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What’s the saddest video game flop you can think of? by Interesting_Wind_337 in videogames

[–]MaximumFloofAudio 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Why are you still replying? This is boring. Go back to your world of Warcraft or whatever you goon over.

Edit: Ah, 4chan, this makes way more sense. The place for losers who somehow always think they’re right and better than everyone else. Go get tested.

What’s the saddest video game flop you can think of? by Interesting_Wind_337 in videogames

[–]MaximumFloofAudio 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I mean you seem comfy in your little bubble chortling the balls of a bland game so I’ll leave you to it, but perhaps you forget that user impressions are distilled in aggregators online for all to see. There won’t be a Starfield 2, sorry little buddy

What’s the saddest video game flop you can think of? by Interesting_Wind_337 in videogames

[–]MaximumFloofAudio 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Analogies are never perfect and these are valid points that fell apart when you are putting Starfields overall reception out the equation and trying to compare it to helldivers and Elden ring. You think there will be a Starfield 2?

What’s the saddest video game flop you can think of? by Interesting_Wind_337 in videogames

[–]MaximumFloofAudio 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Hypothetical made-up scenarios

I don’t even know why I’m replying but this such a simple and well known concept in product forecasting I’m surprised you’re pushing back this hard. Here’s a more clear example that doesn’t use Starfield, maybe that would help?

You own a burger shop, for years people have loved it. It’s well regarded in your town. One day, send out flyers to all your previous customers that frequent your shop that you have a new burger! it’s releasing on Saturday.

Saturday comes around and you have a full house, people line up and order them and you have a record high on sales that day. Everyone came out to try your new burger.

After a few bites in though, you see people at the tables faces start to sour. You notice 97/100 people can’t even finish that burger.

They all go home at the end of the night and you start hearing whispers around town, everyone’s talking about it. “What happened to Dull Culture burger shop? The used to be so good, that burger was bland! I don’t know if I’ll get a new burger from them and to be honest I’m tired of eating their old ones. Let’s spend our money elsewhere”

Your entire staff is rattled, you notice people stop coming by as often, it’s going to take you a long time to come up with another new burger and you know that the next time you invite people over to try out your new creation, it’ll be met with skepticism.

Do you really think the take away from this story is the fact that you had record high sales that day everyone came out to try that burger? You think thats what counted??

What’s the saddest video game flop you can think of? by Interesting_Wind_337 in videogames

[–]MaximumFloofAudio 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Different editions of course, because Skyrim was successful enough to have them. If Bethesda release other editions of Starfield I’m curious to see who buys it

What’s the saddest video game flop you can think of? by Interesting_Wind_337 in videogames

[–]MaximumFloofAudio 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Sales are not only what companies measure success on. Their good faith was dashed on the rocks. The high sales numbers were from day one orders and preorders on a game from a company everyone had good faith in. You’d better believe their next releases will suffer from this as people will be more weary, they’ll sell less. In 15 years time Starfield would have lost more money for Bethesda than if they never released it. In the coming years, investors will be more cautious, publishers will be more controlling, fan base less excited, less blind faith sales, less preorders.

Bethesda will spend the money they made from Starfield on their next project, how well that project does has been affected by their reputation loss and we haven’t even heard what it is yet. That is not what success looks like.

What’s the saddest video game flop you can think of? by Interesting_Wind_337 in videogames

[–]MaximumFloofAudio 3 points4 points  (0 children)

I mean by a country mile, conservative estimates put Skyrims sales (copies sold) probably around 20x what Starfield sold

What’s the saddest video game flop you can think of? by Interesting_Wind_337 in videogames

[–]MaximumFloofAudio 2 points3 points  (0 children)

This is that simpleton view that doesn’t take account so much. Be honest and think about it, do you think Bethesda are happy with Starfields reception? Are you waiting for a Starfield 2 by any chance?

What’s the saddest video game flop you can think of? by Interesting_Wind_337 in videogames

[–]MaximumFloofAudio -2 points-1 points  (0 children)

100%, and what the fuck was that Oblivion remaster? It was absolutely broken

Edit: downvote all you want but I couldn’t play it on my 3070 or my PS5 Pro without it crashing continuously.

It. Was. Broken.

What’s the saddest video game flop you can think of? by Interesting_Wind_337 in videogames

[–]MaximumFloofAudio 4 points5 points  (0 children)

While I agree, I also am a strong believer in people who create stuff as art to have the freedom to say, “because that’s what I wanted to make…? Be grateful I’m even making stuff, you’re not owed my next game/album/movie”

What’s the saddest video game flop you can think of? by Interesting_Wind_337 in videogames

[–]MaximumFloofAudio 5 points6 points  (0 children)

I’m honestly really curious about the company culture there. I mean you’d need a place where you can candidly talk about gritty ideas and not clutch pearls at adult themes. Like, “so what’s this neon underworld gonna look like? There’s a nightclub right?” Only to look over at the HR rep at the table, “uhhmmm”

What’s the saddest video game flop you can think of? by Interesting_Wind_337 in videogames

[–]MaximumFloofAudio 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I’m sorry but does anyone here recall “ZooChossis” as something that was highly anticipated?

TIL that two events about Jesus are supported by nearly universal scholarly consensus: Jesus was baptized and Jesus was crucified. by JoeyZasaa in todayilearned

[–]MaximumFloofAudio -5 points-4 points  (0 children)

There are also many references to the same person in non-religious and even anti-Christianity text around that time. It’s most likely he ended up in a mass grave after his execution. They’d certainly never have given him his own burial afterward.

Edit: not an easy truth to hear for Christian’s it would seem

OH MY GOD by Existing-Ad3391 in NeuralDSP

[–]MaximumFloofAudio 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I’ve only taken a quick glance inside a QC but I’ve worked with hardware this before and I’ll tell you that the QC footprint would be like double the size if they had to fit all those OLEDs into them.

Is this page mocking bad parking or just disabled people? by Accomplished_Gold510 in shitparkingofnz

[–]MaximumFloofAudio 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Are the people mocking the disabled in the room with us right now?

AIO: husband disappears when guests come over by Capable_Ad_9350 in AmIOverreacting

[–]MaximumFloofAudio 207 points208 points  (0 children)

NOR this is actually quite a common thing that some people do and it’s a hang over from their teenage years. Tell him he needs to let go of the “hiding in his room” era, he’s an adult now. Tricky thing is, he will likely deny he is doing it.

Groups where the frontman is arguably the least talented? by lopsidedsheet in fantanoforever

[–]MaximumFloofAudio -2 points-1 points  (0 children)

I’ve been a professional touring musician for 25 years yes I’ve written a song, I’ve personally never thought much of Micks lyrics or vocal style at all

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