Nope, there's definitely a correlation.
I don't think gaming is any different. Ads, trailers, word of mouth, soundbites, all of them drive sales up for games as much as they do for movies.
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PUBG is now the biggest game on Steam in history | over 2m CCU, beats Dota 2 peak
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paperspace
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KojiKnight
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I've never felt more under a rock in my gaming life than right now... I generally ignore gaming trends, but every time I turn around anymore I see people commenting on this game, or see records broken by this game... Reading up on some basic stuff on it and I'm starting to understand WHY.
I don't have the time to get drawn into a time sucking game like this though... still, anyone got any recommendations for some good LPers (actual LPs, with editing and humor, not just pros being pros) of this?
I don't have the time to get drawn into a time sucking game like this though... still, anyone got any recommendations for some good LPers (actual LPs, with editing and humor, not just pros being pros) of this?
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SatelliteOfLove
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I think it was in the teens that year(?) and got there from ALOT of #1 votes. I wonder if PUBGUH will replicate that.
Well shit, now I feel completely inadequate at my markmanship more than ever now! lol
I mean, if your rule is designed to prevent shitty early access games from winning GOTY, that seems self-defeating. If a game is shitty, it won't likely win GOTY anyway. And "early access" is a pretty thin line, I think. Most games, near the end of their EA cycle, will basically be identical to the release version except for a few minor fixes. Many EA games still continue to get changed after their release. So this seems like a rather thin line. Like some other poster said, Bluehole could hit the "release" button today without changing anything about the game, and it would suddenly be eligible.
For many service games, the way it changes starting from release and afterwards is almost indistinguishable from how some early access games change from pre-release to release. That, and added the fact that certain EA games even have retail releases these days (Fortnite for example) seems like enough of an argument to push the needle more towards the "just allow EA as well" side of things. I don't think I'd vote for PUBG as my GOTY or even have it in my top 10, so it's not like I have a horse in the race, but in the current climate of the industry the distinction doesn't make a lot of sense to me anymore.
Yamisan
Member
Anyone? I can't figure it out myself =\
veloxStrix
Banned
Yeah, people like to dog on my boy Five Nights at Freddy's but I know its the greatest game ever made due to its breakout popularity.
BreezyLimbo
Banned
I'm gonna say it'll run it really badly.
I have an EVGA 760, and your maxwell is an 860m soldered in, but it's comparable to a 750 TI.
I can only run PUBG on all the lowest settings, and even then it has issues(Audio popping, lag when going into the match, decent fps but it spikes). An i3 also probably isn't the best CPU to run it on.
The minimum is an i3, but PUBG is also unoptimized, so it's the baaare minimum.(I run it on a 7 year old cpu myself for example).
So you might be able to run it, just very badly lol. You can always buy it, try out a couple matches, and then return it if you have problems.
charlequin
Banned
No, the idea there was to prevent a game that's problematic in Early Access (because it's a true unfinished early build that's relying on public feedback) but great at actual release from getting stiffed since it was only up for consideration when it was explicitly unfinished.
TacticalHotdog
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https://www.twitch.tv/beagsandjam
I recommend Beagle since he usually vocalizes his tactical decision making. He also streams XCOM which is where that comes from
AndersTheSwede
Member
Displays the heart of it.
Game combines an essential element of awesome: really fun shooting mechanics; that reward good play but aren't crazy to learn. With awesome context: large map, seemingly random encounters, loot game, replay ability.
The comparisons with the phenomenon that was and is CS are not wholly inaccurate.
SargerusBR
I love Pokken!
I was told(in the last or the thread before about PUBG) that there was a lot of salt when dota and lol were getting big.
mercenar1e
Member
when will Valve buy out the company/ip? you can almost feel it coming.
Nabs
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It doesn't seem like their style. They're about picking up the mod team and creating a big game together. CS, TF, Portal, Dota. I'm kinda surprised they didn't approach PU before Bluehole.
Chairmanchuck
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Tencent tried to buy them, but even they couldnt buy it. I doubt Valve would pay more money.
Cc23830
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I have an Alienware X51
i3 - 4150
GTX 760 ti
(old lol)
But i have everything on low except textures ( medium) and anti aliasing (high) I average 50fps excpt in the rain where it drops to 30 and it runs absolutely fine.
KonradLaw
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Really? I mean, even at it's peak Dota 2 was nowhere near LoL's popularity
eyeball_kid
Member
I went and watched a greatest hits video and I still don't get why this has become a phenomenon.
Cc23830
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play it, i have never felt an adrenaline rush like it in gaming in the top 10
Wolf Akela
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If you're insistent on prebuilts, you can add a little bit more on your budget for something that will run many circles around that. Of course it'd be quite bigger.
https://www.amazon.com/dp/B074WN495Z/?tag=neogaf0e-20
3:28 will give you a rough estimate of what to expect
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wdFXaYlSoqA
It's something one has to play.
You don't get the tension and rush from surviving by watching highlights.
Think of playing a 1vs5 in CS, or a close 1v1 match, with the difference that you don't need to be super good to get to these situations regularily and they are fun to play through.
TheRedSnifit
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Don't know if you're being sarcastic or not, but the FNaF games are genuinely great, and a breathe of fresh air at a time where horror games were dominated by walking sims.
Amazingly fast success for this game. Never heard of it one week ago.
Regarding the GOTY talk, luckily it has zero chance to be NeoGaf's GOTY. Not than it matters anyway.
PC gamers aren't a majority here and moreover the game doesn't deserve it from a game design, art, soundtrack, accessibility and universality standpoint.
Regarding the GOTY talk, luckily it has zero chance to be NeoGaf's GOTY. Not than it matters anyway.
PC gamers aren't a majority here and moreover the game doesn't deserve it from a game design, art, soundtrack, accessibility and universality standpoint.
TheRedSnifit
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"PC gamers aren't a majority here" is why the game won't win GOTY.
"the game doesn't deserve it from a game design, art, soundtrack, accessibility, originality and universality standpoint" is not.
How the game isn't accessible? It's not a game that is hard to get a grasp on, it's very basic premise and execution. And I'm not a native english speaker so I don't really understand the universality standpoint either. It's one of the biggest games this year (excluding mobile), it's not niche. And it taps into universal human instinct of survival.
When people mean survival elements they usually mean stuff like, needing to eat, weather/temperature playing a role in your health, crafting, cooking, a more robust health system than health packs etc
PUBG has none of thouse
Most survivaly aspect of it is that you need painkillers/energy drinks/medpacks to top you back up to 100% health a normal first aid kit won't cut it
SargerusBR
I love Pokken!
I would say PUBG wouldn't be as successful if it had those systems. From what i saw, PUBG is about fast gameplay, the game sets up a zone to prevent players from keeping too apart from each other in the immense map.
They would certainly slow the pace of the game down in a negative way I agree.
Only if this next game will be developed by Greene i dont see a BR game from UBISOFT, EA or Activision with the same success as PUBG on PC.
LMAO
H1Z1 is Currently the 4th most played game on steam behind PUBG, Dota and CS.
PUBG has not made H1Z1 less popular, it didn't go anywhere.
I know John Smith who smoked a pack of cigarettes a day for almost his entire life and died peacefully in his sleep at a very healthy 93 of natural causes. Which is why I'm sure there's absolutely no correlation between smoking and lung cancer. /s
Felix Lighter
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This game's success is unprecedented in scale. H1Z1's was never as successful. It has shattered the highest concurrent players record ever on the Steam platform and is still trending upwards rapidly. I think it deserves a little attention, though of course you know how this will all go, even though no game has done this before.
Sarcasm?
In case its not, vanish like being top 4 on steam?
Last I checked H1Z1: King of the kill actually grew as PUBG was released. But is now declining a bit as PUBG is growing fast. But it sure as hell didn't "vanish".
I think indoor combat is interesting with doors potentially being a signal for player presence (or non-presence), listening for cars and footsteps outside is pretty dynamic, but no one part of it is all that new. It comes together in a fun way sometimes, but that's really the best thing I can think to say about it. The reward system is shallow, and aiming over long distances feels way more realistic than it should (perhaps this is a good thing).
However, the thing that stops me from playing for hours and hours are those times where, while running or driving through a field on a circle-contraction, I start getting shot from somewhere with no good way to tell which direction other than sound, and by that time I'm usually already dead. That's not intense, or fun, and it just leaves me confused. Also, the start-up time from jumping out of the plane, to getting gear, to finally reaching those fun, intense parts can get draining after a while, especially by yourself.
And dying when jumping out of a slow-moving car. That shit has got to go.
It's for a very specific crowd. It's not family friendly and has low appeal outside the typical competitive, mostly male crowd.
It's a game you need to play with headphones on. With a bit of practice, knowing where the shots come from becomes second nature. The guns have a pretty big muzzle flash too without the attachment. Though sometimes you are just unlucky and get surrounded. Some deaths will be unsatisfying. No way around that.
As for the action part: one can easily choose how much action one has. If i want to shoot people, i drop at the schoo/military base. Pretty much all cities and Georgopol usually have lots of people too.
I agree it's more fun with friends but i also know people that much prefer playing alone.
I mean it has sold over 11 million copies while being only on single platform and still in early access, no developer pedigree or brand recognition, no big traditional marketing push either. Seems like it has a wide reach regardless. I really can't see the "low accesibility and universality" claims when we have games like Bloodborne winning GAF Goty. I'm 100% sure that PUBG is more "family friendly" than Bloodborne. It being PC only (for now) does hurt it's chances here, that part you got exactly right.
No offense but I could just as easily say the type of game you're implying is GOTY material has low appeal outside a very specific crowd.
PUBG appeals to a massive audience. It wouldn't be constantly setting new sales and player count records if that wasn't the case.
n0razi
Member
That like watching someone else watching a scary movie and asking what all the fuss is about. You are not going to get the same tension and adrenaline watching someone play.