April is when GTA V launched, so it distorted things pretty heavily.
As well as a few other smaller successes like Mortal Kombat, Pillars of Eternity (launched later March, but sold a lot in april), Killing Floor 2 early access, etc.
SteamSpy: Steam sales in 2015
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April is when GTA V launched, so it distorted things pretty heavily.
As well as a few other smaller successes like Mortal Kombat, Pillars of Eternity (launched later March, but sold a lot in april), Killing Floor 2 early access, etc.
Succinct Verbosity
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I wonder if the rocket league developers plan on making a new game or if they are happy just supporting their game with dlc.
Amazing job
I guarantee this thread would have exploded if the title had been $3.5 billion in revenue.
Significantly higher.
Significantly higher.
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Not to case for everyone I am sure bigger publishers and devs get better cuts.
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I wonder when Undertale will break 1 million copies sold.
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PC games are only selling on heavy discount, they couldn't make that much revenue!
'So, including Dota 2 and Team Fortress 2 revenue, Valve is controlling around 15% of it. Pretty impressive!'
It feels a little underestimating the revenue both games bring, Valve @ 15% implies 550m for both titles.
Compare to say Tencent's online game revenue grew 28 percent to $2.14 billion in just the first quarter of last year, 2015, people should stop saying Valve has a monopoly.
It feels a little underestimating the revenue both games bring, Valve @ 15% implies 550m for both titles.
Compare to say Tencent's online game revenue grew 28 percent to $2.14 billion in just the first quarter of last year, 2015, people should stop saying Valve has a monopoly.
shamelessly reposting the pic from this afternoon, because we know how this will end.
Unfortunately I forgot to include "PC success makes me physically sick to the stomach" and "the growth is from bored PSN XBL Players who couldnt play because of the Holiday DDOS attack"
None of these sound like good conversations. Let's have none of them.
You're forgetting about discounts and regional pricing. The games are cheaper in some countries.
Dota 2 is way smaller than Crossfire or League of Legends.
Nope, but if memory serves, there was originally an alternative option for Source Engine licensing -- a reduced upfront free in exchange for a greater cut for Valve, which is how the paid version of Garry's Mod manifested.
Edit: Worth of mouth was kind to Mad Max.
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Rocket League is a fucking sensation!
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it confused me to for a second, but the left and right tables have different timeframes. The right is 2015, but the left says april to december 2015.
Two things bother me. One probably just cosmetic, but there's one finding I'm not quite confident in.
This threw up red flags. I'm not sure you can conclude that the monthly release rate has slowed quite yet. From looking at the associated graph, it seems the release rate is a little cyclical, with more releases between roughly May-Sept or so than the other half of the year - but it looks like they've come to the 'stopped growing' conclusion based on those last few months of 2015. In particular, the biggest sustained growth period seems to be Jan-Feb-Mar-Apr, and we've not had that yet. Their conclusion may well be correct, of course, but I think we'll get a clearer picture of things in April.
This strikes me as really weird phrasing. Is there some nuance buried in it I'm not seeing, or is it just "350 million sales"?
This threw up red flags. I'm not sure you can conclude that the monthly release rate has slowed quite yet. From looking at the associated graph, it seems the release rate is a little cyclical, with more releases between roughly May-Sept or so than the other half of the year - but it looks like they've come to the 'stopped growing' conclusion based on those last few months of 2015. In particular, the biggest sustained growth period seems to be Jan-Feb-Mar-Apr, and we've not had that yet. Their conclusion may well be correct, of course, but I think we'll get a clearer picture of things in April.
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SteamSpy tracks number of game owners. Just because someone owns a game on Steam, doesn't mean Steam got a sale from it. For example, Humble Bundles give Steam keys.
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It is interesting but I doubt that most people can interpret it correctly. A few fanboys will jump straight to the conclusion that "lolz PC gamers only buy games on sale". What is really happening is that Steam has a library of thousands of games, most of which are cheap and bring down the average price.
This will surely be useful in future threads.shamelessly reposting the pic from this afternoon, because we know how this will end.
Unfortunately I forgot to include "PC success makes me physically sick to the stomach" and "the growth is from bored PSN XBL Players who couldnt play because of the Holiday DDOS attack"
So it's like most statistics
Exactly. "Average price" is meaningless, you should look at the distribution of revenue by game price
Clearly. I mean, a humble bundle can mean 5 games bought for $1.
I'd just like to see a comparison with something else. Like, NPD has software at ~5 billion in US in 2014. Can we get a number of copies for that sum anywhere?
Even then, it's not a perfect comparison, since retail US versus digital WW is different. But any comparison would be imperfect.
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Geez so much money made for Ark. I hope they actually polish the game. Just shows you can make a fortune by making a fraction of a game.
It's really pointless to compare Steam to consoles. While Steam is big, it's only a fraction of PC market.
It's really pointless to compare Steam to consoles. While Steam is big, it's only a fraction of PC market.
I know, I was just trying to compare something of the same "volume": 3.5B vs 5B.
I'm always trying to get something new from numbers. I'm guessing you can understand that, considering you made the site
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I didn't realize the escapists was so popular. Congrats to the developer, quite the turn around from their first game:
I guess I won't be seeing a Spud's Quest sequel anytime soon
I guess I won't be seeing a Spud's Quest sequel anytime soon
From the PAL thread:
The exchange rate for 2007 and 2008 was roughly £1=$2, so that gives you a comparison for the $3.5 billion.
What these numbers do show is just how much the physical market has declined. If that NPD figure you have is right then it means the UK market in 2008 wasn't too far off the US market in 2014, which is pretty astonishing.
I find legacy sales of some of the older PC titles utterly fascinating:
AoE2 sold close to 3 million with the HD remaster alone and because of that we are getting new DLC after more than a decade of it's original release. AoE3 has sold 1,5 million and Age of Mythology is at 700k now, also with new DLC coming out.
Jedi Knight (970k), Jedi Outcast (1m), Jedi Academy (1.4m), KotoR (2,2m) and KotoR 2 (1,7m). Oh, and Republic Commando? Almost 1.1m in sales since 2009.
BG (with new DLC too) and BG II have sold 800k together too. That's insane compared to some quality newer titles.
Deus Ex at 1m, Deus Ex 2 at 800k while Human Revolution is at 1.2m seems utterly perplexing to me. All are quality titles, but those porting jobs must come in very profitable with a big return of investment, even if you consider the inflated price point.
System Shock 2 is close to 700k.
I guess my point is - it must be pretty comfortable to be the owner of one of these legacy titles. Means a steady income over the years (even if mostly over sales and bundles) and I hope they lead to the revival of some classic series or at least to the end of some licensing limbo for titles like No One Lives Forever.
I'd also love to have some references to the sold through numbers on gog for these titles, since I'd love to know how successful titles like System Shock 2 really are by now.
AoE2 sold close to 3 million with the HD remaster alone and because of that we are getting new DLC after more than a decade of it's original release. AoE3 has sold 1,5 million and Age of Mythology is at 700k now, also with new DLC coming out.
Jedi Knight (970k), Jedi Outcast (1m), Jedi Academy (1.4m), KotoR (2,2m) and KotoR 2 (1,7m). Oh, and Republic Commando? Almost 1.1m in sales since 2009.
BG (with new DLC too) and BG II have sold 800k together too. That's insane compared to some quality newer titles.
Deus Ex at 1m, Deus Ex 2 at 800k while Human Revolution is at 1.2m seems utterly perplexing to me. All are quality titles, but those porting jobs must come in very profitable with a big return of investment, even if you consider the inflated price point.
System Shock 2 is close to 700k.
I guess my point is - it must be pretty comfortable to be the owner of one of these legacy titles. Means a steady income over the years (even if mostly over sales and bundles) and I hope they lead to the revival of some classic series or at least to the end of some licensing limbo for titles like No One Lives Forever.
I'd also love to have some references to the sold through numbers on gog for these titles, since I'd love to know how successful titles like System Shock 2 really are by now.
ashecitism
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He wrote about the Winter Sale: https://medium.com/steam-spy/about-steam-winter-sale-76a75abe152a#.hed54rn8q
Abilidebob
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Damn. That's quite a lot of clueless uncles unknowingly buying games on Winter sale.