Metalmurphy
Member
Maybe now they'll realize they've been pricing the games a bit on the expensive side. I bought eden and monsters, but I sure felt like I was over paying. Specially since I already have them on ps3.
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PixelJunk Eden $0.99 Steam sale huge sucess, made entire income in 8 hours
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Triggerhappytel
Member
Yeah, this. I like the series on the whole, but Monsters is by far the best. I've bought it twice, and would love a proper sequel.
Yeah, exactly. It did very well on the PC at 90% off, but it should have never been so expensive in the first place. Around £4-5 or $7-8 would probably be the ideal range, and knock 50% off that when you want a sales bump.
The problem is, it's harder to stand out on PC as an indie. Last generations on the consoles, the few indie games that came out and were platform exclusive got a decent marketing push and were seen by people. Things like YouTube uploads are irrelevant on PC - people could already do that on every game on PC - that doesn't help you stand out.
On the PC, it's just another indie game on the face of it. It came out on PC without much noise and slipped away. I love the Pixeljunk games, own them all on PSN - but their release on steam completely slipped past me.
I don't think they needed to drop it down to $1 - I think they probably didn't get that many sales from their Steam release and felt it was a fault with the game or the image of the game and just tried to get anything they could from it. They probably could have gone for $2 - $3 and made a lot of money too - just getting on those flash sales probably grabs enough attention.
Senor Kami
Banned
I think he means the Steam sale equaled all revenue earned prior to it. Not sure how to interpret that though. 8 hours equaling all prior income sounds like the game wasn't selling for shit prior to it.
Dash Kappei
Not actually that important
Goddam that Abrasion dude is super annoying
Or that the sale was a *huge* success. You know, like DCB himself said?
Or that the sale was a *huge* success. You know, like DCB himself said?
Senor Kami
Banned
What I said would still make the sale a success.
CecilRousso
Member
Ihateyouchris
Member
Awesome news, Eden is a fantastic game. Been waiting on a sale to double dip on Shooter myself.
Liamario
Banned
Jesus Christ what an asshole (Abrasion). It's almost like he's trolling or something.
"We made 10 billion dollars"
"But you could have made 11 billion...wah wah wah I'm a dick wah".
Xisiqomelir
Member
Double your money, double your fun!
StoppedInTracks
Member
What an annoying PS4 port begger, that @abrasion dude. Why is port begging allowed on Twitter... Devs are happy with the Steam sale! Isn't that enough?
I suggest you read the full exchange on twitter before speculating any further. What he's stating is infact quite clear.
StoppedInTracks
Member
I hope you are not actually trying to play the card "I have all these platforms and this makes me very neutral".
Please, don't. Just don't.
Not when you just twitted something like this:
One and done. @abrasion with an obvious pro-Sony, anti everything else agenda.
Yup.
Don't quote me but I would suspect over 2 years of me chatting to Dylan on twitter probably directly contributed to Monsters Ultimate coming to steam. Certainly not the only reason but I doubt I'd be in the credits for the fucking game if they didn't recognise me as a big fan of the series.
But hey, the rest of the people in this thread can keep making assumptions, it's glorious.
Big difference between port begging because you want to play a game at its best and port begging so you can maintain your brand loyalty.
It sounds like this guy wants to play it because 1. His PS4 needs games 2. He wants to play it on his PS4. From reading that tweet, I didn't get any warrior vibe at all. I think people need to chill out with all these assumptions on NeoGaf.
I had a guy earlier claiming I was invested because I tried to educate him on the PS4 2014 lineup since he said there was nothing but inFamous and The Order.
Yo if you expose the picture too much we wont be able to enjoy the slow development.
The assumptions in this thread are off the fucking dial.
Also love that sneak attack in your post, "PC games are superior, but if you want a game for your console, you must be a fanboy!" that's painfully obvious from your post.
Hey at least you both are on even footing there.
Dude, people LOVE the jump to conclusions mat. In this very thread I'm being labelled a clear and obvious Sony fanboy.
Yet in other threads I'm frequently labelled an Xbox One fanboy........ simply because I have the audacity the sheer audacity to actually suggest the Xbox One could be quieter than a PS4 or that I don't think 1080p is mandatory. (Not that sub 1080p is better no,... just that I don't insist it's mandatory)
Clearly I'm an Xbox One shill.
I am sick of sitting at a desk, I like sitting on my leather recliner - that's really all there is to it. I like simplicity, I PC gamed for over 20 years, I think I've fucking served my time for the platform.
But nope, if you don't like PC games on the internet nowadays, you're clearly devilspawn because gabe blah blah master race, etc etc zzzzZZZZzzzzz
YianGaruga
Banned
PixelJunk Eden is the best PJ game. It's perfect. Good on them for being successful with the sale.
That's what this thread is about right?
That's what this thread is about right?
That is definitely true, I love the fucking shit out of Monsters (and infact I've played much much more monsters) but Eden .... man..... I needed that game when it came out, just at the right time for me.
You can do that with a PC too.
Antiwhippy
the holder of the trombone
I funded this entirely through snow globe cards. :lol
I bought it on PSN too, so eh, whatever.
I bought it on PSN too, so eh, whatever.
Open Source
Banned
And now everyone does it. And then everyone dies because it only sets you apart if a few people are doing it.
See: mobile f2p.
See: mobile f2p.
I know, hell I'm typing this post from my couch - but there's more to it than that. I got old. I just want to pick up a controller and play :/
These guys deserve it. I was wary for a while that they were struggling to stay afloat but reading these good news is really reassuring. The game is fantastic, great soundtrack and really original visuals and mechanics. I still replay a garden once in a while when I want to relax to a good track. The PC port with the new control scheme is the best version. And Dylan has a GAF account and I seem to remember that it was feedback from people here on the OT thread that push them to add controller support for the PC version again. They created a completely new KB/mouse control scheme that worked perfectly but some people said that they played on HTPC with controllers and Dylan and the team added it to the PC version. Top notch support.
Just to jump back in for a min. I wear a lot of hats at Q, including managing most of our PR (It's usually me talking to people on FB/Twitter/Steam). Abrasion/Wizzbang has always been super supportive of everything we've done over at Q-Games. Yes, he likes to prod us for ports, but he's not the only one. I don't really think he has an agenda.
As I stated earlier in the thread, we wish we could have all of the PixelJunk games on every platform imaginable. James Mielke often teased me about people asking for ports to wristwatches and calculators. It breaks my heart to have to duck, dodge and deflect all of the questions about porting. I'm a gamer too, and at the end of the day I just want everyone to have a chance to play our games.
But we don't have the resources to make everyone's dreams come true, which is why we're so happy that Double Eleven has taken up the task. They've done an awesome job thus far and that frees us up to do new stuff.
So don't dogpile on Abrasion too hard.
He means well!
As I stated earlier in the thread, we wish we could have all of the PixelJunk games on every platform imaginable. James Mielke often teased me about people asking for ports to wristwatches and calculators. It breaks my heart to have to duck, dodge and deflect all of the questions about porting. I'm a gamer too, and at the end of the day I just want everyone to have a chance to play our games.
But we don't have the resources to make everyone's dreams come true, which is why we're so happy that Double Eleven has taken up the task. They've done an awesome job thus far and that frees us up to do new stuff.
So don't dogpile on Abrasion too hard.
He means well!I'm glad the relationship with DoubleEleven is working out well, I've tweeted back and forth a few times with Lee and he's a pretty great guy. The Monsters port to PC is clean crisp and tip top. Now if he could just email the source back to Q in Japan and you just magically compile it for the PS4,........ yeahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh
(Oh and as I said in that debate a week or so ago, don't feel obligated to do crossbuy, not all of us expect antique games to get free ports just because we paid for them 4 years ago!)
Cheers
CecilRousso
Member
Hope we get Sidescroller on Steam also. It's the one Pixeljunk Game that I don't already own on PS3.
Garcia
Member
Which is amazing to say the least.
CecilRousso
Member
If people missed out on that sale price, it's still only 2,24 - http://store.steampowered.com/app/105800/?snr=1_7_15__13
Well worth that price, and it's money that goes to a developer well worth supporting.
Well worth that price, and it's money that goes to a developer well worth supporting.
You have no excuses anymore.
Once you pass the one-time hassle of installing Windows and Steam, and make BPM start on boot. Then it's just like a console, but better.
I know all about it, I don't feel it's ready for primetime yet personally.
It's come a long way since I started PC gaming on a 286 - but no, even big picture and a bluetooth controller just can't compete with the simplicity of a console. It just can't.
Fattony12000
Member
More than glad to give them a money. Great job on getting more money duders!
@abrasion
Do you think you could get Shenmue 1 & 2 ported to the Vita for me, please?
@abrasion
Do you think you could get Shenmue 1 & 2 ported to the Vita for me, please?
In all seriousness, I would google the owner of the franchise and the people who make those decisions, twitter is a powerful tool.
I've managed to tweet the developers at Guerilla for example several times to thank them for X or Y stuff in KZ - or in one case I tracked down a KZ2 audio engineer to try and find out if a bug was introduced in a patch. It's a crazy powerful tool (twitter) just know the right person to tweet and the right way to approach it.
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FloatingDivider
Member
Bought it too, looked interesting enough for 99cents, honestly the sooner the videogame industry realizes the extra sales volume of a cheaper game can outweigh the profit gained from a more expensive game with a higher upfront cost the better.
Portugeezer
Member
They must not have made a lot of income to date. Now they doubled it.
But yeah I don't expect them to give figures on their income, this is the best we got.
But yeah I don't expect them to give figures on their income, this is the best we got.
derExperte
Member
It's less the port begging and more the fake as fuck sounding concerns about how much money the devs are earning. And the part about '5$ on PS4 -> more income'. Also how do you know they're all PC only gamers? I would buy PJ Shooter for 0.99 despite having 100%ed it on PS3.
I don't think it sold a ton either, there was little buzz during release (same goes for Shooter, maybe Q-Games could do more in that regard) but they seem to be very pleased, that's what counts imo.
Darkroronoa
Member
I bought it because it was super cheap,i would'nt have bought it otherwise.
Everything can sell in the right price.
Everything can sell in the right price.
paperspace
Member
I can see why one would be skeptical about it at first, but still whining about it and going with the "you could've made more"-attitude when they announced the details is just being silly.
As a fan of Q-Games I'm glad it's going well for them at least. Here's hoping for PJM2!
As a fan of Q-Games I'm glad it's going well for them at least. Here's hoping for PJM2!
More Fun To Compute
Member
Developers getting paid in the steam sales is part of the reason why it feels more like a fun event than buying bargain bin retail copies. It's not like, oh I bought this game for bomba prices from amazon now the dev is closing shop.