Ratchet & Clank: Rift Apart peaks at less than 9k concurrent players on Steam, third worst PC launch for PlayStation game | Game World Observer

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tekeous@apollo.town · 29 pts · 3y
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Its_Always_420@lemmy.world · 21 pts · 3y

I'm waiting for a sale

ImaginaryFox@kbin.social · 17 pts · 3y

Waiting for a lower price point. I have enough games.

hibby@lemmy.ml · 8 pts · 3y (2 replies)

Patient gamers being patient. Good on em. It'll get finished right about the time they drop the price.

Afrazzle@sh.itjust.works · 2 pts · 3y (1 reply)

If they're going to force PC players to wait years before the game is available, don't be surprised when they wait a few more years.

hibby@lemmy.ml · 2 pts · 3y

Doesn't bother me much. I have plenty of other games to play and the best experience and performance comes long after release. I only get to play a game for the first time once, and I value that over following a hype cycle.

Homeschooled316@kbin.social · 6 pts · 3y (2 replies)

The game’s original hype stemmed from it being a technical showcase for the PS5. Not exactly a selling point for the already more-powerful PC world. They also didn’t bother porting the previous game to PC before porting the sequel.

NuPNuA@lemm.ee · 4 pts · 3y

*previous 14 games.

exscape@kbin.social · 2 pts · 3y

It's the first game to actually use DirectStorage for something useful (that might be impossible without it), so I think it counts as a showcase on PC as well.

altima_neo@lemmy.zip · 6 pts · 3y

its already out??

Die4Ever@programming.dev · 3 pts · 3y (4 replies)

Maybe it's not as good a match for PC gamer demographics as their other games?

sugar_in_your_tea@sh.itjust.works · 19 pts · 3y (2 replies)

I think it's just a bad price. You can get it for $40 or so new for PS5, it was released 2 tests ago, and it's a short game (like 15 hours), yet they're charging $60 on PC. It should have launched at $40.

Oneeightnine@feddit.uk · 4 pts · 3y (1 reply)

Iirc it was also one of the larger releases for that new platform that was desperate for the sort of experience that can shift consoles.

I wonder how many people have already played it on PS5 and just aren't interested in a second go around.

pegasusariespumpkins@lemmy.hugovr.dev · 2 pts · 3y

This. I have played through the game twice on PS5 and as much as I love R&C I'm not buying it full price a second time. Had they released any of the older games ramastered on PC (think MCC) it would have been an instant purchase

ImaginaryFox@kbin.social · 6 pts · 3y

It seems right up my ally to me like with Kena, but that game was 20 compared to 60.

newthrowaway20@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 3y

I already paid full price on PS5.. I got BG3 coming out soon. I can wait for this to go on a good sale before picking it up. But I will be picking it up.

Grass@geddit.social · -5 pts · 3y (1 reply)

I have had every playstation except for ps5 and I have never played a rachet and clank game. I don't intend to change that. The bits and pieces I've seen of the more recent stuff carries a bit too much of that deviantart furry aesthetic for me anyways. Timberborne is probably as furry as I'll ever be comfortable with.

steakmeoutt@sh.itjust.works · 2 pts · 3y

You should touch yourself.