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Posted by Voodoo Magic
 - Oct 23, 2021, 01:33:57 AM
Quote from: Samhain13 on Oct 22, 2021, 09:32:05 PM
The Seasons are taking too long from one to another, by the time of the next one comes the game's activity will be even lower. Doesn't matter what new content they bring, most players already moved on. A few will come back on the update for a few days to try out what's new then that's it.

The fear is real.
Posted by Samhain13
 - Oct 22, 2021, 09:32:05 PM
The Seasons are taking too long from one to another, by the time of the next one comes the game's activity will be even lower. Doesn't matter what new content they bring, most players already moved on. A few will come back on the update for a few days to try out what's new then that's it.
Posted by 426Buddy
 - Oct 22, 2021, 07:27:44 PM
Boy I hope its not really coming in December, I would shoot for a Halloween release or I probably wouldn't even bother at this point.
Posted by Voodoo Magic
 - Oct 22, 2021, 06:39:09 PM
Quote from: seattle24 link=topic=65168.msg2544380#msg2544380

Thanks!  :)

I'm eagerly awaiting this roadmap Cold Iron are teasing. I think we'll be able to gauge from that how successful it's been as well, depending on how substantial the content is.

Hmm. Perhaps a little? To me, I'm not sure it will be an accurate guage, meaning I would imagine (or hope) December's Season Two was already in the works prior to the game's release almost two months ago. I believe Cold Iron even teased it a little, too...

But subsequent seasons after that, the older and more substantial updates, definitely I would think!  :)
Posted by seattle24
 - Oct 22, 2021, 12:29:00 PM
Quote from: Voodoo Magic on Oct 22, 2021, 11:37:31 AM
Quote from: seattle24 on Oct 22, 2021, 08:47:56 AM
" Several games were successfully launched during the quarter: Aliens: Fireteam Elite, which is distributed by Focus Home Interactive in Europe and several territories in Asia, and Insurgency: Sandstorm on PlayStation4 and XboxOne, which already sold close to half a million units; both games are performing well."

https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20211021005754/en/Focus-Home-Interactive-20212022-Q2-Revenue-Increasing-by-12-Per-Cent-YoY-to-€44-Million

I read the "half a million" units as applicable to Insurgency - but it's nice to hear the publisher thinks it has performed well.

Yeah, I read this way too.

Several games were successfully launched during the quarter: Aliens: Fireteam Elite, which is distributed by Focus Home Interactive in Europe and several territories in Asia, and Insurgency: Sandstorm on PlayStation4 and XboxOne, which already sold close to half a million units; both games are performing well.

But it's great for the future of Alien video games to hear they consider it performing well so far. Nice find Seattle! Since Focus is a public traded company, we can expect a public statement every quarter, so hopefully we'll get more A:FTE info in their next statement.

I do think a half a million units is a good benchmark for a non AAA game. I felt that way with Illfonic's P:HG too. Of course, it also comes down to how much these companies actually spend cumulatively against how much they sold, but since we usually never see those numbers, I personally run with the 500k success line.

Thanks!  :)

I'm eagerly awaiting this roadmap Cold Iron are teasing. I think we'll be able to gauge from that how successful it's been as well, depending on how substantial the content is.
Posted by Voodoo Magic
 - Oct 22, 2021, 11:37:31 AM
Quote from: seattle24 on Oct 22, 2021, 08:47:56 AM
" Several games were successfully launched during the quarter: Aliens: Fireteam Elite, which is distributed by Focus Home Interactive in Europe and several territories in Asia, and Insurgency: Sandstorm on PlayStation4 and XboxOne, which already sold close to half a million units; both games are performing well."

https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20211021005754/en/Focus-Home-Interactive-20212022-Q2-Revenue-Increasing-by-12-Per-Cent-YoY-to-€44-Million

I read the "half a million" units as applicable to Insurgency - but it's nice to hear the publisher thinks it has performed well.

Yeah, I read this way too.

Several games were successfully launched during the quarter: Aliens: Fireteam Elite, which is distributed by Focus Home Interactive in Europe and several territories in Asia, and Insurgency: Sandstorm on PlayStation4 and XboxOne, which already sold close to half a million units; both games are performing well.

But it's great for the future of Alien video games to hear they consider it performing well so far. Nice find Seattle! Since Focus is a public traded company, we can expect a public statement every quarter, so hopefully we'll get more A:FTE info in their next statement.

I do think a half a million units is a good benchmark for a non AAA game. I felt that way with Illfonic's P:HG too. Of course, it also comes down to how much these companies actually spend cumulatively against how much they sold, but since we usually never see those numbers, I personally run with the 500k success line.
Posted by seattle24
 - Oct 22, 2021, 08:47:56 AM
" Several games were successfully launched during the quarter: Aliens: Fireteam Elite, which is distributed by Focus Home Interactive in Europe and several territories in Asia, and Insurgency: Sandstorm on PlayStation4 and XboxOne, which already sold close to half a million units; both games are performing well."

https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20211021005754/en/Focus-Home-Interactive-20212022-Q2-Revenue-Increasing-by-12-Per-Cent-YoY-to-€44-Million

I read the "half a million" units as applicable to Insurgency - but it's nice to hear the publisher thinks it has performed well.
Posted by Voodoo Magic
 - Sep 17, 2021, 01:11:09 PM
Fourth! Not bad!
Posted by seattle24
 - Sep 17, 2021, 08:03:43 AM
https://blog.playstation.com/2021/09/16/playstation-store-august-2021s-top-downloads/

Bit of info on where it landed digitally for end-of-August on PS4 and ps5

Still can't find any info for raw numbers sold though.
Posted by Voodoo Magic
 - Sep 06, 2021, 07:22:19 PM
Indeed!  :)
Posted by seattle24
 - Sep 06, 2021, 06:56:58 PM
Quote from: Voodoo Magic on Sep 06, 2021, 04:57:57 PM
Those physical sales #1 and #2 rankings sound nice, but I'm not sure how to read into them to be honest. They're competing with some games a few years shy of a decade old. I wish these charts also reflected digital sales.

Best we can do until we get some news about digital sales!
Posted by Voodoo Magic
 - Sep 06, 2021, 04:57:57 PM
Those physical sales #1 and #2 rankings sound nice, but I'm not sure how to read into them to be honest. They're competing with some games a few years shy of a decade old. I wish these charts also reflected digital sales.
Posted by seattle24
 - Sep 06, 2021, 03:28:46 PM
https://www.google.co.uk/amp/s/www.gamesindustry.biz/amp/2021-09-06-minecraft-for-switch-takes-no-1-uk-boxed-charts

Aliens dropped to 12th in the U.K. boxed chart after a 77% decline in sales. At least it got the coveted number 1 spot for a week!

EDIT: More specifically, Aliens dropped one spot to number two in the Xbox Series X retail chart in the U.K.:

https://www.xboxachievements.com/news/news-39706-uk-retail-charts-f1-2021-races-back-into-first-place-ahead-of-wrc-10.html

Number 1 on the retail chart in Australia:

https://www.vgchartz.com/article/450567/australia-weekly-week-34-2021/

Number 2 in NZ:

https://www.vgchartz.com/article/450568/new-zealand-weekly-week-34-2021/
Posted by Voodoo Magic
 - Sep 06, 2021, 12:32:01 PM
Quote from: acrediblesource on Sep 04, 2021, 11:20:32 PM
Steam alone i had seen 10,000 players of the game online on launch day. Right  now it reads 7,174 in-game.

It has a 15k all-time peak!

https://steamcharts.com/app/1549970
Posted by acrediblesource
 - Sep 04, 2021, 11:20:32 PM
Steam alone i had seen 10,000 players of the game online on launch day. Right  now it reads 7,174 in-game.
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