MarV0
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Because they can pour more resources to make their next game even better?
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Stellar Blade debuts on Steam with over 192k CCU (best-performing single-player PlayStation Studios release)
Gaiff
SBI’s Resident Gaslighter
The poster hasn't even expressed liking this game or its qualities though. All he's been posting about is culture wars.
I personally don't care in the slightest because I think they got the combat all wrong and am not interested in a sequel, but if you liked it, that makes sense. Not the poster I was addressing though.
OLED_Gamer
Member
Boobs and good gameplay with Playstation polish. Hard to argue with that one.
ClosBSAS
Member
I fapped it thrice already...choked the bishop, strangled the chicken...shits good
Idleyes
Gold Member
What can i say about that, there exist that vodka drinking meme for a reason:
Clearly someone hasn't been to New Orleans.
ProtoByte
Weeb Underling
It still is, they just also think that the men that consume the sexuality are predacious and/or pathetic.
Again, sexuality is good when it's liberating for female expression and financial empowerment ("get that bag girlie!!" - every Reee member in reference to OF). It's only bad when men enjoy it. Even though men enjoying sexuality is a necessary condition for women to be financially empowered by it.
ClosBSAS
Member
Haha u must be an era poster...thats what they say there
Mibu no ookami
Banned
I love how everytime Sony has a success it is used to bludgeon Sony as a whole...
Helldivers comes out... see sony doesn't know what they're doing this is what they should be doing
Astro Bot comes out.... see sony doesn't know what they're doing this is what they should be doing
Stellar Blade goes to PC has success... see this is what they should be doing...
Note that people were really quiet with the success of Spider-Man 2 and God of War Ragnarok...
I'll add that another reason why this game might be doing so much better compared to the other games is because the other games were must buys on PlayStation, while this largely flew under the radar. That didn't quite work out as well for Rise of the Ronin though, so who knows.
I do think Sony should port Demon's Souls to PC though... and Gran Turismo and I think they should have tried to make Dreams work (no pun intended) and built it out.
Helldivers comes out... see sony doesn't know what they're doing this is what they should be doing
Astro Bot comes out.... see sony doesn't know what they're doing this is what they should be doing
Stellar Blade goes to PC has success... see this is what they should be doing...
Note that people were really quiet with the success of Spider-Man 2 and God of War Ragnarok...
I'll add that another reason why this game might be doing so much better compared to the other games is because the other games were must buys on PlayStation, while this largely flew under the radar. That didn't quite work out as well for Rise of the Ronin though, so who knows.
I do think Sony should port Demon's Souls to PC though... and Gran Turismo and I think they should have tried to make Dreams work (no pun intended) and built it out.
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Steve Holt
Member
Hoping Sony's marketing for DS2 has a similar effect.
Idleyes
Gold Member
Truth be told, that's harsh. I'd rather someone call me a nigga than an era poster. Fun fact.
Orbital2060
Member
Is there any way to see where the players are situated? Im curious if some of these games Sony publish on Steam speak to a certain audience in fx China or the Asian market in general.
Idleyes
Gold Member
It's a no-brainer, console gaming is a small market in China. The vast majority of gamers there play on PC and mobile. What Sony is finally realizing (though much later than they should have) is that Steam offers a gateway into the Chinese market. It's also why you'll see an increase in PC ports & day one releases out of Sony. Die-hard Sony loyalists hoping the company would stay in its own lane will be reluctant to accept this reality. Sony just wants to make money and the HUGE PC gaming community in China is looking yummy.
Orbital2060
Member
Im thinking its related to the China PC market but it would be nice with some data to support that.
Senua
Member
Donald mac Ronald
Member
Also helps the port is perfect. Pc gamers don't forgive bad ports.
Lots of Sony ports have been dog shit messes at launch. Horizon, Spiderman remake etc
Judge Magister
Gold Member
JayK47
Member
It really is flawless. Running at max settings at 60fps on my old PC is so nice. And it runs on Steam Deck right out the gate as well.
blastprocessor
The Amiga Brotherhood
Should fund another GasS title nice one Sony.
Mibu no ookami
Banned
Eh
Horizon Zero Dawn Remastered is sitting at a 92 in the last 30 days and an 81 all time.
Spider-Man Remastered is a 96% all time...
It's funny the narrative that people create when the facts don't back it up.
DenchDeckard
Moderated wildly
Well it seems to be performing really well.
The west is in tatters and Asia is taking over completely with gaming.
I remember when Asia and Japan were pretty much out of the race and there was those questioning what happened. Now look at us.
Tits and ass for all
The west is in tatters and Asia is taking over completely with gaming.
I remember when Asia and Japan were pretty much out of the race and there was those questioning what happened. Now look at us.
Tits and ass for all
TonberrysKnife
Member
To be very honest, I don't understand why people are hating on the fucking game. It's got a hot ass protagonist, great graphics and gameplay, very optimized on PC and satisfying combat. And to hit home with this, this is a damn good port! Just like Returnal was.
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Guilty_AI
Member
It has denuvo, which is what stopped me from buying it
TonberrysKnife
Member
I was mistaken on that part. My bad.
rodrigolfp
Haptic Gamepads 4 Life
Graphics are very "mid PS4 level".
Gaiff
SBI’s Resident Gaslighter
He said launch. HZD PC launch was awful. Spider-Man 2 as well. HFW and Spidey Remastered were fine for the most part.
Mibu no ookami
Banned
HZD Remaster is a different launch than HZD and he said the Spider-Man remaster not SM2...
Lokaum D+
Member
i would love to feel those mid ps4 levels graphics with my hands.
Astray
Member
These kinds of numbers kinda prove that the delay in launching SP games on PC isn't an issues as long as you have strong product-market fit.
Stellar Blade is very appealing to Asian audiences, is very scalable (so even guys with 2060s can try it out) so naturally it's a success on Steam as well.
Stellar Blade is very appealing to Asian audiences, is very scalable (so even guys with 2060s can try it out) so naturally it's a success on Steam as well.
Astray
Member
OG HZD has some notable bugs at launch, but I wouldn't call it a bad launch because it got ironed out very quick by Nixxes.
BennyBlanco
aka IMurRIVAL69
Demo was underwhelming. The combat feels way too slow or something. Just felt clunky. Ill play it at some point I guess but I don't get the hype and I love character action games.
Gaiff
SBI’s Resident Gaslighter
Poster just said Horizon, not remastered. Spider-Man remake was evidently incorrect or he forgot because there's never been a remake, just a remaster, which is what he probably alluded to. The point is, there have been a lot of bad ports from Sony that took a while to fix. Their releases have been inconsistent in terms of quality at launch.
Dr.Morris79
Gold Member
So much better than those shitty Last Of Us Gifs!
Gaiff
SBI’s Resident Gaslighter
I think the combat feels limp. Lots of these action games lately completely forego the weight and punch behind the attacks. Go chop some enemies in NG and then do the same in Stellar Blade. There's a world of difference. Wukong suffers from the same problem.
Crayon
Member
There's really only a handful of legendary character action games very all these years. And this isn't even that type of game.
I'd compare the gameplay of stellar to gow, nier, Yakuza, etc. the composition of the game is not even close to characters action. It's action-heavy but the fighting is not having to carry ever minute of the game.
If you are comparing it to ng or bayo I am not that confident in your ability to asses this at all.
Gaiff
SBI’s Resident Gaslighter
The combat feel in the last two GOW is better than it's ever been. I also don't think there's any excuse for the combat to feel limp whether it's a character action game or not.
nial
Banned
Yeah, funny as fuck, while Sony is the one party that benefits from all of this.
Idleyes
Gold Member
I'm officially dead. You killed me with laughter with this one. HOLY SHIT!
Freelance Yakuza
Member
Stellar Blade is bigger than Doom
Who would have thought?
Who would have thought?
Hawk The Slayer
Member
A great example of a game that caused the came for the attraction/interest but stayed for everything else. It's what happens if you have good looking characters and designs, good gameplay, setting, and monster designs, music etc. Hopefully the sequel will be even better and bigger.
The second days peak was 176k not as high as the first day of 183k but the drop down is slower since it dropped to 140k 2 hours after the first day peak while it only dropped to 150k 2 hours after today's peak. So a solid chance we should see higher overall peak on the third day or fourth. But it has to be this week or else the chance is gone since this isn't a long RPG like game like E33 or Oblivion Remaster nor multiplayer like Dune so it'll only have this next couple of days to break the 200k mark.
The second days peak was 176k not as high as the first day of 183k but the drop down is slower since it dropped to 140k 2 hours after the first day peak while it only dropped to 150k 2 hours after today's peak. So a solid chance we should see higher overall peak on the third day or fourth. But it has to be this week or else the chance is gone since this isn't a long RPG like game like E33 or Oblivion Remaster nor multiplayer like Dune so it'll only have this next couple of days to break the 200k mark.
Hawk The Slayer
Member
I liked what I see in Doom Dark Ages and liked that it's involving more story so was really surprised that it only got 30k, thought it'll get closer to 100k.
But after seeing Doom DA's 30k numbers, I figure Stellar Blade had a decent shot at beating that and near Rebirth's level since late launches usually range around 20k to 40k. So definitely did not expect over 100k for Stellar Blade let alone over 150k lol.
Donald mac Ronald
Member
What are you talking about? Horizon zero down original pc launch was regarded a mess this is fact .
Spider man 2 was a huge mess at launch.
FF 7 remake and rebirth had their issues.
Last of us remake part 1 had pc issues too.
Seems you're pretending these games launch perfectly - they didn't.
Mibu no ookami
Banned
Let's go through your list.
Why would the original Horizon's launch apply to the launch of the remaster?
The original person said Spider-Man Remake not Spider-Man 2
Sony had nothing to do with FF7 and Rebirth... weird that you would even bring them up.
I didn't make any mention of TLOU P1 because it's not the point. The point is, you can release a "perfect" PC port and it not sell well, that's clearly not the only factor.
Victorboris1987
Banned
I love how all the pearl-clutching censorious nancies coping and seething hard about the most coomer game of the past two years being an astounding success on Steam.
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