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[adversesolutions]

Curious why Crimzon Clover's not on the list. Possibly because it was published by a French company?

 

[kswiston]

Are all of these games Steamworks?

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_games_using_Steam_authentication

 

[Serianox]

It would be better to see good visual novels do well.
That game is absolute trash and the translation is awful.

While i agree the vn itself is trash its a nice indication that there is a market for these kind of experiences within the Steam ecosystem. It kind of reminds me of the path jrpgs are taking on Steam, before your Tales of ends up in the platform you kind of need an Agarest to show there is interest.

 

[HalfwayOrb]

I'm surprised at this:

Metal Slug 3: 443,928

 

[PsychoSoldier]

Can you hide individual games on Steam on public profile?

I don't imagine it's statistically significant but I have to imagine some of the more racy titles might get hidden more often if that's the case.

 

[GhostTrick]

While i agree the vn itself is trash its a nice indication that there is a market for these kind of experiences within the Steam ecosystem. It kind of reminds me of the path jrpgs are taking on Steam, before your Tales of ends up in the platform you kind of need an Agarest to show there is interest.

According to SteamDB, Tales of Zestiria might be coming though

 

[MUnited83]

Can you hide individual games on Steam on public profile?

I don't imagine it's statistically significant but I have to imagine some of the more racy titles might get hidden more often if that's the case.

You can't hide games on your profile.

 

[Nabs]

We're going to need Vanquish on Steam at some point.

 

[RurouniZel]

Valkyria Chronicles: 210,299

I just made 210,299 friends.

 

[EnergizerFellow]

I'm saddened and mildly shocked that Crimzon Clover didn't make the Top 400. It's a truly amazing game.

Best thing that could happen to the STG genre would be Crimzon Clover getting a PS4 port with a free PS+ month. About the only thing close would be a translated PS4+Steam PS+/Sale bundle from Cave, MOSS, or Eighting (in that order).

 

[BassForever]

I just made 210,299 friends.

So you're saying you didn't buy the game yourself

 

[Starwolf_UK]

was metal slug 3 in a humble bundle or something

also where at ffvii and viii

.
It was in humble PC and Android Bundle 10 released back in May 2014. That Humble Bundle had around 158,000 overall sales but Metal Slug 3 was a BTA tier game so not the full picture.

Those two FF games were released before 2014. Yes VIII was December 2013.

 

[GhostTrick]

You can't hide games on your profile.

But you can hide your profile

 

[Nyoro SF]

According to SteamDB, Tales of Zestiria might be coming though

It's definitely coming, the number of titles that show up on DB and simultaneously end up not making it onto the platform is extremely rare.

That being said, RIP SteamDB leaks since Valve updated the database to hide all package names.

We're going to need Skies of Arcadia Legends and Valkyria Chronicles 2 & 3 on Steam at some point.

Why yes Nabs I agree

well, someone needs to get the Zero Escape games onto steam already. Hell, i'll take a dangaropapopo too, just stuff that's not so heavy on the fan service and with stories worth reading through.

I'll take the Ace Attorney games, too, but for whatever reason Capcom is really weird about how it handles those games.

At least no one can say that there isn't precedent for those games to not do well on PC. This thread is great for sales figures, finally, we have a true statistic of how these games perform.

 

[blado]

Well to be fair, a lot of those numbers come from some pretty high discounts.

Not really. Dark souls 2 only went on sale on steam once for any reasonable amount of time, most notably during the Christmas sale. Other than that, it really hasn't seen too many sales. I think it was also 50% off for a short amount of time once before that. It also was on discount for a few other websites, but those likely didn't account for many sales.

 

[Corgi]

nekopara has way too many sales...

Spoiler

guilty

 

[RurouniZel]

So you're saying you didn't buy the game yourself

I'm already friends with myself. ;P

 

[Shantom]

Curious why Crimzon Clover's not on the list. Possibly because it was published by a French company?

Because it didn't have enough players to make the top 400. The cutoff was 24343.

 

[Sesha]

Rising's numbers are kind of astonishing given how this isn't exactly the healthiest genre in the world these days either.

Compare to something like DMC4, which has probably around 500-600k sales on PC in total, and yeah, it's quite an achievement.

 

[kswiston]

Not really. Dark souls 2 only went on sale on steam once for any reasonable amount of time, most notably during the Christmas sale. Other than that, it really hasn't seen too many sales. I think it was also 50% off for a short amount of time once before that. It also was on discount for a few other websites, but those likely didn't account for many sales.

The profit margin on digital is also higher. Pubs get $24 from a game that sells for $30 on Steam. That is comparable to their cut of a full price retail title.

 

[Producer]

Because it didn't have enough players to make the top 400. The cutoff was 24343.

damn, thats a shame. that game is amazing.

 

[Shizuka]

Ghostlight must be thrilled with Agarest sales.

 

[Mechazawa]

Holy shit I did not expect those Ikaruga numbers.

The ideal is still high, baby.

 

[Serianox]

Meh. VNs as a genre shine much better on portables. Just work better to be able to carry them around and jump in and out of them as I need to, imo. VNs on PC have never been able to grab me in the same way.

I kind of agree with this after i followed some guides on how to play some vns on my android tablet but considering how varied the pc form factor is now this is perspective thats likely to change. A Windows 8 tablet pc can provide that flexibility without excluding itself from the larger pc ecosystem.

 

[kewlmyc]

Goddamn, no wonder Namco is trying to bring Tales to PC. Probably needs it.

 

[CertifiedFP]

Yeah, VC and most of those games basically old games without any advertising except from Steam pop-up and some articles. VC 2 and 3 really need to happen. To whom should I send my prayer to? Seeeeggaaaaa!!!!

If you want VC3 so bad, look no further than #Operation422 /shamelessplug

Impressed that VC did as well as it did in such short time. I suppose we have aggressive sales to thank for that, but impressed nonetheless. How much of that was frontloaded on preorders and launch week compared to after I'd like to know.

 

[Wolf Akela]

They went through every profile ID and looked at their games owned.

I'm guessing they didn't count inventory? How about profile IDs with private profiles?

 

[gngf123]

Because it didn't have enough players to make the top 400. The cutoff was 24343.

Such a shame. Crimzon Clover is one of the best STG's on PC. It deserves more players.

 

[petran79]

had Japan access to Steam, those numbers would be thrice as much!

 

[Pellegri Testament]

had Japan access to Steam, those numbers would be thrice as much!

You do know how PC gaming does in Japan, right?

 

[twentytwo22]

Cave, seriously, please dump your shmup catalog onto Steam.

I'll buy it at a high price.

 

[FlyingSaucer]

Astonished by these DSII sales numbers.

Do we have the number of Steam copies of Dark Souls 1 ? I didn't find it in Ars' lsat year feature.

 

[kswiston]

had Japan access to Steam, those numbers would be thrice as much!

Only if Steam had iOS/Android support.

 

[koutoru]

had Japan access to Steam, those numbers would be thrice as much!

Not necessarily.
Most, if not all, of these games are the western localized versions of the original titles. They do not come with a Japanese interface.

 

[Ramzastrife]

Was Sakura Spirit Japanese? I kind of assumed it was, but I don't know anything about Winged Cloud.

 

[baterism]

If you want VC3 so bad, look no further than #Operation422 /shamelessplug

Already joined, told my friends to join too.

had Japan access to Steam, those numbers would be thrice as much!

You do know how PC gaming does in Japan, right?

From what I see on Steam forum, there are quite a lot Japanese Steam users, a lot of hardcore user (PalmDessert, highest Steam level), but almost always get the short end when it comes to Japanese PC game. They don't get VC and Neptunia afaik. I doubt they will get ToZ if it really hit Steam.

 

[Basileus777]

Agarest is a 2013 title.

 

[desmax]

Whoah, Metal Slug 3 sales are insane.
EDIT: Oh right, maybe there Humble Bundle sales in there

Really happy for Trails, it deserved it

 

[Nirolak]

Astonished by these DSII sales numbers.

Do we have the number of Steam copies of Dark Souls 1 ? I didn't find it in Ars' lsat year feature.

http://arstechnica.com/gaming/2014/04/steam-gauge-addressing-your-questions-and-concerns/2/

1,368,606, though it had been quite a bit cheaper by the time this came out than Dark Souls 2 has gotten.

 

[Basileus777]

Was Sakura Spirit Japanese? I kind of assumed it was, but I don't know anything about Winged Cloud.

No, it's made in the West.

 

[2+2=5]

Are those worldwide sales or Japan only? If worldwide they look low to me with the exception of Dark Soul 2 and Metal Slug 3.
Take into account that pc games are cheaper and usually become extremely cheap when in offer...

 

[DNAbro]

had Japan access to Steam, those numbers would be thrice as much!

i'm pretty sure japan does

 

[Riposte]

If you like STGs, buy Crimson Clover.


The Legend of Korra sold more than I thought and that's just one platform.

 

[ezodagrom]

Agarest is a 2013 title.

When the premium edition was released, for some reason the released date in the agarest page was changed to the premium edition release date.

 

[Nabs]

http://arstechnica.com/gaming/2014/04/steam-gauge-addressing-your-questions-and-concerns/2/

1,368,606, though it had been quite a bit cheaper by the time this came out than Dark Souls 2 has gotten.

Yeah. It was also region locked back then thanks to GFWL. I wonder what that number will look like after the Summer sale.

 

[Flandy]

>Korra
>Western

Spoiler

I mean I guess it is Japanese developed since Platinum made it, but it's still a western property and was published by Activision

 

[Nirolak]

>Korra
>Western

Spoiler

I mean I guess it is Japanese developed since Platinum made it, but it's still a western property and was published by Activision

I did this by Japanese developer and not Japanese publisher.

The Evil Within is on here for example, but Thief is not.

 

[Sakura]

had Japan access to Steam, those numbers would be thrice as much!

But... Japan does have access to Steam. What do you mean?

 

[misho8723]

I don't know, but are those good numbers? I guess DSII, which has almost 1 milion is good, but the others ? Even though many of those games are port of some years old console games, but still - for example, are 210 000 sold copies of Valkyria Chronicles good?

 

[vasametropolis]

I knew Dark Souls 2 would be big, but MGR netted nearly half a million? That's like... unexpectedly good. If a Japanese dev like Platinum, who is already not too huge on consoles, pulled that off on their first go... then bravo.