PoE Sales Analysis Thread

[Infinitron]

It's not the reviews that you should be looking at.

91%

9%

 

[Ninjerk]

Seems I was thinking of the numbers for a different game

 

[Kz3r0]

every core RPGer and their girlfriend

That said, it will probably sell more than Divinity on Steam in the long run.

 

[Morality Games]

every core RPGer and their girlfriend

That said, it will probably sell more than Divinity on Steam in the long run.

If you say so.

 

[Kz3r0]

If you say so.

Facts do retard, is well known that a game sells the most on release, this is why Pillows sinking like a rock in the charts so soon is so significant, not only has already sold as as much as it could but any hope of a comeback is not only counterfactual but pointless, Obsidian as a business needs streams of revenue not 'torrents', even if PoE will be the most sold RPG in the span of a century(LOL) they won't give a shit.
Without mentioning the idiotic assumption that only PoE will continue to sell while the others remain stuck.

 

[Atchodas]

Especially when D:OS has EE coming out in August or September , which is grand remake of a game that already is decent ( COMBAT IS cant care about rest too much ) , meanwhile PoE is neither decent neither gets a remake any time soon .

 

[Infinitron]

According to the Steamspy guy, Pillars of Eternity is a good example of a game that hasn't "sunk like a rock": https://twitter.com/Steam_Spy/status/586971699293265924

This is getting pretty ridiculous, guys.

 

[Kz3r0]

According to the Steamspy guy, Pillars of Eternity is a good example of a game that hasn't "sunk like a rock": https://twitter.com/Steam_Spy/status/586971699293265924

This is getting pretty ridiculous, guys.

Indeed, two weeks after release, remind me WHEN was released and its actual position on Steam sales chart NOW.

 

[Infinitron]

According to the Steamspy guy, Pillars of Eternity is a good example of a game that hasn't "sunk like a rock": https://twitter.com/Steam_Spy/status/586971699293265924

This is getting pretty ridiculous, guys.

Indeed, two weeks after release, remind me WHEN was released and its actual position on Steam sales chart NOW.

Where do you expect it to be two months after release? Dragonfall: DC sank like a rock ONE DAY after its release. I remember us going "inb4 bankruptcy", but somehow, HBS are doing all right and even expanding. I think Obsidian's gonna be fine, man.

EDIT: Here's the post: http://www.rpgcodex.net/forums/inde...fall-directors-cut.90165/page-38#post-3495584

 

[Kz3r0]

According to the Steamspy guy, Pillars of Eternity is a good example of a game that hasn't "sunk like a rock": https://twitter.com/Steam_Spy/status/586971699293265924

This is getting pretty ridiculous, guys.

Indeed, two weeks after release, remind me WHEN was released and its actual position on Steam sales chart NOW.

Where do you expect it to be two months after release? Dragonfall: DC sank like a rock ONE DAY after its release. I remember us going "inb4 bankruptcy", but somehow, HBS are doing all right and even expanding. Obsidian's gonna be fine, man.

Nice dodge, except I wasn't saying that Obsidian was going banrupt, in case you didn't notice the point of discussion was PoE outselling D:OS.
So, kindly, what's the actual position of D:OS and PoE on Steam sales chart?

 

[Ninjerk]

Pillows:
http://steamspy.com/app/291650

Divinity: OS
http://steamspy.com/app/230230

Divinity didn't get a sale for a good while, IIRC?

 

[Athelas]

'Let me ignore these facts and figures while making claims based solely on my gut feeling while constantly moving the goal posts' - this discussion in a nutshell.

 

[Infinitron]

Nice dodge, except I wasn't saying that Obsidian was going banrupt, in case you didn't notice the point of discussion was PoE outselling D:OS.
So, kindly, what's the actual position of D:OS and PoE on Steam sales chart?

You said a bit more than that, which is what I was responding to.

Personally, I don't think it will pass D:OS. That early advantage is hard to beat. Also, the game is $5 more expensive. Maybe if Obsidian/Paradox go wilder with the discounts than Larian, which is possible since unlike D:OS, PoE is not their primary source of revenue. No sign of that yet, though.

 

[Atchodas]

Obviously people who didnt buy PoE yet will most likely read up before doing so thus THEY WILL NEVER BUY THIS GAME ( DONT SERIOUSLY , Its free on piratebay )

no matter how hard you fanboys try , open any forum that involves PoE discussion and two main topics will be loading screens and path finding .
I even saw some stupid review involving PoE at my friends house and even there some faggot ended up the review with advertising D:OS lol was hilarious even scrubs understand lol

 

[Kz3r0]

Pillows:
http://steamspy.com/app/291650

Divinity: OS
http://steamspy.com/app/230230

Divinity didn't get a sale for a good while, IIRC?

Steam sales chart, not Steamspy.

 

[Kz3r0]

You said a bit more than that, which is what I was responding to.

Stop bullshitting, you necroed a tweet that means nothing.
What I said was that PoE sold the most on release, as any other game, and that disappeared from the top ten on Steam quite soon, hence it has exhausted its potential for any significant sales in the future.
And I will add more, expansions don't boost sales, they ride on the success of the main game, so forget getting some huge increase for PoE when the expansions come out.

 

[Infinitron]

Expansions in and of themselves probably don't increase sales much, but if they're packaged into a "Gold Edition" that lets you buy both game and expansion together at a slight discount, that can attract new buyers. That's like doing an EE.

 

[Kz3r0]

Expansions in and of themselves probably don't increase sales much, but if they're packaged into a "Gold Edition" that lets you buy both game and expansion together at a slight discount, that can attract new buyers. That's like doing an EE.

Except that the planned expansions are not out yet.
Tell me, someone at Obsidian got his panties in a bunch about this discussion?

 

[Atchodas]

I hope Obshitian has some decency to atleast follow Inxile and Larian and release Free enhanced edition that fixes all the mindblowing stuff like path finding , AI , Encounter's etc.
they ofcourse wont those hipsters are sure they did good cuz metacritic says so

 

[Infinitron]

Except that the planned expansions are not out yet.

wat

 

[roshan]

How accurate is Steam Spy?

 

[ArchAngel]

I hope Obshitian has some decency to atleast follow Inxile and Larian and release Free enhanced edition that fixes all the mindblowing stuff like path finding , AI , Encounter's etc.
they ofcourse wont those hipsters are sure they did good cuz metacritic says so

No, they will fix that with expansions that are not free. WL2 and D:OS didn't have any expansions and didn't plan any.

 

[Athelas]

Are you guys that blinded with your dislike of the game that you can't think rationally anymore? (Well, that has been the case in this discussion so far, so I guess I shouldn't be surprised.) Of course they're not going to piss of a large segment of their (future) customer base:

http://www.gamewatcher.com/interviews/pillars-of-eternity-interview/12162

GameWatcher: In terms of additional content for the game, will you be heading down the DLC pack route, which is something Paradox as a publisher is known for, or will you be concentrating on larger expansions?

Josh Sawyer: No, we want to do a traditional expansion, and we’re in the early stages of planning for that right now. Part of the Kickstarter campaign was a full expansion, so we’re definitely doing a Tales of the Sword Coast style campaign. We’re still in the early stages of design for that right now, though. What I would say about additional content other than that, is that I would like to see any gameplay tweaks and changes we make in an expansion get rolled into a free patch. So if you don’t want to buy an expansion, you get all the same gameplay benefits without the extra story.

 

[BlackAdderBG]

Well RIP Pillars expansion then ,as the best part of the ToSC is the interesting battle encounters(and the exp cap raise)

 

[Sensuki]

Technically it's a F:NV 2 x DLC style production though, using the same new quest hub.