@gargar: Nowhere does it say it outsold the previous game. The implication of your article is quite the opposite.
The fact that they're looking at going back to steam ALSO suggests the opposite that leaving it aside was a massive mistake, and their stock prices bear that out.
The company has lost 75% of its value since they tried to get away from Steam, they did something awful wrong and that was the only major change.
To paraphrase what you said before, fanboys on GS and IGN aren't representing reality.
@gargar: Should probably read articles before you link them, that says nothing about software moved, only that they sold more microtransactions both for Valhalla and FC6 as compared to the prior games, which tells us basically nothing. It also says their overall earnings were "in line with expectations". If they made major record breaking sales, or if they outsold previous games, they would say.
Many other articles talk about first week sales being substantially lower for both games than their predecessors and that their earnings for the quarter were worrying investors.
That article ALSO says they're not looking to sell but would entertain buyout offers, in other words, they're not doing very well and they might sell the company to help the stockholders/investors cash in.
Their stocks are down about 50% from where they were in just January of this year and they're at a QUARTER of what they were in January of last year.
@gargar: More platforms exist than PC. I can't find any platform specific numbers, and most of the articles I find on FC6's sales say it underperformed or merely "met expectations".
I didn't even realize they'd left Steam until a couple weeks go when I say Far Cry 6 had a decent sale in some article and couldn't find it on the platform.
EGS exclusivity is a real good way to not sell your games. I swear the only reason the companies do it is they have no confidence in their own sales so they take the TenCent check instead.
Cool, now report on the part where it turns out she's lying about everything and this is just her trying to be greedy and getting dumped over it and now having a fit over not getting her way, check out Jason Schreier's work on it.
Disclaimer: I'm not advocating for doing any of these things.
Roms aren't illegal, only distribution is illegal and it's not enforced in 99.99...% of cases. Having and using roms is legal, even if you don't own the games, downloading them is technically legal too. Backing up your own carts and using those roms is 100% legal without any doubt.
The same goes for software and media piracy, it's all legal to have, it's only illegal to distribute. In a lot of countries even distribution is legal and it's only illegal if you profit from it.
It's a very gray area and most of people's beliefs on it are quite literally the fearmongering by copyright trolling groups like the MPAA and general misinformation on the DMCA. The main punishments you'll see on it are your ISP throttling you or kicking you off after you get like a dozen C&D letters.
The reason for this is that if you unknowingly purchase from someone selling counterfeit software, that would leave you in potential legal trouble simply for being ignorant and getting scammed, it's a legal pitfall that could be used to entrap people who are in no way bad actors. I remember way back my parents being all excited to show me this awesome deal they got where they bought this software for $50 that gave them access to a giant library of movies. Turns out it was Kazaa...
All that said, the law enforcement gives almost exactly zero shits about it and the only time there's ever any consequences is when lawsuits get dropped on those doing it. It's not a real crime considering that no one is being directly deprived of anything, the losses are only theoretical and can't be proven in any real manner as there's no way to show that a person would've bought whatever it is at full price or at any price. There's also a HUGE conversion rate of piracy to real purchases that suggest piracy is actually extremely beneficial, especially to the games industry. It's probably because demos are dead and there's rarely any other way to try a game before you buy.
On top of all that, in the case of roms it's almost 100% abandonware which is another super legal gray area, law enforcement again doesn't care AT ALL about that, and there's no one to push lawsuits on those doing it.
@videogameninja: They offer a free trial to new members, pretty easy to check out that way. It lacks some of the extra features is all and is limited to one game out.
@videogameninja: I used the service way back when they first opened for several years, then I moved and had garbage neighbor kids steal my mail enough that they blacklisted my address, that was my negative experience with them, had to stop ordering stuff online or have everything shipped to a friend's address to actually make sure I got it, was awful. A year and a half ago I got back on though and I'm really glad to have.
I've had zero problems this time around, they've changed the inserts they mail the games in and none of them have shown up damaged, they have great sale prices and the whole "Keep It" feature gives you a reduced price past the normal used price usually, it's good on the wallet. They send you the case and inserts as well, including any codes it may have come with.
I don't think they're in much danger from any of the digital subscription services though since the digital services offer a very curated library that mostly consists of middle of the road older stuff, there's plenty of great games and new releases too but it's not the bulk. Gamefly has all the new releases, most anything from the current and previous gen, they USED to have a stellar backlog of much much older stuff back to GBA/PS2/Gamecube/Xbox but most of those games are gone now, which is a shame.
They added a "Game Lock" system last year where you can lock an upcoming release to guarantee you get it at launch, and a few months ago they started sending them a few days before release so you usually get it on or within a couple days of their release date. They've also added a "Self Return" feature for longtime accounts in good standing where you can just tell them you sent a game back and they ship you something new on the honor system more or less, it cuts several days off the turn-around on getting the next game. It's all pretty nice.
The MAIN benefit is I'm spending $25 a month for a two game account and that usually makes up the majority of my game costs per month, I don't end up owning near as many clunkers, and when something is surprisingly good I can just keep it and don't have to redownload it or wait for another copy to show up, if it's short I can finish it in my own time on the rental and send it back. I'd say they're the best investment someone who games as a primary hobby could get into, there's zero downsides unless you're the kind of person who just buys one or two games a year and that's all you play. If you're a variety gamer they're a no brainer. Not a sponsored post. Yet. *wink wink* Gamefly, you know where to find me!
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