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- Submitted 3 hours ago to retrogaming@lemmy.world | 1 comment
- Comment on Video Game Physical Software and Hardware Sales Just Had the Worst November in the U.S. Since 1995 - IGN 22 hours ago:
If it refers to the total games software market (digital sales, physical sales, micro-transactions, subscriptions and mobile), then I think I my point stands.
I wasn’t sure if “content spending” excludes say micro-transactions for software that is not available physically.
- Comment on Video Game Physical Software and Hardware Sales Just Had the Worst November in the U.S. Since 1995 - IGN 23 hours ago:
Yes, I could see launch day availability being an issue.
- Comment on Video Game Physical Software and Hardware Sales Just Had the Worst November in the U.S. Since 1995 - IGN 23 hours ago:
It’s pretty difficult to keep a .exe file accessible for 30+ years even if your intentions are good.
That’s not really true. GOG installers are the obvious option, but even many of the games on Steam don’t actually have DRM and can be backed up.
And if you really want to you can get cracked versions. For older games, there are compatibility projects like DDrawCompat and dxwrapper. The more popular games have extensive usability mods (support for higher resolutions, bugfixes, UI scaling) and really popular ones have modern engines such as Augustus for Caesar III (originally released in 1998).
For example you can the Windows 95 version of Simcity 2000 Special Edition on Windows 10 (and I believe W11 too) on a 1440p monitor:
This is a 30 year old game!
Don’t get me wrong, I get the point of having physical copies (I have an extensive physical book library), but for video games, digital ownership (be it legal like with GOG or certain Steam games or using alternative approaches) is the way forward.
- Comment on Video Game Physical Software and Hardware Sales Just Had the Worst November in the U.S. Since 1995 - IGN 1 day ago:
Further, Microsoft doesn’t seem interested in physical sales anymore. I probably would have bought Avowed if it existed in meat-space, it doesn’t. I had a really hard time sourcing Indiana Jones and Outer Worlds 2.
If the disc version exists, can’t you buy it online?
And aren’t console discs de facto installer stubs?
Just curious, I play on PC where physical disc haven’t been a thing for a long time.
- Comment on Video Game Physical Software and Hardware Sales Just Had the Worst November in the U.S. Since 1995 - IGN 1 day ago:
I got confused but the following:
While Circana reports that content spending was up 1% year-over-year to $4.8 billion, that’s with subscription spending rising 16% and 2% growth in mobile.
- Comment on Video Game Physical Software and Hardware Sales Just Had the Worst November in the U.S. Since 1995 - IGN 1 day ago:
Worth pointing out that Circana does not fully track Steam (only some, albeit large publishers). They don’t track GOG or Epic at all (they are of course a lot smaller than Steam).
- Submitted 1 day ago to [deleted] | 1 comment
- Comment on Where do you all get your (indie) gaming news from? 1 day ago:
This looks cool! Thanks for sharing.
- Comment on 2 days ago:
Did not know about that! Then I could see him being involved.
- Comment on 2 days ago:
I wonder how much input Carpenter had into this game (beyond providing his name).
That being said I don’t doubt that the motifs of the games are inspired by Carpenter’s movies, I am just wondering his level of involvement.
How did they even get Carpenter to partake in this? Sabre Interactive is recognizable name, but it’s no EA.
- Submitted 2 days ago to games@lemmy.world | 10 comments
- Almost 30 years later, Fallout 1's depth of choice, chance, and consequence is still an RPG gold standardwww.gamesradar.com ↗Submitted 2 days ago to retrogaming@lemmy.world | 11 comments
- Comment on Do we have No Man's Sky fans here? 2 days ago:
Welcome!
If you like space themed games (of different genres), there is also:
!space_games@piefed.world
- Comment on id Software released its first game 35 years ago today, John Carmack’s breakthrough side-scroller engine — Commander Keen title brought smooth scrolling to PCs 3 days ago:
What?
I do know that he provides PR cover for oligarch interests, perhaps in a genuine manner, but the fact remains.
- id Software released its first game 35 years ago today, John Carmack’s breakthrough side-scroller engine — Commander Keen title brought smooth scrolling to PCswww.tomshardware.com ↗Submitted 3 days ago to retrogaming@lemmy.world | 12 comments
- Comment on [id Software, the] Studio Behind Doom [and Quake, Wolfenstein] Just Unionized 5 days ago:
Consulting, investment banking are examples of industries that would not be a good fit for unionisation.
B2B sales, as a profession, irrespective of the industry in which these sales processes occur is not a good fit for unionisation.
- Comment on [id Software, the] Studio Behind Doom [and Quake, Wolfenstein] Just Unionized 5 days ago:
For a second I thought you were being serious and I started wondering whether you meant the chemical production industry or the chemical engineering profession…
But then I realized that it would be pretty dull without ions. :)
- Comment on [id Software, the] Studio Behind Doom [and Quake, Wolfenstein] Just Unionized 5 days ago:
Arguably the professional services industry (e.g. consulting, investment banking) isn’t a good fit for unionization. These aren’t verticals, but professions, but things like executive management and B2B sales also don’t seem like a good fit for unionization.
At the end of the day, in B2B sales all that matters is how much revenue you generate and it’s not like there is defined functional skillset for B2B sales that allows for “scale economies” in collective representation model.
- Comment on [id Software, the] Studio Behind Doom [and Quake, Wolfenstein] Just Unionized 5 days ago:
Good for them! While I don’t think unionization makes sense in all industries, game development is arguably a good fit for a collaborative approach to labour relations.
Complete tangent, but does anyone else find it strange that a gaming news site doesn’t use id Software in the headline? If you’re into video games, one would think you’ve heard about id Software; they basically created the modern FPS genre. That being said, I might be showing my age here and id Software was a much bigger deal (on a relative basis) in the 90s and 2000s.
- Submitted 5 days ago to games@lemmy.world | 15 comments
- Comment on A story-rich open-world FPS with Max Payne and Cyberpunk 2077 vibes? All right, you have my attention, No Law 5 days ago:
Didn’t see Krafton mentioned. I was hoping they were just the publisher and studio was independent, but alas:
On 11 November 2022, South Korean video game publisher Krafton announced that it planned to acquire Neon Giant for an undisclosed amount - which was scheduled to begin on 14 December.
- Comment on 6 days ago:
Depends on the genre and how popular the game is.
- Comment on 6 days ago:
That’s fair. A blended net revenue per unit figure of $10 might actually be high.
- Comment on 6 days ago:
I don’t know if it’s true or not, but I’ve heard a rough proxy for modest success “above breakeven” in the indie sphere is 1,000+ reviews.
The chart doesn’t break out the 1,000+ review count band, but it looks like under 5% of the 19,000 games released in 2025 on Steam were even able to go above 500 review count.
The 1,000+ review count band as a measure of success does make sense in a back of the napkin kind of way.
Assuming 5% of buyers leave a review, that would be 20,000 in sales. At a net unit revenue of $10 (after Steam’s cut and the payment processor), that would be $200 K net revenue.
- Submitted 6 days ago to games@lemmy.world | 63 comments
- A story-rich open-world FPS with Max Payne and Cyberpunk 2077 vibes? All right, you have my attention, No Lawwww.gamesradar.com ↗Submitted 6 days ago to games@lemmy.world | 12 comments
- Comment on 1 week ago:
I understand. This is a forum, so I am not going to add expansive footnotes to my posts, but I am happy to cite the research I have read if asked. FWIW, I have also read counter argument for approaches used by the research I have cited (which I don’t find convincing).
Just pointing out that I am not randomly making stuff up.
- Left 4 Dead co-creator is directing a mysterious co-op shooter for JJ Abrams' production company, and Sony's going to publish it: "We hope to deliver a bold, innovative experience"www.gamesradar.com ↗Submitted 2 weeks ago to games@lemmy.world | 28 comments
- Controversial horror game Horses is the top-selling new game on GOG even as it gets kicked off the Humble Store one day after launchwww.pcgamer.com ↗Submitted 2 weeks ago to games@lemmy.world | 23 comments
