@DiscussingFilm She needs PR training. Her previous answers and interviews were a result of living in a progressive bubble. She responds like an activist not a person promoting a film.
@Grummz If there's no controversy before launch, this game will probably sell well at the $100 price point. GTA is like CoD or Madden. People will just play that one game all year or buy a console to play that one game. And I suspect it'll be one of those multi gen games like Fortnite.
@Stealth40k I think Nintendo would use Rare a lot better than XBOX. Bring back Killer Instinct. A fighter that isn't SF or MK is what we need to shake things up.
@CapObvious01@Pirat_Nation Companies seem to be ignoring the message then. There have been several monster catching games that will release after Pal world using the same game mechanics. Palworld was just the biggest most profitable. Seems to be doing more bad publicity for Nintendo rather than good.
@MrMarkoroni@Wario64 Nah I don't doubt it's a good game. However I do think there is a bit of collusion that goes on behind the scenes with access media and game publishers. The sales don't have correlation with the product quality, but I DO think outlets like IGN that gave it 10/10 did more harm.
@MrMarkoroni@Wario64 Other metrics
Peak player counts on steam for indie titles
Slay the Spire 2 peak player count 574k+, Among Us 447k+, Silksong 584k+.
Of course mainstream journalists are running defense for this game and spinning 300k for their 10/10 masterpiece and a major success.
@MrMarkoroni@Wario64 Eh.. let me break it down, objectively speaking, it likely sold fewer copies than what the devs were anticipating. Sales go down over time not up. Player count of just under 13k on steam over the launch weekend which should be the highest it will likely ever reach
@MrMarkoroni@Wario64 Shovel Knight is a pretty big indie game, probably one of the most successful in indie gaming history. Quit playing like it was like some small unknown game.
@MrMarkoroni@Wario64 Silksong sold 3 million in the first 72 hours on Steam. Mina by every metric has completely underperformed based on comparable titles. Under no circumstances can 300k be viewed as a win by a publisher with a pedigree background of Shovel Knight. Especially at $20.
@MrMarkoroni@Wario64 In a world where there was Silksong. This game has been in development for many years under a prestigious dev that created Shovel Knight? And how many of those sales were from pre paid backers that got the code from years ago?
@TeioStreams Well take into consideration that many of them are the prepaid backers that are using codes received from years ago. For a game that's being praised by the media as a masterpiece it's performing far less than expected. It's far behind Silksong numbers
@CasuallyGreg He has an underlying muscle structure. So it looks like he works out and not only body fat. Sedentary high body fat individuals don't look like that. I think if he went on a calorie deficit and continued working out, it wouldn't take much for him to look like a gym bro.