People always hype up first day twitch numbers but in terms of tracking visibility on twitch it's usually more important to see where it is like 4 days or a week out. Does it disappear from the top games and come back, does it disappear and never returns but it has a consistent viewer base, things like that.
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...)
I had the same thought playing yesterday, that this game isn't for everyone, sadly.
Doesn't every human on planet earth have a Microsoft account at this point?
I still use my old Hotmail account for Xbox stuff.
MS will never not have a game outside their ecosystem exist moving forward. I understand the legit gripes about account linking but most people hate the fact that they'll be contributing to Xbox success when they thought building and PC and copping a PS5 was their way of protest
How many Forza, Halo, Gears titles have MS pumped out? Don't forget all the canceled new IP's
Yes but mine is connected to my business account so I won't risk ever using that one (hotmail lol, I even have MSN 20 years + old) because I heard horror stories of people getting banned from something small and them never getting anything back. MS accounts management sucks and they can't unlink accounts ffs.
Forza: 11 console/ PC games in 15 years-
Halo: 13 console/ PC games in 19 years
Gears: 7 console games (plus a remaster) in 14 years
People love to complain about these games being "pumped out", but comparing that to the number of games released for franchises like Mario, Final Fantasy, Resident Evil or Even Yakuza in the same time span, I honestly don't think that Microsoft is too egregious. Yes, they have studios that are dedicated to one of their core franchises each, but my point of gamers being the ones outraged if studios like Ninja Theory or Obsidian get the freedom to try something new still stands.
As for cancellations- everyone cancels games, much more so than most gamers realize. MS simply cancelled them much later/ more visibly than other companies usually do (ideally prior to announcing them, of course).
People always hype up first day twitch numbers but in terms of tracking visibility on twitch it's usually more important to see where it is like 4 days or a week out. Does it disappear from the top games and come back, does it disappear and never returns but it has a consistent viewer base, things like that.
The twitch clips have been tremendous https://www.twitch.tv/directory/game/Grounded/clips?range=7d
These are my faves:
Absolutely. Twitter, Resetera, Reddit all have a specific leaning because they tend to be people who spend time discussing games online. It's becoming more clear with some of these Xbox game releases that, with a somewhat neutral response on these platforms but seeing huge numbers in sales and engagement, that they have indeed been reaching a different demographic.What is popular on Era and other enthusiasts forums are large budget, single player experience, which stay true to very specific styles of gameplay. The GaaS thread showed how outdated views were. There is a much bigger market out there and we aren't its target audience.
The twitch clips have been tremendous https://www.twitch.tv/directory/game/Grounded/clips?range=7d
These are my faves:
The twitch clips have been tremendous https://www.twitch.tv/directory/game/Grounded/clips?range=7d
These are my faves:
Yooooooooo this dude straight up pauses the game and changes the settings right then and there that was amazing hahah
There are a TONNE more, some with screaming if you look through all the top clips from grounded, it gave me a chuckle this morning.
There are a TONNE more, some with screaming if you look through all the top clips from grounded, it gave me a chuckle this morning.
They should to a streamer scream montage trailer instead of the fan accolades stuff for this one.
The twitch clips have been tremendous https://www.twitch.tv/directory/game/Grounded/clips?range=7d
These are my faves:
lmao xD. was he checking his pulse?
hhaha timestampedI'm laughing at Eurogamers live stream on YouTube right now. They seem to be having a blast. It's good that this game isn't tied to the Xbox footprint. It seems people can judge the game and not a "Xbox game" where the inherent biases against the console don't come into play. So the game is getting a much better reception than it would if it were just on Xbox.
You do realize MS let Ninja Theory continue to work and bring out Bleeding Edge. MS has been doing this.I hope this is a lesson for MS to allow talented teams to pursue unorthodox passion projects.
Now i understand the Cyberpunk delay.Move over, cyberpunk. The biggest release of the year came early, it seems.
Kinda lines up with my thoughts on it. Era is an enthusiast crowd and won't always have tastes line up with the general public (such as with the recent Fable MMO and "Why do you hate GaaS games" threads), but some of these games will have quite a bit of reach and appeal that extends beyond the enthusiast crowd. Similar to how big games like Minecraft don't really have much of an audience here, but have a massive audience with a more general/casual base.