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Bleeding Edge's streaming numbers are grim
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Eh, it was a small project they were working on prior to their acquisition. MS had the option to either squash the game which would be a bad morale move or they help release it despite it not really being asked for by anybody. I think everyone knew from the start the game wasn't going to be that popular at all or score very highly. It's nice that the time got the game out but it's time to move on. I think that's the last we will hear from the Bleeding Edge world.
This.
That game looked so... meh... from the beginning. That said, I'm glad Microsoft let them finish it and ship it instead of putting the boot down.
Twitch isn't everything but if your multiplayer only game is doing well it's rare that you don't also have at least some streaming sucess.
Free to play games require updates and upkeep that you otherwise wouldn't a lot to a non popular game. Also very rarely of at all do first party publishers do F2P games. And finally with gamepass, it's more valuable to bolster that roster than make it free to play and not have any micro transactions
Again, you need to learn how this works. People don't stick with bad or unsatisfying games 'because there's no alternative'. There are plenty of alternative games, across alternative genres that compete for players time.
Rainbow Six Siege wasn't a success at launch. Content issues too. There were alternative FPS games at the time. People stuck to it because it showed promise, and the core was pretty good. Not because the game held them hostage.
I think it actually does, as matchmaking times are in the seconds. I'm playing the game every evening for a few matches, as it's fun it short bursts. I highly doubt this would be the case without Game Pass.
The game is #3 on the most downloaded/played(?) Game Pass games chart.
It's obvious the game isn't setting the world on fire, but the player base seems very healthy right now. Needs regular content updates to keep that of course.
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I really hope they don't give up on it. It's still really fast to find a match and i've playing it everyday. It's so fun.
I don't really follow? It's clearly a special project for the team and for Rahni Tucker. Why would anyone cancel it?
I don't really follow? It's clearly a special project for the team and for Rahni Tucker. Why would anyone cancel it?
No it isn't. Its disingenuous twisting of the truth to suit a narrative. First game of obsidian under microsoft was The Outer Worlds by the way. Are you going to sing them praises for Psychonauts 2 when it releases despite microsoft having zero to do with the quality on it? Of course you won't, but its totally fair to blame them for Bleeding Edge i guess.
You'd have to be crazy to make a game that goes up against the likes of Counter Strike, LoL CS, OW and the Battle Royales at this stage. They're so ingrained in the Twitch / competitive community that anything else getting a look in is highly unlikely.
I fear MS wants the new Halo to be the new online hotness and although I think the campaign will be well received by critics, I think the multiplayer portion will fail miserably for the same reasons.
I fear MS wants the new Halo to be the new online hotness and although I think the campaign will be well received by critics, I think the multiplayer portion will fail miserably for the same reasons.
It's not really surprising to be honest.
I barley knew what the game was and I didn't even know it was out until like a week ago.
I barley knew what the game was and I didn't even know it was out until like a week ago.
I never said that, I said "flaws". Go read my post again and tone down your agression level please.
Please give me a list of Sea of Thieves and Rainbow Six Siege alternatives.
I didn't really see any marketing outside of the announcement so this isn't that surprising.
Hopefully the developers can do something similar to Rising Thunder's devs so the game doesn't completely die when the servers go down.
Wow, really?
I'm still surprised companies do this unless it's a game they think is terrible.
Hopefully the developers can do something similar to Rising Thunder's devs so the game doesn't completely die when the servers go down.
Wow, really?
I'm still surprised companies do this unless it's a game they think is terrible.
gamepass kept tweeting about this game, but that was literally the only publicity i saw for it.
there isn't room for another game like this
there isn't room for another game like this
I had no idea it was even out. Not that it makes much of a difference since it looked a bit shit to begin with, so I wouldn't have been interested anyway.
While streaming numbers mean almost nothing (one big streamer can boost a game into the thousands of viewers) I'm not surprised the game isn't doing well. The only reason I ever tried it was the Gamepass application on my PC decided to keep telling me it came out so I tried it. The game is fluid and kind of fun for a small period of time, but for this type of game the matches take way too long. On top of that fights can take forever as well if you have a semi smart healer on each side. It leads to the matches becoming very tedious. Who knows maybe it will pick up somehow but now that Valorant is all over the place I really doubt it.
I think we need a MUCH broader view of how to view Bleeding Edge.
1. We have no idea how many players Gamepass brought
2. Steam numbers are MIA (~ 20-50k if we take Steamspy)
3. Its included in xCloud, its basically now available in 20+ countries
4. It had a long insider program, we don't know how many people came through there.(It did have a dedicated base)
5. Its a GaaS title which will be serviced for a LONG LONG time. ( SoD2, SoT are prime examples )
6. Game had a low budget, am sure its below 5 million all things considered.
So, we need to look at numbers in 2 yrs to see where the game is, right now its all too vague and I don't think the playerbase is that big yet even with all these options.
So far, its definitely not doing as they thought especially on Twitch/Mixer. Not 1 big name streamer stuck to it.
A new multiplayer IP that's yet another hero shooter in 2020 was always going to be an uphill battle.
Agreed, it was also a relatively small team working on this with a small budget and almost zero marketing. It's a great game too. I hope they can keep expanding on what's there. Game Pass should help.
Because they could have made them focus on other projects instead. I was just saying I was glad that the team was able to finish it because you never know with acquisitions. Like you said it was a special project for the team.
Valorant is a new multiplayer IP that's a hero shooter in 2020 and doing extremely well.
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Clicks on a thread about a Xbox first party game.
Shits on the third party IP ReadySet Heroes which isn't on Xbox, concern trolls the not yet released Predator Hunting Grounds which won't release on Xbox and hypes up Game Pass.
All in one post. One star for effort.
Achievement Unlocked.
Yea, but companies with more experience know how these things should be handled.
Usually you pay journalists for their flights and hotels, and invite them over for a review event, where you get 20+ (for us it is usually 40+) journalists from different parts of the world.
I've actually had some fun with it, but as the game is melee focused not having any PVE made it really hard to try and convince my casual friends to try it.
Likewise for me it's lack of real ranked competitive modes and a lack of any real progression halted my momentum.
Likewise for me it's lack of real ranked competitive modes and a lack of any real progression halted my momentum.
But it has Riot games hype to help propel it forward as well as being a genuinely fun game. Bleeding edge is from a company better known for single player console games. Bleeding edge isn't bad, just not very interesting.
Ah yeah, fair enough, that does happen when big companies acquire smaller developers.
Yeah, so the problem isn't the genre or the fact that it's multiplayer. The marketing failed it.
Now that I think about it maybe they planned to but couldn't due to COVID. A review event with dozens of people interacting would be an obvious health hazard.
surprisingly unsurprising. game never really looked all that appealing to me, tho i did like the bold art direction. seeing some screens and streams it seems as though the art ingame does not have as much impact / charm
This week I played a couple of matches. Search times were between 12 and 27 seconds.
I didn't record it though..
I play the game. It's true.
Gaming is so fucking weird sometimes.
At least two dozen, obviously.
But in seriousness, this isn't about disliking it. It's about not even trying it, or about saying it's without skill or depth after a couple of games. Simply not true. Whether you like it is up to you, of course.