Of course you’re going to have a hard time finding anything on Google because any game that fails to be a success also drops from search results. But to give an example, Arco. It’s got positive reviews from pretty much everyone giving it a review and yet it didn’t even get more than 200 concurrent players on Steam. I’m not saying it’s some unbelievable gaming experience, but it is a good game. If there’s nothing wrong with the game why was it a failure? Am I supposed to believe they made a game for nobody?
Dunno how accurate this is but it says they sold 46k units. Not quite for nobody, is it? Even if everyone got it at 50% off, that’s still 322k after steam’s cut.
Of course you’re going to have a hard time finding anything on Google because any game that fails to be a success also drops from search results. But to give an example, Arco. It’s got positive reviews from pretty much everyone giving it a review and yet it didn’t even get more than 200 concurrent players on Steam. I’m not saying it’s some unbelievable gaming experience, but it is a good game. If there’s nothing wrong with the game why was it a failure? Am I supposed to believe they made a game for nobody?
Dunno how accurate this is but it says they sold 46k units. Not quite for nobody, is it? Even if everyone got it at 50% off, that’s still 322k after steam’s cut.
Now factor publishers cut and the cost of development. At 50% they probably didn’t even recoup their costs.