r/gaming • u/SilentNova300 • 15h ago

PlayStation’s Future Has Never Looked Bleaker

https://www.ign.com/articles/playstations-future-has-never-looked-bleaker
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u/Mopman43 11h ago

100 players peak is probably still in like the top 10% of indie games, numbers-wise.

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u/unit187 3h ago

Many don't realize, but 100 peak players means you can live decent life in 3rd world country for a couple of years.

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u/Duck_With_A_Chainsaw 47m ago

What is your estimate on earnings in USD? I’m ignorant.

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u/unit187 24m ago

In many places you can live alright without luxury on $300-500 a month. I'm talking modern comfortable cities, not shacks.

A game with 100 peak players may bring you at the very least $15k, but heavily depends on genre and pricing. I know people with like 90 peak players and their game earned 100k+ lifetime.

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u/dashingdrew 20m ago

Youre not making 15k from 100 peak players

Especially not with the cut that steam takes

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u/Neomataza 5h ago

Well even indie games follow the 80/20 rule. The good stuff will have a lot of players and the bad stuff will be quickly dropped. For every Silksong and Factorio there will be 5 knockoffs, pixel graphics or hornybait games.

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u/ASidesTheLegend 3h ago

That’s funny because some of the best indie games of all time used pixel art.