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Sea of Stars has sold over 250,000 units in its first week
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Punished Miku
Human Rights Subscription Service
I blame subscriptions for this cannibalization
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Slicker than your average
Banned
Erm plenty of games sales have been cannibalised by subs. But I know your post is yet another game pass defence force post.
Anyway Back on PS1 days a game was considered a huge success if it sold over 100k units, especially for lower budget titles and RPGs.
You can make a great game with a lower budget.
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Jack Package
Member
I've played a bit of this - only a couple of hours - I wanted to love it, but I'm not feeling it at all.
The Messenger was incredible, and had a wonderful twist. It's one of my favourite games! I was hoping to love this, but it just hasn't caught me at all.
The Messenger was incredible, and had a wonderful twist. It's one of my favourite games! I was hoping to love this, but it just hasn't caught me at all.
SlimeGooGoo
Party Gooper
Nice. Use that money to hire some writers.
Aaaaand game designers.
And ditch those pixel artists. Pixel art is dead.
Aaaaand game designers.
And ditch those pixel artists. Pixel art is dead.
BennyBlanco
aka IMurRIVAL69
As soon as I’m finished with Starfield and BG3 I’m getting this. The Messenger is one of my favorite indies ever.
Little Mac
Member
Played it for a couple of hours on gamepass. Made it to the trial after meeting the Elder Mist. Loved what I’ve experienced so far. Thinking about buying it for the Switch but kinda want to wait for the physical release. 2024 is a ways off though.
adamsapple
Or is it just one of Phil's balls in my throat?
Congratulations to them!
Will be picking up the physical version next year.
Will be picking up the physical version next year.
Portugeezer
Gold Member
I'm 17 hours in, enjoying it a lot.
Can't help but wonder how much higher the sales would be if not on a two subscription services.
Double the current sales possibly.
Can't help but wonder how much higher the sales would be if not on a two subscription services.
Double the current sales possibly.
jshackles
Gentlemen, we can rebuild it. We have the capability to make the world's first enhanced store. Steam will be that store. Better than it was before.
I'm playing it on Game Pass, but plan on picking up a physical copy next year as well.
Punished Miku
Human Rights Subscription Service
Maybe? Or maybe it would be buried under all these other games.
Portugeezer
Gold Member
Sure, and if not for the high amount of great games recently and upcoming, I would have said more than double!
ShadyAcshuns
Member
I like it, but the music is annoying af after a while.
Punished Miku
Human Rights Subscription Service
Maybe! I'm just saying this exceeded their own projections x52.
graywolf323
Member
I mean it’s had a lot of buzz independent of being on both PS+ & Game Pass
Interfectum
Member
No doubt the game flourished on the two platforms without major game subscriptions… Switch and Steam. Would love to see the sales split.
ByWatterson
Member
Maybe? But these dudes are getting paid no matter what. Huge success, so excited for them.
sachos
Member
Around 8hrs in, so far it has been pretty good. So happy for them! I guess its good they sold so much considering they have the game in both sub services. I hope they got a good sum of money from both Xbox and PS. The art in the game is soo good and the music too. Getting a little bored of the constant timing of X Button Press during combat, i think i may activate the relic that automates the process.
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UltimaKilo
Gold Member
Well deserved, incredible game! Perfect for the Switch too.
Fart Knight
Al Pachinko, Konami President
And they took MS and Sony's bag
vaibhavpisal
Member
This is very impressive.
I bet their next title will be AA.
I bet their next title will be AA.
West Texas CEO
GAF's Nicest Lunch Thief
This bodes well for games of this nature .
Pedro Motta
Member
They probably would have sold 1 Million or more without them. lol
West Texas CEO
GAF's Nicest Lunch Thief
At least 500,000.
Fart Knight
Al Pachinko, Konami President
Chained Echoes sold millions too right
Pedro Motta
Member
Chained Echoes is not Sea of Stars, what can I say.
I would love to know the return on investment for this including sales and taking Microsoft and Sony cash payments. Seems very profitable. Goes to show smaller games can do well. Also goes to show pixel art is not dead and people love it. I do wonder if they knew how weill it would be received, would they have taken the bags of cash from Sony and Microsoft, or would they havd sold 500k copies already.
NeoIkaruGAF
Gold Member
Undeserved judging from the 17 hours I’ve played so far. But I guess being kickstarted, having literal thousands of backers thanked in the game itself and having Yasunori Mitsuda as guest composer is enough to achieve this kind of success. The 95% metascore it had in the first few days after release was frankly ridiculous.
Punished Miku
Human Rights Subscription Service
For sure. The bulk of indie sales are always on those two systems.
Yeah, and even the current score is very inflated IMO. It's a nice little game, but 7/10 is absolute ceiling for it.
NotMyProblemAnymoreCunt
Gold Member
I call Chained Echoes this instead: Overrated Echoes
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Northeastmonk
Gold Member
Better than Undertale?
