The government controlling all game development would be just as bad if not worse, if that's what you're driving at.
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The Outer Worlds: Spacer's Choice Edition - Obsidian's first-person sci-fi RPG set in a corporate space colony
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The government controlling all game development would be just as bad if not worse, if that's what you're driving at.
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State "Communism" sucks, I'm about anarchism, bro.
Dexter
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I still remember when it was Obsidian's "2nd best Launch ever" next to Fallout: New Vegas, which went on to sell 11.6 million copies: http://archive.is/f8NWK#selection-1451.86-1451.144TOW sales at EGS. I know that gloating is bad but it still made my Friday so much better.
And wasn't a "sleeper hit" like Pillars of Eternity, which managed to sell about as many copies on Steam as The Outer Worlds "shipped" across all platforms, despite being $1 in a Game Pass, having the Epic Sales Guarantee and being a Giveaway for various Hardware.
The Stick of Truth must have been a lot more successful given it managed to ship 5 million:
https://www.gameinformer.com/b/news...ark-the-stick-of-truth-have-been-shipped.aspx
fantadomat
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Seriously,where did those 2 million came from? On EPIC sold like 150k,where did the rest came from if it was EPIC exclusive?
IHaveHugeNick
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Imagine comparing sales between game that has been on the market for 10 years for $5 price and added to numerous bundles with Doritos and yoghurt vs. game out on the market for 3 months.
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Dexter
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PS4 mostly, on XBox it was likely mostly downloaded via Xbox Game Pass which was $1 for 3 months for Promotional purposes. They're being intentionally cagey as they tend to be, and are using "sold-in"/shipped instead of Sales, which can include things like Sales Guarantees and unsold copies sitting in a GameStop or at a Walmart somewhere. Your guess as to whether they're also counting Game Pass downloads or not in that is as good as any.
Modron
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Window's store, consoles, et cetera. Epic exclusive just means not on steam.
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(The article with the FNV sales figure is from 2015, just FYI)
fantadomat
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Fuck,i totally forgot that consoles existed. Yeah,when you add those obsolete piles of plastic in to the equassion,it adds up. Why do people still use that garbage? The PC is superior in every aspect and kind off the same money.
Lord_Potato
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Superior? Sure. Same money? No.
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Dude, with the amount of games, expansion packs, and DLCs I've p****** over the years, I've probably saved thousands at this point.
Where you buying your yogurt from? Asking for a friend.
If you buy more than one console and also pay their ridiculous annual payments for online, you'd be surprised how similar the costs actually are. Most people choose consoles for convenience reasons.
PC gaming is way, way cheaper, just look what people in poor countries are buying vs the rich ones.
fantadomat
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It is more or less the same if you try to keep up an existing rig by upgrading it every few years. To be honest here,you could build better PC than the console for the same money,tho it won't be a top of the line.
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100 was typical AAA in the late 00s when the refrain was the Volournian "A million or bust"
IHaveHugeNick
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You might very well be right they needed 1m to break even. I'm not disputing that at all. What I'm saying is that 2m exceeded expectations because they never had huge expectations in a first place. It's just nowhere near what is considered a big game these days, on top of being a rather niche type of game in a style that hasn't been made in a decade.
Outer Worlds now on sale for $30 on Epic, a price I am willing to pay for a vaguely New Vegas style experience. Should I grab it?
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Play it on Gamepass for $1 ?
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Since the game is so short you can easily finish it and cancel the subscription before the grace period ends and thereby pay 0$.
Mark.L.Joy
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I woke up at 5am thinking about how ugly this game looks, must be the ugliest thing I've ever played, something off about the colors and textures that hurts my eyes.
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https://www.reddit.com/r/theouterworlds/comments/f3h3bg/the_most_mediocre_game_i_have_ever_played/
1.5K upvotes, on the Outer Worlds subreddit. This IP has no fanbase.
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