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Benji-Sales: Grounded is now the #1 best selling game in the World on Steam and the #2 most watched game on Twitch on its launch day
- Thread starter MCD
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I really expected this to be a botch. I like the concept so i'll play it... thanks to Game Pass.
(And I can't even attribute its sucess to Game Pass, Bleeding Edge was dead on arrival...)
(And I can't even attribute its sucess to Game Pass, Bleeding Edge was dead on arrival...)
This game did a complete 180 for me in terms of interest. Expected it to be a generic One of Those, but between the vids they've put out, player impressions and the demo i'm super interested in the game. I'm planning on waiting for the full release, but I love seeing Obsidian having their games do well.
I mean...not to take anything away from Obsidian or the game, but it did just come out from a popular developer and nothing else of note exactly released today.
The recent demo on Steam played and looked really polished for an Early Access survival game, and was a lot of fun.
Remember how thoroughly Grounded was being shat upon after it's reveal announcement? I always thought it was an interesting premise at the very least that would depend on execution. Looks like it is coming along nicely.
Great. I read that Grounded was a passion project made by 12-13 people at Obsidian.
This game looks really fun and I feel it's going to become way bigger than anticipated by Obsidian. Can't wait to play it.
This game looks really fun and I feel it's going to become way bigger than anticipated by Obsidian. Can't wait to play it.
1. It's a survival game
2. It has a unique hook (basically a "Honey I shrunk The Kids" game)
3. It is substantially more fleshed out/polished than most early access survival games releasing on Steam
Plus, it's a perfect Summer game when everyone is stuck indoors. LOL
They have been killing it with the multiplayer games recently.
I don't care for most of them but, its cool that they're doing so well for the people that do.
Survival games aren't my thing but I'll give it a shot tonight. Regardless, I love this. Love to see a small team make something different than anything their studio has ever made and have success. It sends a message to publishers, investors and anyone in charge that it's good to take a risk and diversify once in awhile. Regardless of how I end up feeling about the game tonight, I hope this small team at Obsidian is able to continue to support the game and grow it into something big. I want to see more diverse passion projects supported by more publishers.
I don't think the problem here is MS, it is the part of the community that screams bloody murder as soon as a studio wants to try something outside their usual wheelhouse (Bleeeding Edge, Grounded, Sea of Thieves...)
Context is key, many expected this game to be DOA. Lots of other games have come and gone and haven't come close to making the same day one impact.
Also #1 selling on Steam is a very good metric especially when you factor lost sales to gamepass
My thoughts...
1) People have trust in Obsidian
2) Strong advertising through xbox (Game pass push)
3) Survival type games are HUGE on PC (Minecraft, Raft, Rust, Ark, Etc). Having a survival game come from an established developer shows promise.
4)Early-Access Launch is a plus in the minds of some gamers.
5) The game is easily explained (Your tiny humans surviving in a back yard.)
6) Lack of other "Large" releases atm. I mean, the only other recent release that's being talked about is 5d chess lol
All these things point to at least a successful launch.
Goes to show how much an echo chamber Era is about how much we praise single player games and dis multiplayer games. I already know this game isn't for me, but shout out to Obsidian. Seems like they have a success.
Congrats to Obsidian!
Grounded is not only a really charming game, but a really polished one. Now that it's known Obsidian is also working on Avowed -- a big RPG -- I think people will be more open to smaller projects like Grounded.
Grounded is not only a really charming game, but a really polished one. Now that it's known Obsidian is also working on Avowed -- a big RPG -- I think people will be more open to smaller projects like Grounded.
I suppose so. I don't know the impetus for those projects.
Bleeding Edge, of course, has not taken off, but if Grounded continues to be a success that's 2 for 3, which is pretty solid.
Not a surprise. First person survival games do great on PC. One developed by Obsidian and published by a pub as big as MS had top seller written all over it.
The demo was very well received and generated quite a lot of hype for the game.
Excited to try this when I get home. Normally not a survival fan, but an Obsidian fan. It sounds like they're putting their own spin on things with a more developed story and it looks fairly polished for being an early access game a good distance away from a full launch.
