CCU alone is not really a good indicator of the game's total player base

Correct

or sales base for that matter, if it's on multiple other platforms.

Incorrect

Sales can be extrapolated, and in most cases, if a game sells low on PC, it also sells low elsewhere. Of course there are exceptions.

If the sales were anything to write home about, they would.

 

[DragonNCM]

Let me guess....Game Pass attracted ?

 

[Little Chicken]

Impressive for a game with only 6000 peak CCU on Steam.

ONLY 6000 peak CCU on Steam?

How will they spin this?

 

[Kvally]

if a game sells low on PC, it also sells low elsewhere. Of course there are exceptions

There are a lot of exceptions. Too many to properly determine the outcome. KC2, overwhelming ahead on PC. AC Shadows, overwhelmingly ahead on console.

 

[Denton]

There are a lot of exceptions. Too many to properly determine the outcome. KC2, overwhelming ahead on PC. AC Shadows, overwhelmingly ahead on console.

And don't forget Silent Hill 2 remake, also mostly console. And that's about it for the exceptions from last few years.

In any case, Atomfall seems like a more PC gamer oriented game if anything, so one would except it to do better there.

 

[Kacho]

The devs themselves?

Good vibes PR isn't a metric for success.

I don't think anyone bought it on PS or Xbox or anything else for that matter. Even looking at Twitch, the biggest viewer right now has 207 people. The others are 20 viewers or less. In all aspects, it seems it's not doing well anywhere.

Yeah, probably not which is a shame. I do think the game will do better over time and build an audience after multiple sales. Should do better than Strange Brigade at least.

 

[Kvally]

And don't forget Silent Hill 2 remake, also mostly console.

Call of Duty as well.

"An independent study by Dexerto estimated that players prefer to play Warzone on the console. The study says 42.1% use PlayStations, 25.6% use Xbox, and 28.4% the PC. Meanwhile, 3.9% only represent the Call of Duty: Mobile numbers."

67.70% vs. 28.4% in favor of console.

 

[tmlDan]

I don't think anyone bought it on PS or Xbox or anything else for that matter. Even looking at Twitch, the biggest viewer right now has 207 people. The others are 20 viewers or less. In all aspects, it seems it's not doing well anywhere.


Nor PS.

its time to get back to reality