Happy Birthday Phil, you fuckin' liar you.

Can January 26 just happen already. So desperate to play Infinite Wealth.

Leslie was such a brilliant comedic actor, I miss him.

Is that the rock climbing game I remember from earlier this year?

Finished Tales of Arise Beyond the Dawn DLC. First game completed this year (even though I started it when it launched). Was kinda mid tbh. I loved base game, but this DLC doesn’t really bring anything new. Just more of the samey side quests and main story wasn’t as good as in the base game. The only good part is character related side quests. Locations are exact same as in base game, enemies are the same. The only new things are three main story related dungeons with very simple design and a few new bosses. Took 20 hours to do all side quests, main story and all achievements. Without side quests it’s probably 6-7 hours long. Definitely not worth 30$ and can only recommend if you really loved base game (like me) and at a discount. 

So we know where Starfield ranked on Steam now, unlike on the platinum sellers list which was randomized. Starfield came in 3rd place on Steam Renenue in 2023.

Honestly not too shabby imo, obviously Baldur's Gate 3 did better but BG3 didn't have Gamepass PC pulling away sales. Starfield did more than 2/3rds of Hogwarts Legacy meanwhile, a game which released 6+months before it and sold 22m copies worldwide across all platforms during the year. 

Honestly Jedi Survivor didn't do all that well considering the first game sold over 20m copies lifetime all platforms. Maybe the poor optimization on the PC version made most people buy it on consoles, or maybe it just didn't do very well on any platforms. It did at least do well enough that a 3rd game is in development though, Cameron Monaghan confirmed a 3rd is in development.

There's a sight I'm not used to seeing!

Damn Lethal Company made 52 mil?

Game only costs $10 lol

The account game devs give about the influence of Gamepass on sales is contradictory. So how much sales were lost for Starfield is actually an open question. But either way, we have to keep one thing in mind: if many people played a lot of Starfield via Gamepass, it means it did increase the value of GP for them. And as a reminder: the subscription isn't free. So if it made them subscribe longer or even subscribe at all, then Starfield also made indirect revenue via GP.

And the numbers for Baldur's Gate are simply amazing. Hogwarts and Starfield did pretty well, but both fall behind, even combined. And that while BG3 had a smaller budget than the two other games. Well done Larian. I hope they don't get cocky and muck it all up now.

Even more amazing given that it is still in early access. BG3 made money in early access and still managed 600+M this year on full release.