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[Souldestroyer Reborn]

I dunno. I'm kinda enjoying it, I mean yeah i'm only like 5 planets in but I like just flying around the worlds and stuff.

Don't play it all the time, go back to it in short bursts once a week or so but I don't think it's bad. That being said, I didn't follow all the build up to the release.

 

[toneroni]

How's anyone gonna find each other??

lol. expected this

 

[Dynamite Shikoku]

A $60 early access game without the early access dev feedback. Still can't believe that Colbert interview lol

How the hell did that even happen anyhow?

 

[zashga]

I guess it really is No Man's Sky.

You know Ellie, this really is no man's sky.

 

[xkramz]

To be fair every person deals with failure/pressure differently. That said, the fact that they have gone completely silent is not a good look. At the very least publish a statement apologizing or assure your customers that you are aware of the issue they are having with the game and you are working full steam ahead to fix them.

And this is why I won't buy another game from them ever again.

 

[Armaros]

How the hell did that even happen anyhow?

Sony Marketing money.

 

[Lylo]

Well deserved, the game is a bomb.

 

[big_erk]

No Man's Sky indeed

I don't think they realized how prophetic that title would end up being.

 

[Bloodporne]

I can't remember seeing anything crash and explode into a nuclear mushroom cloud of disappointment this hard. The best part about this game is undoubtedly the entertainment it provides through endless drama...and yeah, I 'played' it.

Hello going radio-silent is the icing on the shit sandwich. Phenomenal, I hope the idiotic saga continues.

 

[wig]

I got spoiled on the ending and now I have no interest in ever finishing the game. I played it for about a week on PS4 then stopped.

 

[Plinko]

From it's first day peak, to month later(Even giving it a weekend peak).

97.2% drop.

Not really. That 200,000 peak is exceptionally high and that drop off is like nothing I've personally seen. If you look at the stats list there are tons of older non-fps and single player games holding much stronger and not ever coming close to that insane peak player count. Elite Dangerous is almost 2 years old, sold in the same ball park over a much longer time, including sales and what not. Peak 18000, current 5000. Compared to NMS's Peak 200,000 Current 1800. No Man's Sky I think is exceptional in the way it completely deflated so quickly.

Right. I'm not a huge fan of the game--the question was genuine.

 

[Glass Shark]

Took me about 20-25 hours to get all achievements in the game, beat the "story," and reach the center of the galaxy. Didn't really feel like there was much worth doing beyond that.

 

[DoomGaze]

How's anyone gonna find each other??

Fucking kek dude. I love you

 

[BRocknRolla]

To be fair every person deals with failure/pressure differently. That said, the fact that they have gone completely silent is not a good look. At the very least publish a statement apologizing or assure your customers that you are aware of the issue they are having with the game and you are working full steam ahead to fix them.

Do you honestly believe this is going to happen though?

I certainly don't. I'd bet those missing features and other issues will never appear.

 

[Head of Vengarl]

So GAF, what did we learn about pre-ordering games?

 

[TheDinoman]

Yeah, I knew this game was gonna a huge disappointment when I first saw it at E3 2014.

 

[jett]

I hope the Hello Games people invest their early NMS earnings wisely, since I don't see how their reputation is going to recover.

 

[flkraven]

To put it into context, I just took this screenshot:

A very similar game with far less mainstream "hype". I don't recall Elite ever being on an E3 stage. It's also a few years old.

 

[Huddy]

It wouldn't surprise me if we never hear of this game again from Hello Games. It's all gone so horribly wrong at this point that they may as well cancel any planned DLC and draw a line under NMS.

 

[RK9039]

To put it into context, I just took this screenshot:

A very similar game with far less mainstream "hype". I don't recall Elite ever being on an E3 stage. It's also a few years old.

And that's the Steam chart right? I think the game has a separate launcher for the non-Steam version.

 

[flkraven]

And that's the Steam chart right? I think the game has a separate launcher for the non-Steam version.

yeah, Steamcharts.com

 

[Forerunner]

And that's the Steam chart right? I think the game has a separate launcher for the non-Steam version.

Yeah that's just Steam. The game didn't come to Steam until later in the game's life cycle. So the population is higher than that.

 

[Chinese Cartoons]

Many people on gaf said where is the gameplay 3-4 years ago and we got shut down even the subreddit was the same.

People don't learn.

 

[DoomGaze]

This graph also illustrates quite accurately Sean Murray's reputation.

Savage. This thread is gold

 

[DoomGaze]

So GAF, what did we learn about pre-ordering games?

Nothing. We learned literally nothing. We're all going to preorder the Super Crazy Psycho Edition of FFXV.

I REFUSE to learn

 

[U2NUMB]

So lets see if Gaf can give them hope for a day.. everyone with the game that was not able to refund lets fire it up today and see the one day spike. Lets show the power of gaf!!

Edit: wait.. I uninstalled.. not gonna download that again.. sorry plan is off everyone.

 

[Justinh]

Pretty incredible drop!

Geez! You know... when you put it that way.

I really wonder how popular this game still is on PSN.

 

[Fahzgoolin]

How's anyone gonna find each other??

I know this was an easy jab, but I still laughed.

 

[RinBestFate]

So lets see if Gaf can give them hope for a day..everyone with the game that was not able to refund lets fire it up today and see the one day spike. Lets show the power of gaf!!

Edit: wait.. I uninstalled.. not gonna download that again.. sorry plan is off everyone.

Good luck finding anyone

 

[flkraven]

So lets see if Gaf can give them hope for a day.. everyone with the game that was not able to refund lets fire it up today and see the one day spike. Lets show the power of gaf!!

Edit: wait.. I uninstalled.. not gonna download that again.. sorry plan is off everyone.

That's like using a defibrillator on a corpse

 

[besada]

Can't wait to see those posts that defend this saying its exactly what they expected. People should stop hating on the game. lol.

I don't care if you or anyone else hated it. I've enjoyed it and more than got my money's worth with over sixty hours of play. It's sad it's done so poorly and that Murray made such a mess of it, because there's some amazing stuff there that's overlooked in all the agita about what it could/should have been.

 

[RPGam3r]

So GAF, what did we learn about pre-ordering games?

Nothing. I'll still preorder, have nine games preordered now.

 

[Novocaine]

So GAF, what did we learn about pre-ordering games?

If the developer of a game won't even tell you what you do in the game wait for the game to get released and reviewed?


I don't think preordering in itself is inherently bad. But at least have knowledge on what you are putting your money down on I think is a good rule of thumb.

 

[10k]

BattleBorn Vs. No Man's Sky

What a bum fight.

 

[WaterAstro]

NMS went from 200k to under 1K in a month and a half.

There are older non-mulitplayer games with less successful launches that still have more players

That's a normal drop to 1/10th of the peak player base. That's the standard for most single player games in comparable time spans.

What we're talking about here is a drop below 1/200th of the peak player base, in less than 2 months, which is certainly exceptional.

It makes no difference. No Man's Sky had a more successful launch than most games out on Steam. It's number 5 on Steam Charts for record peak.

 

[Tecnniqe]

is that some kind of record?

That must go to Battleborn

 

[Schlorgan]

If the developer of a game won't even tell you what you do in the game wait for the game to get released and reviewed?


I don't think preordering in itself is inherently bad. But at least have knowledge on what you are putting your money down on I think is a good rule of thumb.

Reminds me of this for some reason: https://youtu.be/JzhpbXQDl6g

 

[MulderYuffie]

RIP

 

[Gxgear]

Man, people are really putting this game under the microscope.

 

[jmdajr]

I've gone to death metal shows with more people.

 

[Smiles and Cries]

What are the numbers for The Crew?

 

[Kade]

0.13% of the total ownerbase and 0.44% of the peak concurrent going by Steam Spy numbers. Unprecedented.

 

[Armaros]

It makes no difference. No Man's Sky had a more successful launch than most games out on Steam. It's number 5 on Steam Charts for record peak.

1/10th drop compared to 1/200th drop makes no difference?

You were trying to say its drop is no different then other single player games, and yet all the math shows that it is not the same as other games and how they fell off.

 

[Sasie]

It makes no difference. No Man's Sky had a more successful launch than most games out on Steam. It's number 5 on Steam Charts for record peak.

I imagine it matters when it comes to their future/making new games and relations with Sony. I wouldn't claim to know anything about their business situation but the game has no chance of selling any DLC/expansions and it's not like the entire team can retire and live forever of the profits from one game, even if it did have a nice launch.

Who is going to partner up with them for their next game when they can't keep 1% of their player base for more than a month.

 

[aeolist]

there's some amazing stuff there that's overlooked in all the agita about what it could/should have been.

curious as to what that is if you're referring to any specific content or mechanic

 

[Tecnniqe]

What are the numbers for The Crew?

Considerably higher since its free right now. Also uPlay and not Steam.

 

[U2NUMB]

What are the numbers for The Crew?

1,303
playing 4 min ago

1,362
24-hour peak

12,180
all-time peak

 

[flkraven]

What are the numbers for The Crew?

1,300 online as of like 5 minutes ago.

The crew is actually a very underrated game.

 

[Fdkn]

I don't care if you or anyone else hated it. I've enjoyed it and more than got my money's worth with over sixty hours of play. It's sad it's done so poorly and that Murray made such a mess of it, because there's some amazing stuff there that's overlooked in all the agita about what it could/should have been.

same here but with ~80 hours.

I will play more in the future, is such a chill experience for me

 

[Knoxcore]

Can't really blame anyone for leaving. I bought it for the PS4, played for two weeks then returned it.