touchfuzzy
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I'm sure you don't understand why this is a really dumb post, lol.
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Prince of Persia: The Lost Crown has underperformed, only 300,000 players so far
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I'm sure you don't understand why this is a really dumb post, lol.
Games of Today
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Because the original game is a 2.5D side scroller? Is anyone actually asking for that again?
mckmas8808
Mckmaster uses MasterCard to buy Slave drives
How much would you say it cost to make? More or less than $50 million?
ComputerBlue
Member
I played the demo and thought it was pretty decent, but I’m not gonna pay more than $20 for it because why the fuck would I when Ubisoft games decrease in price so quickly. I’ve got enough shit to play and I don’t need to add more games to my backlog.
Men_in_Boxes
Snake Oil Salesman
Dead Cells has topped 10 million sales worldwide
Motion Twin and Evil Empire believe a consistent stream of updates have delivered that success.www.gamedeveloper.com
Dead Cells is waaaaay more Roguelite than it is a Metroidvania. Like...does anyone even call it a Metroidvania?
JCK75
Member
If you release a movie, and refuse to put it in Walmart, or on Amazon but instead make it exclusive the the last blockbuster video in the US... yes it deserves to fail.
Reizo Ryuu
Gold Member
I don't understand why everyone is just accepting the number as absolute truth.
LordOcidax
Member
Thats an Ubisoft corporate decision, the devs that made a great game doesn’t deserve that. If the game is good, i support the devs not the executives of the company, not matter the platform, same for movies.
AltogetherAndrews
Member
Where are those numbers coming from?
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SolidQ
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it's about 2D
Deerock71
Member
Like it's been said, we're all just guessing here, but my guess would be SIGNIFICANTLY less than 50 million. 5-10 million would be my guess.
JCK75
Member
The Devs are choosing to keep 100% of jack shit over 70% of millions.. sucks for the devs but when those who make decisions play stupid games they win stupid prizes.
and I'm sorry they have to suffer so that some of these idiots will finally learn to return to a normal release on all available platforms.
The Infectious Paradox
Gold Member
I just can't bare the sight of the art style
existensmaximum
Member
Yeah this is the reason I couldn't get into it...
Shadowstar39
Member
This. I love prince of persia. Original, sands of time trilogy and loved the art style from Pop 2008. This yeah, nah, not feeling it.
$60 bones, for a 2d game that is probably not even metroidvania and no steam? Hell no. Should be $50 tops.
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Shadowstar39
Member
so it is metroidvania? Also why does the new prince not look Persian or like the prince of all the other games? Is he even the prince?
mckmas8808
Mckmaster uses MasterCard to buy Slave drives
OH HECK! If it's that......or even less than $20 million, then this game will be profitable quickly. Nothing to worry about.
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KormaChameleon
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Not releasing it on Steam made it a hard pass for me.
TexMex
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There is merit to this but on the flip side their shit games still sell millions so
IAmRei
Member
I dont think this game is better than dread.
That’s exactly it. It’s the most generic-looking game I’ve played in a while, and the demo put me right off it. Maybe I didn’t give it enough of a chance but the generic nature of it is so off-putting.
Dread wasn’t that great, either. I finished it and still found it majorly overrated and some of the mechanics were lame/annoying (like the mini boss things you had to escape from over and over). Hollow Knight is far better, for example. Both Ori games are also way better.
MALpractice311
Member
As many others have said in this thread, 300,000 for a 2D Metroidvania should be a very solid start. Metroidvania as a genre only appeals to a certain segment of the gaming population. The most basic of market research would have told Ubisoft as much. Ubisoft just has unreasonable expectations and/or they way over budgeted themselves.
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Shadowstar39
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Especially at a time when steam deck came out. When games were not working because of their damn launchers and uplay they would be like "whelp this guy found a registry fic on this forum follow his advise (thinking of trials Evo in particular) meanwhile the link goes to a 4 page guide that needs linux knowledge. All they have to do is disable uplay in a patch for their older games but they won't. The damn thing isn't even uplay anymore. Gah they frustrate me to no end.
Pegasus Actual
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I googled it, looked on reddit, and found out that I'm a white supremacist just for asking. But if I were Iranian it might be considered a 'valid concern'.
Shake Your Rump
Member
You value one of the best games of its genre, running at native 4K 120hz on consoles, at only $20 CAD?
Jesus Christ, no wonder we have issues.
tmlDan
Member
I dont care, i look at production values of a game in 2024? this game can be made with a team of 10 in an indie studio.
Ubisoft has the resources to charge way less for this. You do know it's $70, right? that's insane.
AltogetherAndrews
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Edit: never mind
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geary
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By that logic any CRPG outside of BG3 would be free....
tmlDan
Member
you're clearly not using ANY logic.
Even if it's a good game, i can't forced myself to play it if i don't find it appealing at all.
I played so many metroidvania these last years, not even counting those i skipped but still checked on, in the end it starts to feel very redundant. A game has to feel distinctive, to be its own thing, and as far as i'm concerned this game has the same problem all of Ubisoft games have on that aspect.
Perhaps someday they'll understand the need to fascinate the player.
I played so many metroidvania these last years, not even counting those i skipped but still checked on, in the end it starts to feel very redundant. A game has to feel distinctive, to be its own thing, and as far as i'm concerned this game has the same problem all of Ubisoft games have on that aspect.
Perhaps someday they'll understand the need to fascinate the player.
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More fast pace moving and didn't have the EMMIs. I preferred Prince of Persia over Dread for these alone. Dread's final boss was a bit much too for me.
Shakka43
Member
You are absurdly undervaluing a game that offers 15+ hours of entertainment, good quality at that regardless of how big of small the company which made it is.
tmlDan
Member
$70. For a side scroller, is insane. Enough said. Why can Hades, run by a small studio, sell it for $33 Canadian. Offers more game time.
None of you presented a good argument as to why its worth it other than "i said so, its valuable"
AltogetherAndrews
Member
So still no idea where the author got this number from?
Rentahamster
Rodent Whores
Do most Ubisoft games not get released on Steam nowadays or was it just this one?
ZoukGalaxy
Member
The art is atrocious and repulsive, this is why, at least partially.
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64bitmodels
Reverse groomer.
They aren't. Mario wonder is also not worth full price.
Nothing against 2d but most games made with it In mind are lower budget. It is an inherently simpler and easier dimension to make games in. Doesn't make the games lesser, but they still ultimately cost less to make.
Lucifers Beard
Member
Interesting that it under performed. I wonder what the budget was for it? 300,000 in a couple of weeks doesn't seem so bad for a Metroidvania style game. Whatever the case, their expectations were clearly fucking wild.
I didn't care for the demo, meh art style and crap VO put me off.
I didn't care for the demo, meh art style and crap VO put me off.
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BossLackey
Gold Member
More game time in a roguelite. A genre where it’s entire premise is starting over and over.
Hmmm I wonder why it’s longer…
OmegaSupreme
advanced basic bitch
They should have just made a sequel to freaking pop 2008. That was a great game with proper style.
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