Ever Wondered About CLOD Sales?

[Rowddy]

Originally Posted by TheEnlightenedFlorist

http://gamrconnect.vgchartz.com/thread.php?id=139961



Seeing as how Cliffs of Dover is a Steam game, they're probably missing a lot of sales...

Amen!! But that's their own fault for choosing that path. I would love to see Steam go the sooner the better. That programm is the pest and the best reason ever to switch to a game console. The second reason sales are bad is the fact that not everyone plays online CLOD. The number of people that play offline is greater they ever expected, and just that part of the game is unplayable But at least (i hope) they are trying to fix. Steam will always be crap.

[Dano]

Originally Posted by Rowddy

Amen!! But that's their own fault for choosing that path. I would love to see Steam go the sooner the better. That programm is the pest and the best reason ever to switch to a game console.

I think he was talking about the count of sales numbers not that steam was putting people off.

[ElAurens]

I doubt that Steam sales amount to a hill of beans really.

[icarus]

Originally Posted by ElAurens

I doubt that Steam sales amount to a hill of beans really.

Exactly.

Even if it was another 10,000, that still doesn't amount to a hill of beans in the software industry.

FSX sold 280,000 in 2007
Falcon 4.0 sold 100,000 copies. Allied Force sold out in the first week.
Warcraft sold 2.2 million

[swiss]

Originally Posted by ElAurens

I doubt that Steam sales amount to a hill of beans really.

But it will be several times the amount of hardcopies. No one buys them anymore - some Retroguys maybe.
It's pointless anyway, the data on the disc has no value, almost 100% will be outdated in no time. Just look at Clod.

[Rowddy]

Originally Posted by swiss

But it will be several times the amount of hardcopies. No one buys them anymore - some Retroguys maybe.
It's pointless anyway, the data on the disc has no value, almost 100% will be outdated in no time. Just look at Clod.

i strongly dissagre with that.. 1st with a hardcopy you actualy own the game not lease it from some shady company who can pull the plug out of yur game at any time.

2th the data has always value because it's the basic game whe you need to reinstall you can always update the patches again manualy (if you know how that works)

3th because of a group of game developers force you to use STEAM, doesn't make it a good product.

[swiss]

Originally Posted by Rowddy

i strongly dissagre with that.. 1st with a hardcopy you actualy own the game not lease it from some shady company who can pull the plug out of yur game at any time.

2th the data has always value because it's the basic game whe you need to reinstall you can always update the patches again manualy (if you know how that works)

3th because of a group of game developers force you to use STEAM, doesn't make it a good product.

BS! you own the key, you own the progi. No one gives a sh.. wheter you have a physical CD.
What if you own a Windows CD but not the key? You see...

2. No. All the data you install will be instantly overwritten as soon as you register. Did you ever look at the size of those updates?

3. True. Completely off topic and irrelevant though.
(I hate Steam too if it makes you feel any better)

[Rowddy]

Originally Posted by Dano

I think he was talking about the count of sales numbers not that steam was putting people off.

well one has something to do with the other no?

Originally Posted by Rowddy

Amen!! But that's their own fault for choosing that path. I would love to see Steam go the sooner the better. That programm is the pest and the best reason ever to switch to a game console. The second reason sales are bad is the fact that not everyone plays online CLOD. The number of people that play offline is greater they ever expected, and just that part of the game is unplayable But at least (i hope) they are trying to fix. Steam will always be crap.

Yes, I hope as well that the platform that is pretty much single-handedly saving the PC as a gaming platform dies as well. If it wasn't for Steam and the distribution system it spawned, the PC gaming market would probably be 1/2 of what it is now, and Cliffs of Dover would never have been started due to the lackluster prospects of "breaking even" it would have had.

You guys really need to pull your heads out of your exhausts and get with the times. The percentage of gamers who want to buy a plastic disk with a game on it are turning into a smaller and smaller minority every day, and for some reason it seems to be only the Cliffs of Dover fans that have a problem with it.

Also the reason why so many people play offline is that they were getting booted because of the bugs, and playing an uninspired and repetitive dogfight every time is boring to most.