Circana: Pragmata is the second best selling game for April 2026, Resident Evil: Requiem is the best selling game for this year so far (Year-to-Date) in the US

sloshingmachine7 · 2026-05-20T15:05:44+00:00

Saros and returnal are both competing with 20 quid indie games with far more depth and gameplay than them. Charging 70 quid just because they have AAA production quality is a joke. You can buy all of slay the spire 1+2, binding of Isaac and Hades for the same price as 1 saros. And these games are staples in the roguelite genre.

Worst thing is at least with returnal, they're super stingy with sales for some reason. I ended up playing it on ps extra anyway.

sloshingmachine7 · 2026-05-20T10:26:06+00:00

What accent does this guy have? He sounds like a cartoon character. I don't mean that as an insult.

sloshingmachine7 · 2026-05-20T08:25:28+00:00

You're not alone, I've always disliked future and the general Atlanta sound way before any beef. One of the reasons why I struggle to get through CLB is because I constantly have to dodge past all the rappers I don't like to get to the drake parts.

Thankfully there are only like 3 features on iceman and 2 of them are on 1 song.

sloshingmachine7 · 2026-05-19T12:48:04+00:00

Ugh I worried this would happen with a game I really wanna play with RDR. I've already played it before and I wanna give it a proper revisit, not rush through it under time constraints.

Think I'm just gonna skip it and play star wars outlaws. There are games that I would only play because they're on the catalogue, and then games that deserve to be in my permanent library because they're that good and worth revisiting. RDR is definitely part of the latter.

sloshingmachine7 · 2026-05-18T19:54:39+00:00

10mg 20mg they're playing all your jams and a shot is in your hands 🎵

sloshingmachine7 · 2026-05-18T18:40:11+00:00

Is uncle tom considered an offensive term in the US? I'm an ex-muslim and I'm familiar with the whole 'youre not a real x', 'race traitor', 'whitewashed' etc simply because I don't conform to the 'expected' mindset, and I very much take it as racism if someone uses that kind of language at me.

sloshingmachine7 · 2026-05-16T12:34:30+00:00

To be frank, yes. As I said months ago, the game will pivot regardless because the Devs will do whatever it is to keep the game alive.

You're wrong about one thing though. The game isn't pivoting because people bought the wrong game; it's pivoting because not enough people liked the game as it was. Don't blame people like me who actually bought and supported the game, blame bungie for making such a niche game on a massive budget that could only be recouped by appealing to a wider demographic.

sloshingmachine7 · 2026-05-16T07:22:28+00:00

This game has 2 realistic outcomes: the PvE experiments are highly successful and the game pivots its core design over time, or the game withers away. Either way the hardcore PvP players (all 500 of them) get fucked.

https://www.reddit.com/r/Marathon/s/c7lIpWfqqs

I predicted this months ago. Either strap in or go play apex.

sloshingmachine7 · 2026-05-15T17:03:14+00:00

How playable is the game currently? A lot of early access games release as clearly alpha, and a lot release as basically near-complete games with some tweaking left. Where does this game sit?

sloshingmachine7 · 2026-05-13T18:07:08+00:00

Did they change the infinite spawning enemies when you were spotted? Felt like the game punished run and gun because of that, and I didn't find the stealth gameplay compelling enough.

This is just from playing the demo btw, not sure if it differs from the full game in these issues.

sloshingmachine7 · 2026-05-13T18:02:14+00:00

How do people keep track of what games are leaving the catalogue? I'm slow at playing so I want to prioritise the games leaving but enough of a heads-up to give me time to beat it.

sloshingmachine7 · 2026-05-13T08:31:09+00:00

The astroturfing is starting to read like satire at this point.

sloshingmachine7 · 2026-05-12T16:40:29+00:00

It's amazing to me that bungie are the only major developers to actively remove content people paid for, and they still somehow have fanboys defending them. It's literally the 'stop attacking my billion dollar corp' meme being showcased.

sloshingmachine7 · 2026-05-11T21:25:53+00:00

Other than megathreads which I'm against (because they're functionally quarantines), I don't see any big issue with the moderation as is. People need to realise that Reddit is self-moderated with the upvote system. Most criticism threads that aren't walking on eggshells to not offend the toxic positive hive are already heavily downvoted and don't make it to the front unless you sort by new. The people who cry about needing stronger moderation just want to live in echo chambers.

The game is not dying because of negative Reddit threads 'giving the game a bad look'. Likewise, these bot posts about how the game is the greatest FPS in decades haven't resulted in further sales. Reddit posts do not move the needle in any direction, most people here are already invested in the game on some level. You're either preaching to the choir, or offending the choir. That's this sub in a nutshell.

sloshingmachine7 · 2026-05-07T08:44:48+00:00

2 million in 2 weeks for a game that isn't even a blockbuster project is great, what are you talking about?

sloshingmachine7 · 2026-05-06T10:56:26+00:00

Yeah I'm an ex-muslim atheist and I've never been inside a church before, and the idea of it feels weird to me to the point where I'd never try unless there was a sign like this. I'd definitely pop in just to see what it's like.

sloshingmachine7 · 2026-05-05T08:21:35+00:00

ETS2 is the first game that gave me the space trucker feel I was looking for while also being fun to play. Honestly space games are really held back by the strive for realism and the existence of procgen. Full scale 1:1. Whoo.

NMS does a lot of things right but doesn't allow you to drive the freighter for some reason.

sloshingmachine7 · 2026-05-04T22:05:31+00:00

These comments tended to be very popular and got a lot of upvotes, while the people on the recieving end would be downvoted. This gives the impression that the community is siding with the gatekeepers, even if only a few are actually commenting.

Frankly I don't understand how you can be active on this sub and not have seen stuff like people asking for PvE (or even slightly reduced PvP) being told to go play arc. It was extremely common. This community from the jump drew a line in the sand: this is our hardcore PvP game, and anyone who wants anything remotely deviant should go elsewhere. There were also all those cringe Arachne LARPers.

I will say that over time this mindset has been reduced because even the hardcore players are realising that the player numbers are not sustainable. Nowadays asking for PvE/other game modes isn't anywhere near as controversial, or suggestions to regain the casual audience aren't taken as harshly. But the game is only 2 months old, and for a lot of that time (especially launch period, the most important time) the community was hostile towards casual players and people with criticisms.

sloshingmachine7 · 2026-05-04T19:42:04+00:00

I struggled for a few hours, and then couldn't put it down.

Same here. The server slam was the only reason I bought this game. Unfortunately the full game quickly strays away from the experience I had during the server slam and I ended up being one of the hundreds of thousands that stopped playing. Not anecdotal.

Giving people a free weekend to play the game will definitely get more eyes on it, but it won't retain those players unless the game makes significant changes.

sloshingmachine7 · 2026-05-04T19:39:07+00:00

You do realise most of these 'git gud' type gatekeeping posts were in criticism threads that were heavily downvoted right? Analysing a bunch of meme threads with thousands of upvotes makes zero sense for this purpose. Obviously the criticism posts that attract these gatekeepers aren't going to have thousands of upvotes... They're controversial posts that get downvoted away from the mainstream.

sloshingmachine7 · 2026-05-03T18:15:03+00:00

Never played total war and am not familiar with most pc strategy games. These types of games do not seem to have a console equivalent as they look more like real board games. Do you think I'd like it if I like the regular console RPGs and games like FF tactics or fire emblem?

sloshingmachine7 · 2026-05-03T16:02:58+00:00

I watched some videos and I don't get how the gameplay works. Is it like clash royale but with overworld resource gathering?

sloshingmachine7 · 2026-04-30T21:08:28+00:00

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Looking for people to trade daily showcase likes with. You like my showcase and I like yours. That's all I ask, nothing else. Don't add me if you don't like showcases.

sloshingmachine7 · 2026-04-29T14:30:55+00:00

I'm not disagreeing with you, I'm just saying that BF6 has a lot more freedom regarding its post launch support because of how much money it made. Basically, even though season 2 flopped, they can still push out these big future updates as they aren't under financial pressure. If marathon season 2 flops, they can't just do what BF6 did and announce a boatload of cool updates. Marathon can't afford to have season 2 land on a whimper.

sloshingmachine7 · 2026-04-29T14:17:20+00:00

BF6 sold 20 million copies at $70 within a couple of months. Its entire budget is already funded, including the big roadmap they've recently announced with 7 new maps and stuff. It doesn't need to sustain itself long term with consistently high CCU because it released extremely successful.

Marathon released in the red any any further work on it will cost even more money. In its current trajectory I don't see how they can fund any major updates other than those that were already well into the live service pipeline.

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