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[PepsimanVsJoe]

Oof that Witness thread is a real shitfest.

 

[Spirited]

That Witness thread sure is something. I give us at least 6 month before the PS4 can achieve world peace, cure cancer and get rid of poverty.

Blow is even saying on Twitter that it's selling well on steam.

 

[The Dear Leader]

Blow is even saying on Twitter that it's selling well on steam.

But that's a mere fraction of the PlayStation™4 versions total sales.

Their also a bunch of people that I can only describe as "Denuvo fanboys" in that thread, I don't know how a thing is possible but it just is.

 

[Jawmuncher]

I've basically given up on clearing backlog at this point, only trying to finish games I've bought during sales recently.

So...is that a dude?

Yes it's the lead singer from Tokio Hotel

 

[freshVeggie]

Dying Light: TF - Exploration Trailer

Demo was real fun and I always like having some sort of complete edition where you don't have to think whether you're missing out on any content.

 

[derExperte]

So...is that a dude?

What does your penis tell you?

Blow is even saying on Twitter that it's selling well on steam.

Just desperate PR-spin from another PC dev ruined by pirates in less than a week. We clearly don't deserve same-day releases, port multi-platforms a year after or not at all.

 

[jshackles]

-Overall-

Game was received much better than anticipated. It was played a bit more than I expected as well, though didn't get any huge media attention and is still a more niche thing. Have received some very kind words and messages on the game, via emails, on social feeds, on other freeware sites the game is available on. I have two other freebie experiment games coming to Steam soon, so see how those fair in comparison to CYE.

That's awesome, thank you so much for sharing your insights on this. I wish more developers wrote about their post-launch experiences like this because it's a good way for others who are interested in doing something like this to have realistic expectations of performance.

Congratulations on your success!

 

[mp1990]

I'm guessing it's the piracy one, where many said Blow shouldn't have released it on PC.

I'm looking for words to describe how much i hate that thread, but hyperboles won't be enough for it. I accept gifs suggestions.

By the way, just listened to my first Giant Bombcast (started with the GB's GOTY 2015 one, mind you) and these guys are pretty good! English not being my primary language complicates things a bit, but i'll go the extra mile for this.

 

[TheAutomator]

Enjoyed reading that. Thanks Dusk Golem!

 

[Bowlie]

I'm looking for words to describe how much i hate that thread, but hyperboles won't be enough for it. I accept gifs suggestions.

By the way, just listened to my first Giant Bombcast (started with the GB's GOTY 2015 one, mind you) and these guys are pretty good! English not being my primary language complicates listening to it, but i'll go the extra mile for this.

This may be a long shot, but
eu acho que te vi algumas vezes pelo Jogabilidade c: É um bom jeito de ficar praticando a escuta e aprender vocabulário; é o que eu faço. Mas isso não tem nada a ver com o tópico aqui.

---

Wow, congrats, Dusk!

 

[FiveElementNinja]

Cards Alert

Russian Horror Story got cards.

 

[Ludens]

Another thread about the piracy.
Well, EVERY game got pirated, EVERY single game.
I doubt people are pirating The Witness more than Fallout 4, AC Syndacate or mainstream titles, anyway. And not all pirates would buy your game just because they actually download it, some will just delete it after two minutes or so.

The only way to fight piracy is providing good contents, that's all. And even by doing so, there will be always pirates anyway.

Also selling almost 30k within 3 days, well, I think it's VERY good, considering the game costs 38€ and it's not a 15€ game like Braid was.

So I really don't understand Blow's rant, honestly.

 

[Dr Dogg]

You probably know this already but CA can be turned off in the settings.

I have a question about this game. I started playing it with a friend in my party and we did the first mission which is basically to trek to the railway station that acts as your hub. Once we got there though we got sent to separate instances. Is the hub supposed to be like that? Single player thing where you upgrade it on your own? And you can only party up with people outside it when you go on missions?

Thankfully it was one of the first thing I attended to when the game let me in to the menus. Seriously devs please, don't auto select settings before giving you a 3-5 minute unskippable scene before you can scale things back. The intro was running for me at about 7fps.

But yeah your Base of Operations is instanced solely for you. I think there's even a tool tip saying any changes you make will only be seen by you. There are social spaces like the one you start off at in other various points that you can run into other players but you can always squad up with peeps other than your own Base.So you can just freeroam around the map, do story missions or go into the Dark Zone and it's all seemless.

Oh wow, sorry for responding to a three day old post. Yeah, I kinda forgot the Steam community thread existed. Always neglect to check the community tab, unfortunately.

I'll just keep this in my subscriptions.

Ha! Well the thread may be exiled to community but at least it's not forgotten (well completely).

 

[def sim]

I'm looking for words to describe how much i hate that thread, but hyperboles won't be enough for it. I accept gifs suggestions.

 

[Tizoc]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SvgRWyzENes
Best theme of Bipson, as in this guy

 

[dave is ok]

Whoops. forgot to cancel Humble Monthly.

Why do they charge so early?

 

[Knurek]

Another thread about the piracy.
Well, EVERY game got pirated, EVERY single game.

Bull.
You can't pirate something that's being given away for free. Lots of games like that.

 

[jshackles]

I'm looking for words to describe how much i hate that thread, but hyperboles won't be enough for it. I accept gifs suggestions.

pretty much this

 

[Atraveller]

Yes it's the lead singer from Tokio Hotel

Ok, thanks.

What does your penis tell you?

It was very confusing.

 

[zkylon]

i have to stop eating fast food

im gonna get fat and sickly

but who has time to make food damn it

Dude or Girl I don't care

Just let me in bro

Just let me in

cute is cute

and i wanna

Ramza is looking cute

where is this from? i'm gonna assume it's something lame rather than a new final fantasy tactics because that's the kind of world we live in

 

[Ludens]

Whoops. forgot to cancel Humble Monthly.

Why do they charge so early?

So in case you forget to cancel your sub, they already took the money

 

[Crimsonclaw111]

where is this from? i'm gonna assume it's something lame rather than a new final fantasy tactics because that's the kind of world we live in

Dissidia Arcade.

 

[TheAutomator]

cute is cute

and i wanna

you my bro, bro

 

[zkylon]

Dissidia Arcade.

in hopes of not hurting anyone's feelings

yeah, i knew it was gonna be lame for me

you my bro, bro

that's the creed i live by

the whole zkylon bible

 

[AHA-Lambda]

So...is that a dude?

Yep, I made that mistake before :/

 

[zkylon]

go for it then figure it out with your therapist

that's the second commandment

 

[arts&crafts]

I don't understand the rationale of anti-PC people. IF the witness did not come out on PC do you think those 30,000 sales (in the first 3 days) would be on the PS4? I would say maybe 500 to 1000 more PS4 sales and 0 PC sales aka $1,000,000 loss. Now do you think it lost future PS4 sales to PC pirating? That makes no sense. If someone is spending 400 on a PS4 why would they pirate a game on PC.

/rant

Also I think Blow over exaggerates everything. I am sure he will make a healthy profit on this game. I bought it and love it for the record.

 

[Shantom]

I don't understand the rationale of anti-PC people. IF the witness did not come out on PC do you think those 30,000 sales (in the first 3 days) would be on the PS4? I would say maybe 500 to 1000 more PS4 sales and 0 PC sales aka $1,000,000 loss. Now do you think it lost future PS4 sales to PC pirating? That makes no sense. If someone is spending 400 on a PS4 why would they pirate a game on PC.

Yes, because PS4 is a beast.

I regret ever posting in that Witness thread.

 

[corrosivefrost]

:smh:

Just because someone owns a "$400 PS4" doesn't mean they're going to run out and buy every game they can pirate instead, especially if it's a $40 release and they're unsure if they'll like it. The "logic" of some of the posters in here is just ridiculous.

The only way to ensure that a PS4 owner is going to buy The Witness on PS4 is if the person ONLY owns a PS4. And even in that case, it goes back to Stump's post about price stratification and the ensuing discussion with Teggy.

 

[RobNBanks]

I don't understand the rationale of anti-PC people. IF the witness did not come out on PC do you think those 30,000 sales (in the first 3 days) would be on the PS4? I would say maybe 500 to 1000 more PS4 sales and 0 PC sales aka $1,000,000 loss. Now do you think it lost future PS4 sales to PC pirating? That makes no sense. If someone is spending 400 on a PS4 why would they pirate a game on PC.

/rant

Also I think Blow over exaggerates everything. I am sure he will make a healthy profit on this game. I bought it and love it for the record.

The rationale is easy.

"Look at this amazing PS4 exclusive!!"

No one gives a fuck about sales.

 

[arts&crafts]

:smh:

Just because someone owns a "$400 PS4" doesn't mean they're going to run out and buy every game they can get for free, especially if it's a $40 release. The "logic" of some of the posters in here is just ridiculous.

Well the majority of consumers that have a PS4 propably dont have a gaming PC so they can't get a game for free. The witness can run on most PCs so in this case it is possible, but AAA titles cannot. Maybe my logic isnt sound but I stand by my belief that PC + PS4 release will make more money than just a PS4 release which are the comments I was addressing.

 

[fantomena]

Lolololol, MS dropped the Tomb Raider Rise price point from 549 NOK (I think it was previous) to 409 NOK and with the added 11% off it takes the game down to 362 NOK.

Early Win 10 store buyers must be pissed. Not sure if this only happened to the Norwegian Win 10 Store though.

So in other words, early buyers payed 130 aka 14€ too much by buying it early.

 

[Crimsonclaw111]

Please support the Sony Playstation 4™, the All in One Entertainment System with 50% less piracy than PC. Game sharing is a feature, not piracy!

 

[Baron_Calamity]

I wish there was something I could do with these supply crates.

 

[Ludens]

:smh:

Just because someone owns a "$400 PS4" doesn't mean they're going to run out and buy every game they can pirate instead, especially if it's a $40 release and they're unsure if they'll like it. The "logic" of some of the posters in here is just ridiculous.

The only way to ensure that a PS4 owner is going to buy The Witness on PS4 is if the person ONLY owns a PS4. And even in that case, it goes back to Stump's post about price stratification and the ensuing discussion with Teggy.

Regarding Blow and the price of his games:

-official site 20$ http://braid-game.com/
-Steam 15€ http://store.steampowered.com/app/26800/?l=italian
-Humble 9.50€ https://www.humblebundle.com/store/p/braid_storefront?hmb_source=search_bar

On console:

PS3 https://store.playstation.com/#!/it-it/giochi/braid/cid=EP4049-NPEB00150_00-BRAID00000000001 9.99€

360 http://marketplace.xbox.com/it-IT/Product/Braid/66acd000-77fe-1000-9115-d802584108ce 9.50€

This dude can't price his titles in the same way above all platforms, it seems, so The Witness is a step on the right direction.

 

[Tizoc]

Having recently played the original release on my Vita
http://gematsu.com/2015/08/tokyo-twilight-ghost-hunters-update-announced-ps4-ps3-ps-vita

ASW should def. consider releasing this on Steam. Original game has great soundtrack, characters and art style but that combat system is so luck based it boggles my mind how they got away with it @_@

 

[Spirited]

Anyone who wants to add me on uplay for some the divison beta co-op? My name is TheGreenOrbit

 

[MUnited83]

i


cute is cute

and i wanna

 

[corrosivefrost]

Please support the Sony Playstation 4™, the All in One Entertainment System with 50% less piracy than PC. Game sharing is a feature, not piracy!

I see what you're trying to do, but it doesn't work quite right.

So let me try it...

Please support Valve's Steam™ service, the All in One PC digital download service with 50% less piracy. Family sharing is a feature, not piracy!

Yup. Seems about right.

 

[zkylon]

let's be real here

family sharing sux

A quick question about The Witness, as I am afraid to venture into the OT out of fear of learning too much: How much (environmental) story-telling is there in the game? I think I'd enjoy the puzzles, but if the game doesn't do anything interesting with the island itself, then I think I'd rather spend the money on (several) other, more low-fi puzzle-games.

just saw this post

it's kinda hard to answer

there's audiologs and you'll find like "corpses" and stuff but it's no bioshock

you won't be piecing together scenes or situations, you'll just somewhere, say "that's pretty", then look for panels and that's kind of it

 

[Large Professor]

Daily deal:
Valkyria Chronicles -75%

Cheaper than during the winter sale.

 

[fantomena]

let's be real here

family sharing suxt

Yup.

 

[shortsFortallPeople]

this post keep getting brought up because people keep reading into it incorrectly and it's an infuriating thing lol

think im going to go back and edit it so that people understand that what im saying is that im not buying blow's piracy concerns, not that im stealing the fucking game dammit.

 

[Shantom]

im stealing the fucking game dammit.

.

 

[Atraveller]

So many console warrior drive-bys.

 

[Dsyndrome]

this post keep getting brought up because people keep reading into it incorrectly and it's an infuriating thing lol

think im going to go back and edit it so that people understand that what im saying is that im not buying blow's piracy concerns, not that im stealing the fucking game dammit.

THIEF!

 

[shortsFortallPeople]

.

THIEF!

and of course no one looked through the rest of the posts in the thread to see that i pretty much have a zero bullshit policy regarding piracy because it's really fun to point that post out and misread what i wrote.

bunch of turds

 

[MUnited83]

Yep, I made that mistake before :/

Is it really a mistake though?

 

[PetriP-TNT]

Played 2 hours of The Witness and it's constantly in between very interesting and frustrating, quite strange.

Spoiler

70 solved

 

[Tizoc]

Bombshell is 30% off at Bundlestars
https://www.bundlestars.com/en/game/bombshell

Over at Nuuvem it's $14 if anyone's interested
Or could you now get me a copy ;P