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[gokurho]

Metaphor #38
VoM #39

https://www.microsoft.com/ja-jp/store/most-played/games/xbox

They are already very popular in Japan even before their release

 

[Astray]

I wonder how much Xbox and PS "cheat" on their top titles lists.

Like the Metaphor thing has to be absolutely known to the Xbox team at this point, and not seeing it "fixed" implies to me that it's a feature and not a bug, so to speak.

I wonder if PS does the same thing to "boost" newer titles as needed too.

 

[Miyazaki’s Slave]

Alternate take: So few people play Xbox in japan that the testing teams for these two games alone rank the games on the top played charts.

(observation and a joke...not a warring post)

 

[yazenov]

 

[Woopah]

I wonder how much Xbox and PS "cheat" on their top titles lists.

Like the Metaphor thing has to be absolutely known to the Xbox team at this point, and not seeing it "fixed" implies to me that it's a feature and not a bug, so to speak.

I wonder if PS does the same thing to "boost" newer titles as needed too.

I think this explanation might actually be true, and that it's not a bug:

Alternate take: So few people play Xbox in japan that the testing teams for these two games alone rank the games on the top played charts.

(observation and a joke...not warring post)

 

[Astray]

I think this explanation might actually be true, and that it's not a bug:

I mean true, but if they do this with other games then they are providing the companies with a way to "juice" their rankings on launch.

All platforms need to be clear on this imo as it's a shady practice.

 

[demigod]

Congrats on the 5,000 copies that will be sold in Japan.

 

[adamsapple]

Japan Xbox.

 

[Heisenberg007]

Before the games released?

Well, that proves how bullshit the Xbox top played list is then. They are clearly faking it.

 

[Miyazaki’s Slave]

This has actually happened to me when we tested 'cheevs on xbox 360. They didn't have a top 10 most played list or whatever back then but we did catch some flak for testing live achievement progress/unlock before shipping a game.

 

[saintjules]

Do these ranks ever mean anything by the time these games get released? Always seen these as hype lists with no meaning ultimately.

 

[Danjin44]

Most “played”? How?

 

[Shin-Ra]

Reminds me of that time I’d apparently played Black Ops 4, but hadn’t at all.

Pretty sure I wasn’t playing any multiplayer that month either. August 2021.

 

[Woopah]

I mean true, but if they do this with other games then they are providing the companies with a way to "juice" their rankings on launch.

All platforms need to be clear on this imo as it's a shady practice.

In most countries the number of testers would not be enough to influence the rankings I don't think. Publishers are paying testers to test the game, I don't think they are purposefully trying to juice the rankings pre launch.

I don't see anything shady about it. It's just an unintended effect of the small number of Xbox users in Japan.