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Steamspy Sales Results for Q1 2016.
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Turin Turambar
Member
Hitman have performance problems? Game looks beautiful to me and it runs at 60fps.
Lactose_Intolerant
Member
How do you market a game where the sales are at the end?
How do the TellTale Games do it?
Turin Turambar
Member
It isn't "at the end". It's a second start. Lots of people may be interested in the game but prefer to have the full package.
I also do with Telltale games, following your example.
Lactose_Intolerant
Member
I was asking how Telltale markets their game. I don't play their games but their models are similar. The difference being is that Telltale games usually have a built in market and decent word of mouth. You pretty much know what you are going to get by now unless this is your first Telltale game.
Has Hitman had good word of mouth? I saw one twitch player play it and didn't look like a good game + performance issues that someone mentioned here. So I don't see this game having significant numbers at the end of it all.
Does anyone have sales break down to similar games? Are most of the sales at the end or in the 1st 2 episodes? I imagine for a game with good word of mouth it will be at the end.
GenericBadGuy
Member
Stardews's success is feel good all around: Good game, good support from the dev, independent development, etc. Hope it inspires more successes like it.
It's very difficult to put a number on this sort of thing because so many of these games give out their first episode for free or super cheap once the game is finished.
Its definitely a good game. In fact, its the best Hitman game yet.
Steverulez
Member
Lots of good games doing well there though.
Not sure I think the Hitman number is that decent but it'll go up as they add more content... SFV isnt that good. FCP not that great either? Im sure that did well on console.
Nice to see Stardew Valley, Firewatch and Tomb Raider do well
Not sure I think the Hitman number is that decent but it'll go up as they add more content... SFV isnt that good. FCP not that great either? Im sure that did well on console.
Nice to see Stardew Valley, Firewatch and Tomb Raider do well
No pressure except that the seasons change from time to time. Definitely a relaxing game and worth a shot! I just love the SNES/Genesis era ambience and music.
Great to hear, just bought it! Gotta support the little guys in the business
tearsintherain
Member
Tomb Raider the big surprise for me, I played the xbox one version at launch and praised it endlessly as did pretty much every other person who tried it but there really wasn't much other marketing for the PC version, right?
Both that and stardew just go to show that in this day and age word of mouth seems to be the best way to get consistent sales.
I even wonder if the PC version has outsold the xbox one version at this point? Probably not, but its gotta be pretty close.
Both that and stardew just go to show that in this day and age word of mouth seems to be the best way to get consistent sales.
I even wonder if the PC version has outsold the xbox one version at this point? Probably not, but its gotta be pretty close.
Steverulez
Member
The Xbox versions were over a million at the beginning of January so not yet (unless theres a ton of unaccounted for copies).
PC players are pretty well informed, so probably don't need as much marketing, if you make a good PC version and its a good game especially in a franchise which has always done well on PC I think you will usually get rewarded well with that which I think happened here.
Absolutely. Couple that with streamers and you get a much wider audience than before. Really exciting times right now for indie games especially.
QuantumSquid
Member
It did for me and a bunch of other people in the official thread, at least it did around the time it came out.
I got my money back on it and I won't be giving it another shot until the game is complete in 2017. Hopefully by then, the issues I had will have been fixed.
SmokedMeat
Gamer™
Stardew Valley was developed by one person?? I'm amazed. Just now looked into it via YouTube and it's going on the Wishlist for the next time I get a Steam card.
I really wanted to play The Culling but I purchased it recently and every time I launched it, it would just crash after the start screen, and I couldn't find a solution anywhere online so I had to refund it.
With indie devi, just message them and they'll probably get back to you quickly
Obliterator
Member
Yeah when you add in UPlay sales which are likely a significant chunk Division sold a ton of copies considering how short of a time it's been out. Over 1 million by quite a bit surely
SmartWaffles
Member
Mortal Kombat X did 200k in 17 days in April 2015, SFV sold only 150k in nearly two months. It did really bad.
ethomaz
Banned
Ohhhh I guessed it was way bad.
That is fine... SFV will end selling more lifetime due more support time (I think we will have another MK this gen).
Lion Heart
Banned
Rise of TR really didn't do that well, it will struggle to get a million and a lot of its sales in the future will be at a much reduced cost. On consoles that would be considered a bad showing for a AAA.
Devastated for The Witness, they will never make their money back and it's one of the best games ever. Total sales are probably no more than 300k. Unless an iPad version knocks it out of the park.
Devastated for The Witness, they will never make their money back and it's one of the best games ever. Total sales are probably no more than 300k. Unless an iPad version knocks it out of the park.
What?
The game's budget is $3-4 million. It sold ~100k copies just on Steam at a price of $40 (and before any discounts). That alone, self-published, is ~$2.8 million in the bank.
So unless sales on console are far less profitable, they already made their money back.
And that's before the game reached a price point many people are more comfortable paying for a puzzle game.
MightyHedgehog
Member
Jeez...I'm starting to wonder if SF V might be a bigger bomb than SF III on DC and only higher than the first SF/Fighting Street at this point in its LTD. Shit...has it even outsold any of the home EX games at the same point in their lives?
SmartWaffles
Member
Yep, The Witness will sell gangbusters with a sale. Also 650k for RotR is actually not a bad number considering the buzz around it and the lack of marketing from either parties.
Romance of the Three Kingdoms 13 / 三國志13 - (76,953 ±6,597)
Uh, correct me if I'm wrong but the game is still not localized in English ? If so, while the numbers aren't anything to write home about, isn't it a good sign for Steam acceptance in China and Japan ?
Uh, correct me if I'm wrong but the game is still not localized in English ? If so, while the numbers aren't anything to write home about, isn't it a good sign for Steam acceptance in China and Japan ?
SmartWaffles
Member
Yes it is only available in Japanese and Chinese, the sales are mostly Chinese, with more than 70% of owners from Mainland China, Hong Kong and Taiwan. Also Steam usage in China is at a all time high at the moment, Chinese users has rose to 6.5% of all Steam users.
Well, the game isn't USD$40 everywhere, but SteamSpy estimates that the US accounts for roughly 41% of total sales, with the UK and Canada coming in a distant second and third, respectively, with ~8.3% and ~6.5%, plus Blow did say that sales of the PS4 version were comparable to Steam; so, yeah, Blow and co. are quite likely in the black by now.
Exactly, the Witness did fine sales for a self published puzzle game at $40. I think the sales will do great once it hits a $20 on sale price point, many people simply won't pay over $20 for a puzzle game, no matter the production values.
As for Ubisoft games, I don't see first month or so Steam sales as a true measure of success or failure. PC gamers are all about discounted games and to get any discounts near release date, you have to get the Uplay version. Although that does mean the Division is a huge sales success because it got a ton of people to pay the full $60 on Steam. I won't buy Ubisoft games on Steam anymore because no new pc game is worth $60 to me, especially since it is so easy to get console versions at 20% off at BB/Amazon and similar discounts or better for pc versions at places like GMG, cdkeys, NeoGaf marketplace etc.
And a large part of the remaining sales was across the EU, where the price is 37, which is a bit over 40 USD.
? They are probably in the green already. The Witness did pretty well. And this before any significant sales.
More_Badass
Member
Nice to see Factorio, Firewatch, and SuperHOT high on the list
SuperSonic1305
Member
XCOM 2 doing well considering its state isn't really a good thing. I paid full price and stopped playing because it performed so badly and that's with a 980.
A lot of the sales it has right now are probably at a discounted price, I know I bought it for $18.
xVodevil
Member
XCOM 2 did so well?
Holy moly
PC exclusive going this strong is really good to see!
But then again it might be a GOTY contender for many, so no real surprise.
Visualante2
Member
The variety is the biggest story, rather than any single success. Just amazing.
Yeah, that definitely helps with ironing out the revenue wrinkles notably cheaper regions engender.
MiamiWesker
Member
I'm going to assume witness ps4 sold way more than this. One of the best games ever just being ignored on PC.
MiamiWesker
Member
Huh, I played the whole think on a 970 never had an issue. There was an odd glitch or two but whatever, played fine. Great game.
Blow said they were close to 50/50.
MiamiWesker
Member
Damn, more people need to play this game.