Where will you be purchasing The Outer Worlds?

[DalekFlay]

Yes, on Epic because the Windows store is even more shit. Epic is pretty unobtrusive, you usually don't even need the client running to play.

 

[Steamboat Willie]

Won't be buying this bugman shit anywhere.

 

[Danikas]

 

[Wyatt_Derp]

Won't be buying this bugman shit anywhere.

Thanks for saving me the extra typing words of NO.

 

[Daedalos]

Epic Store

 

[IHaveHugeNick]

Infinitron announcement trailer for TOW had 10 million views. Those are AAA blockbuster of the year numbers. E3 trailer has 1m which is still good, but then social media engagement literally drops dead and most of the subsequent materials rarely break 50k. TOW subreddit is mostly dead as well.

I doubt this will flop, but after Epic store drama hype really went limpdick. And there was a point when TOW seemed destined to be the next multi billion franchise.

 

[Infinitron]

Infinitron announcement trailer for TOW had 10 million views. Those are AAA blockbuster of the year numbers. E3 trailer has 1m which is still good, but then social media engagement literally drops dead and most of the subsequent materials rarely break 50k. TOW subreddit is mostly dead as well.

I doubt this will flop, but after Epic store drama hype really went limpdick. And there was a point when TOW seemed destined to be the next multi billion franchise.

I hear that, but when I look at a game that you can pick up and play for $1/$5/$10, I wonder how it could possibly not rack up great numbers. If Fallout: New Vegas is still a cult game, people will give it a shot.

 

[AW8]

Infinitron announcement trailer for TOW had 10 million views. Those are AAA blockbuster of the year numbers. E3 trailer has 1m which is still good, but then social media engagement literally drops dead and most of the subsequent materials rarely break 50k. TOW subreddit is mostly dead as well.

I doubt this will flop, but after Epic store drama hype really went limpdick. And there was a point when TOW seemed destined to be the next multi billion franchise.

Considering the vast majority of players will get this on console, are Youtube view counts really that much affected by the Epic controversy? There has to be other contributing factors.

A console player wouldn't care about an issue that doesn't affect them.

 

[Tigranes]

I doubt 98% of potential sales are impacted by people who protest the decision to Epic exclusivity.

It might lose sales of all the casuals who vaguely heard about the game but they don't see it on Steam and then forget about it, maybe.

 

[Bester]

I hope it flops of its own accord, not because of Epic.

Look at the trailer. It's got jumpy fun edgy music, like something COOL is gonna happen any time now. They show a shot of a robot mowing grass and you think "oh boy, something is gonna happen NOW!!!" and nothing, it cuts to another shot. The other shot got something else going on and you think "oh boy, this guy is gonna GET IT NOW!!!" and nothing happens, cut to another shot. Then repeat 80 times and that's the trailer (with one exception, they blow up the barrels once, wowza!). With a slightly-ironic narration fit for 8 year olds.

Shit, if they didn't even have anything to show in the trailer, this shit is doomed.

 

[oldmanpaco]

I'll probably buy it for $9.99 during the 2021 Steam Summer/Christmas Sale. It looks like uninspired mediocrity right now so it might be a full skip. I'll guess we will know in a week.

 

[Duraframe300]

Infinitron announcement trailer for TOW had 10 million views. Those are AAA blockbuster of the year numbers. E3 trailer has 1m which is still good, but then social media engagement literally drops dead and most of the subsequent materials rarely break 50k. TOW subreddit is mostly dead as well.

I doubt this will flop, but after Epic store drama hype really went limpdick. And there was a point when TOW seemed destined to be the next multi billion franchise.

Epic hurt no doubt, but I’m not too worried. Also the one shooting themselves in the foot with that decision is Private Division. For the franchise itself the only thing that really matters are Gamepass downloads. And I do think this will be popular for that. Ain’t nobody who has GamePass gonna care about Epic on the decision of trying it out.

 

[rusty_shackleford]

I doubt 98% of potential sales are impacted by people who protest the decision to Epic exclusivity.

It might lose sales of all the casuals who vaguely heard about the game but they don't see it on Steam and then forget about it, maybe.

In the span of ~3 months(announcement -> epic announcement,) the subreddit for Outer Worlds gained 16.5k subscribers.
In the ~7 months since(epic announcement -> today), it gained 8k subscribers.

The epic announcement badly hurt its popularity, it's not even deniable.

 

[Tigranes]

Correlation not causation. We need more data to eliminate alternative hypotheses, otherwise it's not particularly logical.

I think Epic exclusivity is dumb and not good for consumers, and I personally dislike Game Pass, so it's not like I like what they're doing. I just strongly doubt that the average consumer cares enough. It's like thinking that the current free speech protests will hurt Blizzard's bottom line.

 

[Flou]

Gamepass.

 

[IHaveHugeNick]

I don't think Epic backlash will have a direct impact on sales. Internet consumer boycotts had never worked yet, most people simply don't give a shit.

But sales are definitely driven by hype, and the hype has died out. Infinitron does have a point though, good reviews and ability to get the game on the cheap through game pass can revive the interest in the game.

 

[Bad Sector]

GOG, though i bought pc gamepass for $5 some time ago out of curiosity (which i've barely used) when they had a sale and i bought a new GPU last week that had a gamepass voucher which i haven't activated yet, so i'll most likely play the game from there. I doubt i wont like the game at all since i like both first person shooters and first person RPGs and i'm easy to please. But how much i like it will dictate how much i'll wait for a sale after the GOG release (well that, and my finances at the time :-P).

 

[hexer]

Trailer views dropped from 1M to 50k?
Holy crap! Someone in the management should get fired

 

[PorkyThePaladin]

Is there a way to buy Outer Worlds and Red Dead Redemption 2 in the same place? Neither will be on Steam.

 

[FeelTheRads]

I hope it flops of its own accord, not because of Epic.

Look at the trailer. It's got jumpy fun zoomer music, like something COOL is gonna happen any time now. They show a shot of a robot mowing grass and you think "oh boy, something is gonna happen NOW!!!" and nothing, it cuts to another shot. The other shot got something else going on and you think "oh boy, this guy is gonna GET IT NOW!!!" and nothing happens, cut to another shot. Then repeat 80 times and that's the trailer (with one exception, they blow up the barrels once, wowza!). With a slightly-ironic narration fit for 8 year olds.

Shit, if they didn't even have anything to show in the trailer, this shit is doomed.

Whole thing looks made for retarded teens. Or worse, for women. Top it off with the Pixar-wannabe visuals and you've got something nobody in their right mind should touch.

 

[Lurker47]

The better question is when. I don't think it looks very good (bad FPS combat is a slog) but I could be proven wrong.

 

[nikolokolus]

I'll probably watch a "let's play" on jewtubes, then maybe it'll be "avast ye swabs" and if I really like it then, I'll wait until all of the bugs are ironed out and pick up in a Steam sale next year.

 

[Bester]

Trailer views dropped from 1M to 50k?
Holy crap! Someone should get fired

Dude, get off Infinitron's back ok? It's already hard for him as it is.

 

[Tyrion8338]

I'll probably get this game on PC Microsoft game pass but only if the game gets descent reviews. Game pass is reasonably priced and if I will want to do second playthrough in a year or two the game will be probably discounted and in game of the year edition.

I might consider getting it on gog too if the price is right and the game is long enough to warrant paying full price.

I don't understand why people are so addicted to steam. Steam will be less popular in the future because of huge 30% cut they take from devs.

 

[Nano]

Look at the trailer. It's got jumpy fun zoomer music,

Are you talking about the launch trailer? That song is from the 70s, dude.