Half-Life: Alyx has an estimated 1 to 2 million owners (according to SteamSpy)

Zor · May 13, 2020

Iichter said:
Should I wait to upgrade before playing this on my Index? I bought it for the game but I probably should wait and upgrade my PC (i5 6500/GTX 1060 6GB) first.

I'm waiting for the newer GPUs to come out, but I could do a CPU upgrade in the meantime?

Tech stuff really isn't my thing but if it's in any way helpful for a ballpark, I played through the game the very first time on an i7-6700, 980TI, with 16Gig Ram and that defaulted many of the settings to low/medium. Just for shits and giggles I put EVERYTHING on low and it still looked incredible to my eyes.

Deleted member 2840 · May 13, 2020

Iichter said:
Should I wait to upgrade before playing this on my Index? I bought it for the game but I probably should wait and upgrade my PC (i5 6500/GTX 1060 6GB) first.

I'm waiting for the newer GPUs to come out, but I could do a CPU upgrade in the meantime?

I think you can still play it good enough right now, then replay later in the year. I'm planning on replaying it when the new GPUs and new Ryzen comes out

I Wanna Be The Guy · May 13, 2020

I'd get it but the system requirements are insane. I'd need to spend an arm and a leg on a new PC and then an expensive headset on top of that. Waiting for a console port. Hoping it will be day 1 on PSVR2.

Deleted member 2840 · May 13, 2020

I Wanna Be The Guy said:
I'd get it but the system requirements are insane. I'd need to spend an arm and a leg on a new PC and then an expensive headset on top of that. Waiting for a console port. Hoping it will be day 1 on PSVR2.

The expected PSVR2 controller seems great. So if they change their tracking, I'd bet on a port, as Valve is more interested in growing the VR market than exclusivity stuff.

Iichter · May 13, 2020

Zor said:
Tech stuff really isn't my thing but if it's in any way helpful for a ballpark, I played through the game the very first time on an i7-6700, 980TI, with 16Gig Ram and that defaulted many of the settings to low/medium. Just for shits and giggles I put EVERYTHING on low and it still looked incredible to my eyes.

saci said:
I think you can still play it good enough right now, then replay later in the year. I'm planning on replaying it when the new GPUs and new Ryzen comes out

I might do that, thanks for the advice.

Paganmoon · May 13, 2020

spineduke said:
Its not thread worthy, anyone can do guesstimates

The game selling minimum 1 million (and being then owned by roughly one third of the PCVR base on Steam) is threadworthy imo.

afaik SteamDB has a pretty good track record even after the changes for at least the floor of sales for games on Steam.

Mr.Deadshot · May 13, 2020

Qikz said:
You can also use Virtual Desktop and a Quest. That's what I plan to do. Too expensive right now though (the game, given I just spent 400 on a quest).

I consider the Quest as "PCVR" - you don't even need Virtual Desktop, you can just connect with an USB3.0 cable. I played Alyx on a Quest :-)

spineduke · May 13, 2020

Paganmoon said:
The game selling minimum 1 million (and being then owned by roughly one third of the PCVR base on Steam) is threadworthy imo.

afaik SteamDB has a pretty good track record even after the changes for at least the floor of sales for games on Steam.

Sure, but this 3rd party source isn't reliable nor accurate.

They dont have a good track record. Ive seen estimates that are off by the millions.

Garlic · May 13, 2020

Great success. Hopefully the game will come to hardware I can afford at some point. Wishing this success completely revitalizes Valve's interest in the Half-Life IP

SteveWinwood · May 13, 2020

Paganmoon said:
The game selling minimum 1 million (and being then owned by roughly one third of the PCVR base on Steam) is threadworthy imo.

afaik SteamDB has a pretty good track record even after the changes for at least the floor of sales for games on Steam.

Steamdb has a passionate developer behind it. Steamspy has basically been given up on since he got hired by a rival company for his work on it, but don't worry he still charges people for super inaccurate data he said he would get around to fixing.

Deleted member 12790 · May 13, 2020

Garlic said:
Great success. Hopefully the game will come to hardware I can afford at some point. Wishing this success completely revitalizes Valve's interest in the Half-Life IP

Let's just say Half Life Alyx indicates big plans for the Half Life series in terms of story.

HylianSeven · May 13, 2020

Well deserved, and as others have pointed out, the number is probably even higher than that. This game is incredible and is easily the best game I've played this year, and the best VR game available.

HylianSeven · May 13, 2020

Krejlooc said:
Let's just say Half Life Alyx indicates big plans for the Half Life series in terms of story.

I can't wait for this. Without going into details I think we realistically will get it within 2-3 years.

Doskoi Panda · May 13, 2020

Maxey said:
I wonder how much the VRless mod boosted sales.

Have you watchEd any videos of that mod being played? Nobody is spending money to gain access to that shit

Maxey said:
Also, buyers who paid little attention and bought without knowing it's a VR only game.

Yoooo you're fuckin' with us lol

spookyduzt · May 13, 2020

Really hope Sony and Valve are working out a deal to put this on PSVR2. Or I hope PSVR2 is PC compatible.

Arthands · May 13, 2020

Garlic said:
Great success. Hopefully the game will come to hardware I can afford at some point. Wishing this success completely revitalizes Valve's interest in the Half-Life IP

Don't worry, PCVR hardware price is dropping constantly.

HylianSeven · May 13, 2020

Maxey said:
I wonder how much the VRless mod boosted sales.

Also, buyers who paid little attention and bought without knowing it's a VR only game.

Probably either zero or a few disappointed by the fact that a VR game is a VR game and can't be played well as a flat screen game.

Deleted member 12790 · May 13, 2020

Solid said:
Have you watchEd any videos of that mod being played? Nobody is spending money to gain access to that shit

Actually, there are nearly tens of hundreds of people who possibly did just that.

Dusktildawn48 · May 13, 2020

D23 said:
Unbelievable game from start to finish. Easily my fav game of 2020 so far and nothing come close.

Agreed, it's actually my favorite game since RDR2.

Garlic · May 13, 2020

A [QUOTE="Krejlooc said:
Let's just say Half Life Alyx indicates big plans for the Half Life series in terms of story.

His Majesty · May 13, 2020

That's impressive and more than I thought.

Lant_War · May 13, 2020

Dusktildawn48 said:
Agreed, it's actually my favorite game since RDR2.

Thats... not a very long time lol

Dusktildawn48 · May 13, 2020

Lant_War said:
Thats... not a very long time lol

Who said it was? I'm just saying it's the best game to out in almost 2 years. That's saying something for a VR game.

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