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[Sesha]

Remember the days when PC gaming was quote-unquote dying.

The more I think about it, the more I like the idea of doing $15 at launch with a launch discount plus sending additional discount coupons to everyone who owns our previous game, Cthulhu Saves the World. Letting over half a million people who presumably like our style of games know "Hey, our new game is out and here's an extra discount for you" seems like a very strong marketing move.

Purely anecdotal, but I own a couple of your games, so I might actually jump on that deal. I wasn't planning on buying it until later down the road.

 

[Par Score]

The game will end with close to 400K units. But that's already a good amount. Most AAA games don't sell millions on Steam.
And remember MGS isn't exactly a known franchise for pc gamers.

MGS:V now at ~519k.

40K-50K then? That's what I thought sales are, we'll see soon enough

Mad Max now at ~247k

Both are still going up at a fair clip. People need to learn to be patient.

 

[Kamakazie!]

And thats just Steam, add GOG, Desura, Origin, UPlay and all non-publisher games and this number will probably increase at least by 50%.

No where near that much I don't think. Doesn't steam have something like 90% of the market?

 

[CosmicQueso]

This guy is doing the lord's work.

Wow.

 

[Arthea]

MGS:V now at ~519k.


Mad Max now at ~247k

Both are still going up at a fair clip. People need to learn to be patient.

yeah, I severely overestimated number of people ignoring Mad Max because MGS. Also nice reviews and screenshots helped those Mad Max numbers greatly.

I don't understand your last statement, those games will sell and sell over the years, that's obvious, we were only discussing day one sales including preoders.

 

[Tizoc]

Interestingly enough One Piece PW3 has reached over 30K according to Steamspy
http://steamspy.com/app/331600

If it gets discounted during the Winter Seal it may just exceed 50K units sold.

 

[kswiston]

Metal Gear Solid is now sitting at 572k and is still #1 on Steam's best seller list despite a Witcher 3 sale. At this rate, 1M might happen within the month.

Mad Max is at 270k which is respectable.

 

[ZoddGutts]

Wonder with those sales more Japanese devs will take notice of Steam/PC publishing. Sega has to do something with all that Atlus library, maybe start with Persona 3 Fes.

 

[Jigorath]

Wanted to check the geography split for Pirate Warriors 3 too see how US sales compare to PS4's NPD figures but it's restricted. Oh well, looks like it's doing all right though.

 

[kswiston]

Wonder with those sales more Japanese devs will take notice of Steam/PC publishing. Sega has to do something with all that Atlus library, maybe start with Persona 3 Fes.

At the very least, I hope it serves as an example of the difference a good PC port makes to your sales.

 

[dhlt25]

Wonder with those sales more Japanese devs will take notice of Steam/PC publishing. Sega has to do something with all that Atlus library, maybe start with Persona 3 Fes.

that would compel me to replay it for the fourth time , still need to finish my femc run

 

[kswiston]

Sega should try out Yakuza on Steam.

 

[ElTopo]

12.) Dark Souls: Prepare to Die Edition (135,499, LTD: 2,094,606, price $19.99, lowest price $4.99)

Damn... I bet Namco is glad they updated to Steam and removed GFWL.

 

[kurahador]

Interestingly enough One Piece PW3 has reached over 30K according to Steamspy
http://steamspy.com/app/331600

If it gets discounted during the Winter Seal it may just exceed 50K units sold.

That's damn low. I'm guessing Tales will do similar numbers.

 

[Jigorath]

That's damn low. I'm guessing Tales will do similar numbers.

Zestiria will be a bigger deal than a One Piece Musou. I'm sure it will sell well.

 

[Grief.exe]

Sega should try out Yakuza on Steam.

Sega has always had an excellent library perfect for PC ports.

That's damn low. I'm guessing Tales will do similar numbers.

Tecmo has the worst track record for ports by a long shot.

 

[Corpekata]

Tales of Z already has like 10k preorders according to Steamspy so it will very likely outsell One Piece easily provided the port isn't a shitshow.

 

[ZhugeEX]

Tecmo has the worst track record for ports by a long shot.

That's not true at all.

But hey, one popular youtuber says it so it has to be true...

 

[Corpekata]

That's not true at all.

But hey, one popular youtuber says it so it has to be true...

How is it not? Virtually all of their ports have basic problems and are over priced, and tend to have things like shittier than current gen visuals. The only solid port they've put out is Nobunaga. Actually the Yaiba port isn't bad either, but not exactly going to be winning anyone over with that game.

I mean, who would you say takes the honor if not them? Maybe Square Enix's Japanese side with their barebones Final Fantasy ports, that's about the only one that stands out besides them.

 

[MUnited83]

That's damn low. I'm guessing Tales will do similar numbers.

Tales will easily do 100k or more. Tecmo Koei ports are often very poor efforts. PS3 ports instead of PS4 ports, overpriced as hell prices in regard to late ports, and being barebones all around. Not counting the several issues they tend to come with. At least barebones ports from other japanese companies at least tend to support arbitrary resolution support at the very least, and perform well with no major issues.

 

[Durante]

Yeah, I generally agree that Tecmo currently has the consistently worst combination of quality and price in their ports.

That's damn low.

Actually, I also thought 30k in August for One Piece was low, but recently we found out that it did <16k on all consoles combined in NPD. Given that, it seems like the Western appeal of the game is simply very limited across the board.

 

[Jigorath]

Yeah, I generally agree that Tecmo currently has the consistently worst combination of quality and price in their ports.

Actually, I also thought 30k in August for One Piece was low, but recently we found out that it did <16k on all consoles combined in NPD. Given that, it seems like the Western appeal of the game is simply very limited across the board.

One Piece never broke out in the US the way Naruto and DBZ did. It did over 250k in Japan though.

 

[kswiston]

Maybe Square Enix's Japanese side with their barebones Final Fantasy ports, that's about the only one that stands out besides them.

Almost all of the Final Fantasy games have decent numbers. Even the After Years (which is by far the lowest selling Final Fantasy game) is sitting at 40k, which would make it Tecmo's 3rd best seller not counting that F2P game.

EDIT: Nevermind, you are talking about port quality, not sales results.

 

[ZhugeEX]

Actually, I also thought 30k in August for One Piece was low, but recently we found out that it did <16k on all consoles combined in NPD. Given that, it seems like the Western appeal of the game is simply very limited across the board.

The game sold better in France than the US.....

One Piece series is doing just fine.

How is it not? Virtually all of their ports have basic problems and are over priced, and tend to have things like shittier than current gen visuals. The only solid port they've put out is Nobunaga. Actually the Yaiba port isn't bad either, but not exactly going to be winning anyone over with that game.

There are much worse and broken games on STEAM compared to what Koei Tecmo put out. Nobunaga is a game developed on PC. The other games are just ports from PS3 version. Problems are fixed fairly quickly.

 

[MUnited83]

Yeah, I generally agree that Tecmo currently has the consistently worst combination of quality and price in their ports.

Actually, I also thought 30k in August for One Piece was low, but recently we found out that it did <16k on all consoles combined in NPD. Given that, it seems like the Western appeal of the game is simply very limited across the board.

Wow, that's very low. I thought One Piece was a fairly popular series in the US? With those console numbers the steam number doesn't seem too bad, and should easily double when it gets the first big discount.

 

[Jigorath]

Wow, that's very low. I thought One Piece was a fairly popular series in the US? With those console numbers the steam number doesn't seem too bad, and should easily double when it gets the first big discount.

Well, don't forget the NPD numbers are just for the US while Steamspy's numbers are worldwide. It's not a direct comparison.

 

[Grief.exe]

That's not true at all.

But hey, one popular youtuber says it so it has to be true...

There are much worse and broken games on STEAM compared to what Koei Tecmo put out. Nobunaga is a game developed on PC. The other games are just ports from PS3 version. Problems are fixed fairly quickly.

Track records refers to consistency.

Tecmo produces sub-par ports essentially ubiquitously...I could have chosen much harsher word choice.

 

[viHuGi]

CS:GO is a monster.

Every month it's #1. Every month it sells near 1M copies.

At that price and any pc can run it, i bought the game in 2013 for 5 euros or so, cool game btw

Pc Gaming showing great shape, alot of games sold

 

[Durante]

There are much worse and broken games on STEAM compared to what Koei Tecmo put out. Nobunaga is a game developed on PC. The other games are just ports from PS3 version. Problems are fixed fairly quickly.

I really can't agree with this. No other company of K-T's size consistently puts out ports with such a bad quality/price ratio. With K-T on PC, you generally get locked resolutions, locked refresh rates and half-assed controller/kbm support months or years after the console release and are expected to pay the full AAA console price for it.

 

[MUnited83]

Well, don't forget the NPD numbers are just for the US while Steamspy's numbers are worldwide. It's not a direct comparison.

Yeah, I'm aware of that.

I really can't agree with this. No other company of K-T's size consistently puts out ports with such a bad quality/price ratio. With K-T on PC, you generally get locked resolutions, locked refresh rates and half-assed controller/kbm support months or years after the console release and are expected to pay the full AAA console price for it.

Agreed. There's no excuse for the state of their ports when smaller companies manage to make much better ports while at the same time selling at a super cheap price. (IF for example)

 

[Vaporak]

Sega should try out Yakuza on Steam.

Sega's best shot at making Yakuza relevent in the west is on PC. The PS3 is dead as far as software sales are concerned in the west so a console release on it will probably do even worse than the series has traditionally done in the west. On the other hand, PC gamers have consistently shown they are willing to buy older games, especially if they're good. Plus Yakuza is more of a middle tier market game, which is just a bigger market on the PC.

 

[Sinatar]

I really can't agree with this. No other company of K-T's size consistently puts out ports with such a bad quality/price ratio. With K-T on PC, you generally get locked resolutions, locked refresh rates and half-assed controller/kbm support months or years after the console release and are expected to pay the full AAA console price for it.

They also always port the inferior versions when possible. The musou games are all PS3 versions when superior PS4 versions are available. They are also all missing the online play that the console versions have. DOA5 still doesn't have the online mode they promised to patch in.

 

[Mr_Antimatter]

$270k gross after 1 week for a port of a 15-year old game sounds decent to me. Since it's not a new game, I wouldn't be surprised if it's less front-loaded than most game release as people wait for patches, cool mods, or a sale before wanting to replay the game (if they've already played a previous version).

Some of that is my money, well worth it. Great to see the game after all these years.

I think it will do pretty well in future steam/gog sales, as bugs get squashed and word of mouth spreads.

 

[Ryng_tolu]

Skyrim nearly 10,000,000. :O

 

[galyonkin]

I do have local sales charts by countries, but it's not really reliable, so it's not available to general audience yet.

Here is US chart from 2015-08-24 to 2015-09-06

1. METAL GEAR SOLID V: THE PHANTOM PAIN 145,992
2. Rocket League 73,293
3. Valve Complete Collection 60,360
4. Mad Max 48,888
5. METAL GEAR SOLID V: GROUND ZEROES 43,551
6. Fallout: New Vegas 36,181
7. Borderlands 2 35,841
8. Saints Row: The Third 35,541
9. GTA IV Collection 34,870
10. Don't Starve 28,658

And yeah, I have no idea why Saints Row is there. Maybe it was given away or something?

 

[Htown]

One Piece never broke out in the US the way Naruto and DBZ did.

Even today it still gets some of the lowest ratings on Toonami.

Damn shame, as it's actually a great show.

I blame 4Kids

 

[KuwabaraTheMan]

Even today it still gets some of the lowest ratings on Toonami.

Damn shame, as it's actually a great show.

I blame 4Kids

Airing at 2:30 AM doesn't help. But 4Kids has a lot to answer for.

 

[Parsnip]

And yeah, I have no idea why Saints Row is there. Maybe it was given away or something?

Weekend franchise deal, plus 3 and 4 have a free weekend.

 

[MUnited83]

It's the weekend franchise deal and free weekend.

2015-08-24 to 2015-09-06

 

[Tizoc]

Sega should try out Yakuza on Steam.

When SEGA put Yakuza 1+2 HD on the Wii U, the game hardly sold 5K units IIRC

Will that particular collection do better on PC? Likely, it just needs to be released at the right time and with enough word of mouth for it to reach 500K units after 1 year :3

At the end of the day though it all comes down to convincing the higher ups at SEGA Japan.

 

[kswiston]

When SEGA put Yakuza 1+2 HD on the Wii U, the game hardly sold 5K units IIRC

Will that particular collection do better on PC? Likely, it just needs to be released at the right time and with enough word of mouth for it to reach 500K units after 1 year :3

At the end of the day though it all comes down to convincing the higher ups at SEGA Japan.

I don't know about 500k, but Binary Domain hit 280k, which seems pretty reasonable. If Yakuza could do about the same in the west, that would be a worthwhile endeavor. This is a series that has had trouble breaking the 100k mark in the US. Some games have barely broken 50k.

 

[KuwabaraTheMan]

I don't know about 500k, but Binary Domain hit 280k, which seems pretty reasonable. If Yakuza could do about the same in the west, that would be a worthwhile endeavor. This is a series that has had trouble breaking the 100k mark in the US. Some games have barely broken 50k.

The original is the only one to even hit 50k. I believe Yakuza 3 is the next highest at about 30k.

 

[kswiston]

The original is the only one to even hit 50k. I believe Yakuza 3 is the next highest at about 30k.

Even worse.

I think that Yakuza could do a lot better than 50k on Steam, especially if they released the game at $20-30.

 

[KimonoNoNo]

Who did the Binary Domain port, somebody at Sega or was it outsourced?

 

[iavi]

Who did the Binary Domain port, somebody at Sega or was it outsourced?

Devil's Details, a small studio out of England. They're gone now, I believe, but the ports live on, and they're solid.

 

[Grinchy]

6.5 million copies of Terraria? Holy shit. I knew the game was a success, but wow. Even if a large percentage of those sales were for $2.50, I'm still surprised. I wonder how many of those people are like me and have bought it on PSN as well.

 

[KimonoNoNo]

Devil's Details, a small studio out of England. They're gone now, I believe, but the ports live on, and they're solid.

Pity, as Binary Domain was very much a pacesetter for Japanese console games coming to Steam.

 

[Tizoc]

Even worse.

I think that Yakuza could do a lot better than 50k on Steam, especially if they released the game at $20-30.

I'd like to think so too but it all comes down to getting people interested in it.
It being a badass beat'em-up game where you play as a badass ex-yakuza smashing street punks' faces to the pavement, breaking their backs on rails and then hitting up a club to charm a cute hostess with fancy words and food in order to take her out for a date at the karaoke.

 

[Parsnip]

2015-08-24 to 2015-09-06

Oh, right you are.

 

[kswiston]

So Metal Gear Solid continues to be the top selling game on Steam (by gross), however, its Steamspy sales have flatlined in the past 3 days. I wonder if some of that is day 1 people refunding the game before the 2 week deadline is up.