At the very least I hope he gets promoted to Lieutenant Colonel!
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At the very least I hope he gets promoted to Lieutenant Colonel!
I already LOVE Starfield but the mods are just making it better every day. Thank god for the 100gb limit. I've already used 9gb which is more than FO4 and Skyrim. As new mods come out every day there's something new and cool to add and check out while you play. Since Todd has doubled down on the 10 year plan with yearly meaty expansions alongside content and QOL updates, coupled with the amount of space you have for mods is going to make this game something else. What I still don't understand is how polarizing this game is 9 months later.
I'm all for modders being able to charge for their hard work, but I wonder how the creator/bethesda split looks, roblox's is pretty dire.
I think Fortnite is leading the pack right now at 40%?
Before, in Skyrim, devs were getting 25%
So let's hope it can at least catch up, but it can be hard when platforms are taking 30% cuts right from the top.
It's pretty low on the Steam Wishlist ranking, around the 50 range. Which isn't always a direct correlation but generally speaking something that comes out so soon you would expect to be higher. For instance stalker 2 which comes out roughly around the same time is 4th.
I will certainly be buying it but I don't know, we shall see!
yeah i've tried dozens of mod's and all have been free ones, even though i have 1000 credits due to the prem edition, i have not had to spend any of it.
I have trouble seeing any valid argument against it when they put out the modding tools for free and 99% of mods are in fact free. People feel really entitled to a 20 minute bounty mission and some plushie decorations I guess.
Creations don't really interest me personally as there's often similar or better alternatives available for free. But I can see the value for people who don't want to deal with load orders and conflicts, or just want the convenience factor, or to support some modders trying to make a living on it.
The same shit happened with Creation Club on the other games, it'll pass just as soon as the angry Gamers can be angry about something else.
View: https://x.com/tomwarren/status/1802758875059241142?s=46&t=gf8rfJgiXtRzEKTUzSF5Yw
Might be good.
Games marketing is moving to under Matt Bootys branch and Xbox marketing is under Sarah's basically
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Jerret West didn't seem to do a really good job at marketing so hopefully things will be better going forward. kinda scared this will lead to more layoffs though.
I don't think we'll really notice a difference until next year once they start ramping up marketing for any of the 1st party releases. I'd expect most of the plans for the remainder of this year are already locked in.
Everyone is entitled to their opinions and I don't plan on derailing the thread, I just don't think that applying an uninspired fresh coat of paint while making no effort to improve the original game in any way classifies as a good remake. I understand why they're successful, people are allergic to old looking games, but I just think they're inferior products compared to the original game.
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Yeah, we'll just have to wait and see. There isn't always a direct correlation, agree.
What's interesting also is the top sellers rankings. While Stalker 2 is way up there in wishlisted rankings, Age of Mythology is ranking higher in the top sellers rankings. As I'm typing this, these are where the 2 titles rank in terms of best sellers:
#148 - Age of Mythology
#238 - Stalker 2
Both also release pretty much at the same time, like you pointed out above.
9/4 - Age of Mythology
9/5 - Stalker 2
Obviously, it's still too early to draw any conclusive conclusions at this point, but these are nevertheless interesting data points for both titles right now.
I'm pretty sure Stalker 2 had pre-orders for a long time, so it makes sense it's not charting high at this point. Wishlists are very impressive for sure, #4 for Stalker and #51 for AoM.
Good that there are changes. Only time will tell if the marketing improves, and we don't have to wait too long to see.
I don't think it really has anything to do with matt, it's just that he's the head of studios/games. And if marketing is moving to be closer to that business it logically makes sense to be under that structure reporting to matt
Most decision making and strategy will still come from the head of marketing under Studios
Most decision making and strategy will still come from the head of marketing under Studios
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Jup. It's always fun to read. But I am avoiding that thread on the front page as usual
With how Xbox markets everywhere but the the US, I'm sure someone in this thread could do a better job with those resources.
They don't even have to go far to get advice. Just use the Activision people
For other games maybe, for Avowed not very much imo
Some of that could've been down to the state of the game and the material they had to work with though. I think the June 2023 trailer was fine from a narrative/editing PoV. It was the visuals that people didn't like. They are getting a lot of views still though
Bethesda's marketing was always goated under Pete Hines, no idea who's leading things there now after he moved up to Publishing and then retired.
Some people are having fun.
Some are serious. I don't mind the thread but do find it funny the confidence that some posters have.
For June 2023 maybe but for the last trailer the material was better. I think it's just me wanting more deep dive though honestly
Yeah. This is pretty much one of those instances where I'm like "here, take my money".
As a young lad I was obsessed with K.I.T.T. (Knight Rider) and only as an adult learned how low key underwhelming real Firebirds of that era were lol.
And the Back to the Future Delorean? This car pack was made for me. 😍
Talk about a purchase the second it goes live. This shit was made for me, I'm 40 now and this was my childhood. Only thing missing is the Ghostbusters car but I know that's not Universal.
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