Payday 2 turns a profit 6 days before release.

Anyone excited for it?

Pre-orders of Payday 2 already made back the money that publisher 505 Games provided Starbreeze Studios for development, Starbreeze CEO Bo Andersson-Klint said in a statement to investors (translated by Gamereactor). Payday 2launches on August 13, and any incoming sales are profit to be split between 505 and Starbreeze.

"Today Starbreeze has once again demonstrated that our strategy of focusing on our own properties is correct," Andersson-Klint said. "Not only have we managed to deliver a desirable product in Payday 2 but also executed a promotion that few companies of our size can. We now look forward to the royalty income that can secure the company's development of its own IP in the future. That Payday 2 generates revenue for the company six days before the release is of course very unusual for games of this size and strengthens the long-term nature of our strategy."

Hey, everyone. What day is it? Payday.joystiq

Fvcking great news. Glad to see a cool game idea like this be profitable.

I really have to buy it too, I've been meaning too but I have such a huge backlog

"Buh buh piracy" "PC dying" "no one buys PC games" "other nonsense stock phrase"blue_hazy_basic

Maybe they can use all that money to make it look not like a game from 2005.

Maybe they can use all that money to make it look not like a game from 2005.

uninspiredcup

Why? The game looks fine and seems to play great and people like it

Making it ultra real looking won't change much

[QUOTE="uninspiredcup"]

Maybe they can use all that money to make it look not like a game from 2005.

seanmcloughlin

Why? The game looks fine and seems to play great and people like it

Making it ultra real looking won't change much

I see this argument all the time and my freind, graphics do matter. Especailly when games are aiming for more anatomical realism.

Having played both one and two, the visual leap is minor at best and looks barely above a Halflife 2 mod. If this was sold at budget price the problem would be more forgivable, sadly, at the price point of £29.99, this is what we call "taking the piss".

[QUOTE="seanmcloughlin"]

[QUOTE="uninspiredcup"]

Maybe they can use all that money to make it look not like a game from 2005.

uninspiredcup

Why? The game looks fine and seems to play great and people like it

Making it ultra real looking won't change much

I see this argument all the time and my freind, graphics do matter. Especailly when games are aiming for more anatomical realism.

Having played both one and two, the visual leap is minor at best and looks barely above a Halflife 2 mod. If this was sold at budget price the problem would be more forgivable, sadly, at the price point of £29.99, this is what we call "taking the piss".

[QUOTE="uninspiredcup"]

[QUOTE="seanmcloughlin"]

Why? The game looks fine and seems to play great and people like it

Making it ultra real looking won't change much

PonchoTaco

I see this argument all the time and my freind, graphics do matter. Especailly when games are aiming for more anatomical realism.

Having played both one and two, the visual leap is minor at best and looks barely above a Halflife 2 mod. If this was sold at budget price the problem would be more forgivable, sadly, at the price point of £29.99, this is what we call "taking the piss".

Fifty Cents video game sold 2 million copies. I guess gameplay isn't very important either.

I might pick it up eventually if my friend doesn't get it for me so I can help him. We've been doing the beta together and it's been alright. There's some annoying bugs that make it frustrating to do full stealth runs, but we have managed--especially on the jewlery store, but we're still working on the bank. Hopefully they improve the levels. A lot of the missions like Four Stores are just boring. 

Maybe they can use all that money to make it look not like a game from 2005.

uninspiredcup

[QUOTE="seanmcloughlin"]

[QUOTE="uninspiredcup"]

Maybe they can use all that money to make it look not like a game from 2005.

uninspiredcup

Why? The game looks fine and seems to play great and people like it

Making it ultra real looking won't change much

I see this argument all the time and my freind, graphics do matter. Especailly when games are aiming for more anatomical realism.

Having played both one and two, the visual leap is minor at best and looks barely above a Halflife 2 mod. If this was sold at budget price the problem would be more forgivable, sadly, at the price point of £29.99, this is what we call "taking the piss".

Fvcking great news. Glad to see a cool game idea like this be profitable.

I really have to buy it too, I've been meaning too but I have such a huge backlog

seanmcloughlin

I'm in the same boat as you. Payday looked like a really interesting concept but I decided to wait for Payday 2 as it did have some problems that could be fixed in a sequel.

But now I have this huge backlog that I want to go through so it'll be a while before I get around to buying this.

[QUOTE="PonchoTaco"][QUOTE="uninspiredcup"]

 

I see this argument all the time and my freind, graphics do matter. Especailly when games are aiming for more anatomical realism.

Having played both one and two, the visual leap is minor at best and looks barely above a Halflife 2 mod. If this was sold at budget price the problem would be more forgivable, sadly, at the price point of £29.99, this is what we call "taking the piss".

uninspiredcup

Fifty Cents video game sold 2 million copies. I guess gameplay isn't very important either.

I literally only have 15 minutes of the thing logged on Steam, none of my friends play it anymore...

[QUOTE="uninspiredcup"]

Maybe they can use all that money to make it look not like a game from 2005.

parkurtommo

Shall I post a Halflife 2 mod for comparison?

I have yet to even play the first one and have had it for months free from PS+.AmazonTreeBoa

Aside from the poor graphics and very limited maps the first game is actually fairly good. I enjoyed it more so than left4dead. It does a great job of feeling cinimatic without reducing it to a bunch of unplayable cutscenes like Metal Gear Solid or or games that miss the point of games.

That's great. Looks like a cool game. I have the original from PlayStation Plus but haven't touched it yet. Someday I will. :P

[QUOTE="seanmcloughlin"]

[QUOTE="uninspiredcup"]

Maybe they can use all that money to make it look not like a game from 2005.

uninspiredcup

Why? The game looks fine and seems to play great and people like it

Making it ultra real looking won't change much

I see this argument all the time and my freind, graphics do matter. Especailly when games are aiming for more anatomical realism.

Having played both one and two, the visual leap is minor at best and looks barely above a Halflife 2 mod. If this was sold at budget price the problem would be more forgivable, sadly, at the price point of £29.99, this is what we call "taking the piss".

The visuals aren't bad, they're pretty decent. The gameplay and mechanics are what people love and if the visuals aren't distractingly bad then it doesn't matter.

It's not a AAA game so expecting high end visuals is stupid.

You have a very odd way of looking at games

[QUOTE="uninspiredcup"]

[QUOTE="seanmcloughlin"]

Why? The game looks fine and seems to play great and people like it

Making it ultra real looking won't change much

seanmcloughlin

I see this argument all the time and my freind, graphics do matter. Especailly when games are aiming for more anatomical realism.

Having played both one and two, the visual leap is minor at best and looks barely above a Halflife 2 mod. If this was sold at budget price the problem would be more forgivable, sadly, at the price point of £29.99, this is what we call "taking the piss".

The visuals aren't bad, they're pretty decent. The gameplay and mechanics are what people love and if the visuals aren't distractingly bad then it doesn't matter.

It's not a AAA game so expecting high end visuals is stupid.

You have a very odd way of looking at games

"Buh buh piracy" "PC dying" "no one buys PC games" "other nonsense stock phrase"blue_hazy_basic

"Buh buh piracy" "PC dying" "no one buys PC games" "other nonsense stock phrase"blue_hazy_basic

[QUOTE="parkurtommo"]

[QUOTE="uninspiredcup"]

Maybe they can use all that money to make it look not like a game from 2005.

uninspiredcup

Shall I post a Halflife 2 mod for comparison?

gotta love it when people read good news about a game or developing team and just look for something to bash. the game's visuals are fine..not every game under the sun need to try to break new ground.lawlessx

Too bad the game sucks....the first one was really bad

Payday 2 runs on Frostbite?parkurtommo

No it doesn't ya silly billy.

How much did it cost to develop? This is strictly being released through STEAM? Starbreeze Studios are great developers. They made Enclave and both Chronicle of Riddick games. They definitely deserve to make some profit from their games. blackace

This is being released both on steam and in stores. The first one was digital only.

It's made by Overkill Software, which are old employees of Grin. I think Starbreeze is publishing but I'm not sure. Starbreeze just released a new game too by the way: Brothers: a tall of two sons.

edit: Turns out Starbreeze bought Overkill Software:

 In 2012, Uppsala, Sweden based game studio Starbreeze Studios bought Overkill and is fully owners of Overkill, Starbreeze is also co-developer on Overkill upcoming sci-fi co-op game Storm.Wikipedia

gotta love it when people read good news about a game or developing team and just look for something to bash. the game's visuals are fine..not every game under the sun need to try to break new ground.lawlessx

True fvcking dat.

A game actually takes a cool idea and changes up the whole run and gun shooter thing we've been getting and it does well for itself but people still aren't happy

[QUOTE="parkurtommo"]Payday 2 runs on Frostbite?uninspiredcup

No it doesn't ya silly billy.

Too bad the game sucks....the first one was really bad

new_gamer244

So the first one was really bad but you went ahead and bought the sequel to play anyway? or are you just saying it sucks without playing it?

[QUOTE="lawlessx"]gotta love it when people read good news about a game or developing team and just look for something to bash. the game's visuals are fine..not every game under the sun need to try to break new ground.blackace

Dude, everyone knows graphics = games.PonchoTaco

If you're trying to claim otherwise, turn off your monitor/TV, play something, then tell me how it went! :P

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As for Payday, not really my cup of tea, but still, glad to hear about the devs being successful.

[QUOTE="lawlessx"]gotta love it when people read good news about a game or developing team and just look for something to bash. the game's visuals are fine..not every game under the sun need to try to break new ground.seanmcloughlin

True fvcking dat.

A game actually takes a cool idea and changes up the whole run and gun shooter thing we've been getting and it does well for itself but people still aren't happy

Even worse is people expecting amazing graphics from an indie game.

[QUOTE="seanmcloughlin"]

[QUOTE="lawlessx"]gotta love it when people read good news about a game or developing team and just look for something to bash. the game's visuals are fine..not every game under the sun need to try to break new ground.R4gn4r0k

True fvcking dat.

A game actually takes a cool idea and changes up the whole run and gun shooter thing we've been getting and it does well for itself but people still aren't happy

Even worse is people expecting amazing graphics from an indie game.

Exactly. 

Will buy during the winter sale. Badosh

The fact you can cook meth is probably what did it.

Damnit Jesse! Apply yourself!

Eboner confirmed... getting it day one. The beta is awesome... so many logical improvements over the heist.

Hopefully I buy in a few months :P

Eboner confirmed... getting it day one. The beta is awesome... so many logical improvements over the heist.

TheEroica

Maybe they can use all that money to make it look not like a game from 2005.

uninspiredcup

If graphics mattered that much to that many people than no one would game on consoles :lol: