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STEAM | January 2016 - Out of cash, out of cache

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MUnited83

For you.
Oh hey, remember those 14 chapters of Higurashi Mangagamer promised to release?

higuoab0e.png


Yeah... I don't think we'll even see the third one. Pity. :(
Lol, dont worry, they will all come. Its mangagamer, I have no doubt that games are making profit.
 

Hektor

Member

AHAHAHAHAHAHAH

Is this real? Git Gud or get fockin #rekt m8s.


NOOOOOOO I MISSED IT FML

Crowdfunded game "Ant Simulator" cancelled.

His co-workers blew the money on strippers and booze.

lmao. Refunds should be mandatory by law in such cases, as the money wasn't used for the purpose the people originally pledged for. €: Oh, he's actually refunding? NVM then.

Actually, nobody can see me, as I live on 13th floor. ^_^

Then there is no use for curtains. Just buy the Witness (Or better yet, XCOM 2 if you didn't do it already), get rid of your pants and start playing. #FreeTheDonger
 

Maniac

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Worst thing is that there was nothing interesting in one of those caves. I really felt bad after i killed bear and explored cave just to find nothing except coin stash and some crafting material :(

I lit a bear on fire at one point. Its agonising screams turned me on.

Also once used a tripmine on one, although that wasn't very satisfying since it didn't seem to mind...
 

Pachimari

Member
Then there is no use for curtains. Just buy the Witness (Or better yet, XCOM 2 if you didn't do it already), get rid of your pants and start playing. #FreeTheDonger

But I need darkness. :(

I'm really curious, if Humble Bundle is gonna honor that price mistake on Mafia III. I decided not to buy it, as they'll probably not honor it but please keep us updated in here.

I can't remember, but you're from Denmark aren't you? If so, join our OT.
 
Oh hey, remember those 14 chapters of Higurashi Mangagamer promised to release?

higuoab0e.png


Yeah... I don't think we'll even see the third one. Pity. :(

VNs dont need to sell 20.000 to be popular. Sekai Project was totally happy when Clannad had 8000 owners and that game has far more lines to translate than a Higurashi episode.
 

Pachimari

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A very exciting update
Rain World is now a 100% playable game, with a (gorgeous) menu, saving, progression. First round of polish is done for all 12 regions. Gates are functional and spiffed up with some new visual effects, UI is looking surprisingly good, in-game map is complete and has had some nice polish. ITS HAPPENING GUYS

Rain World seems to be very close to completion. Nobody else excited about this one?

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Hmm, so no online Multiplayer for ROTTR. I wonder if it will come later like for MGSV and DOA5 on PC. Does the XBox One/ XBox 360 versions have online (or planned one)?
 

Ozium

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About 90 minutes into DarkMaus and it is really damned good. It really is a top-down dark souls, as it uses a stamina system and has a similar battle system.. In the little I've played it seems pretty deep as far as customization goes, you level up and can put points into weapon skill/magic or the normal character stats.... Each weapon has a primary/secondary functions, weapons can pierce or slash and enemies are weak to one or the other based on their armor.. being in a narrow space you want to use piercing attacks like in souls, etc.

The visuals are really good at having that oppressive atmosphere the souls games are known for and have a very minimalist art direction. The shadows/lighting in the game is really cool.

The game has interesting enemies like giant spiders that turn into a dozen little spiders when you kill them, environmental dangers like spikes on cave walls that can hurt you, but can also hurt enemies so you can lure them there lol... it's fun. lots of variety both in enemy types/tactics and environments from what little I've seen..

It's really well put together and seemed to pop up out of nowhere (at least for me)

check it out

http://store.steampowered.com/app/406130/
 

Arthea

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why we are still in January thread when it's February already?
that was a rhetorical question


Talking about February
Dang, what a month, we are gettin Stardew Valley, finally!
and possible FF9, not to mention Disgaea. I already feel broke. Good I decided to wait with XCOM2, as if I knew. I kinda did.


edited: Higurashi sales are sad, true, but it could sell better when all episodes are released, because many people wait for all episodes to be released, otoh in Higurashi case that makes no sense, as every chapter is a self sustained VN, sorta.
 

Deques

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talking about Stardew Valley, it has some sort of multi, so I need to know who besides me and Panda are picking it day one, kindly inform us!

I haven't followed the development of Stardew Valley, but it looks interesting. Have they decided the price yet?

yeah, I've seen that, hence a rhetorical question
thanks anyway

Stump should start posting those screenshots with missing MRORANGE again
 
why we are still in January thread when it's February already?
that was a rhetorical question


Talking about February
Dang, what a month, we are gettin Stardew Valley, finally!
and possible FF9, not to mention Disgaea. I already feel broke. Good I decided to wait with XCOM2, as if I knew. I kinda did.


edited: Higurashi sales are sad, true, but it could sell better when all episodes are released, because many people wait for all episodes to be released, otoh in Higurashi case that makes no sense, as every chapter is a self sustained VN, sorta.

I just hope that all the years we waited for Stardew Valley to be worth it.
 

MUnited83

For you.
VNs dont need to sell 20.000 to be popular. Sekai Project was totally happy when Clannad had 8000 owners and that game has far more lines to translate than a Higurashi episode.
People really overstimate the cost of those things . mangagamer is a sucessful business bringing over hundreds of VNs without needing to sell several thousand units to make a profit.
Higurashi sales are fine, and the translation of new chapters will go well too. No need to panic.
 

Deques

Member
What happened to the other Harvest Moon like game that was recently released? I don't remember the name.
Was it a successful game?
 

Arthea

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People really overstimate the cost of those things . mangagamer is a sucessful business bringing over hundreds of VNs without needing to sell several thousand units to make a profit.
Higurashi sales are fine, and the translation of new chapters will go well too. No need to panic.

I don't get your point, what that has to do with anything?
One of the best VNs on steam is selling literally nothing, Amnesia outright bombed. How's that "no need to panic". There are so many higher profile VNs that I want, Steins Gate for one, and those sales aren't encouraging, like at all.


edited: I understand that VNs are pretty new to steam crowd, and they may not even know what Higurashi is, for example, but it's still sad state of affairs.



What happened to the other Harvest Moon like game that was recently released? I don't remember the name.
Was it a successful game?

That RPG maker game, Our Love Will Grow? Reviews are good, but I haven't played it yet, as Stardew Valley is releasing soon.
 

Dr Dogg

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Well I see that 'single player FPS campaigns are 75% of the budget' thread is going about as well as expected. A multiplayer lobby must have killed somebody's cat once as they're not exactly flavour of the month over there.
 
I don't get your point, what that has to do with anything?
One of the best VNs on steam is selling literally nothing, Amnesia outright bombed. How's that "no need to panic". There are so many higher profile VNs that I want, Steins Gate for one, and those sales aren't encouraging, like at all.


edited: I understand that VNs are pretty new to steam crowd, and they may not even know what Higurashi is, for example, but it's still sad state of affairs.

But its true that VNs dont need to sell much. If SP is overwhelmed by 8000 sales of Clannad, why would 6000 sales of Higurashi 2 be bad?

Another thing about Higurashi is, that it has how many episodes? 14? I think people wait till at least one arc is out till they buy it.
 

MUnited83

For you.
I don't get your point, what that has to do with anything?
One of the best VNs on steam is selling literally nothing, Amnesia outright bombed. How's that "no need to panic". There are so many higher profile VNs that I want, Steins Gate for one, and those sales aren't encouraging, like at all.


edited: I understand that VNs are pretty new to steam crowd, and they may not even know what Higurashi is, for example, but it's still sad state of affairs.
The sales are fine. If mangagamer couldnt do profit on releases with <1000 units sold they wouldn't even exist right now lol, thats how they operate.

The games are niche, and they make a profit. There's zero you need to panic about , Steins Gate is coming, Danganronpa is coming too and that will sell a shitton.
Sometimes I wish steamspy wasn't a thing because now everyone thinks if a game doesn't sell 100k it can't be sucessful or profitable.
 

Arthea

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But its true that VNs dont need to sell much. If SP is overwhelmed by 8000 sales of Clannad, why would 6000 sales of Higurashi 2 be bad?

Another thing about Higurashi is, that it has how many episodes? 14? I think people wait till at least one arc is out till they buy it.

because Higurashi is very good. I'm not saying that 6K is bad for mangagamer, as I don't know, I just say that for one of the best VNs on steam that's not much, is it?

yeah, hopefully people are waiting for other episodes to be released, we'll see.


The sales are fine. If mangagamer couldnt do profit on releases with <1000 units sold they wouldn't even exist right now lol, thats how they operate.

The games are niche, and they make a profit. There's zero you need to panic about , Steins Gate is coming, Danganronpa is coming too and that will sell a shitton.
Sometimes I wish steamspy wasn't a thing because now everyone thinks if a game doesn't sell 100k it can't be sucessful or profitable.

I'm not talking about profit, duh
 

MUnited83

For you.
because Higurashi is very good. I'm not saying that 6K is bad for mangagamer, as I don't know, I just say that for one of the best VNs on steam that's not much, is it?

yeah, hopefully people are waiting for other episodes to be released, we'll see.




I'm not talking about profit, duh
You're saying you are worries that other VNs won't come because of Higurashi sales, which makes basically no sense at all.
 

Arthea

Member
You're saying you are worries that other VNs won't come because of Higurashi sales, which makes basically no sense at all.

good games don't sell? No problem at all! It's what you are saying
yet I make no sense?

whatever floats your boat


As a veteran peggler, i'm still mad that we do not have a PC version of Peggle 2.
EA pls.

don't mention it, or I'll cry

edited: also fixed for accuracy

edit2: can we get back in time and stop EA from buying PopCap maybe?
 

MUnited83

For you.
good games don't sell? No problem at all! It's what you are saying
yet I make no sense?

whatever floats your boat




don't mention it, or I'll cry

edited: also fixed for accuracy

edit2: can we get back in time and stop EA from buying PopCap maybe?
They seem to be selling fine. Its a niche series in a niche genre. Stop expecting 500k sales out of everything just because its good.


The only thing you should care about is if its selling enough to justify bring more of them. Which it is.
 

Arthea

Member
They seem to be selling fine. Its a niche series in a niche genre. Stop expecting 500k sales out of everything just because its good.


The only thing you should care about is if its selling enough to justify bring more of them. Which it is.

and you know this how exactly?

and should I remind you Sakura sales?

jeez man, let it go. I get it, you don't care either way, stop telling me everything is fine, because it isn't.
 

Monooboe

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Damn Division beta never worked for me, the servers were always down for me. Seem though that people were happy with so I will probably get it either way.
 

MUnited83

For you.
and you know this how exactly?

and should I remind you Sakura sales?

jeez man, let it go. I get it, you don't care either way, stop telling me everything is fine, because it isn't.
Once again, and I already told you several times: if Mangagamer had issues with selling low thousands of units they wouldn't exist.

Guess what: it is fine, games will continue to come and all is fine. Stop overreactong just because niche games dont sell 100k
 

Arthea

Member
Once again, and I already told you several times: if Mangagamer had issues with selling low thousands of units they wouldn't exist.

Guess what: it is fine, games will continue to come and all is fine. Stop overreactong just because niche games dont sell 100k
make me!

let me be clear, you can't say me how to react, neither you have such a power, nor the need to police me. I will be unhappy about good games not selling as much as I want.
Do we have understanding finally?
And don't get me started on Trails sales, because if you continue, I will.


Please don't make him talk more.

that's rude...
 

Volimar

Member
Btw guys Marvel Heroes just had their 2016 relaunch. New story chapter, all the characters have had a review with Deadpool being the last. It's f2p so check it out maybe?
 
Oh hey, remember those 14 chapters of Higurashi Mangagamer promised to release?

higuoab0e.png


Yeah... I don't think we'll even see the third one. Pity. :(

By the way, I thought about asking about this for a long time now: what the hell is "Higurashi When They Cry" supposed to mean?
 

InfiniteNine

Rolling Girl
By the way, I thought about asking about this for a long time now: what the hell is "Higurashi When They Cry" supposed to mean?

Japanese title is Higurashi no Naku Koro ni which translates into When the Cicadas Cry, but since "Higurashi" is the most commonly known name for the series they just threw it in front of the series name to keep that awareness in their favor.
 

Dr Dogg

Member
So I was poking around astats and... well... I'm not sure the implications of this:

But can you keep a streak going? As in buy just enough games to keep you at 666 but not so many to make you climb higher and not too few that you drop bellow Leon S Kennedy.

Btw guys Marvel Heroes just had their 2016 relaunch. New story chapter, all the characters have had a review with Deadpool being the last. It's f2p so check it out maybe?

Don't you be peddling that filth in here! Rhaknar looks like he had finally weaned himself off that addiction.
 
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