Maybe Nordic Games has used this remaster to introduce (so to speak) one of their teams into the Darksiders franchise and the PS4/X1 development as a training for the eventual Darksiders III.

Because I hope they won't use the sales of this Deathinitive Edition game to gauge the interest in the franchise, otherwise there won't be a third game.

God I hope they don't use the remaster as a means to determine a 3rd title, especially for PC because afaik the reviews on that are mostly negative.

So you put all the games you want on your wishlist to not forget about them. But can you really remember them all? Because with so many of them, I wouldn't be able to follow them and their sales.

So Darksiders 3 is going to be announced soon-ish (at next year's E3 probably)? That's great news!

True, but knowing that physical sales are just the point of the iceberg (except for particularly well priced physical collections or rich collector editions filled with maps, old style complete paper manuals and gadgets), we can get at least a vague idea, and when Steam and others release their numbers, we can get a more precise idea and try some rough estimates for other titles, based on similar ones that we have more infos about. Not very precise, but better than nothing...
About news, sometimes it looks like they come slow and scarce, then suddenly... About this, an updated VGC DB, with the possibility of adding new titles to users wishlists and collections fully restored, could help a little, when it worked I used that feature quite often both to track my existing backlog and to quickly add interesting new titles to my wishlist, sometimes getting inspiration from other users collections and lists, not just from news, reviews and forum posts.

But not every genre has the same % of retail vs. digital sales, and even then it greatly varies from game to game. For example, I'm sure The Witcher 3 got most of its sales through digital copies, but right now the game is cheaper on retail than on GOG or Steam, so the retail sales will have increased. If you pick its retail sales today an try to calculate the digital sales for it, the results will be off by a big margin.

Another example of problems with that system is Cities Skylines, which was available on Steam long before a physical, retail version of the game went on sale.

As for the second part of your post, I completely agree on everything.

Well, sure as hell there are fewer guys that got the game on GOG than on Steam, so Nordic Games are losing less money from that offer than the other way around.

But yes, bad PR from start to end.

http://news.morningstar.com/articlenet/article.aspx?id=721894

"Third-quarter revenue was up 7% year over year at $1.3 billion, with the gaming segment up 44% to $761 million on the strength of the GeForce GTX gaming graphics processing unit, or GPU, sales."

^Those are Nvidia's fiscal results for the last quarter. Pretty impressive.

Thank God it's friday

AMD CATALYST 15.11 BETA DRIVER RELEASED – OPTIMIZED FOR CALL OF DUTY: BLACK OPS III

http://www.dsogaming.com/news/amd-catalyst-15-11-beta-driver-released-optimized-for-call-of-duty-black-ops-iii/

AMD has released the Catalyst 15.11 Beta driver that includes quality and performance optimizations for Call of Duty: Black Ops III. AMD users, be warned however that flickering may be observed when running the game in DX11 mode and with AMD Crossfire enabled.

>>You can get the latest AMD drivers from here. And yesterday I didn't post where to get the latest Nvidia drivers, which are available here.

TOM CLANCY’S RAINBOW SIX: SIEGE WILL GET 4 NEW MAPS & NEW GAME MODES IN ITS FIRST YEAR FOR FREE

http://www.dsogaming.com/news/tom-clancys-rainbow-six-siege-will-get-4-new-maps-new-game-modes-in-its-first-year-for-free/

Ubisoft has announced that Rainbow Six: Siege will receive 4 new maps and new game modes – that will be available for free to everyone immediately – in its first year. In addition, the game will receive new operators and weapon skins can that can be unlocked with earned currency called Renown, or with R6 Credits.

GEARBOX’S BATTLEBORN DELAYED UNTIL MAY 3RD

http://www.dsogaming.com/news/gearboxs-battleborn-delayed-until-may-3rd/

Take-Two revealed – via its financial results – that Gearbox’s first person shooter, Battleborn, has been delayed until May 3rd. Take-Two did not reveal the reasons of this delay. The game was meant to be released on February 9th, meaning that it got delayed a month (probably due to re-scheduling and not because the team needed more time).

>>Btw, Take-Two financial results can be found here. But the summary is that they just made a lot of money than a year ago or the last quarter.

TRINE 3: THE ARTIFACTS OF POWER – LATEST UPDATE ADDS NEW LEVEL & SUPPORT FOR STEAMOS

http://www.dsogaming.com/news/trine-3-the-artifacts-of-power-latest-update-adds-new-level-support-for-steamos/

Frozenbyte has announced a free content update to the physics-based platformer Trine 3: The Artifacts of Power, originally released in August this year. The update is now available and includes a free new level, as well as official support for SteamOS and Linux. Also included are various minor fixes and improvements, such as mid-level checkpoints for the Lost Page levels.

XCOM 2'S ANDROMEDON IS HUGE, POWERFUL, AND ODDLY FAMILIAR

http://www.pcgamer.com/xcom-2s-andromedon-is-huge-powerful-and-oddly-familiar/

I'll say this about the Andromedon, the latest bit of alien nastiness to join the XCOM 2 lineup: It is big, daddy.

THE WITCHER IS BEING MADE INTO A MOVIE

http://www.pcgamer.com/the-witcher-is-being-made-into-a-movie/

The Witcher is the sort of video game franchise that just about begs to be made into a movie. In fact, it's already happened, sort of: While the vast majority of people in North America first encountered Geralt and company through the game trilogy, he originally came to life in a series of short stories and novels by Polish author Andrzej Sapkowski.

>>Don't worry, Uwe Boll is not mentioned anywhere.

INVISIBLE, INC DLC TO ADD AGENTS AND LENGTHEN CAMPAIGN

http://www.pcgamer.com/invisible-inc-dlc-to-add-agents-and-lengthen-campaign/

The Contingency Plan expansion for turn-based heist game Invisible, Inc arrives on November 12, adding four new agents, extra side objectives and a mysterious "complication" that promises to lengthen main story campaign. Endless mode is getting ten new levels and two extra starting programs will give you new ways to diddle security systems. Corps will respond with "new guards, new Daemons and new security systems". There's no mention of a price, yet.

And lastely, two news about Overwatch:

OVERWATCH WILL RELEASE IN JUNE 2016, LEAKED POSTER REVEALS

http://www.pcgamer.com/overwatch-will-release-in-june-2016-leaked-poster-reveals/

The awkward Overwatch leaks continue, with a leaked poster pointing to a 'Spring 2016' release for Blizzard's colourful squad shooter. If you check out the fine print at the bottom, the game is expected to release "on or before June 21, 2016". That's no surprise really – the game is in beta at the moment – but the poster only serves to raise more questions: what pricing model is Blizzard planning?

BLIZZARD'S OVERWATCH MAY NOT BE FREE TO PLAY AFTER ALL

http://www.pcgamer.com/blizzards-overwatch-may-not-be-free-to-play-after-all/

The general assumption so far—although to be clear, Blizzard hasn't yet said one way or the other—is that the upcoming FPS Overwatch will most likely be free-to-play. Today, however, Kotaku cast some doubt on that by reporting that GameStop is now taking preorders for the game, which it says will be a multi-platform release and cost $60.