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STEAM | December 2016 - Winter (Sale) Is Coming Dec 22nd
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I sware every time I skipped ahead on that Warhammer video in the previous page there was no shooting, wtf? Granted I didnt watch the whole thing, I ws on my phone in bet just looking to see how the action looked and...I saw no action
I feel like I should be able to find this information on my own easy enough, but I'm feeling lazy.
What are the rules for this years SteamGAF GOTYs?
No DLC
No Early Access
No Episodic Games Where More Than Half The Episodes Don't Come Out This Year
No Remakes or Remasters
No Ports Of Old Console Games...?
No Blizzard or Riot Games For Some Reason
So, Blood and Wine is out because it's DLC, Divinity: OS 2 is out because it's Early Access, HITMAN and Batman: Telltale are in but if a game like them managed to have it's release schedule split between two years it'd be questionable, the Bioshock and Skyrim remasters are out, annnnd...Dragon's Dogma is in? I can't remember if DDArisen qualifies or not. Maybe that was more a discussion about how worthwhile it is to vote for old console ports.
Wait, is Blood & Wine really not eligible? It's not just any DLC, it's an expansion of size and quality putting most standalone games these days to shame. Doesn't seem fair.
Jawmuncher
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Valkyrie Revolution is windows store exclusive
For me, from now, there's only hate.
Sonic Mania and Sonic 2017 were announced by the American branch and they are coming on PC.
I didn't know that they changed the gameplay of Valkyria Chronicles so drastically with Azure Revolution. Granted I wasn't that much of a fan of the gameplay in the first one since it rewarded cheesy rushing strategies instead of a proper tactical approach but judging by the gameplay video I just watched this mashy action RPG combat doesn't look like much of an improvement. At least fighting regular soldiers looks really dull.
That's because Azure Revolution is a spin-off, not a Valkyria Chronicles game. Notice the lack of 'Chronicles' in its name.
KainXVIII
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Not that i wanted THIS game, but still bummer
Sonic is bit of an exception, since it has its own media channels (youtube, twitter).
For example, the trailers weren't uploaded in either SEGA Europe or America youtube channels, they were uploaded in Sonic's channel.
Baron_Calamity
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GhostTrick
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GoldandBlue
Member
Here is my guess on what happened. Sega decided to talk to Atlus and convince them to put their games on PC. Not only did they fail but Atlus convinced Sega that PC is trash and they need to stop porting games to it.
Tizoc
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GhostTrick
Banned
Right, but it still says a lot about their commitment to the platform and how they fucked up their initiative big time. Any publisher with half a brain would be like "Shit, we sold 900k of our japanese port ? Maybe we should listen to what people want !" and release it asap instead of bringing no-one-gives-a-fuck-about Sonic Lost World port 1 year later... and no port this year. Anyone with a marketing/business sense would've brought a steady string of release, with a good schedule. Like these small niche publishers putting ports one after the other.
So yes, instead of building up over that, we're back to the point in which "SEGA localize a new Valkyria spin off, coming everywhere except the platform it sold the most, and coming to the platform in which Japanese games don't sell at all".
GhostTrick
Banned
Mackenzie 92
Member
that new valkyria game sounds like crap anyway
but I'll just get it on PS4 if it does turn out to be decent.
but I'll just get it on PS4 if it does turn out to be decent.
They retweeted SEGA America's tweet, doesn't rule it out.
Sonic Generations PC wasn't announced until a week or two before launch, and it released together with consoles.
Except they already have said that they have more than 1 port in the works.
GhostTrick
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It released 2 weeks later iirc and 2011 was a different era. Steam was far smaller, and the 900k of VC sales didn't happened yet.
They also said we'd hear news this year. That just smells like PR talk. Unless they're making a huge Yakuza collection for Steam, there's nothing to justify such a long delay.
Large Professor
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Does anyone remember how many days before the actual sale mystery cards started dropping last year?
That's an interesting fact.
thesaucetastic
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The bug I got was going back for a heal upgrade because it was the only one I was missing. But there was no way for me to exit the area after I collected it and I saved there. I did think the combat was better than in SoT, I dunno about level design. I think I liked SoT's better. Still, the plot/bugs completely soured me on WW so I don't care for it at all. I agree with you on TT though.
Yeah, unless it's out of early access this year, you can't vote for it. Speedrunners is eligible, for example.
Tizoc
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I've said something similar to this multiple times already.
I thought you made this up and had to look it up. I'm so glad this turned out to be true! Sophie is coming too!!
SEGA Europe marketing seems to be pretty much non-existant for their console to PC ports though.
All SEGA Europe console to PC ports were announced at most a month before launch...I think? (just based on memory, didn't double check it)
GhostTrick
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Yeah, except at this point, it's more of a wishful thinking and we both know it. There's no Platinum Duology, Yakuza Pentalogy/Hexalogy/Collection, Shenmue Collection or whatever. Heck, we're back to the point that anything not Football Manager/Creative Assembly/Sonic is a no~not yet on PC. You can't decently deny that they don't care at all. I mean, if it was PS4/Vita only, I could see the point. But the very fact they added a platform that has proven to not sell Japanese games as opposed to the one which definitely proved it...
Yes they were. But as I said, it's not like VC happened.
Early next year was last we've heard on PC announcements.
VC happening didn't change that behaviour, Sonic Lost World was announced a month before release or so (I know it's just a barely average game, but still).
And it's not like they didn't have other console to PC successes before VC, Sonic All Stars Racing Transformed is above 800k currently.
GhostTrick
Banned
Yes, and before that it was end of this year. They didn't said early next year but the new year. Basically "2017, we're buying time". No one can tell me with a straigth face that SEGA has the right strategy and that people saying otherwise are nay sayers.
Right, so even more reasons for them to adopt a platform parity strategy. Bamco did it. Spike Chunsoft did it. NIS did it. Capcom did it. Sega are the only ones where some people says "Good things takes time" when it's over a year for only one game, throwing us a bone with the Megadrive collection update.
Heck, KT is actually becoming a better japanese port provider than SEGA. And they dont even had the huge success SEGA had.
Tizoc
Member
SEGA Japan hasn't had the right strategy most of the time since 1994.
How is EYE Divine Cybermancy as a solo experience?
This might help:
sixteen-bit
Member
Sega paid KFC, Tower Records, et al. to use their likenesses in Cr*zy Taxi. Not the other way around.
How are they still in business, lol
please tell me that's not true
TheLetdown
Member
I wouldn't go as far as saying that KT is a better port provider than SEGA (they really need a better pricing model <-<), but yeah, no one is going to say that SEGA's having the right strategy when it comes to this, though in my opinion the worst part is not even knowing which titles they're working on...
All that we know is that something is coming... but, how many games, which games, are they even games people want?
Ideally I'd say we should have gotten 2~4 console to pc ports per year (any more could be too much, too many releases too quickly leads to poor sales).
GhostTrick
Banned
The ports weren't great but at least they're improving and they've released far more in 3 years. They have like 4 Steam games planned already for 1st Half 2017. 2 of them being day and date releases. 3 of them being from Gust.
Baron_Calamity
Member
Very true. Valve tried to get real soda machines in HL2 but they all wanted a huge bundle of cash to allow it to happen. Pre-2005 in game ad placement just wasn't a thing yet.
Who do I gotta tweet spam to get a PC Port of this?
Isn't Game Republic dead? I wonder who owns the rights.
I'd love a port of Folklore.
lol nvm im dumb
Baron_Calamity
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Weird, both Bundlestars and Green man gaming are running an up to 80% off Star Wars games sales yet the sale pages is blank and all their games are normal price.
That's game development.
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