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SteamSpy Estimates: Horizon Zero Dawn: 1.357m, Days gone: 1.581m and Death Stranding: 1.645m on steam
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Recall a fair bit of negativity about Death Stranding on PS4 from PC crowd who magically loved the game when it came out
yeah, doubt.
HZD is also on GOG, and it's in the top 15th percentile of their all-time bestsellers, which isn't too shabby, given was released several months later than Steam & Epic.
Days Gone doing well wouldn't really surprise me. HZD had a bunch of day 1 issues.
I think it's not a big mystery why the PC version was received better:
- it's a really nice port has a bunch of PC specific features (higher frame rate, ultrawide support, photo mode etc)
- people had a much better idea of what the game actually was when it came out on PC, so somewhat self-selecting people who are down for that.
- the PC crowd in general is probably already more down with what the game is to begin with.
I think it's not a big mystery why the PC version was received better:
- it's a really nice port has a bunch of PC specific features (higher frame rate, ultrawide support, photo mode etc)
- people had a much better idea of what the game actually was when it came out on PC, so somewhat self-selecting people who are down for that.
- the PC crowd in general is probably already more down with what the game is to begin with.
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Because PC crowd is some sort of monolith entity...
There was negativity from some PS gamers who found the game disappointing. But a lot of PC gamers ended up jiving with the title more.
in terms of reviews, I could see hzd being talked about a bunch because the pc port was supposed to be pretty bad initially (so testimonials to it being bad/testimonials to it getting fixed might be high?), DS in general being the type of game that gets ppl talking, and dg I haven't really followed. I don't think reviews are particularly indicative
anyway, 1 mil+ sales seems like a success to me? these games have been out for a while (or maybe better put, kinda past their initial hype cycle), I'd be comparing them to persona 4 golden which has done similar numbers (tho i guess the latter's numbers has a bit to do with it's pricing too)
would be interested in pc numbers from a multi-platform simultaneous release but sony's not letting that happen right
anyway, 1 mil+ sales seems like a success to me? these games have been out for a while (or maybe better put, kinda past their initial hype cycle), I'd be comparing them to persona 4 golden which has done similar numbers (tho i guess the latter's numbers has a bit to do with it's pricing too)
would be interested in pc numbers from a multi-platform simultaneous release but sony's not letting that happen right
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Well, Euro Truck Simulator 2 is always in top 100 games, so yeah. I don't think it's on consoles so players who like it would be on PC.
Years old ports being sold at the almost full price sold 1-2 million copies is anything but underwhelming lol. Most publishers would kill to get the similar results.
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