God Of War Ragnarok is PS worst AAA performing PC port only cracking a peak of below 30K (Mega Flop)

Gediminas

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Look at that, Frostpunk gave us the GOW and FF16 PC sales on a silver platter. 350k across all platforms on fewer days with a higher CCU.

We can extrapolate that GOW sold maybe half of that on PC (probably less because Frostpunk is selling better).

A low-selling indie game is selling better than GOW 😬


it is a great game and worth even more sales. it is really law.
 
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Even "TCG Card Shop Simulator" has higher peak. All those RTX 4090's are playing TCG Card Shop Simulator at 4K120
 
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that game is also $13 USD compared to $59.99 USD
Always an excuse for everything but you didn't comment on the receipts I gave you from Frostpunk 2.

GOWR dropped to number 14, Frostpunk is still number 8 and it's cheaper so it's selling more copies. Estimated to have sold between 150k and 200k on PC. 350k total.

GOW barely sold 100k at this point 😬
 
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Always an excuse for everything but you didn't comment on the receipts I gave you from Frostpunk 2.

GOWR dropped to number 14, Frostpunk is still number 8 and it's cheaper so it's selling more copies. Estimated to have sold between 150k and 200k on PC. 350k total.

GOW barely sold 100k at this point 😬
what receipts are you talking about lmao, I haven't seen anything.

also its estimated GOW has 150k-240k right now
 

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what receipts are you talking about lmao, I haven't seen anything.

also its estimated GOW has 150k-240k right now

Peanuts.

Sony would have been better just remastering it and rereleasing it on PS5/PS5 Pro.

It would have done better than that even though it doesn’t need a remaster for PS5. Tells you how pathetic PC sales are.

Same goes for all the PC ports.

You would get better sales in remastering or remaking these games for PS5 than porting to PC.
 
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what receipts are you talking about lmao, I haven't seen anything.

also its estimated GOW has 150k-240k right now
Why are you all acting so dense? If Frostpunk sold 350k across all platforms and it's selling better than GOW since release then GOW is lower.

Let's be generous and give Frostpunk 200k on PC, 100k on PS and 50k on Xbox.

You can forget the 240k for GOW. It's between 150k-200k max.

Do you need Hermen to confirm it to you personally or do you finally understand how sales and rankings work?

 

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Peanuts.

Sony would have been better just remastering it and rereleasing it on PS5/PS5 Pro.

It would have done better than that even though it doesn’t need a remaster for PS5. Tells you how pathetic PC sales are.

Same goes for all the PC ports.

You would get better sales in remastering or remaking these games for PS5 than porting to PC.
I get you all don't like that Sony ports to PC, but that isn't gonna be changing from what we can see right now. Ports don't cost as much as it does for making the whole game from scratch it doesn't NEED to sell as much as it did on console lmao
 
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Why are you all acting so dense? If Frostpunk sold 350k across all platforms and it's selling better than GOW since release then GOW is lower.

Let's be generous and give Frostpunk 200k on PC, 100k on PS and 50k on Xbox.

You can forget the 240k for GOW. It's between 150k-200k max.

Do you need Hermen to confirm it to you personally or do you finally understand how sales and rankings work?


Bro frost punk 2 is not on PS, those 350k are pure pc sales. Its on only pc gamepass as even the xbox console didnt get it. This makes the GOWR port an even bigger flop on steam
 

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Oh well maybe the experiment is over. Most PS games don't seem like they would make pop PC games. Just take a look at Steam top played games anytime. PC gaming is just different.

Maybe they'll drop it and move on having said they tried.
 

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I get you all don't like that Sony ports to PC, but that isn't gonna be changing from what we can see right now. Ports don't cost as much as it does for making the whole game from scratch it doesn't NEED to sell as much as it did on console lmao
That's unfortunately very false. It's a lie told to investors to hide the harm that this does to the core business.

Future PC ports are prepared from the moment the console version begins development. They influence assets, level design, etc. because the game will need to support a very wide range of specs. Even game engines increase complexity in order to be portable to windows. And there is also added QA. All of this costs time and money early on.

That's why you hear of ports done "by just 4 people". That's because most of the work was done already.

Lastly, the console platform loses exclusives, and consumers now expecting a PC port down the line are much more likely to skip buying these games on console, or even the console itself. Console sales are sacrificed in exchange for fewer sales on a platform with a smaller profit margin. And we're not even getting into how much more piracy exists on PC than console.

People who advocate for PC ports are either ignorant of how software development works, or playstation haters who want it to die and opportunistically use "pro-consumer" and "choice" rhethoric to advance their agenda.
 

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That's unfortunately very false. It's a lie told to investors to hide the harm that this does to the core business.

Future PC ports are prepared from the moment the console version begins development. They influence assets, level design, etc. because the game will need to support a very wide range of specs. Even game engines increase complexity in order to be portable to windows. And there is also added QA. All of this costs time and money early on.

That's why you hear of ports done "by just 4 people". That's because most of the work was done already.

Lastly, the console platform loses exclusives, and consumers now expecting a PC port down the line are much more likely to skip buying these games on console, or even the console itself. Console sales are sacrificed in exchange for fewer sales on a platform with a smaller profit margin. And we're not even getting into how much more piracy exists on PC than console.

People who advocate for PC ports are either ignorant of how software development works, or playstation haters who want it to die and opportunistically use "pro-consumer" and "choice" rhethoric to advance their agenda.
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People who advocate for PC ports are either ignorant of how software development works, or playstation haters who want it to die and opportunistically use "pro-consumer" and "choice" rhethoric to advance their agenda.
Imagine Gabe Newell leaving the space, and Steam going public or something, afterwards...

The Outfall would be of epic proportions!
 
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