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Thread: HC at the Bookies: how bad will Heroes 7's release be lol | This thread is pages long: 1 2 3 · «PREV |
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alcibiades
Honorable
Undefeatable Hero
of Gold Dragons
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posted October 06, 2015 07:00 PM |
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Do we have any actual facts about how many copies a succesfull game normally hands through Steam in the first week? And also, will Steam cover all sales, or can some be bought through UbiSofts own platform?
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Stevie
Responsible
Undefeatable Hero
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posted October 06, 2015 07:14 PM |
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Successful sales rate depends on several factors, like investment and return targets. Steam doesn't cover all the sales, Uplay does since it requires you to enter a key to activate the product regardless where you purchased the game. But with Steam being the market leader, it would make sense to assume that the number of copies sold worldwide is not that far from theirs.
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TD
Promising
Famous Hero
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posted October 06, 2015 07:24 PM |
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Compared to usual game-releases in steam I would say h7 did not do that well. It only stayed single day as top seller and immediately dropped to 10th slot and beyond losing to games that have been on market for long time and not even on sale. Steam doesn't tell all that much though given that physical copies aren't registered there but uplay and then there is direct buying from uplay also. If the game sold well you can be pretty sure there will be somebody from from Limbic/Ubi to inform and celebrate about it in some 3 weeks so a full month has gone by.
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SkySlam
Adventuring Hero
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posted October 06, 2015 07:30 PM |
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Do the sales numbers take refunds into account? I've read that many users already asked/got their money back on Steam.
Also, the current reviews status dropped from Mixed to Mostly Negative, a big blow for a new title on Steam.
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Pim18
Known Hero
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posted October 07, 2015 09:05 AM |
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So is it safe to presume that HOMM 7 was a financial failure for Ubisoft?
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kiryu133
Responsible
Legendary Hero
Highly illogical
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posted October 07, 2015 10:14 AM |
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Edited by kiryu133 at 10:15, 07 Oct 2015.
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No. PC games are on the market for a long time. It could make a good profit still if ubilimbic are willing to support it continuously.
of course ubi only see quick bucks as successful so they might not think so
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Pim18
Known Hero
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posted October 07, 2015 11:12 AM |
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Honestly I just want Ubisoft to sell the IP to a different publisher at this point. It has become quite clear that they have no interest in actually clearing enough time and money to the devs for making a good game.
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xlnt
Known Hero
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posted October 07, 2015 03:54 PM |
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Not sure if MM:H7 can even reach HoMM5, but it'll be the most this stupid 3 tiers of the same units system is capable of.
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PROJ
Known Hero
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posted October 07, 2015 04:06 PM |
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The three tiers are mostly in name only
Also, the increased parity between units creates more combat depth. One of the reason combat in H3 is so poor compared to H5/H6 is because there is too great a disparity between unit power, creating obvious power stacks that make the combat much easier to solve. You can see that in multiplayer matches, where the winner is clearly decided before anyone even moves on the battlefield far more often than not.
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Pitlord
Known Hero
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posted October 07, 2015 09:04 PM |
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i dont know how many copies were sold for ubi platform, but h7 steam version is a flop
http://steamcharts.com/
look for heroes VII, its peak of players simultanously online at the same time is only about ~3k
81. Might & Magic Heroes VII 2,662 3,424 100,828
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Storm-Giant
Responsible
Undefeatable Hero
On the Other Side!
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posted October 05, 2016 07:11 PM |
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Soooooo, H7 is ded err finished. What's the final call on this?
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Stevie
Responsible
Undefeatable Hero
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posted October 05, 2016 07:28 PM |
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Antalyan
Promising
Supreme Hero
H7 Forever
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posted October 05, 2016 08:01 PM |
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