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STEAM | November 2015 - Assassin's Creed and Call of Duty Never Changes
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Remember when japanese games sold on steam?
Hey, I think Grandia II and Mugen Souls did well, all things considered.
The oversaturation is real.
It's just too many games at once really. We're getting years worth of entire series in the span of a year or two. At a certain point, even the most loyal fans are going to be behind. I'm sure plenty of those games will see decent spikes come sale time, and as much as we mock them, bundles are a decent source of income as well. I'm sure TitS FC didn't sell all 100k copies in the first week at full price (and the biggest discount it's had so far is 50% off).
If you look at something like Way of the Samurai 4, it is at 35k sales, and the publisher has said they are happy with the results. That game was heavily delayed and didn't stay on the front page for long. And most people aren't going to run out and buy something like Neptunia 3 when they just got 2 for 70% off during the summer sale and winter sale is coming up shortly. Honestly, other than the huge name AAA titles, I'd say October/November is the worst possible time to release a game on Steam. By now, everyone knows the sales are coming.
Edit: According to SteamSpy, Neptunia 2 has sold 83k copies, but only 37k have played it.
Jawmuncher
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I love this game. I usually run a Lesbian Couple who have 2 cars worth of kids. I also get the police officer job and pretty much stay out of debt. I'm pretty pro to be quite honest.
I agree about the speed of releases. The overflow of content is just massive, but there's not much anyone can do about it, companies want their profits and they want them now.
I guess what this says is that it's really not a good idea to try to release a game on Steam without actual marketing anymore.
Interesting
Exactly my experience. I was legit shocked as it happened.
Tizoc
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Baron von Loathsome
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Native English speaker here (California). I misunderstood that command as well.
MMBosstones86
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And a lock picking minigame that bordered on impossible if you were using a controller.
Jawmuncher
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That game blew up on social media. Really seemed to resonate with quite a few fan bases. Also cheap point of entry helped a lot.
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Viral hits are different of course.
CheesecakeRecipe
Stormy Grey
A dialog system isn't worth its weight unless it's a sprawling Twine game embedded into the engine.
Undertale caught indie buzz. A game or two every month still do. But it takes a perfect storm to happen for any one specific game.
That said, I don't really think marketing is the magic answer, especially for these console ports. I think when the first game of a series (or a long demanded game) gets ported, there's tons of initial demand and hype. Then every game that follows is naturally going to have less of that hype, and thus fall more into a normal long tail PC cycle. Anyone releasing PC games now needs to take sales and continued interest into account. No game on PC sells the majority of its copies at full price on release, even the biggest hits.
I loved this game when I was younger! Might just pick it up day one
Had no idea it was coming to Steam.Woah, for sure that 40 Batman AK season pass is worth the money:
-28 minutes to complete Red Hood, Harley Quinn and Nightwing DLCs
-achievements are bugged (can't get the one for completing Nightwing DLC)
-game now stutters even in closed areas, while the base game before the patch was ok in closed areas.
-28 minutes to complete Red Hood, Harley Quinn and Nightwing DLCs
-achievements are bugged (can't get the one for completing Nightwing DLC)
-game now stutters even in closed areas, while the base game before the patch was ok in closed areas.
Tizoc
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Yo anime is shit, this is what good animation is like, take notes y'all
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KKxE8cGZ7tg
TiTS games need dat viral hit as well then!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KKxE8cGZ7tg
TiTS games need dat viral hit as well then!
MarcoZombieCannon
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It's probably refund time, dude.
YianGaruga
Banned
Not enough memes
Although people should post screenshots because there are some really funny/cute lines. I would but I can't since I can't take screens of the game on the Vita :|
Spring-Loaded
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Oh, I'd like nothing more for TiTS to go viral.
However the games aren't really designed to be youtube'd and twitter'd to pass through social media like those viral games are. FC and SC are like long novels that you're supposed to play through at a relaxing clip to enjoy the world and the battles and the music. That's antithetical to virality.
Se7enSword
Banned
So I should post all my screenshots here? :3
Leafhopper
Banned
TitS very story heavy nature kinda prevents that really more or less.
Also the French are very good at using flash :v
PS button + Start
It should be up on most, but I think the german store has the best price due to lower VAT. And it ships to all EU countries anyways.
YianGaruga
Banned
Not possible with PSP games
I can't refund, as I wrote I traded some GOG games plus DMC4SE for Batman AK Premium with a friend.
I just corrected it, thanks.
Leafhopper
Banned
Oh derp I keep forgetting it was a PSP release and not a Vita one. My mistake.
MarcoZombieCannon
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Right, I had forgotten about that. Plus WB isn't allowing just season pass refunds if I remember correctly. :/
MMBosstones86
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You made a terrible mistake.
Honestly, the more I think about it, the apparent failure of TitS SC is a bit strange. FC has 138k sales, of which 101k have played the game. And those aren't bundle or deep sale purchases either, like I said before, the biggest discount it's had so far is 50% (so people with casual interest like me still don't own it for the most part). In addition, SC had years of wait and build up, and seemingly a strong fan base. And it was pretty high on the sales chart when it first released, I saw it in the top 10.
But now it has already dropped like a rock and seemingly only sold a fraction of what the first one did. So why? The only thing I can think of is the price, $30 is just a lot for a game these days sadly, and with the sale hitting in a few weeks everyone knows that $30 will turn into four or five games soon. Or maybe because most of the people who played FC didn't beat it? Median play time is only 4 hours, which certainly isn't enough to have beaten it. That would also create a situation where people would be waiting for a sale.
But now it has already dropped like a rock and seemingly only sold a fraction of what the first one did. So why? The only thing I can think of is the price, $30 is just a lot for a game these days sadly, and with the sale hitting in a few weeks everyone knows that $30 will turn into four or five games soon. Or maybe because most of the people who played FC didn't beat it? Median play time is only 4 hours, which certainly isn't enough to have beaten it. That would also create a situation where people would be waiting for a sale.
Tizoc
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You know what? Make a thread stating you're gonna convince the reader/lurker that they'll go buy TiTS, and then just post these
Seriously how often do you get a game, an RPG series at that, that makes fun of empty treasure chests?
Yep, totally.
I'd post my screenshots but I'm a bit afraid I might spoil something.
Let's try these:
TheAutomator
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Basic anatomy, terrible artstyle, mediocre shading, some transitions are actually pretty bad with lack of movement and weight but sure animated better than Bethesda games at least.
not hard to do
YianGaruga
Banned
AHA-Lambda
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I must be the only person that didn't have problems with AK =/
50 hours played and I had one crash, that's it.
Season Pass is still utter garbage though.
50 hours played and I had one crash, that's it.
Season Pass is still utter garbage though.
it also has probably the best choice and consequence reactive story in any game ever
tho yea some of those minigames were annoying af
The Red Wizard
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I know, but the way that Jaw said to get rid of the S made it sound like keeping it is grammatically correct. Maybe I just misunderstood him/her.
Tizoc
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BTW for those that got TF Devastation from Amazon, when did it state you'd be getting your copy? Late November?
I see none of your criticisms when I rewatched the video just now..
I see none of your criticisms when I rewatched the video just now..
Se7enSword
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Aww you beat me on the first one!
I don't think it counts as a spoiler, but you can never tell with people: http://images.akamai.steamuserconte...302/5A5E3B2DD4B0438C6CDD5FA5642095761C0C1CC7/
all ive been doing for the last week is rewatching the X-Files for the third time cause I never watched this new-ish HD widescreen Netflix version
besides still adoring it to stupid heights I kinda want a new X-Files game
I wonder if Telltale will snatch it up now that they're doing a new season. It'd kinda make sense, and yeahyeah telltale bloat but i'd take it man.
besides still adoring it to stupid heights I kinda want a new X-Files game
I wonder if Telltale will snatch it up now that they're doing a new season. It'd kinda make sense, and yeahyeah telltale bloat but i'd take it man.
fo4_dogwalkingaroundwhileonfire.gif
Jawmuncher
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A telltale X-Files game would probably be the best bet. Or at least just something in that style. The FMV games wasn't very good and the Resident Evil style game was rather odd.
The Dear Leader
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Dontnod X-Files game pls.
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