XV is incredible. It's such a special game. Once it clicks for you, it's one of best games ever.
Neither delivered what the franchise is known for. Disappointment in what XV ended up being is immeasurable.
Speaking only for myself to give my two cents. The only reason I will pirate a game on PC is either because it's no longer available for purchase on Steam (expired copyright, like with Mortal Kombat 9 or Transformers Devastation), or the game never came to PC to begin with (Bloodborne).
Pretty much. Propped up nostalgia bait.
Taste is subjective. Seems the consensus on modern FF is “meh”, which comes in various flavors.
It has nothing to do with Playstation exclusivity at all, the franchise has simply been seeing diminished interest for years. Without PS exclusivity, without Sony providing marketing, funding, tools and personnel these games simply wouldnt have been profitable at all.That is what happens when game is ps5 timed exclusive, same thing happens when games are EGS exclusives too, compare it to most sony exclusives that debuted later on steam and u will notice they didnt have big ccu peak either.
Helldivers was only one big outlier coz it debuted on steam same time it launched on ps5 too, all other sony timed exclusives had similar or lower ccu peaks, even top2 so gow 2018 only had 73k ccu peak, still well below terrible DA:V, as its proof of delayed steam launch will affect steam sales/ccu peak even if game is top notch
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Guess it depends on whose opinions you value. IGN gave Dragon Age Veilguard a 9/10 and many people here vouched for it. Do we lean on that because Veilguard bombed?
Lol at you thinking half the buyers are all on at once.40k player online (maybe 80k buyers), 200K pirating them (screenshot found on 4chan/Reddit,IconEra)
Unless you have some evidence this is purely you talking out of your ass.
DD2 sales are higher in the US, Europe, and Asia than Rebirth. Only in Japan has Rebirth sold more than DD2. Based on the actual leak numbers from actual insiders (not from REE bullshit insiders), it was well below 3 million at the end of 2024.
What the fuck are you even talking about?
They gotta pump those numebrs are up.
man I was having a victory lap here, thinking how SE can stop bitching about "muh sale expectations" and you bring me back to reality so hard it almost crushed my bones, goddamn, how that awful Veilguard game got more pople playing day one, fuck this shit...
Yeah, better developers.
Veilguard is pure Steam-bait though and would have done even better had it not been for the horrific writing. Western RPGs have a huge potential audience on Steam. JRPGs are finally hitting their stride on the platform due to a lot of day/date releases.
Compared to other jrpgs on Steam? Absolutely not
Yeah because those people certainly would have bought the game ????
I don't think it's necessarily a quality concern, those games aren't buggy or entirely badly designed.
Sure but Honkai star rail is a weeb tastic gotcha game loaded with mtx. These are apples and oranges. I suppose they could have sold alternate outfits for TIfa or something and made extra money but I respect them for not doing that and making it a high production value no extra cost experience. The combat system is great. I don't see why you'd want to go back to turn-based.
Compared to other flops… still a flop… FF7 was the most iconic franchise of all time until the Remake debacle.
You guys really need to put Steam CCU into perspective. You can't just look at the numbers and judge whether a game did well or not. The DAV example is extremely flawed because the initial concurrent numbers for Veilguard were decent. So decent in fact that Jason Schreier even thought it was a victory over the chuds. Where it fell flat is in its ability to keep those numbers up. The player base eroded rapidly for a game that long with this much content. If it were a 10-hour adventure, then sure, you'd expect the numbers to go down quickly, but it's well over 30 hours.
Square enix seems happy with its performance so far.
Story, characters and production values are top-notch. Way above your average RPG. Combat is great IMO. Much of the padding is optional stuff.
It's almost as if advertising and hype sells more copies?That is what happens when game is ps5 timed exclusive, same thing happens when games are EGS exclusives too, compare it to most sony exclusives that debuted later on steam and u will notice they didnt have big ccu peak either.
Helldivers was only one big outlier coz it debuted on steam same time it launched on ps5 too, all other sony timed exclusives had similar or lower ccu peaks, even top2 so gow 2018 only had 73k ccu peak, still well below terrible DA:V, as its proof of delayed steam launch will affect steam sales/ccu peak even if game is top notchSony first-party PC game titles 2024 | Statista
Console gaming publisher Sony has significantly expanded the availability of its previously PlayStation-exclusive titles on PC.
Did they improve it a lot from the first remake game? I tried that one and the combat was kinda ass, but if it's better here I might give it a go.
They should have had both imo.
They are so happy that are forced to go multi platform for part 3…
