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[rtcn63]

Oh hey Humble Store has a Konami sale, let's see what they ha-

Sweet, Chapter 3

 

[Vamphuntr]

that Humble Konami thing shows games for me but I've already got any that I have interest in

Same for me. User is probably in a region without those games available.

Umm yeah OK....that could've been screenshot-ed better >_>

Furry detected. See what your anime gifs have lead too.

 

[Hektor]

Umm yeah OK....that could've been screenshot-ed better >_>

Bestiality really is not my thing.

 

[Alien8]

Paradox Interactive requested to remove their games from Steam Spy.


Source

Not what I was expecting from Paradox.

 

[Vazra]

Umm yeah OK....that could've been screenshot-ed better >_>

What game is this? LMAO

 

[Lashley]

Umm yeah OK....that could've been screenshot-ed better >_>

thatsmyfetish.jpg

 

[PetriP-TNT]

Is it just me or is Irithyll Dungeon in Dark Souls 3 hard as balls? Managed to get mostly through it but goddamn was it a struggle

 

[Ucchedavāda]

Umm yeah OK....that could've been screenshot-ed better >_>

Haha, what is this game even?

Also, this from their Greenlight page and this from a trailer ..

 

[spindoctor]

Is it just me or is Irithyll Dungeon in Dark Souls 3 hard as balls? Managed to get mostly through it but goddamn was it a struggle

It's quite hard. Those jailers are such a pain in ass to deal with. Look at them and your health bar starts decreasing what the fuck. Insidious enemy design.

 

[Enter the Dragon Punch]

"Paradox Interactive requested me to remove their games from Steam Spy. Stats for their titles will no longer be available."

Damn.

 

[dave is ok]

Is it just me or is Irithyll Dungeon in Dark Souls 3 hard as balls? Managed to get mostly through it but goddamn was it a struggle

That bottom room is pretty shitty

 

[MUnited83]

The DLC has separate entries on the store so it seems it doesnt include the DLC unless Im missng something. Also the DLC is outfits so I dont really see much need for it.

It can theoretically do that while including them, like as a first week bonus or something.

 

[pantsattack]

Steam Spy was really a great revelation for PC games. I can't imagine going back to the black box of Steam's unnumbered sales. I guess Valve could kibbosh the scraping thing, but I don't know how it technically works. Devs might not ask for Steam Spy to remove them because it simply isn't a Steam feature; they need to know of it.

 

[ThirtyFour]

Paradox Interactive requested to remove their games from Steam Spy.


Source

Not what I was expecting from Paradox.

What would be the reason for this? Is there something Steam Spy shows that developers wouldn't like?

 

[Vazra]

It can theoretically do that while including them, like as a first week bonus or something.

Hope they do that and include the DLC.

 

[dave is ok]

What would be the reason for this? Is there something Steam Spy shows that developers wouldn't like?

Yeah, sales

 

[Tizoc]

What game is this? LMAO

Age of Barbarian EX.

 

[ThirtyFour]

Yeah, sales

Ah, from what I've heard though Stellaris has been doing well so it still seems a bit strange.

 

[Ucchedavāda]

What would be the reason for this? Is there something Steam Spy shows that developers wouldn't like?

The Steam Spy twitter suggests that this might be related to the Paradox IPO. Paradox might not want its investors to get ideas about how well / badly a game is doing from sources other than Paradox itself. Regardless, it's a shame to see them do this, and I really hope that this wont become common among publishers.

 

[Vazra]

Age of Barbarian EX.

Lol I watched the trailer and its just so bad its amazing material to watch on youtube.

 

[Grief.exe]

Steam Spy was really a great revelation for PC games. I can't imagine going back to the black box of Steam's unnumbered sales. I guess Valve could kibbosh the scraping thing, but I don't know how it technically works. Devs might not ask for Steam Spy to remove them because it simply isn't a Steam feature; they need to know of it.

That's why Sergei doesn't rock the boat. If a publisher requests the removal, then he pulls it down. Valve could kill the whole thing.

 

[dave is ok]

Ah, from what I've heard though Stellaris has been doing well so it still seems a bit strange.

Maybe they don't want low HOI4 sales (compared to Stellaris) to affect the IPO they're planning

 

[laserlaser]

Part of me is trying to wait for the reviews on this game and the other part of me wants to buy it and refund it if it isn't up to par (c wut i did thar). However I don't want to use my refund for a simple "I didn't like it" even though it sounds like Burnout's Crash Mode.

there's a limit on refunds? i'm waiting on reviews myself even tho it looks great

 

[MUnited83]

Hope they do that and include the DLC.

It would make the difference to me between buying it today or waiting for a sale. Hopefully they make the right decision :L

That's why Sergei doesn't rock the boat. If a publisher requests the removal, then he pulls it down. Valve could kill the whole thing.

Well, they could remove Sergei's access to the API, but the ability for anyone else to scrape those numbers would still be there.

 

[Grief.exe]

Well, they could remove Sergei's access to the API, but the ability for anyone else to scrape those numbers would still be there.

I assumed that if he loses API access it would take to long to poll millions of profiles necessary to calculate an accurate amount of sales.

Speaking of Steam Spy

 

[fallout]

Ah, from what I've heard though Stellaris has been doing well so it still seems a bit strange.

Good or bad, I'm sure Paradox wants to manage that communication.

 

[TheAutomator]

I assumed that if he loses API access it would take to long to poll millions of profiles necessary to calculate an accurate amount of sales.

Speaking of Steam Spy

Those numbers are insane.

 

[Endruen]

Age of Barbarian EX.

Sheyna, the Warrior Princess? Really?

 

[pantsattack]

I assumed that if he loses API access it would take to long to poll millions of profiles necessary to calculate an accurate amount of sales.

Speaking of Steam Spy

That's not a calculation I expected possible from him! Interesting.

Also grief, why are your tweetshots so huge?

 

[Corpekata]

I'm not really sure I'd buy his guesses. His site is useful but I'm not sure I buy his personal credentials much, he's written some goofy stuff.

 

[morningbus]

SteamSpy fails to calculate the cultural phenomenon of Alice Through The Looking Glass, where millions of Steam users flocked to theaters to see Johnny Depp reprise one of his classic characters.

 

[pantsattack]

I'm not really sure I'd buy his guesses. His site is useful but I'm not sure I buy his personal credentials much, he's written some goofy stuff.

I didn't get the whole "the indie bubble hasn't burst...if you have a hit." article. All you game devs will be fine if you get good.

 

[MadGear]

So I gave Warmachine Tactics another shot and I'm glad I did because the game as such is actually growing on me. Sadly the campaign remains fairly weak but there are have been a couple of enjoyable missions so far (I'm currently at mission 10). However I think the rng in this game is seriously messed up. I can't tell how many times I rolled a miss on attacks with a 91% chance to hit. Its really infuriating to see your jacks miss multiple attacks against simple "pawn units".

 

[Wok]

I'm not really sure I'd buy his guesses. His site is useful but I'm not sure I buy his personal credentials much, he's written some goofy stuff.

The figure seem relevant according to his last tweet.

Overwatch® is a Global Hit with 7 Million Players—and Counting

 

[MUnited83]

I assumed that if he loses API access it would take to long to poll millions of profiles necessary to calculate an accurate amount of sales.

Speaking of Steam Spy

Around three days, the same time it takes steamspy right now? Would depende on the scraping method but it wouldn't be a thing that took more than 1 week. Steamspy is always polling all the millions of accounts in three days.

That's not a calculation I expected possible from him! Interesting.

It's a extrapolation; when the open beta hit, CS go and tf2 had some of their lower numbers in months. Similar happened with Overwatch full release, so you can calculate it to a point

I didn't get the whole "the indie bubble hasn't burst...if you have a hit." article. All you game devs will be fine if you get good.

Game devs are exactly as fine as they ever were, if not more , because previously most couldnt even get on Steam at all.

 

[pantsattack]

Sergei has over a year of weeks where Overwatch didn't release. It's probably not that hard to guess.

 

[Corpekata]

The figure seem relevant according to his last tweet.

It's clearly a hit, but it's also a smash hit on consoles. It's been sold out on Amazon for like the entire week on consoles (at least of Amazon's own stock).

 

[Grief.exe]

That's not a calculation I expected possible from him! Interesting.

Also grief, why are your tweetshots so huge?

My phone is 1440 pixels wide, so that would account for the width even though I crop those shots.

 

[Wok]

It's a extrapolation; when the open beta hit, CS go and tf2 had some of their lower numbers in months. Similar happened with Overwatch full release, so you can calculate it to a point.

It is still a guess: there are plenty of unaccounted factors. For instance, Dota2 stats seem uncorrelated to Overwatch stats:

 

[Ludens]

Got all gwent cards in the expansion, went to the tournament, bet my silver sword, and I lost the entire tournament and my silver sword. Quitted the game, I'll try tomorrow, but I think you can't save between matches like the tournament in the vanilla game :S

 

[ThirtyFour]

Good or bad, I'm sure Paradox wants to manage that communication.

If it was good I'd want that information available from as many places as possible, the fact they don't just makes me question their motives.

I'm probably clutching at nothing though.

 

[kimifan141]

WWE 2k16 decent?

On sale on Steam

Not worth it , both wwe 2k15 and 2k16 are boring i would say the next release should be interesting as the draft returns to wwe as well as wwe smackdown vs raw wars from this month

 

[Lashley]

Not worth it , both wwe 2k15 and 2k16 are boring i would say the next release should be interesting as the draft returns to wwe as well as wwe smackdown vs raw wars from this month

theyre in 2k17?

 

[Nzyme32]

Got a bizarre issue with GOG Client on Windows 10.

When it's open, and I click the cross to close it (which is meant to minimize it to the tray), it will do go to the tray but also trigger a windows notification which is all in Japanese. Going to the notification area - nothing

 

[AcademicSaucer]

Am I missing something? I cant get Civ V to run in 4k, even when I change the resolution, it just adds a black border around a slighty higher than full HD resolution.

 

[r3n4ud]

Got a bizarre issue with GOG Client on Windows 10.

When it's open, and I click the cross to close it (which is meant to minimize it to the tray), it will do go to the tray but also trigger a windows notification which is all in Japanese. Going to the notification area - nothing

Same here. Weird...

 

[MUnited83]

It is still a guess: there are plenty of unaccounted factors. For instance, Dota2 stats seem uncorrelated to Overwatch stats:

Sure. Dota 2 is not a competitive FPS though so its no wonder it wasn't affected though P as I said, you can extrapolate to a certain point. Doesn't mean it doesn't have a big margin of error, but it shouldnt be wildly off either.

 

[Wok]

Sure. Dota 2 is not a competitive FPS though so its no wonder it wasn't affected though P as I said, you can extrapolate to a certain point. Doesn't mean it doesn't have a big margin of error, but it shouldnt be wildly off either.

It is still making a lot of assumptions, such as:

• there is a significant overlap between people playing in Battle.net and Steam,
• the variation of player numbers in game X is solely explained by the release of Overwatch,
• among people playing the F2P game X, all the players are equally ready to pay for a game,
• etc.

We can decide to believe the prediction should be trusted, but in reality, there is a priori no solid ground for this model, no possibility to refute the model, and there are a lot of implicit or hidden assumptions, and no possibility to question the assumptions.

I am not even insisting on the fact that the calculations are not made public, so for the layman, Steam Spy is pooling numbers out of a black box.

 

[Ruruja]

that Humble Konami thing shows games for me but I've already got any that I have interest in

What do your elf eyes see?

 

[Stallion Free]

It is still a guess: there are plenty of unaccounted factors. For instance, Dota2 stats seem uncorrelated to Overwatch stats:

I'd be surprised if CSGO and TF2 felt the effect for more than a week as they aren't as shallow as a puddle.