Red Dead Redemption 2 received a substantial boost after launching on Steam

[Arthands]

Red Dead Redemption 2 received a substantial boost after launching on Steam

January 2021 worldwide digital games market — SuperData, a Nielsen Company

Worldwide digital games earnings rose by 15% year-over-year to reach $11.6B in January 2021. Revenue was up annually across all device types.

www.superdataresearch.com

Digital unit sales more than doubled from 406K in November to 1.0M in December. The game became available on Steam on December 5, one month after releasing elsewhere including the Epic Games Store and Rockstar Games Launcher. This brief exclusivity window was advertised in advance, so many players simply waited a short period to play the game on their preferred launcher.

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[Windu]

Well it is the largest game platform on PC, so not surprising.

 

[¡ B 0 0 P !]

No shit. Steam is leagues more popular than the EGS. I mean does anyone actually buy that many games on the EGS? Everyone I've seen talking about has been mentioning the free game giveaways.

 

[TaySan]

Is the game broken on Steam too or is it just the Rockstar Launcher?

 

[¡ B 0 0 P !]

Also looking at the chart in the article it's surprising Fortnite is not on the top 10 grossing title lists for PC and Mobile. Only console. I know Fortnite is on the decline revenue wise but is it that bad? According to the article the -25% decline in console revenue between Dec '18 and Dec '19 is in large part to just Fortnite's decline!?

In comparison PC revenue only saw a -4% decline and Mobile revenue a 25% increase.

 

[OnionPowder]

https://www.resetera.com/threads/su...am-in-december-2019-from-406k-to-1-0m.166386/

 

[GrrImAFridge]

No shit. Steam is leagues more popular than the EGS. I mean does anyone actually buy that many games on the EGS? Everyone I've seen talking about has been mentioning the free game giveaways.

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I'd wager it's very telling that Epic has mentioned only how many accounts have downloaded a game and not how many users have purchased one. (I'm reminded of when EA changed Origin's performance metric from total number of accounts to total number of "installs".) Fortnite represents approximately two-thirds of EGS' entire revenue for 2019, in fact, and somewhere around a third of the remaining $250m was generated by Borderlands 3 alone.

I suppose it's not surprising that Epic's "Being on EGS means being in front of the Fortnite audience!" sales pitch has mostly fallen flat. After all, Galyonkin himself has talked about how difficult it is to convert F2P users to paying customers.

 

[ThreepQuest64]

Is the game broken on Steam too or is it just the Rockstar Launcher?

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You need the Rockstar Launcher anyways so I didn't bother with the Steam version. If there are issues due to the Rockstar Launcher, they will persist. I wouldn't say the game is broken though.

 

[ThreepwoodMighty]

You need the Rockstar Launcher anyways so I didn't bother with the Steam version. If there are issues due to the Rockstar Launcher, they will persist. I wouldn't say the game is broken though.

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I've never understood this argument. People buy games on Steam because they prefer the features and a unified library. The Rockstar Launcher offers none of that.

 

[ThreepQuest64]

I've never understood this argument. People buy games on Steam because they prefer the features and a unified library. The Rockstar Launcher offers none of that.

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People have their own reasons to buy on a specific platform. I have achievements and cloud saves with the Rockstar Launcher as well and I knew I wouldn't refund the game so there was little reason for me to wait an additional month.

 

[Davilmar]

I've never understood this argument. People buy games on Steam because they prefer the features and a unified library. The Rockstar Launcher offers none of that.

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Which is fine, but I'm not trying to open two different storefronts and UIs just to play a game if I have to. It's an annoying practice, and I only tolerate it for Ass Creed. I regret even getting RDR from the R* Launcher initially, given how broken the game was at launch for me and my friends.

 

[ThreepwoodMighty]

People have their own reasons to buy on a specific platform. I have achievements and cloud saves with the Rockstar Launcher as well and I knew I wouldn't refund the game so there was little reason for me to wait an additional month.

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I love it when these "tiny" launchers actually outperforms EGS in features, even a year after Epic had their big pull with EGS.

 

[Enrico Pallazzo]

I won't ever install EGS on my PC, so I also waited one month longer to get RDR2 on Steam.