STEAM positive reviews are smoking the nays

[TheOrangeBox]

What happened?
With all the tubers de-influencing the game, did they get it all wrong on purpose?

[Supgad]

Reviews are certainly one metric to focus on, if the other metrics are at all discomfiting to you.

[AMEBA]

The game has just come out yet it's lost OVER 50% of it's players. An it's peak time in some locations of the US.

[TheOrangeBox]

Originally posted by Supgad:

Reviews are certainly one metric to focus on, if the other metrics are at all discomfiting to you.

Sounds like everyone was piling on with tubers clip and applauding such wisdom while waiting the red wave of negative reviews on STEAM to manifests.

What happened?

[TheOrangeBox]

Originally posted by AMEBA:

The game has just come out yet it's lost OVER 50% of it's players. An it's peak time in some locations of the US.

Looking to me the reviews are growing into mostly positive by the days.

[AMEBA]

Originally posted by TheOrangeBox:

Originally posted by AMEBA:

The game has just come out yet it's lost OVER 50% of it's players. An it's peak time in some locations of the US.

Looking to me the reviews are growing into mostly positive by the days.

What's the value in good reviews if the game lost money?

[Supgad]

Originally posted by TheOrangeBox:

Originally posted by Supgad:

Reviews are certainly one metric to focus on, if the other metrics are at all discomfiting to you.

Sounds like everyone was piling on with tubers clip and applauding such wisdom while waiting the red wave of negative reviews on STEAM to manifests.

What happened?

I genuinely don't want this game to do poorly, but by other observable metrics, like peak concurrent players, I don't reckon this game is the smash hit this community wants it to be, let alone the commercial success Bioware needs it to be.

If this game resonates with a particular audience, I'm glad to hear it, but it shouldn't be controversial to acknowledge that it isn't resonating with as large an audience as Bioware hoped it would, and needs it to.

[Jamie]

Originally posted by AMEBA:

The game has just come out yet it's lost OVER 50% of it's players. An it's peak time in some locations of the US.

We honestly shouldnt be talking about player count atleast until the first week is over.

[Defective Dopamine Pez Dispenser]

What happened? The same thing that always happens.

Before launch: "Reviews will be poor."
When reviews are good: "Fake reviews, the user reviews are what really matter."
When user reviews are good: "Yeah but peak players are low and they're deleting reviews, it's a conspiracy! Also, how many of those people refunded?"
Months later: "This was the most refunded game on Steam! (Source: I said so.)"

And on and on and on ad infinitum until my brain bleeds from blocking people so much lol. (And of course if the reviews were negative instead, or mixed, then that would also likewise be used as confirmation bias... by the very same people who say the positive reviews are "fake.")

[Junkpile]

Well only people who bought game can review it. I would think that close to 100% of players lie that they like this.

[Lasagna]

I've noticed a weird trend where if a game has negative enough per option in the cultural zeitgeist it actually translates to better steam reviews as the people who would hate it don't ever buy it to leave a negative review. The stuff that gets people to really leave negative reviews are when they are bait and switched and disappointed/angry.

This however doesn't translate to players, as seen with the abysmal sales figures.

[Antonius]

Paid positive reviews. Steam should investigate this.
Giving dislike to everyone for this abomination of the game.

[Hachi]

They're hiding the negative reviews, of course. Click on the Browse reviews and you'll see it's riddled with more negative reviews than good.

[Monjac]

Suicide Squad had mostly positive reviews and cost WB 250m .

[Antonius]

Originally posted by Hachi:

They're hiding the negative reviews, of course. Click on the Browse reviews and you'll see it's riddled with more negative reviews than good.

Yup. Something is going on. Can Steam be paid by them?

[hadwell]

because it's mostly only people who like the game who are buying it, nobody wants to give their money to something they don't like just to give a review.