BOMBA: After 3 days of sales, Hellblade 2 is already out of the top 50 on Steam (#54). CCU lower than Hellblade 1.

[Gods&Monsters]

HELLBOMBA: After 7 years of development, the sequel of Hellbimbo was finally released this week and it was a resounding failure. The game is already out of the Top 50 on Steam before the first weekend even starts (#54)



The CCU of 3,982 on the first day will be the peak. Hellblade 1 had a peak of 5,653 and it was released as an indie with no marketing budget....7 years ago

Of course, this was all predicted by myself before release but I was laughed at by our resident xbot @Infinity .

What's next for Ninja Theory? Are we getting a port or this is the end for them? Please vote.

 

[Shadow2027]

Its still just crazy the amount of hyping this got from xbox and community. They acted as this game was going to like a Last of Us and be generational (although that seems like every game now from xbox). But was supposed to be like 20-30 open world or something only for 5 hr experience

 

[Sircaw]

Will they even break even on this game? It's been ages in the oven.

 

[Nhomnhom]

Will they even break even on this game? It's been ages in the oven.

Not in a million years unless they cook the books.

 

[Gediminas]

Its still just crazy the amount of hyping this got from xbox and community. They acted as this game was going to like a Last of Us and be generational (although that seems like every game now from xbox). But was supposed to be like 20-30 open world or something only for 5 hr experience

Of which 3h cutscenes. Some manage to count it.

 

[quest4441]

In some countries its takes longer to download than play the game, Let that sink in

 

[arvfab]

I can see the "take that Xbots" point of view, but I'm actually sad for NT. They had found their "place" as indie devs and probably hoped to continue that way just with the huge financial backing of MS when they decided to sell to them.

I doubt they had any idea that their game would be put as the "highlight" of the Xbox lineup and that it would launch as Gamepass fodder when they decided to sell.

Hopefully MS will let them go instead of just closing them down.

 

[Nhomnhom]

Phil Spencer has been so bad at his job and paid so much for it... this is the game they used to announce their console with in 2019.

 

[Maverick]

Xbots don't buy games.

 

[Dabaus]

Xbox tax and media bias. Sales don’t matter anyways, just engagement.

 

[Savagefrogdemon]

Xbots don't buy games.

Not just xbots though the steam numbers are shockingly bad for pc.

 

[Nhomnhom]

Not just xbots though the steam numbers are shockingly bad for pc.

With the exception of games like BG3, Cyberpunk and the likes clearly aimed at the PC audience single player only games always bomb on PC.

 

[Evilms]

 

[Pogo]

ps5 version is coming im sure of it after this results

 

[GachaMadeMeBroke]

One of their big launch reveal titles having less numbers than Redfall…REDFALL….

 

[Vertigo]

Gamepass killing sales but it seems like those same devs need sales to stay in business. Internal studios even…

Phil Spencer is responsible for these studio shutdowns. Even the gamepass handout isn’t enough because as of the dev thread we had earlier … they still need sales on actual gaming platforms with paying customers and not relying on gaming welfare programs.

I don’t know how much longer they can even try with gamepass. Honestly, the day one stuff needs to be shutdown asap.

 

[klomzi]

single player only games always bomb on PC.

Numbers pls.

 

[Nhomnhom]

Numbers pls.

You ignorance is not my problem, look it up, there are plenty of recent examples.

 

[Entropi]

Microsoft seems to have the opposite of the Midas touch. Everything they touch turns to garbage.

 

[klomzi]

You ignorance is not my problem, look it up, there are plenty of recent examples.

All examples Im seeing is how well software is selling on PC, like CapCom games. Otherwise, there's very little platform split out there from devs and pubs.

Also, if SP games was bombing on PC, I would assume companies would drop releasing on PC, instead they are pushing for it.

Like how Square just made a very big deal of Kingdom Hearts coming to Steam.