Vault Dweller: Age of Decadence needs to sell 45,000 copies to be successful

[Johannes]

Shower with your dad is like 1 dollar, AoD probably made more money.

Also it's a cool game concept.

I'm eagerly waiting for the sequel, Docking with Son.

 

[StaticSpine]

Anyway, as of this morning AoD sold 32,746 copies

This game deserve better sales....

I am Bread Owners: 314,110 ± 12,163
Goat Simulator Owners: 2,215,724 ± 32,188
Shower With Your Dad Simulator 2015: Do You Still Shower With Your Dad Owners: 194,431 ± 9,572

Novelty games that are specifically made to create social media buzz have better sales than a hardcore RPG that requires you put hours upon hours of effort into playing? Are you one of those people that also complains Beyonce is more popular than "insert local punk band"?

I can understand why Crisis, Mass Effect, Fallout are way more popular. But that shit? 2 000 000+ for goat simulator?

 

[hivemind]

13 yo kids and genuine autists.

 

[thesheeep]

Well, it is cheap and fun to play around with for some few hours, then put it away.
As soon as games enter the region < 10$, the threshold to buy them just becomes a lot lower, even if people do not expect a great game.

Heck, I spend 13€ to be amused in the cinema for ~2 hours, why not spend half of it for probably the same amount of amusement time?
Certainly cheaper than hookers.

 

[StaticSpine]

Okay, I got the point about pricing.

But another thing - are we, the ones who played and loved original Fallouts, PS:T, Arcanum etc in late 90s-early 00s - the core audience of AoD - so few? Only 33 000 people?

 

[Higher Game]

Okay, I got the point about pricing.

But another thing - are we, the ones who played and loved original Fallouts, PS:T, Arcanum etc in late 90s-early 00s - the core audience of AoD - so few? Only 33 000 people?

We are in the Kali Yuga.

 

[thesheeep]

New ones growing up, of course.
I met a few people in lectures that are as disappointed in "major gaming" as we are and look to games with more in-depth mechanics and more challenge.

I don't think this will ever stop, it will just never be the main gaming audience again.

 

[StaticSpine]

We are in the Kali Yuga.

The Age of Decadence

 

[SniperHF]

Okay, I got the point about pricing.

But another thing - are we, the ones who played and loved original Fallouts, PS:T, Arcanum etc in late 90s-early 00s - the core audience of AoD - so few? Only 33 000 people?

More or less.



Obviously edges more mainstream than AoD but so were those games you mentioned.

 

[StaticSpine]

More or less.



Obviously edges more mainstream than AoD but so were those games you mentioned.

95K is the number of those who own all three games?

It doesn't correlate with http://www.rpgcodex.net/forums/index.php?threads/the-sales-of-incline.98915/

 

[Infinitron]

StaticSpine It's the number of people who own WL2 & PoE & D:OS, not WL2 + PoE + D:OS.

But it's worth noting that number might be larger by now, since PoE, the most recent game in that trio, has since been on several sales.

 

[Forest Dweller]

Okay, I got the point about pricing.

But another thing - are we, the ones who played and loved original Fallouts, PS:T, Arcanum etc in late 90s-early 00s - the core audience of AoD - so few? Only 33 000 people?

The core audience of AOD is not the same as the people who played Fallout, PS:T, and Arcanum and loved them. It's a lot less. Because the games aren't really similar at all.

 

[StaticSpine]

Okay, I got the point about pricing.

But another thing - are we, the ones who played and loved original Fallouts, PS:T, Arcanum etc in late 90s-early 00s - the core audience of AoD - so few? Only 33 000 people?

The core audience of AOD is not the same as the people who played Fallout, PS:T, and Arcanum and loved them. It's a lot less. Because the games aren't really similar at all.

Of course AoD is not a copycat of any of those games, but the target audience is the same, no?

 

[Malakal]

Okay, I got the point about pricing.

But another thing - are we, the ones who played and loved original Fallouts, PS:T, Arcanum etc in late 90s-early 00s - the core audience of AoD - so few? Only 33 000 people?

The core audience of AOD is not the same as the people who played Fallout, PS:T, and Arcanum and loved them. It's a lot less. Because the games aren't really similar at all.

Of course AoD is not a copycat of any of those games, but the target audience is the same, no?

Of course not, those games were main stream rpg back then. You need to compare AoD to obscure games from previous eras.

 

[Forest Dweller]

Okay, I got the point about pricing.

But another thing - are we, the ones who played and loved original Fallouts, PS:T, Arcanum etc in late 90s-early 00s - the core audience of AoD - so few? Only 33 000 people?

The core audience of AOD is not the same as the people who played Fallout, PS:T, and Arcanum and loved them. It's a lot less. Because the games aren't really similar at all.

Of course AoD is not a copycat of any of those games, but the target audience is the same, no?

There's significant differences. Many here, for instance, were expecting AOD to essentially be Fallout in a Roman setting, and were disappointed to find out that wasn't the case (when the first demo was released). It's unlike any other rpg that's been released.

 

[Lurker King]

The core audience of AOD is not the same as the people who played Fallout, PS:T, and Arcanum and loved them. It's a lot less. Because the games aren't really similar at all.

The game is also heavily influenced by Prelude to Darkness, which punish cRPG players for their irrational habits. Who played this game? Maybe a dozen inside the Codex, if that. I would bet that it was also influenced by RoA2 and Gothic 2, who also punish players for retard assumptions, and are obscure games. If you consider that the game also removes other common conventions, such as unnecessary walking and fed-ex quests, we have to conclude that the target audience was zero.

 

[Lurker King]

Many here, for instance, were expecting AOD to essentially be Fallout in a Roman setting, and were disappointed to find out that wasn't the case (when the first demo was released). It's unlike any other rpg that's been released.

Yeah, wishful thinking. They are desperate to play another isometric Fallout.

 

[Bubbles]

Gothic 2

obscure

 

[Lurker King]

But it is really obscure, at least if compared to Fallout or PS:T. How many outside the Codex know about this name? Even Arcanum is obscure, Bubbles.

 

[Darth Roxor]

Negus please, Gothic 2 obscure? It's about as obscure as Morrowind.

But maybe it's a different case in the kwa or whatever silly backwater you come from.

 

[Excidium II]

I think it depends whether you are jewropean or not.

 

[Bubbles]

But it is really obscure, at least if compared to Fallout or PS:T. How many outside the Codex know about this name? Even Arcanum is obscure, Bubbles.

And it only came to Steam 8 years after release.

 

[Vault Dweller]

Negus please, Gothic 2 obscure? It's about as obscure as Morrowind.

But maybe it's a different case in the kwa or whatever silly backwater you come from.

Both Gothic 1 and 2 were barely mentioned by the US media and never had any real shelf space in stores. I think I've first heard about Gothic 1 on the Codex.

 

[Jedi Master Radek]

Gothics are popular in Europe. In Poland they have quite a following.

 

[Mustawd]

I've only heard of gothic from my college roommate who introduced me to the series and in the codex. Otherwise...heard zilch.