Steam now generates three times more revenue for Capcom than PlayStation

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• Drekaridill@feddit.is ⁨3⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

  Then maybe they should fucking optimise their PC ports.

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  • Ashtear@lemmy.zip ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

    Still amazed how well Wilds sold after that dumpster fire of a demo.

    I’d also recommend they open up the co-op more, but common sense multiplayer seems a bridge too far 🙄

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    • Drekaridill@feddit.is ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

      I am one of the unfortunate ones for whom the demo ran perfectly, so I thought the full release would too. It did not.

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  • ObtuseDoorFrame@lemmy.zip ⁨3⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

    I agree, but they have no incentive to do so when gamers buy it anyway. People need to vote with their wallets.

    Call of Duty sales suggest this isn’t happening.

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    • moody@lemmings.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

      People do vote with their wallets. They say it’s ok.

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    • answersplease77@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

      People need to vote with their wallets.

      that’s why many companies seek to optimize their ports to work for mobile gaming. call of duty mobile -vs- cod pc or console is a case of that imo

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  • zipzoopaboop@lemmynsfw.com ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

    To be fair performance was poopy on ps5 too

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• Nosavingthrow@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

  Who could have guessed that when game companies make their games available for sale, they will make money from game sales!?

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• BlameTheAntifa@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

  While it’s great that they’re doing on the only open gaming platform, it’s a shame that they’re being rewarded for infecting their games with anti-consumer malware.

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  • Korhaka@sopuli.xyz ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

    Isn’t it only 3rd party games with that and steam warns you about it though?

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    • sugar_in_your_tea@sh.itjust.works ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

      What do you mean? Pretty much every game on Steam is “third party.” They do mention certain things on the store though, like kernel level anti-cheat or needing a third party account, though I don’t know how many people check that.

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  • duchess@feddit.org ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

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    • BlameTheAntifa@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

      It exists solely to rob consumers of ownership of their purchases. It can, has, and will continue to result in people losing access to products they have paid for and to which have every right. Performance impact is beside the point. DRM is theft and Denuvo is the worst.

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    • scratchee@feddit.uk ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

      There are 2 schools of thought. Those that are against the entire concept of software that tries to control how you use it, drm/anticheat/etc in any form is malware to them. And those that accept it might be acceptable in principle (eg for anticheat especially), but believe denouvo and certain other drm programs go too far and cross a line (especially when they hook into the kernel or start tracking things outside the game that they have no business tracking).

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• dutchkimble@lemy.lol ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

  Why does Steam generate any revenue for PlayStation?

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  • jacksilver@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

    The wording is a little weird, but it’s about Capcom finances. They make more selling games on steam than selling on the Playstation. So steam/pc is a bigger market than Playstation consoles for Capcom.

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    • dutchkimble@lemy.lol ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

      Ah got it

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  • chatokun@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

    I think they technically do, with stuff like Helldivers 2, Spiderman games, etc. I have Helldivers 2, but stopped playing it for a while in protest when they tried to make you use a PlayStation account for it, essentially cutting off a bunch of players in countries PlayStation doesn’t operate in.

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• CatDogL0ver@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

  I hope more game companies will follow. Consoles are good. Consoles exclusives are not.

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• mohab@piefed.social ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

  Fantastic, now when are we getting Steam ports of Viewtiful Joe and God Hand?

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• Skullgrid@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

  we’ve come a long way since the days of console exclusives with no pc ports to this. I remember feeling happy that more publishers started releasing games on PC, now it’s just expected.

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• ChicoSuave@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

  Of course it does, the install base dwarfs PlayStation. Go where the money is to find money. Business is not that hard.

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  • duchess@feddit.org ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

    The install base with hardware capable of running their main releases though is probably dwarfed by PlayStation.

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• ABetterTomorrow@sh.itjust.works ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

  I mean……… yeah

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