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[Topher]

Xbox has a 2 day embargo for multiplatform announcements

Found first on reddit r/GamingLeaksAndRumours - It looks like Xbox has a 2 day embargo on multiplatform announcements from its showcase Press release for Wo Long confirming it coming to other platforms that was planned for June 14th Another press release also dated June 14th for Persona 3...

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Yeah, that is bullshit.

 

[Drell]

Baldurs Gate 3 had a good run.

There's some people here, the problem is japanese design and not real turn based combat.

 

[Kvally]

Yeah, that is bullshit.

True. But even worse is paying to prevent it from being playable on other platforms for 1+ years.

 

[DenchDeckard]

Yeah. I have no problem with this marketing, the annoying one they do is the 2 day bullshit.

Yeah, its bollox.

True. But even worse is paying to prevent it from being playable on other platforms for 1+ years.

This is also bollox and considerably worse than a two day embargo.

 

[PJX]

Xbox has a 2 day embargo for multiplatform announcements

Found first on reddit r/GamingLeaksAndRumours - It looks like Xbox has a 2 day embargo on multiplatform announcements from its showcase Press release for Wo Long confirming it coming to other platforms that was planned for June 14th Another press release also dated June 14th for Persona 3...

www.neogaf.com

You must be desperate to use a topic from two years ago for an embargo that was specfic for that showcase. Goodness me. You Sony fannies are something else.

 

[Topher]

You must be desperate to use a topic from two years ago for an embargo that was specfic for that showcase. Goodness me. You Sony fannies are something else.

Damn man.......it was used in comparison. You really should not be calling anyone else "fannies" if that triggers you.

 

[Mr Moose]

You must be desperate to use a topic from two years ago for an embargo that was specfic for that showcase. Goodness me. You Sony fannies are something else.

 

[Topher]

True. But even worse is paying to prevent it from being playable on other platforms for 1+ years.

Absolutely. Wish Microsoft and Sony would both cut that shit out.

 

[PJX]

Damn man.......it was used in comparison. You really should not be calling anyone else "fannies" if that triggers you.

Not triggered at all. Just found it hilarious. But you can continue making assumptions of someone's emotion based off words on a screen

 

[Danjin44]

I guess people had nothing to worry about.

 

[geary]

Releasing the game on all platforms is worse than releasing on only one ?

By this logic, is releasing on zero platform better than releasing on only one ? Not sure anymore.

Concord changed the paradigm.

 

[kevboard]

so... apparently this game is breaking Atlus' sales and player records currently...

hypothesis disproven I guess

 

[Topher]

Not triggered at all. Just found it hilarious. But you can continue making assumptions of someone's emotion based off words on a screen

He was answering my question and you called him out as a " desperate Sony fanny" or some such nonsense. That's triggered in my book, but whatever you say.

 

[DenchDeckard]

so... apparently this game is breaking Atlus' sales and player records currently...

hypothesis disproven I guess

The benefits of going with xbox marketing!

 

[adamsapple]

so... apparently this game is breaking Atlus' sales and player records currently...

hypothesis disproven I guess

Xbox marketing giving Atlus a huge success. They should do it more often.

 

[Heisenberg007]

Looks like fans were right to be concerned, at least in the UK.

Metaphor debuts at #7, despite a 94 Metacritic score and releasing on all platforms. On the other hand, Silent Hill 2 debuted at #2, despite being a remake and a console exclusive.

UK Charts: Zelda Falls From The Top Five As New Releases Shake Things Up

It's dangerous to go alone

www.nintendolife.com

 

[Astray]

On the other hand, Silent Hill 2 debuted at #2, despite being a remake

It's almost as if being a previously-recognizable and long-absent IP drives greater sales.

Metaphor is selling more than fine from the anecdotal evidence we're seeing.

 

[adamsapple]

It's almost as if being a previously-recognizable and long-absent IP drives greater sales.

Metaphor is selling more than fine from the anecdotal evidence we're seeing.

It is, Heisenberg is just being a week bit cheeky

 

[SF Kosmo]

Looks like fans were right to be concerned, at least in the UK.

Metaphor debuts at #7, despite a 94 Metacritic score and releasing on all platforms. On the other hand, Silent Hill 2 debuted at #2, despite being a remake and a console exclusive.

UK Charts: Zelda Falls From The Top Five As New Releases Shake Things Up

It's dangerous to go alone

www.nintendolife.com

By JRPG standards Metaphor is a huge success. JRPGs that aren't named Final Fantasy aren't usually expected to sell more than 1 or 2 million globally their first year, and Metaphor cracked a million its first day.

For reference, Persona 5 sold 2 million in its first year on the market, and capped out around 3 million until Royal. SMT5 sold 1.1 million (1.6 including Vengeance). Tales of Arise sold about 2 million in its first 6 months.

These are all games that were considered massive breakthrough successes for their respective series and none of them cracked a million on launch day.

This isn't some Spider-Man or God of War AAAA game that needs to sell 6 million to turn a profit. Selling Persona-like numbers was probably Atlus' best case scenario for this game and they look like they might even beat that.

 

[sainraja]

Yeah BG3 would’ve been better if you mashed X for combat

In many games you are just mashing a button. Just because there is a variety of buttons that you can mash does not change what we are doing in reality which is just mashing buttons, a bunch of buttons and moving sticks.
Even in a turned-based combat game, you have to mash some buttons to trigger a sequence of events.

 

[DeepEnigma]

Xbox marketing giving Atlus a huge success. They should do it more often.

 

[Topher]

Xbox Most Played Games updated and still we see no Metaphor in the top 50.

Most played games - Microsoft Store

If it ain't on Game Pass then I really don't see much point in marketing it for Xbox.