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Sorry. An opportunity for a dad joke presented itself and I lack impulse control.

Then he's working as intended.

Usually the first two months is roughly +70% of total sales of a game over its life. Due to how all entertainment mediums are now mostly digital, velocity at release is more important than ever in sales. High velocity in sales earns more exposure which leads to more sales and the circle goes round. This is why publishers push preorders and marketing budgets can be nearly as large as the game development cost itself for large companies. Sometimes a game manages to bounce back after a bad release but those are an exception and almost all of those are due to an after release marketing push after many fixes and an enhanced edition/re-release. Obsidian tried to do this with Deadfire, adding super bosses, challenge modes, new subclasses, and a turnstyle mode but they still didn't have the marketing budget to capitalize and even then they did see a bit of a sales spike after all these changes were made. It just wasn't enough in the long run to turn the game into a financial success.

For those of you who might not know, infidelity is very high among couples where one or both are in the US armed forces. Particularly if one of them is deployed. There are tons of jokes about it in that occupation, too. Stuff along the lines of, "When you get back from deployment, throw your shoes over the roof to hit her boyfriend as he's sneaking out the backdoor." Pretty sure in the example above she wasn't really having an affair, but he wanted a weekend off with her so he worded it in such a way as to peak his superior's interest thus increasing his chances of getting time off. But, if she was having an affair and their daughter really isn't his, it wouldn't be too surprising.

Why are we still here? Just to suffer? Every night, I play on 720p . . . and 30fps . . . even 32 bits. The hours that I've lost . . . the games I had to uninstall . . . won't stop hurting. It's like we're all still there. You feel it too, don't you? I'm gonna make them give back our past!

Are you from the States? It's a long standing armed forces joke.

FPS/third person fantasy rpgs aren't niche. Particularly if they're open world and have a themed art style. Dragon Age, Elder Scrolls, Monster Hunter, Final Fantasy, The Witcher etc. were all huge commercial hits and most of those (Elder Scrolls 5 excluded) were released just in the last 5 years. Also there's analytical date that fantasy out sells sci-fi by several magnitudes.

Orcs automatically get max charisma 'cause they're orcs. Anyone who says otherwise is a dirty elf.

My body is Reggie.

Hot pockets or cargo pants pockets?

The NFL in it's infinity wisdom has NY Jets and the Dolphins playing back to back in weeks 11 and 12. They also play both teams that made the superbowl last year.

I'm playing four different Trails games. Trails in the Sky FC which I started awhile back. I'm half way through and taking my time. Trails from Zero with the geofront fan translation. I'm only about 6-7 hours into the game, just barely past the prologue. Trails of Cold Steel 2 which I'm speedrunning to set up a NG+ save file for next year when CS4 comes to PC. And finally CS3 NG+ where I'm mostly just watching the bonding scenes I couldn't get in the first game. I can quit whenever I want.

I'm just pleased my post was the genesis of this.

I admire the imagery you evoke here.

Admit it, you just want to do the helicopter in a video game.

I think Saints Row 3 or 4 had a package slider.

If these endowments are on your chest, I imagine so.

Eat your heart out, Rockstar.

Duce Sex

Wow. Apparently a lot of people really want to correct a 6 year old meme.

And half of those are good (though statistically less likely) outcomes.

But that's not a Mordheim pic.

Sounds like someone needs to upgrade their home security system.

Wife dies: I'm sad. Dog dies: Hulk Smash!

^Still looks better than Mass Effect 3 or Andromeda.