This game is selling terribly on PC

[ZIGS]

Not even 10,000 concurrent players. I doubt Sony will release another one of their games on PC again, it's just not worth it imo

[Kyller92 AKA Cinos]

Originally posted by Awkin:

It's a huge AAA IP that has existed for over 2 decades with over 15 entries lol. I have no doubt that they are disappointed with the PC sales.

Y-yeah ! An IP so huge that, outside of a remake, the last major title was released in 2009

[MonsterAb1]

Sony just doesn't want to release these games at a fair price.

[mommy? (STEVE)]

Originally posted by MonsterAb1:

Sony just doesn't want to release these games at a fair price.

60 dollars is more than a fair price for a game without stupid time wasting bloat.
This is why we dont get good games these days. Finally a great game comes along, and people would rather go play 100 hours of braindead assasins creed.

[mommy? (STEVE)]

Originally posted by Awkin:

Originally posted by Stj.Srex:

Ratchet and Clank is not mainstream series so i am sure Sony didnt expect it so sell much, plus almost non existing marketing. If you thought that R&C game will have 100k players that is on you.

It's a huge AAA IP that has existed for over 2 decades with over 15 entries lol. I have no doubt that they are disappointed with the PC sales.

Rift apart is outperforming spyro on steam. that's pretty good indication.
Besides there is literally 0 marketing behind the steam release.
the people pointing at concurrent players are stupid, this aint a live service buddy. people dont sit and play this game for 8-10 hours a day ever day.
Considering that we also have an achievem that is somethign that only players near the end of the game can have, and 30+% of the player base has it, it seems that people that are playing, outside of those with technical issues, have picked the game up and been unable to put it down. psotive - negative % have also been steadily climbing since release so clearly, an increasing percentage of players are enjoying themselves.

[Bufudyne Dan]

Originally posted by GmoLargey:

Shame, people are missing out

It's an awesome game, runs great, looks great, sounds great.

Not at launch it doesn't. It's nigh unplayable on my PC (had to refund it in the end), and even my friend encountered constant crashes all throughout, and he exceeded the minimum requirements.

[Bufudyne Dan]

Sony only have themselves to blame, for releasing a port that clearly needed more time in development. It's nigh unplayable on my PC (had to refund it in the end), and on my friend's 3080, it was still crashing throughout his entire playthrough. Unacceptable.

There are indie devs making 3D platformers of an impressive scale, with nowhere near the money and manpower PlayStation and Insomniac/Nixxes have, who release their games not only in a finished state with next to no performance issues, but charge much less for their passion projects.

I was looking forward to playing this (since it's not worth wasting £400 on a console with no other decent exclusives that aren't timed-exclusives or already available on PS4/PC), and I'm still holding out hope that PS will let Nixxes fix the products they're charging money for, but we shouldn't even be having this conversation in the first place, should we?

[exe3]

0 advertising. Obscene price. Way too late after initial release. Tech issues that turn off some players (even if tame compared to other releases). I'm loving the game but i'm not surprised it's not selling like crazy given the above.

If anything it's a surprise that other ports have done well but tbh their earlier titles had far better marketing and were priced reasonably.

[MiSTiK]

This game will sell when price will be right, same as Returnal. Right now most people doesn't have good enough GPU to run Sony games with decent graphics + it's not a new game and not like super big one in terms of playing hours. It's not a game you could play long term. But i'm grateful to Sony for releasing this, will defenetly get it in my colection at some point when i could afford it. Also i think Sony picking really bad release days for it's exlusives. I think winter / early spring 2024 would be much better release window for this game.

[Percules30]

Its extra money for them, a few sales here still helps and its a single player game why the ♥♥♥♥ does the player count matter

[CJM]

Originally posted by MiSTiK:

i'm too poor to buy this for 50$, will w8 few years b4 it will sell for 20-25$. I know price is deserved, but when your salary is 250$ you can't spend it like this on 50$ games.

The Last of Us Part 1 had a TV show, and capitalized on that to drive sales. Star Wars Jedi Survivor was a game released to a starving fanbase, given Electronic Arts didn't do much with the license for the entire decade.

The Steam Deck launched over the course of the last 12 months, sapping a fair amount of money no doubt.

Originally posted by Backbone of the Industry:

Rift apart is outperforming spyro on steam. that's pretty good indication.

Spyro is a franchise that has seen its heyday come and go.

I stuck with Nintendo back in the day. I bought a copy of Spyro from a flea market some time before the PlayStation 3 was released. Unfortunately, the disc was damaged and I couldn't track down the guy at the flea market to return the game. Learned my lesson, always make sure they spin the disc up before selling it to you.

I bought Spyro on Steam during a sale this year, when shopping for titles for my Steam Deck.

Originally posted by Stj.Srex:

I am sure huge amount of PC players didnt even know about R&C till they announced Rift Apart for PC.

Ratchet and Clank A Rift Apart was recommended in my YouTube algorithm back when it released on the PlayStation 5. Might have been a result of the Digital Foundry review of the game.

I watched several compilations of the in-game cutscenes. I didn't expect a PC release, and I wasn't going to buy a PlayStation, so I had no incentive to avoid spoilers.

I had a vague notion of R&C as a failed franchise, another platformer relic of the early 3D era. Sonic, Ratchet and Clank, Jak and Daxter, Banjo Kazooie, Spyro, Crash Bandicoot, and whatever else I've forgotten. R&C A Rift Apart seems like a rebirth of the franchise.

I wonder when Commander Keen is going to get a new release?

[ThisCatStreams]

First of all private profile. This might be one of those people that sit on Twitter and are a Sony shill that concern them selves with the pockets of a corporation. But I'll entertain it.

Ratchet and Clank was only doing well as a launch title. I own the game and I'll admit it, the gameplay is pretty dated. The only people that will really enjoy it for what it is are people that have enjoyed the series going back to the earlier console generations.

Sony games have done very well on PC. God of War and Spider-Man did fine.

I think it is just Sony fanboys and their wishful thinking.

If you want to make that argument Sony would have to deal with a lost on shutting down Nixxes since their whole purpose it to port games and I'm sure they would want to see a return on their investment.

[ratednom]

Originally posted by ThisCatStreams-YT:

First of all private profile. This might be one of those people that sit on Twitter and are a Sony shill that concern them selves with the pockets of a corporation. But I'll entertain it.

Ratchet and Clank was only doing well as a launch title. I own the game and I'll admit it, the gameplay is pretty dated. The only people that will really enjoy it for what it is are people that have enjoyed the series going back to the earlier console generations.

Sony games have done very well on PC. God of War and Spider-Man did fine.

I think it is just Sony fanboys and their wishful thinking.

If you want to make that argument Sony would have to deal with a lost on shutting down Nixxes since their whole purpose it to port games and I'm sure they would want to see a return on their investment.

Yep sony ponies sit here all day complaining because they hated that it got a port to pc.

[TheHuskyGT]

Why even care? It's not like you're getting part of the profit? You like it, play it. How many people buy it or play it should be irrelevant to you.

[-=SaRuMaN=-]

Originally posted by ZIGS:

Not even 10,000 concurrent players. I doubt Sony will release another one of their games on PC again, it's just not worth it imo

"concurrent players" thats your mistake. This is a single player game with story. XD

[CJM]

Originally posted by TheHuskyGT:

Why even care? It's not like you're getting part of the profit? You like it, play it. How many people buy it or play it should be irrelevant to you.

I'm still trying to decide whether to buy it. I saw this thread and wondered if it would answer my questions.

There is the following comment which seems significant.

Originally posted by ThisCatStreams-YT:

Ratchet and Clank was only doing well as a launch title. I own the game and I'll admit it, the gameplay is pretty dated. The only people that will really enjoy it for what it is are people that have enjoyed the series going back to the earlier console generations.

I've seen the story on YouTube.

Nixxes is reputable for accomplishing well optimized ports, and so it is not necessarily seen as a valuable benchmark for 9th gen ports and establishing PC building standards.

Ratchet and Clank is not a popular PC franchise with nostalgic value for me. I wasn't a PlayStation gamer growing up.

Which leaves the gameplay. "Dated" gameplay isn't a signifier of bad gameplay. Pac-Man, Asteroids, Super Mario Bros, Duck Hunt, Wii Sports Resort. There are a lot of games with "timeless" gameplay.

What makes the gameplay "dated"???

Marvel's Avengers has "Live Service" style gameplay. It has that cheap MMORPG filler quality to it, and lacks the completeness and polish of a AAA release like Halo Reach or Spider-Man: Remastered.

Shall we compare GoldenEye 007 to Metroid Prime: Remastered? Halo: Infinite?