I thought there would be more than 42,000 old school RPG fans in the world...
I thought there would be more than 42,000 old school RPG fans in the world…
There are more than 42,000 old school RPG fans in the world. How else would you explain the numbers increasing? New fans being born?
The good news is that even if not one single person buys the game once it's completed, it's still a better deal than getting $2M from a publisher.
Your pessimism is unwarranted, "Wasteland 2" isn't going to be a no-budget indie game or an obscure release that no one will notice.My guess is that another 50,000 people will buy the game when it's released.
Your pessimism is unwarranted, "Wasteland 2" isn't going to be a no-budget indie game or an obscure release that no one will notice.
I'd be surprised if it didn't sell at least 500K copies in a short amount of time. Witcher 1 sold 400K copies in 2011, 4 years after its release.
Sure but the Witcher is a realtime action RPG with stellar graphixxxx(for it's time) and quicktime event based combat. WL2 is a turnbased topdown partybased rpg with graphics that will most likely be considered dated by the masses.
I'm not basing the estimate on anything. Just a guess. Chill.
What are you basing your numbers on?
What numbers? That 50K is abysmal sales? I'm basing it on the fact that I've never heard of a game by a professional studio selling that poorly. It's simply very difficult to imagine that Wasteland 2 will be one of the worst-selling games of all time, especially considering the media attention it's bound to attract at release.
What numbers? That 50K is abysmal sales? I'm basing it on the fact that I've never heard of a game by a professional studio selling that poorly. It's simply very difficult to imagine that Wasteland 2 will be one of the worst-selling games of all time, especially considering the media attention it's bound to attract at release.
That is irrelevant, the people who are hyped right now have already paid for the game. Just being the 2nd big Kickstarter-funded game will ensure its eventual launch will be hyped and publicized.I'm curious about the hype effect too. The people that are pumped on the game right now, will they still be pumped in 2 years?
I wasn't aware that any game could launch with a cutting edge engine. All games have development cycles. Many niche (not indie) games have lower budgets than Wasteland 2 will have and don't have cutting-edge graphics, yet sell plenty of copies.Also, let's say that Wasteland uses an engine that is already a year or two old. That means it'll be up to 5 years old on release.
What effect will that have on new purchasers? I remember Might and Magic 8 tanked in sales compared to 7 and part of this was aged-engine related.
That is irrelevant, the people who are hyped right now have already paid for the game. Just being the 2nd big Kickstarter-funded game will ensure its eventual launch will be hyped and publicized.
I wasn't aware that any game could launch with a cutting edge engine. All games have development cycles. Many niche (not indie) games have lower budgets than Wasteland 2 will have and don't have cutting-edge graphics, yet sell plenty of copies.