Soundwave said:
Cyberpunk had underwhelming sales relative to expectations initially and they've heavily discounted it to pump up the numbers in the years since launch and also invested another $145 million into the game (lol, which a luxury most developers don't get) after the initial release didn't go as planned, but that's a game that runs on a PS4 too. Look at the most popular games on the market ... COD is still a last gen game, Madden NFL has fairly mediocre graphics (relative to the technology available today), GTAV is a PS3-era game, Zelda: TOTK is a sequel to a Wii U game on the same engine, Mario Kart is a Wii U game, Minecraft is well ... lol, Fortnite can run on phones and the Switch that's the biggest IP of the last 10 years, Witcher 3 is an example you brought up that's a 9 year old last gen game, Genshin Impact is a huge new IP which is a smartphone game. Etc. etc. I'm sorry but it's hilarious that on a *sales forum* no one actually wants to talk about this even though these trend lines are massively different from any kind of generation before, instead you get discussion about individual tech fetishes ... not a whole lot of industry/sales insight on this forum at all. Alan Wake II had GOTY wins, has been pushed by Nvidia in marketing for their GPUs, it has plenty of great press ... it shouldn't be struggling to just break even eight months after release. People should be buying that to show off their fancy new GPUs and consoles, but the fact is it's not breaking through with the broader mass market. The industry IMO is changing. No one's saying Senua's Saga has to sell even 5 million copies, but goodness ... LOWER than HiFi Rush sales ranking on the Steam store? That's a fucking disaster for a hyped Unreal Engine 5 hardware showcase. MS paid $120 million for this studio, probably north of $80 mill for the game, what an absolute dud on an investment. |
The problem is on your end. For starters you parrot the same crap over and over in every single thread.
Secondly you have this all or nothing mentality which is childish. McDonald's sells more hamburgers than Michelin restaurants. In your world that means everyone is going McDonald's and Michelin is dying. Obviously that isn't the case.
Gaming is diverse, that isn't going to change. I don't get why you insist in pushing your silly agenda in every thread, especially one that is baseless. GTA6 is in development. Witcher 4 is in development. Big games are not going anywhere.
Plus your understanding of tech is God awful. You still view performance as ram and never consider bus, bandwidth, etc.
Everyone should be happy, given the market is big enough to accommodate everyone. The market isn't doing some magical transformation with graphics dying and all games will be focused on phone owners.
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The short version is you seem unaware that within a category there are sub markets and various demographics. This singularity concept of yours is just plain old stupid. This isn't how economics function. The easiest and simplest example I can give you is Nintendo. Nintendo isn't dropping Zelda because "OMG teH candY CrusH sAles!!!".
Last edited by Chrkeller - on 11 June 2024
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