| WiiStation360 said: Skyrim sold amost 6M on Steam alone. Niche. Here is a list of "Niche" sales from Steam. Keep in mind, this is only for Steam, not retail or other digital download services. http://arstechnica.com/gaming/2014/04/steam-gauge-addressing-your-questions-and-concerns/2/ Borderlands 2 = 3M+ (more than 360 retail version) Saints Row 3 = 2.5M (same as 360 retail version) Bioshock Infinite = 2.2M (more than 360 retail) |
BF3 did good numbers too. Diablo 3, did it, and so on. Of course, we don't know how much people payed for it since sales can really distort things. But in the end, people must see a fact. A company puts as many effort in a game as they are expecting to get back as profit. Most PC ports are bad. I mean, terribly bad. I have games on my PC that have game breaking issues that I simply look at and wonder if it was even tested. If it was huge, publishers wouldn't deal with all the crap Sony and MS makes them deal with (expensive dev kits, lots of rules). If it was huge, games wouldn't get late ports. If it was huge, GTA V would be there day 1, not 1 year later. I'm not trying to bash it, I'm just stating that the level of effort put on it shows that publishers aren't caring. If it was a cash cow, they would care. It's the same thing when games don't come to Vita or Wii U: sales aren't there, so nobody will put money on it.
People sometimes think that publishers ignore some platforms simply because they don't like it. But unlike us, they have people owning company shares that every quarter will point any decision they make and ask why it was done this way and they will need to have a reasonable answer ready for it. Even the games you showed. Skyrim: 360 version had timed exclusive content, PC version is badly optimized. BL2: PC version is badly optimized (this one looks bad on all versions). Saint Row 3: I actually like the PC version, it runs nicely (I recommend more than 4GB RAM, but that's cheap and everyone should have more than it on a gaming PC). Bioshock Infinite: art style aside, the game isn't good looking on any version.
