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No Man's Sky has the 5th largest peak player count on Steam (by game) since 2012
- Thread starter Robert at Zeboyd Games
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With 212k concurrent? Only if the PS4 version sells in the tens of millions, or if we have a hugely diverging view of what a "tiny fraction" is.
Robert at Zeboyd Games
Banned
depends on region, btw. For example, in Russia and CIS countries price is $34.99
and the same on GOG
True, Steam price can vary by region. However, with most games on Steam, NA sales account for more than half of total sales.
Pocky4Th3Win
Member
I wonder if your tune would be the same if it was PS4 Exclusive and never coming to PC...
cleveridea
Member
I'd have preferred that to be honest. I have all the consoles, though having a high end PC usually means its always best to buy that format for a multiplat game.
If the PC version wasnt up to spec then just delay x months.
I was anticipating this game a ton, so I would have bought the PS4 version to play and likely been happy with it.
MrCookiepants
Member
Pretty impressive. Imagine if the game was actually good. They'd have a huge success on their hands.
I'm not holding my breath for patches to improve much. They've been patching Ark forever now and the same issues still exist since day 1.
I'm not holding my breath for patches to improve much. They've been patching Ark forever now and the same issues still exist since day 1.
texhnolyze
Banned
You didn't get the message, did you?
People (NA folks) are going to bed at these hours, and it shows from the Dota 2 charts.
cleveridea
Member
Just messing around. I was anticipating this game so much, so to not be able to even play it ... sucks. If the PC version isnt up to scratch just delay it, I would have been fine buying the PS4 version if that was the only one available any time soon. Feels weird that this was one of my most anticipated games of the year and I cant even play it.
Mobius and pet octopus
Member
Damn, I forgot to read steam reviews. They're usually better reads than anything else in existence.
BreezyLimbo
Banned
hm, interesting
Elite Dangerous
NMS
Whoa. Elites been out for what, 2-3 years?
pretty much
beta test – May 2014
initial release date – 16 Dec, 2014
on Steam – 2 Apr, 2015 (1 year 4 months)
Mobius and pet octopus
Member
Hmmm, as usual the steam reviews are mostly shit. I was looking for a good funny one but it's mostly either crash complaints or technical issues, which are all valid btw.
But this one in particular
" Their 18 quinquillion planets are just a bunch of re-color of the same assets, randomly generated with different combinations. Their representation of the universe is inaccurate, every single planet is inhabited with life and/or vegetation, there are no gas giants, no ring systems, no barren worlds, no actual moons, and no variation of star types. But i'm not here to talk about that stuff you can easily confirm by watching some gameplay. "
Just a small section. But he only had 3 hours played. And it's got 1600/2100~ people marking it as helpful. I just don't see how a review with that short engagement time is ever going to be helpful.
I guess some people make up their minds that quick though, and I won't say that is wrong.
But this one in particular
" Their 18 quinquillion planets are just a bunch of re-color of the same assets, randomly generated with different combinations. Their representation of the universe is inaccurate, every single planet is inhabited with life and/or vegetation, there are no gas giants, no ring systems, no barren worlds, no actual moons, and no variation of star types. But i'm not here to talk about that stuff you can easily confirm by watching some gameplay. "
Just a small section. But he only had 3 hours played. And it's got 1600/2100~ people marking it as helpful. I just don't see how a review with that short engagement time is ever going to be helpful.
I guess some people make up their minds that quick though, and I won't say that is wrong.
lowhighkang_LHK
Member
....
Then just refund the game on steam and get the PS4 version?
Judging by the steam user score on steam spy being in the low 40's, I'm sure you're not the only one. It's a feature that you can take advantage of, so do it.
Wuthering_Heights
Banned
Man, just imagine, all those people who have no idea what to do and can't see other people. They must be miserable!
M.W.
Member
Yep. Congrats Hello Games.
lowhighkang_LHK
Member
As someone who's put in a lot of time into No Man's Sky for the past several days, he's right. There are no gas giants. Way too many planets have life and vegetation. There are very few dead planets (which if you think about it, is the norm when you consider the life / no life ratio). The ratio of living planets to dead planets in this game should be inversed. And there are no ringed-planets in the close to 20 hours I've already put in. Fuck man, no planet I've come across in the game so far looks as cool as Saturn, a fucking planet in or own goddamn solar system.
Also, all the buildings, shelters, and structures outside of the monoliths are the exact same fucking design, you'd think different aliens and cultures would design them differently.
You can argue that having that many dead planets would be boring - but I beg to differ. It would make the concept of exploration and specifically the joy of finding one with lush life and vegetation all the more rewarding and worthwhile. A 6 to 1 ratio of death to life would have been much better. And even that, technically isn't realistic.
There is no persistent progression on anything outside of the number of inventory slots you have. There is no mother base ship you can build, customize, enhance for example. You'd think that would be one of the first things they thought of.
It's actually kind of amazing to me how bad some people are at games.
My 4 year old daughter made it to world 8 in Mario 3D World on her own and I've seen streamers that struggle with simpler mechanics. Haha
Robert at Zeboyd Games
Banned
It's been going steadily up - at 53% right now. I remember it was in the 20s soon after launch. Given that most of the negative user reviews on Steam are "This game won't start on my computer," it only makes sense that the score would go up as bugs are fixed and advice offered.
And it looks like they're on top of the tech issues. Here's the official word:
Whilst many people are enjoying No Man's Sky, we are tracking several issues, and we’re working hard to resolve them as quickly as possible.
1. We have updated our support page with some common issues and workarounds http://www.no-mans-sky.com/2016/08/pc-support/
2. We have updated the auto response from support@hellogames.co.uk to help suggest common fixes, and help gather better info
3. We have filed tickets for everyone who has mailed support and are responding to them in turn.
4. We have gotten back to a lot of people already, who were trying to run the game significantly below min spec.
5. Additionally your bug reports have shown us a handful of key issues we are working to resolve
We’re pulling an all nighter to get through as many issues as soon as possible. Please try to be nice
We have been working to get back to people on our three most common crashes on start up:
• Running the game with an Intel card. This is not supported
• No Man's Sky is an OpenGL 4.5 game, and requires latest drivers on most cards, please update
• VC++ Redist 2010 was not included by default. We have updated in a patch, please restart
We are going to create an experimental branch with hot fixes for these most common known issues:
• Shader Cache issue – means that framerate is initially stuttering on some cards. Whilst it resolves itself over time (~1 hour of play), we will fix this issue in a patch.
• SSE 4 – for CPUs that do not support SSE 4, it is causing the game to crash on boot (some of these area technically below min spec, but we don’t want it to crash!)
• Mouse controls jitter on foot – this caused by a combination of certain resolution and GFX card. A fix is in progress.
Some players who have filed a support ticket will begin to be directed towards the experimental branch whilst we test solutions to these issues.
If your issues are not listed above please do mail support@hellogames.co.uk
Nothings stops you from buying it on PS4 if you want to play it
Ya I mean numbers may nosedive soon due to buy-to-try refunds
Gamezone
Gold Member
More like hype being rewarded.
PepperedHam
Member
Says the guy who bought and championed Evolve on launch.
At 2 million copies which I think going by the amount of interest and early steam numbers show, Hello Games would be sitting on $100m. Thats some return for 15 guys.
Maintenance
Member
Damn son.
Prototype Viktor
Member
Wait 7 days to die actually worked for people?
Lmao I actually laughed this time.
Backlogger
Member
Lmao
Aztechnology
Member
So they'll make settlements from Fallout 4?
The fact that the game just dies when you're below minimum spec is pretty dumb. I played through the game I just mentioned while below minimum spec on my old computer and it stayed solid for 90ish hours.
CitizenCope
Member
You were warned about no MP and still bought it. You are part of the problem!
wink
oh shit hahahaha
BleedOrange
Banned
Yep. Sony marketing doing wonders here.
Pop
Member
Ahahahahah.
michaelius
Banned
Wouldn't that make him an expert ?
I wanted to criticize pre-order culture but with steam refunds system it's quite safe to buy even in cases like this.
IAmAnAgnostic
Member
Any idea how much this means the game sold?
My guess is > 1 million copies combined (PS4 + PC)
TheWorthyEdge
Member
...bad practices?
Panajev2001a
GAF's Pleasant Genius
This is quite for sure GUI made for VR...
SlickShoes
Member
Complaining the game doesn't run when you don't even meet minimum spec.... Man.
WaterAstro
Member
Good, it's a great game.
I think being 2nd/3rd on Twitch for the past few days really helped.
I think being 2nd/3rd on Twitch for the past few days really helped.
BleedOrange
Banned
Yeah, I guess if you're willing to ignore the willful and blatant misrepresentation and over-promotion then nothing should offend you.
Shambalakan
Member
Amazon's hourly chart is really hourly or it can be for 1,2 days ago?
Because every time I open it, NMS has the #2 and #4 places (US) and #1 (UK), even after these reviews.
Because every time I open it, NMS has the #2 and #4 places (US) and #1 (UK), even after these reviews.