GHG
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If this game was what it should have been, given the strength of the IP, it should have been up there in the mid portion of that list.
But alas...
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Dragon Age: Veilguard releases with over 70k concurrent players on Steam and 'Mixed Reviews'
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If this game was what it should have been, given the strength of the IP, it should have been up there in the mid portion of that list.
But alas...
DavidGzz
Gold Member
DF lying through their yellow teeth.
Hawk The Slayer
Member
Ill still give Skyrim major props since the population was way smaller during 2011 and it gain many times the fans over the years due to all the mods as it's the game with the largest amount of mods in history. I think Elder Scrolls VI could easily get 1 million peak at least.
Kittehkraken
Member
Several hundred thousand concurrent players aka 400k at least by tomorrow according to this person. Looks like everyone really is out for Halloween with the ever growing rate of the CCP and it's going to start increasing in count massively later on.
IT'S OVER FOR THE HATERS! The game will get several hundred thousand concurrent players after Halloween :: Dragon Age™: The Veilguard General Discussions
Haters will say a big budget AAA game from a well known franchise being at only 70k concurrent isn't good and that it needs at least like 300k concurrent players or more. Fair enough but what they fail to realize is that 99% of the folks celebrating Halloween outside right now. Younger kids are...steamcommunity.com
Topher
Identifies as young
I'll just speak for myself here. I was hoping this game was going to be great and I was willing to overlook quite a bit as far as "woke" politics and whatnot. I explicitly said as much in recent posts. But I just draw the line at a game that gets on the soapbox and preaches to me about modern day trans issues like Veilguard does. I think others feel the same way. So for me this is entirely about what is in the game. Nothing more.
lmimmfn
Member
Good for you, you should try mobile gaming in your quest for crap games without depth.
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Ass of Can Whooping
Gold Member
That's fine. You're old so it's understandable
Sentenza
Gold Member
Oh yes, let's play this game with the receipts.
Let's see... From the review prediction thread few days ago.: https://www.neogaf.com/threads/dragon-age-the-veilguard-review-thread.1676719/post-269733866
I absolutely hate how it looks, though?
Straight from the sales prediction thread: https://www.neogaf.com/threads/how-...ll-equate-to-a-success.1676851/post-269748560
Incidentally we are not there yet, so far it's below my expectations.
Yes, exactly where I should be, since I like consistence and I'm not a rabid shill.
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Topher
Identifies as young
Respect the tag, asshole!
analog_future
Resident Crybaby
Good job, you predicted decently well. I (obviously) wasn't talking directly to you though.
Ass of Can Whooping
Gold Member
I won't apologize. I'll just pull some barves
Topher
Identifies as young
A2una1
Member
Oh so you played DA V? I did. Its certainly not the best game I've ever played, but it's better than DA2 in my opinion
Topher
Identifies as young
I think this time Sunday, we will have a better idea how it performed. It is Halloween so lots of other stuff going on besides video games.
gow3isben
Member
Actually scratch that I would now qualify this as a bit of a disappointment
gow3isben
Member
Fair enough I personally think 200k by weekend is a reasonable threshold for success or not?
Hohenheim
Member
Is it sad that a game that, in your opinion, is not good is selling well? So every game out there must be for your personal taste?Well then you misunderstood my original post if the words you said weren't what you meant
A game selling well that isn't good is a bit sad. I've already justified the stance in this thread but you came in all hot and nutter butters that I bet you didn't even see it.
The fact is a bad game selling well sends a message to the men in suits that it's what gamers want. When really it's just selling well because it's a well known IP. I don't want gaming to turn into Disney and marvel.
Maybe you do and that's fine, but saying that I find it sad that it's selling well is not some radical right wing insane conspiracy theory.
I feel the same sadness when apple releases a slightly better product year on year for 20x times the price and people just consume and slurp it all up without even thinking.
It's your opinion that it's not a good game. Lots of people obviously think it's a amazing game.
I have not played it btw, but will probably check it out at some point. And yeah, I really enjoyed earlier games in the series. They changed it a bit for this one. That's not a problem, that's just how things work sometimes.
Other times people complain a lot when a game series does not change. This time the art is a bit goofy and they have some purple trans stuff in there (from what i've read). Couldn't really care less about that last bit, but would love to see the game more gritty and dark.
But by your logic every game YOU don't like is bad, and should not sell well. That's a bit silly.
Is it bad for you because it's different from earlier games in series? Is it because it's "woke"?
You seem s bit paranoid that if it's "bad" and sells, then everyone will make games like that and it's all doom and gloom.
Well, that's just not gonna happen.
The gaming industry is full of ALL kinds of different games in various styles, and judt because a "purple woke game" is getting good reviews and (maybe) selling quite well, doesn't mean every game from here on will be like this one game.
I think you worry too much if you actually believe this game should flop just because it's not for you.
I'm sure you'll have lots of other great games to choose from, both now and for many, many years to come!
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lmimmfn
Member
Why would I invest any money in that woke crap?
The DA franchise died after DA:O, a fantastic game and one of my top 5 games ever, everything afterwards was thrash including DAV.
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DonkeyPunchJr
World’s Biggest Weeb
Same here, I even replayed Inquisition earlier this year to get ready for it.
But after seeing that horrendous reveal trailer, all the overt moralizing and lecturing in the videos, + just the awful dialog that sounds like it belongs in Daniel Tiger’s Neighborhood, that was just too much for me.
Topher
Identifies as young
Hard to say. That list of games you replied to would suggest 200k was below average.
DeepEnigma
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The Cockatrice
Gold Member
70k, 76% percent reviews, gaf truly is made out of old farts who love nothing but to hate and platform war. Sometimes its best to block all social media and just enjoy things instead of watching twitter retards like grumz. Sometimes games are bad, but have some fucking faith once in a while. Origins had some absolute garbage dialogue as well, like Zevran who was extremely LGBT and no one gave a shit. Ignore the stuff that triggers you, skip the dialogue and enjoy the rest of a decent game(so far). Imma start blocking all these desperate hate threads.
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A2una1
Member
If you have been let down 3 Times now, you should know better by now. Why even bother
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StreetsofBeige
Gold Member
Its more than wokeish stuff.
What about the Fortnite vibe, super colourful bright colours, and you cant control NPCs anymore? All which are very different than past DA games.
Lokaum D+
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ChorizoPicozo
Member
i was thinking 300K
then there is the NPDs which should chart on the number 1 spot.
subsequent news/insights from sales analysts would give a more realistic view of its commercial performance.
finally, any comment from EA to their investors.
I think the consumer reception is going to be mixed at best and the game is going to "underperform". And there is a very high probability that the quality of the game itself and the consumer perception of the studio will end up killing Bioware for good.
A2una1
Member
Inquisition was as colourfull as veilguard is now, but with crushed Blacks...
lmimmfn
Member
I think this is the most likely scenario in the current climate.
Steam forums are getting crazier and crazier; it's actually entertaining to go there when a game release.
steamcommunity.com
Dragon Age™: The Veilguard General Discussions :: Steam Community
Dragon Age™: The Veilguard - Dragon Age™: The Veilguard Deluxe EditionObtain a variety of weapons and armor, including curiosities from a forgotten era, with the Deluxe Edition. You’ll receive cosmetic weapon and armor sets for the Warrior, Mage, and Rogue classes as well as cosmetic armor sets...
ChorizoPicozo
Member
i should clarify that this team is not going to make a game again....and the pressure is going to be insanely high for the mass effect game...then bioware can be put to sleep.
Branded
Gold Member
And then there's the other retards who think CCU means total amount sold...
kruis
Exposing the sinister cartel of retailers who allow companies to pay for advertising space.
I had no idea DA:I was that successful.
DA:TV has no chance in hell to sell that many copies. It looks like The Veilguard game is going to hit at most 100K concurrent Steam users this weekend, that's less than half of what Dragon's Dogma 2 was doing. DD2 sold 3 million copies withing the first couple of months and will likely have sold 4 million copies on all platforms by now. So that could indicate DA:TV is going to sell around 2 million copies, perhaps 3 million copies since Xmas is coming up soon. That's probably not enough to break even on a game that's been 9 years (!) in development.
DA:TV has no chance in hell to sell that many copies. It looks like The Veilguard game is going to hit at most 100K concurrent Steam users this weekend, that's less than half of what Dragon's Dogma 2 was doing. DD2 sold 3 million copies withing the first couple of months and will likely have sold 4 million copies on all platforms by now. So that could indicate DA:TV is going to sell around 2 million copies, perhaps 3 million copies since Xmas is coming up soon. That's probably not enough to break even on a game that's been 9 years (!) in development.
DonkeyPunchJr
World’s Biggest Weeb
No way it’s going that high. I’m guessing 100K max CCU on Sunday. Definitely less than 200K.
GHG
Gold Member
Steam forums are getting crazier and crazier; it's actually entertaining to go there when a game release.
Dragon Age™: The Veilguard General Discussions :: Steam Community
Dragon Age™: The Veilguard - Dragon Age™: The Veilguard Deluxe EditionObtain a variety of weapons and armor, including curiosities from a forgotten era, with the Deluxe Edition. You’ll receive cosmetic weapon and armor sets for the Warrior, Mage, and Rogue classes as well as cosmetic armor sets...
Absolute chaos.
The thread about steam deleting/censoring reviews seems to be gaining a lot of traction.
If they are indeed deleting negative reviews then it's not going to go down too well.
lmimmfn
Member
We were sold a lie with Inquisition, GOTY, 9/10, I reordered it. It was total shit.
That game is when I stopped trusting gsming media, I couldn't believe what I was playing vs what they were saying.
DA:I was successful because of lies by the media and DAV seems to be following the same path.
Kacho
Gold Member
Rush2112
Member
“In this game, it seems you can only create a trans woman, not a woman. There's no option to design a feminine-looking woman, and even with the chest slider at maximum, breasts remain non-existent. Meanwhile, you can adjust the bulge to be larger than the chest size on female characters.”
LOL
LOL
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Revolutionary
Member
Shinobi is still shilling for EA after all these years, goddamn.
I remember when he was hyping up ME Andromeda on GAF but then ran away when people started to get their hands on the game and were like WTF is this shit
ChorizoPicozo
Member
i was thinking 300K to be considered a success, if we go with the narrative of being a masterpice and the best bioware game to date. (realistically speaking)
if its around 200K, people will argue
around 100k it will be dissapoinment for sure.
BigBeauford
Gold Member
And then there are the retards who disregard CCU as a beneficial metric.
Kittehkraken
Member
Unknown Soldier
Member
If EA didn't close Bioware after Anthem, they literally never will
DonkeyPunchJr
World’s Biggest Weeb
Did the trick-or-treaters come home yet?
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