The Sales of Incline.

[Infinitron]

It's obvious that PoE's profits didn't directly "save Obsidian", but the credibility it added to the company (before the Kickstarter they were on the verge of being considered incompetent chucklefucks that nobody liked and nobody wanted to do business with) seems to have made all these new publisher-funded projects possible.

Is this wishful thinking or are there some actual hints at it happening?

It's the most parsimonious explanation. We have signs of it from as early as December 2012, eg: http://www.rpgcodex.net/article.php?id=8684

It almost feels like a fairy tale ending: after years of rushed projects, sudden cancellations, and brutal layoffs, Obsidian is suddenly in control of its own destiny. They've got two promising games on the way, and even just a few months ago, major publishers were knocking on their door: Urquhart told me he's been talking to Bethesda, Ubisoft, Warner Bros., and LucasArts.

Somehow, after the Kickstarter, everybody liked Obsidian (although that article may be overstating things to some degree)

 

[Kz3r0]

Somehow, after the Kickstarter, everybody liked Obsidian (although that article may be overstating things to some degree)

And the end result is Obsidian NON making the sequel to South Park RPG.
As far as I know Obsidian has only four projects running at the moment:
Armored Warfare Russian MMO.
Skyforge Russian MMO.
Pathfinder card game for Tablets.
PoE expansion.
Lotsa AAA+ publishers there.
De facto Obsidian has phased out from the mainstream game industry and pursued alternative venues, not a bad thing in itself.

 

[Abu Antar]

Somehow, after the Kickstarter, everybody liked Obsidian (although that article may be overstating things to some degree)

And the end result is Obsidian NON making the sequel to South Park RPG.
As far as I know Obsidian has only four projects running at the moment:
Armored Warfare Russian MMO.
Skyforge Russian MMO.
Pathfinder card game for Tablets.
PoE expansion.
Lotsa AAA+ publishers there.
De facto Obsidian has phased out from the mainstream game industry and pursued alternative venues, not a bad thing in itself.

There's supposed to be one more project in the works, but I honestly don't know anymore...

 

[Sitra Achara]

Money laundering simulator for the russian mafia?

 

[Shaewaroz]

This War of Mine: Owners: 624,024 ± 20,577.

 

[Perkel]

Lords of Xulima is getting some nice retail deals here and there. It's a pretty decent hit in Germany.

What i noticed is that incline is strong in Germany/poland/russia for rpgs.

:jokeaboutpostapoandeasterneurope:

 

[Shaewaroz]

System Shock 2: Owners: 642,901 ± 20,885. Holy shit, if only Steam had existed while Looking Glass was still around.

 

[Excidium II]

They weren't selling the game for 2 dollars back then

 

[tuluse]

CDPR says that Witcher 3 has 690 thousand people who play the game through GoG. http://www.gamespot.com/articles/more-people-playing-witcher-3-on-gog-than-on-steam/1100-6428013/

If that counts as sales on their website, well Witcher 3 is ranked 25th in best sellers http://www.gog.com/games##sort=bestselling&page=1?as=1649904300

Hasbro looks like it's been cleaning up on GoG.

 

[Excidium II]

GOG doesn't even have those thirdworld-friendly pricing policies of steam so it's even better $$$

 

[Infinitron]

CDPR says that Witcher 3 has 690 thousand people who play the game through GoG. http://www.gamespot.com/articles/more-people-playing-witcher-3-on-gog-than-on-steam/1100-6428013/

If that counts as sales on their website, well Witcher 3 is ranked 25th in best sellers http://www.gog.com/games##sort=bestselling&page=1?as=1649904300

Hasbro looks like it's been cleaning up on GoG.

Were those copies actually purchased on GOG, or are they retail releases that install with the GOG client or whatever? I doubt the site's chart would count that.

 

[tuluse]

Were those copies actually purchased on GOG, or are they retail releases that install with the GOG client or whatever? I doubt the site's chart would count that.

I don't know, but I could also seem them counting any activation.

 

[Perkel]

CDPR says that Witcher 3 has 690 thousand people who play the game through GoG. http://www.gamespot.com/articles/more-people-playing-witcher-3-on-gog-than-on-steam/1100-6428013/

If that counts as sales on their website, well Witcher 3 is ranked 25th in best sellers http://www.gog.com/games##sort=bestselling&page=1?as=1649904300

Hasbro looks like it's been cleaning up on GoG.

Were those copies actually purchased on GOG, or are they retail releases that install with the GOG client or whatever? I doubt the site's chart would count that.

We don't know but it is safe to say they count activation in it. That is how usually those companies state their "numbers". Thanks to it GOG looks BIG so people think it is second biggest online retailer for games after steam.

Either way can't complain. GOG is fantastic online DD shop.

 

[Kz3r0]

Monthly update, numbers fluctuate but nothing really changed.
Any game people want to add?

 

[CryptRat]

Made some research :

Dex Owners: 9,921 ± 2,350
Elminage Gothic Owners: 5,398 ± 1,733 Looks like good J-RPGs sell far less copies than worse ones.

Chroma Squad Owners: 34,579 ± 4,387 I was surprised, but I assume youtubers play this kind of humorous things, then children buy it. According to the codex, it's good, so .
Sunless Sea Owners: 153,782 ± 9,249
The Legend of Heroes: Trails in the Sky Owners: 119,641 ± 8,158

Halfway Owners: 22,761 ± 3,559
Mystik Belle Owners: 883 ± 863

 

[a Goat]

Lords of Xulima is getting some nice retail deals here and there. It's a pretty decent hit in Germany.

You can get it for <10 euros in potatoland. If it wasn't for me having exams, some plans and backlog I'd buy it.

It's pretty weird as far as I remember Divinity:OS wasn't sold in retail in the US until winter, while here it was available like month after release. There must be lots of love for RPG's in potatoland.

 

[Viata]

Elminage Gothic Owners: 5,398 ± 1,733 Looks like good J-RPGs sell far less copies than worse ones.

Wish there were more japanese Wizardry clones on Steam.

 

[Gangrelrumbler]

Elminage Gothic sells poorly because user reviews are mixed, which is a death sentence for small games.

 

[Lurker King]

What a cool thread, Kz3r0!

 

[Dorateen]

Elminage Gothic sells poorly because user reviews are mixed, which is a death sentence for small games.

Elminage Gothic sells poorly because its users who write negative reviews are dumb and deserve the death sentence.

 

[Viata]

Elminage Gothic sells poorly because user reviews are mixed, which is a death sentence for small games.

Yeah, kinda sad. It makes others Japanese devs avoid releasing their Wizardry clones on Steam.

 

[Gangrelrumbler]

Elminage Gothic sells poorly because user reviews are mixed, which is a death sentence for small games.

Yeah, kinda sad. It makes others Japanese devs avoid releasing their Wizardry clones on Steam.

Considering the fact that Neptunia has over 100k they would be better off releasing weebshit.

 

[deuxhero]

Note that Underrail has never been on a sale (and thus never on front page) in the two years it has been on. I think even a token -20% every now and then would help those numbers quite a bit.

It's also English only (understandable, the text isn't remotely finished), which cuts off some of the bigger buyers of this kind of game (German translations are supposed to be pretty big for games like this)

 

[Viata]

Elminage Gothic sells poorly because user reviews are mixed, which is a death sentence for small games.

Yeah, kinda sad. It makes others Japanese devs avoid releasing their Wizardry clones on Steam.

Considering the fact that Neptunia has over 100k they would be better off releasing weebshit.

That's pretty much the reason I dropped JRPG. Most of them are weebshit now.

 

[SniperHF]

Note that Underrail has never been on a sale (and thus never on front page) in the two years it has been on. I think even a token -20% every now and then would help those numbers quite a bit.

It's also English only (understandable, the text isn't remotely finished), which cuts off some of the bigger buyers of this kind of game (German translations are supposed to be pretty big for games like this)

I think it did make the front page because way back when Early Access first started you would get put on the front page sometimes with a new release Early Access game.