Eternity PoE II: Deadfire Sales Analysis Thread

[Flou]

There are zero comments about the last DLC announcement on GOG, while literally random stuff has at least 1.

That announcement probably got lost in the autumn sale / black friday frenzy. Not probably the best time to announce your new DLC, just one day before one of the biggest sales on Steam/GOG starts.

 

[Lacrymas]

That announcement probably got lost in the autumn sale / black friday frenzy. Not probably the best time to announce your new DLC, just one day before one of the biggest sales on Steam/GOG starts.

It's still on the first page of the news. There are 2 more game announcements after that, one for X4 and one for Draugen. They both have comments, PoE has zero.

 

[frajaq]

Holy shit Fallout 3 still selling more than PoE 2

 

[fantadomat]

Holy shit Fallout 3 still selling more than PoE 2

Everything is selling better than PoE2,the game is a sequel to meh game and it is a meh in it self. Nobody is interested in it.

 

[Immortal]

I actually enjoy deadfire.. way more than PoE 1 but I can see why it did so poorly.
Most people I talk to, didn't buy PoE 2 because PoE 1 was so bad - outside the echo chamber on this forum, that game was pretty disappointing to most people with upper brain function.



EDIT:

The intense lack of interest this game generates is a bit perplexing, it is not that bad and it has decent reviews.

Were people really that badly burned by PoE?

Does it somehow come off like a glorified expansion to a game people didn't much like?

To put it another way.. the Solo movie didn't bomb because everyone hated Solo.. it bombed because people had saw all the previous star wars movies. PoE1 killed PoE2.

Which proves even more that all the PoE 1 shills that dragged their disgusting faces across their keyboard - don't know shit about game design or what makes a game fun.

The Typical arm chair designers like Prime Crybaby Junta who emphatically defended that game - only to have it completely shred Obsidian's reputation for developing the style of game they were most famous for creating..

It would be funny if it wasn't so tragic. (Jk - it's really funny)

 

[111111111]

Maybe obsidian will learn that only AAA games that come with a good polished experience can be excused to have a weak plot.

 

[Lacrymas]

It's not so much the echo chamber, but having to be a specific kind of person to squeeze a little bit of enjoyment out of PoE1. And those are mainly found on the Codex. I have never once met another person irl who knows what PoE is, and I've played Fallout 1 on a friend's computer.

 

[fantadomat]

I actually enjoy deadfire.. way more than PoE 1 but I can see why it did so poorly.
Most people I talk to, didn't buy PoE 2 because PoE 1 was so bad - outside the echo chamber on this forum, that game was pretty disappointing to most people with upper brain function.

I woudn't say that we have an echo chamber here. Outside of few retarded fans most people here didn't like it or had lukewarm feelz toward the game. Even old school fans of obsidian were disappointed with it.

 

[fantadomat]

It's not so much the echo chamber, but having to be a specific kind of person to squeeze a little bit of enjoyment out of PoE1. And those are mainly found on the Codex. I have never once met another person irl who knows what PoE is, and I've played Fallout 1 on a friend's computer.

Want to play on my pc?

 

[Deleted Member 16721]

I also think that people disliked PoE1, but when Kingmaker is a bigger success it shows people still want these games, just in an organic, "real Baldur's gate" style. PF:K is a perfect example of a *true* Baldur's Gate spirtiual successor, and I think people actually want that - more people than we previously thought. I think Obsidian has to do a better job promoting their world and ruleset, and make it like a new Forgotten Realms type of setting, as in actually build a consistent setting, pen-and-paper ruleset and show that off to people. The "new D&D" type thing, where the world actually has a backbone and meat and potatoes to it, rather than a fast food meal. That's what I was hoping they did from the start but I won't repeat that stuff again here. Tyranny could have been a perfect IWD to PoE1's Baldur's Gate but they missed their chance to further build their world and ruleset there.

 

[Immortal]

I actually enjoy deadfire.. way more than PoE 1 but I can see why it did so poorly.
Most people I talk to, didn't buy PoE 2 because PoE 1 was so bad - outside the echo chamber on this forum, that game was pretty disappointing to most people with upper brain function.

I woudn't say that we have an echo chamber here. Outside of few retarded fans most people here didn't like it or had lukewarm feelz toward the game. Even old school fans of obsidian were disappointed with it.

This was before your time Fanta.. Me and Lhynn were the lone voices of reason in a sea of filthy fanboys who would trumpet how perfect Josh Sawyer's designs are and how silly grog concepts like "Combat XP", "Unique Itemization" and "Fun" are dinosaurs of the past.

Watching Josh Sawyer slowly realize nobody likes ((((((his*))))) ideas as he slowly, patch after patch walked back all his decisions - was the only positive thing to come out of that trainwreck.

Spoiler

Idea's fed to him on Something Awful forums

 

[Infinitron]

Oh look, PoE2 bumped up to 200k-500k on Steamspy: https://steamspy.com/app/560130

So did Pathfinder: https://steamspy.com/app/640820

 

[Cross]

So, Steam Autumn Sale. Let's check out RPG (things tagged "RPG") top seller list!: https://store.steampowered.com/search/?tags=122&os=win&filter=globaltopsellers

#60 NWN:EE
#86 PoE 2

 

[Infinitron]

The complete NWN:EE package with all DLC is 73% off now (~$15). I'm close to buying it too tbh

 

[Mustawd]

The complete NWN:EE package with all DLC is 73% off now (~$15). I'm close to buying it too tbh

Negro, you have 1000+ games in your Steam library alone. Don’t you think it’s time to slow down?

 

[imweasel]

Steamspy vs. Reality



Pillars of Eternity 2 has flopped really hard, sold only 110K copies worldwide until September 2018

 

[Mustawd]

Steamspy vs. Reality

Steamspy is dead. Not sure why anyone would take it seriously anymore.

 

[fantadomat]

I actually enjoy deadfire.. way more than PoE 1 but I can see why it did so poorly.
Most people I talk to, didn't buy PoE 2 because PoE 1 was so bad - outside the echo chamber on this forum, that game was pretty disappointing to most people with upper brain function.

I woudn't say that we have an echo chamber here. Outside of few retarded fans most people here didn't like it or had lukewarm feelz toward the game. Even old school fans of obsidian were disappointed with it.

This was before your time Fanta.. Me and Lhynn were the lone voices of reason in a sea of filthy fanboys who would trumpet how perfect Josh Sawyer's designs are and how silly grog concepts like "Combat XP", "Unique Itemization" and "Fun" are dinosaurs of the past.

Watching Josh Sawyer slowly realize nobody likes ((((((his*))))) ideas as he slowly, patch after patch walked back all his decisions - was the only positive thing to come out of that trainwreck.

Spoiler

Idea's fed to him on Something Awful forums

In the face of decline you could only spit in it and charge with your glorious bastard sword chopping down popamole faggots till the light of incline shines unto thy face!

 

[fantadomat]

The complete NWN:EE package with all DLC is 73% off now (~$15). I'm close to buying it too tbh

Why,you don't play games?!

 

[imweasel]

Steamspy is dead. Not sure why anyone would take it seriously anymore.

Yep. Gaben closed the hole that Steamspy used a while ago... but Infinitron still likes to use it when shilling for Obsidian or Sawyer.

 

[Lacrymas]

Want to play on my pc?

Sure, but I'm not in Great Mother Bulgaria anymore.

 

[fantadomat]

Want to play on my pc?

Sure, but I'm not in Glorious Mother Bulgaria anymore.

You will come back eventually,i will be waiting for you.

Wouldn't mind discussing the german degeneracy and the end of their "civilization".

 

[Infinitron]

Steamspy is dead. Not sure why anyone would take it seriously anymore.

Define "seriously". You can take it as seriously as a Rasmussen political poll. The numbers are off, but it's measuring something. It's worth noting changes, to understand the overall trend if not the exact values.

 

[Lacrymas]

Wouldn't mind discussing the german degeneracy and the end of their "civilization".

The bread here is pretty good.

 

[Roguey]

Steamspy vs. Reality

Nice try https://arstechnica.com/gaming/2018...-precise-player-count-for-thousands-of-games/