Do you think anything over or under achieved. What's the biggest surprise? For me it's Grounded. 5M in 6 months is wild
Thanks to FarSight XR-2
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Do you think anything over or under achieved. What's the biggest surprise? For me it's Grounded. 5M in 6 months is wild
Thanks to FarSight XR-2
i already said it when FarSight XR-20 originally posted this but state of decay 2 and grounded seem waaaay higher than i was expecting.
Seeing Forza Horizon 5 hit those numbers that fast was a nice surprise. I expected it from Halo due to the MP F2P and just the overall name of Halo, but to see Forza Horizon consistently build success and trust over the years is nice to see.
It's nice to see Rare put out a bonafide hit even if I am more of a fan of their classic games.
it's huge on Steam aswell. It's just a huge super successful game, as much as "Era" hates that notion. It's going to be the same for Obsidian and Grounded.
There's nothing sad about 2.8m (in 8 months!) for a 2D metroidvania, no matter how great it is.
State of Decay feels like a series that's maybe one entry away from becoming a monster success that could contend with the Xbox heavy hitters. The foundation is extremely solid and it occupies a rather interesting niche in what is a traditionally overcrowded genre. If State of Decay 3 tightens up its systems (mainly the combat, which isn't bad mind you, but rather simple id say) and smooths out the multiplayer side of things, I could see it happening easily.
I think Sea of Thieves being one of the most successful games they've made is impressive. Even more so impressive considering it was poorly received at released at launch.
Yeah it's frequently high on those weekly Steam top seller charts
I mean if you have 15+ million subscribers it kind of is. Battletoads got 1 million in 2 months.
GT sport has very good engagement even if it was quite controversial at launch
It really is, even moreso when you consider it's also sold 5 million copies on Steam alone since it launched there less than 20 months ago.
I got my Series S last week and 1st thing I downloaded from game pass was Banjo Kazooie, so chalk another one up there.
Last time there was any official communication on the matter.
I guess I have to agree with you since I have no idea what either of them are.
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Grounded got a streamer bump in 2020 iirc
I remember everyone talking about the spiders lmao
But I heard Microsoft ruined rare cuz there's no new banjo 😡
/s obviously
Damn Sea of Thieves blew up. Game was pretty barren at first, but I actually am glad to see Rare puts tons of effort into turning it around. I need to jump back in soon.
Gears 5, in my view, under-achieved, at least on the multiplayer side. Anyone who was actively playing (like me) noticed it pretty fast: it fell in the Xbox Top 50 very quickly (within ~2-3 weeks), and you could see the lack of casual players in the multiplayer modes.
I think a lot of people jumped in for the campaign and bolted. Guess it's not too surprising given the hardcore nature of the Gears multiplayer community; casual players don't want to get destroyed like that.
Gears 5, in my view, under-achieved, at least on the multiplayer side. Anyone who was actively playing (like me) noticed it pretty fast: it fell in the Xbox Top 50 very quickly (within ~2-3 weeks), and you could see the lack of casual players in the multiplayer modes.
I think a lot of people jumped in for the campaign and bolted. Guess it's not too surprising given the hardcore nature of the Gears multiplayer community; casual players don't want to get destroyed like that.
Would've done so much better in year-end awards, but it's clear that many people just didn't play it.
I agree with gears underperforming from a MP sense and even the reboot stories haven't been as enjoyable for me
Once coalition get gears 6 out and about I'm hoping they make a new IP or get to do a spin-off from something in the vaults. Like imagine them doing a StarCraft Ghosts and actually releasing it 🤤
