Only 5k playing at launch?

[Hyiugo]

This is not good at all.

[JTM]

Would have been 50K+ if the game was free

[EmpireHitSquad]

game could not be

[EmpireHitSquad]

game couldnt be free its harry potter the licensing has to be paid for and it aint cheap from them .

[brettapuss]

Originally posted by Scabby Cadaver:

Originally posted by brettapuss:

Copium. What price do you think the Hogwarts legacy 2 Season pass will be. Oh no wait The Wizards Pass. Gotta get in touch with our live service roots.

lol don't matter to me, it was a good game with great performance, i bought the 150$ edition and will again. NO PROBLEM. Now which of my three monitors should I play it on? or maybe my steam deck on the tv next to me if i feel too lazy for my keyboard and mouse for a little leisure time? Which of three rooms or set ups should I use? Are you getting the point.

i really dont think you understand what live service means. Live service has been in so many games now and every single one fails or is utter brainrott slop. You're right the first game was incredible because was made with love, attention, detail and care. Now in comes WBG saying the next game will be live service. All that room for love, attention, detail and care has to be replaced with simplicity, repetitiveness, bloat, boring tedious tasks, simple stuff that can be easily made into simple repetitive missions so a procedural generation tool can make more of them over and over and be sprinkled in as "content updates" throughout its live service lifespan. The second game wont and isn't going to be a polished experience like the first game so long as its live service. We should add eachother on and when the game comes out if it does in fact release as a live service game i wanna here you tell me you think its as good or dare i say better than the first game. There isn't a chance in this world you would say that unless you would lie just to win a simple discussion on a steam forum.

I absolutely loved the first game but im not so deluded that i think the second game will be good knowing what i know about live service, witness franchises ive loved for 20+ years die because of this business model. i would have to be the dumbest person in existence to think that Hogwarts Legacy 2 would be any different. i don't think you're the dumbest person in existence that you would think that either

[brettapuss]

Originally posted by EmpireHitSquad:

game couldnt be free its harry potter the licensing has to be paid for and it aint cheap from them .

It was originally going to be free to play. It was supposed to be a free to play 5V5 competitive game. Then the Suicide Squad game absolutely bombed and lost Warner Bros Games over $200 Million. So they needed a way to make that money back and decided to take Quidditch Champions and make it $30 because they thought well thats tied to an expensive IP lets squeeze it for every penny its worth. So the devs knew this was going to result in lower player numbers and had to throw all their hard work balancing the game for 5V5 gameplay out the window, make it 3v3 with bots and turn it into a casual experience.

[Senichiro]

if someone give it to me they have one player more :p

[brettapuss]

Originally posted by Senichiro:

if someone give it to me they have one player more :p

itll be on offer soon, then F2P if the numbers drop too much in 6 months

[Orzeker]

It's free on ps+ no? so most of the playerbase will come from ps5.

[brettapuss]

Originally posted by Orzeker:

It's free on ps+ no? so most of the playerbase will come from ps5.

we'll never truly know but not every owns a PS5, those numbers aren't disclosed to the public. But they will most likely pull a marketing trick out their sleep and do what Halo Infinite did. Becauase Halo Infinite launched with Gamepass (meaning its in anyones library who has gamepass) they then in their accolades proudly said "this is halos biggest launch with over 100 million players" notice how they said players and not downloads. Because theres now 100 million gamepass users that have halo in their library they used that as an accolade. They will most likey do the same for Quidditch champions. every single Playstation plus player will naturally add the game to their library since its the free game for the month most probably wont play it its just a free game, but WBG will use that as data and say wow we have 100+ million players on quidditch champions.

[Whiskii]

After seeing how Concord did at launch, I think 5k is a win lmao. Sony WISHED they brought in 5k.

[TARS]

A competitive Game on PC with Bots and no Anticheat in 2024? PAHAHAHAHAHA GTFO
Might be fun on Console tho

[🆂🅼🅾🅺🅴🆂]

This is a cash grab aimed at suckers... This looks like 2015 haha 30 bucks..

[Rich Mobb]

Originally posted by Whiskii:

After seeing how Concord did at launch, I think 5k is a win lmao. Sony WISHED they brought in 5k.

Every Sony port gets like 500k - 1m players on steam at launch

[brettapuss]

Originally posted by Scabby Cadaver:

Originally posted by Whiskii:

After seeing how Concord did at launch, I think 5k is a win lmao. Sony WISHED they brought in 5k.

Every Sony port gets like 500k - 1m players on steam at launch

You're high right. You can literally google "Concord Steam charts" and the first result shows the amount of payers that played concord. Ill save you the time though 660 was its all time peak player count, just shy of 500,000

[アウトコールド]

who cares? why not just enjoy the game rather than worry about how many other people play it?