No, it not. Concurrent users = # of players playing simultaneously at any given time. Daily active users = as long as you fired up the game at least once during that calendar day then you're included in the total. Those are two different things.
Yes for the third time, I understand that peak daily active users isn't going to account for everyone. I'm saying that the # of users that doesn't account for is probably small compared to the total.
So all the sources are wrong or evil, and everyone who quotes them is just a warrior. Got it - you can live in your own reality for a little longer.
That may be the case, but are you really advocating for people to be duped out of their money?
Both Unicorn Overlord and Stellar Blade had highly successful demo. All depends the quality of the demo.
For me if the demo is good it gets me even more excited for the game, I currently put 5 hours in to Stela Blade demo and I'm absolutely hyped for the full game.
Daniel says the figures from the equities reports, which will be made with information from trackers like Circana, GSD and Media Create.
Not sure why you constantly keep bringing console war into this. And you haven't explained anything other than calling people names.
You'd probably be surprised how many gamers want just that. They want all of us to blindly spend our money, and some want us to spend even more money on gaming.
Good demo bring the hype to the games that are less known, Unicorn Overlord became much more popular with good word of mouth thanks to that demo….same with Stellar Blade, it showed that the game is actually really good and its more than a simple game with attractive main character.
Well yeah, the series as a whole should be releasing simultaneously on PC/Xbox.
But this is the same game, split in multiple parts, and highly story focused. People are literally advised to finish Remake before even trying the demo of Rebirth. So it's most definitely going to affect the sales numbers.
Sex sells, yup.
If PlayStation's parent company put $70 billion into the gaming industry that would be a very good thing for consumers. I want this industry to keep growing.
Microsoft bought existing studios they were already making games for more money than they were worth. There was no value add to the industry and if anything it was value subtract.
I also think that it's a stupid strategy of Square Enix to chain Final Fantasy to a console brand. The IP is and should be big enough to stand on its own.
I agree wholeheartedly, but pretty much everyone knows that will not be the case in many instances. Now some might say, "well those people deserve it", and there may some truth to that, but I would not wish ill upon them.
And when the Activision/Blizzard catalog is given to all gamepass subscribers how will you convince me that Microsoft didn't go and give me much more value for my gamepass subscription? I was going to pay $70 every year for every call of duty and I was gunna keep paying for gamepass anyway so yes I'm gunna say that they added a great deal of value for me by making this acquisition. And that's just the COD games. Oh and I don't even need to buy and Xbox. I just use my PC. How are ppl possibly hating this?! This is great news for consumers and you are acting against our own interests to pretend that it's not.
That's the big one for me: I don't own a PS5. I had hoped they would have had a bundle for it, but since they didn't, I've just opted to wait until a new PS5 model releases, and INSANELY good deal on existing ones, or just wait for PC.
You are right on the 'growth' aspect. If Remake was om Xbox One and Series S/X that would build a fan base which would carry over to Rebirth. As much as many don't want to admit, the Series S/X has a 27+ million userbase. If even just 10% bought the game that would add 3 million copies sold.....for $210 million in sales.....and you grow the fan base.
Yep. Its really not a controversial point.
I'd thought about it, but then I'd heard some mixed things about it. I'll say it doesn't help that my friend owns a PS5 and the durability of their controllers leave a lot to be desired. But the "slim" didn't seem discernibly different in any way, either.
nahIt's been a dying series for a long time but not for any of the reasons you outlined.
Alienating fans and limiting growth by not putting the game on Xbox? There have been several games on Xbox and they sold next to nothing compared to the other platforms the game was offered on. Do you seriously think that SQEX aren't looking at historical sales to determine how they are spending $100M+?
Putting the best team on remakes? I wouldn't say No please no-mura and co are the best that SQEX have to offer. And new IPs are even more of a financial risk to a company in SQEX's position.
And then FFXVI… Which was a good but not great but to say it had "unforgivable shortcomings" is not only off-base but it completely unwinds your argument about new IPs. You think they should develop a brand new title with mechanics that differ from traditional SQEX JRPGs but scoff at new mechanics. Maybe port begging is really the game you'd like to continue playing from SQEX.
