Did Mechwarrior 5: Clans made any profit?

[Igel.]

This game seems to be pretty dead on Twitch already. has it made any profit at all at this point for future DLCs? are there any current sales figures that we as customers can see?

[Bovril Brigadier]

I reckon it made about tree fiddy.

[Rhophius]

Originally posted by Igel.:

This game seems to be pretty dead on Twitch already. has it made any profit at all at this point for future DLCs? are there any current sales figures that we as customers can see?

Twitch is not a accurate metric to govern sales of games

[Igel.]

Originally posted by Rhophius:

Originally posted by Igel.:

This game seems to be pretty dead on Twitch already. has it made any profit at all at this point for future DLCs? are there any current sales figures that we as customers can see?

Twitch is not a accurate metric to govern sales of games

I never claimed that either

[Thundercracker]

Originally posted by Igel.:

This game seems to be pretty dead on Twitch already. has it made any profit at all at this point for future DLCs? are there any current sales figures that we as customers can see?

personally, with a game based on a strict narrative like this one is, i don't want to watch someone else play it, i want to play it myself.

[Bumble]

I googled steam sale charts and they estimate 35-90K depending on the source.

Being free on Gamepass probably would have hurt overall sales, but I dont know if they are included, and get reimbursed by Microsoft or not for that

[STC]

https://steamdb.info/app/2000890/charts/

37 to 88k sales estimated at 50 bucks each?

do the math...

I doubt we will be seeing much more of this. maybe 1 quickly slapped together dlc if were lucky....

[SamVonSam]

Originally posted by Bumble:

I googled steam sale charts and they estimate 35-90K depending on the source.

Being free on Gamepass probably would have hurt overall sales, but I dont know if they are included, and get reimbursed by Microsoft or not for that

They get paid by Microsoft for games on GamePass. All game devs on GamePass do. Don't know the exact metrics but it is something like based on the number of installs/play time, etc.

[Centurion(HUN)]

They did I think, they stole my 48 USD... though at least some part would go to Steam.

[The Jade Shadow]

Microsoft also owns the IP right? So for them to put it on gamepass could just be a write off move. I think we will see DLC for this game but the real question is, will we see other games over the next few years or nothing for the next 5 years while they make us wait?

[Jin]

MW5: Mercs already has almost twice as many concurrent players by now. The loud minority has demanded a story focused Mech game and just like many have predicted it flopped. It's a confirmed flop, I just hope it didn't kill any and all funding to MechWarrior as a whole.

Now, next time these story lunatics demand another game in the franchise, just point them to this steaming pile of failure.

We could be enjoying a sandbox game with Clan mechs based on Mercs with lots of new systems to play around, but we ended up with a 20 hour buggy mess that has no replay-ability, no modding, terrible performance, and the same old mission design as we had in Mercs, just with voice acting and cut scenes and a fancy "scan mode". All the things that are new are gimmicks in Clans. It was a mistake to listen to the story lunatics.

MechWarrior at it's core is a SIMULATION, not a interactive movie. Mercs is much closer to a Mech simulation than Clans ever can be, that's why it failed. And the people that want more story are in the wrong genre, go play Witcher 3 or Cyberpunk, or read the frigging BattleTech lore with it's plenty novels. MechWarrior is and will always be a simulation first, story 2nd game. We played MW2, 3 and 4 because the gameplay and simulation of driving a giant mech was the selling point, not the darn mission briefing.

Rant over.

[Mastodon_2]

Originally posted by Jin:

MW5: Mercs already has almost twice as many concurrent players by now. The loud minority has demanded a story focused Mech game and just like many have predicted it flopped. It's a confirmed flop, I just hope it didn't kill any and all funding to MechWarrior as a whole.

Now, next time these story lunatics demand another game in the franchise, just point them to this steaming pile of failure.

We could be enjoying a sandbox game with Clan mechs based on Mercs with lots of new systems to play around, but we ended up with a 20 hour buggy mess that has no replay-ability, no modding, terrible performance, and the same old mission design as we had in Mercs, just with voice acting and cut scenes and a fancy "scan mode". All the things that are new are gimmicks in Clans. It was a mistake to listen to the story lunatics.

MechWarrior at it's core is a SIMULATION, not a interactive movie. Mercs is much closer to a Mech simulation than Clans ever can be, that's why it failed. And the people that want more story are in the wrong genre, go play Witcher 3 or Cyberpunk, or read the frigging BattleTech lore with it's plenty novels. MechWarrior is and will always be a simulation first, story 2nd game. We played MW2, 3 and 4 because the gameplay and simulation of driving a giant mech was the selling point, not the darn mission briefing.

Rant over.

Let's be real though, MechWarriors Mercs wasn't that good either.

[Centurion(HUN)]

Originally posted by Mastodon_2:

Originally posted by Jin:

MW5: Mercs already has almost twice as many concurrent players by now. The loud minority has demanded a story focused Mech game and just like many have predicted it flopped. It's a confirmed flop, I just hope it didn't kill any and all funding to MechWarrior as a whole.

Now, next time these story lunatics demand another game in the franchise, just point them to this steaming pile of failure.

We could be enjoying a sandbox game with Clan mechs based on Mercs with lots of new systems to play around, but we ended up with a 20 hour buggy mess that has no replay-ability, no modding, terrible performance, and the same old mission design as we had in Mercs, just with voice acting and cut scenes and a fancy "scan mode". All the things that are new are gimmicks in Clans. It was a mistake to listen to the story lunatics.

MechWarrior at it's core is a SIMULATION, not a interactive movie. Mercs is much closer to a Mech simulation than Clans ever can be, that's why it failed. And the people that want more story are in the wrong genre, go play Witcher 3 or Cyberpunk, or read the frigging BattleTech lore with it's plenty novels. MechWarrior is and will always be a simulation first, story 2nd game. We played MW2, 3 and 4 because the gameplay and simulation of driving a giant mech was the selling point, not the darn mission briefing.

Rant over.

Let's be real though, MechWarriors Mercs wasn't that good either.

Indeed it was not the best one, but with additional mods and some improvement it pretty fun to play as a simulator. I think they wanted to make more in Mercs, but for some reason did not want to continue - but provided tools for mods.

[thundercactus]

Originally posted by Igel.:

This game seems to be pretty dead on Twitch already.

Yeah, cause people beat the game. There's not much else to do after that lol

[Vinnie DAngelo]

I purchased it just to support them. Game is super arcady compared to Mercs though.

[The Jade Shadow]

You also cannot discount that the dev's that made this IP just want a game with a story because that is what they love. Sometimes when you create something you just have to not care what your critics and producers say they want. Do you.