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PayPalValve don't exactly like to give out sales numbers, so we often have to make educated guesses but sometimes with huge hits like Black Myth: Wukong, it gives us a slightly clearer idea on how the Steam Deck is actually selling.
For a while I've been tracking the top sellers lists on Steam to see where the Steam Deck ranks. It's important for us especially that it does well, since it's a Linux device (SteamOS) flowing out into the hands of the public. And masses of improvements there benefit Linux gaming as a whole from driver improvements to Proton upgrades.
The thing is, the top sellers lists on Steam go by revenue, not units sold. The Steam Deck costs (in comparison) a lot more compared to games so naturally it will rank quite high anyway most of the time. But, here's where the fun begins. Black Myth: Wukong is a huge hit, a truly massive seller. According to the official X/Twitter account, by August 23rd it had hit already 10 million sales across all platforms. Right now another 4 days later, both VG Insights and Gamalytic put it somewhere around 14 million sold just on Steam.
When you look at the global top seller list on Steam right now, removing free to play titles so just those you have to pay for you end up with:
- Black Myth: Wukong
- Steam Deck
- Warhammer 40,000: Space Marine 2
- Call of Duty: Black Ops 6
All three of those games will be selling a lot and the cheapest of them (Black Myth: Wukong) is £49.99. Warhammer 40,000: Space Marine 2 for example, is currently the second most-wishlisted game on Steam while also being a top seller on pre-orders. So, this shows pretty darn well in no uncertain terms, that the Steam Deck from Valve is also clearly selling a lot of units too right? Probably quite a few more than a lot of people thought. Likely even more than I thought recently too. Keep in mind that by November last year, Valve said the Steam Deck had already sold "multiple millions".
Perhaps no surprise then when we see developers getting their games Steam Deck Verified well ahead of release, like the upcoming Dragon Age: The Veilguard.
So then, how about Fortnite on Linux / Steam Deck? Epic Games CEO Tim Sweeney said when it hits "tens of millions of users" that it "would actually make sense to support it". We must be pretty close by now right? Why ignore a platform that's sold multiple millions, and is clearly just continuing to fly off the shelves?
But, another thing, this also goes to show that Valve are likely in no rush at all on a Steam Deck 2. They simply don't need to do one right now. Also shows why Valve continue to roll out new Steam Deck features on Steam like the reviews filter, a most played games chart and why there's no rush to get SteamOS on other devices.
Article taken from GamingOnLinux.com.
Quoting: Cato-the-youngerWhat is false exactly? That the rhetoric of say BLM if used by whites would get them labelled as "white supremacists"?The rhetoric of BLM is that blacks in the US would really prefer it if cops would stop killing them. It would be weird coming from whites because the cops don't kill them nearly as much.
Really, what are you on?
Quoting: Purple Library GuyQuoting: Cato-the-youngerWhat is false exactly? That the rhetoric of say BLM if used by whites would get them labelled as "white supremacists"?The rhetoric of BLM is that blacks in the US would really prefer it if cops would stop killing them. It would be weird coming from whites because the cops don't kill them nearly as much.
Really, what are you on?
Lol. If it was just about cops, I would agree. But its not.
And nice job addressing everything else I wrote.
From the wikipedia page, "BLM and its related organizations typically advocate for various policy changes related to black liberation"
Noble goals all, but if one were to replace "Black liberation" with "white liberation" it reads as a neo-nazi creed by Nick Land. And if we are to analyze the broader agenda of BLM and Black liberation movements they arent that much different from white supremacists.
Tell me this - if Black Americans are targeted because of race, why do African immigrants to America not experience this? Perhaps its related to socioeconomic class and poverty rather than race? This further confirms what I said anove abt supremacy movements.
As a corollary, perhaps the poor outcomes of American Blacks has more to do with cultural factors considering that poor immigrants from Africa tend to do better? Nobody is having this conversation.
Is police brutality in America a problem? Yes. Do American Blacks disproportionately suffer from poverty? Yes. But the question then arises why is the experience of African Blacks in America vastly different from that of American Blacks? The outcomes of Black Africans in America are much different and they largely do not experience the same issues. Should America do more outreach to Blacks in the Third World as the Soviet Union did? Probably.
The issues with American Police Brutality are systemic issues related to a broken policing system in general.
Last edited by Cato-the-younger on 30 September 2024 at 5:08 pm UTC
Quoting: Cato-the-youngerQuoting: EikeIn my country (Germany), women weren't allowed to
* attend university 130 years ago,
* make politics 120 years ago,
* elect 110 years ago,
* decide how their own money is used in marriage 70 years ago,
* work without their husbands allowance 70 years ago.
But I guess they were celebrated, huh?
I'm still surprised by people saying such obvious lies.
And in your country (Germany), men of low socioeconomic status weren't allowed to:
[...]
*elect (see above reasons)
You're wrong. Feel free to read it up.
(Interestingly, they had a higher quote of participation in 1912 than in 2021, so the poor were not only allowed to vote, they actually did.)
Quoting: Cato-the-youngerAt least do proper research before and think about what you write before writing nonsense
Well...
Quoting: Cato-the-youngerthough if you know history females werent at all oppressed and were celebrated all throughout human history
I'm still surprised by people saying such obvious lies.
Quoting: EikeQuoting: Cato-the-youngerQuoting: EikeIn my country (Germany), women weren't allowed to
* attend university 130 years ago,
* make politics 120 years ago,
* elect 110 years ago,
* decide how their own money is used in marriage 70 years ago,
* work without their husbands allowance 70 years ago.
But I guess they were celebrated, huh?
I'm still surprised by people saying such obvious lies.
And in your country (Germany), men of low socioeconomic status weren't allowed to:
[...]
*elect (see above reasons)
You're wrong. Feel free to read it up.
(Interestingly, they had a higher quote of participation in 1912 than in 2021, so the poor were not only allowed to vote, they actually did.)
Quoting: Cato-the-youngerAt least do proper research before and think about what you write before writing nonsense
Well...
Quoting: Cato-the-youngerthough if you know history females werent at all oppressed and were celebrated all throughout human history
I'm still surprised by people saying such obvious lies.
I dont read German. Give me an English language source to verify.
Or better yet, go read "German Electoral History: From Empire to Republic" or "Suffrage and Voting Rights in Germany: From the 19th Century to Modern times" - it talks about restricted voting rights across German states based on property ownership, income or tax contributions restricting the ability of lower class men to vote.
The Weimar Republic introduced universal sufferage for all citizens over 20 regardless of Gender and class. So again your argument falls apart.
So no, women werent restricted from voting by the "evul patriarchy" or whatever other nonsense is promugulated nowadays. It was limited for everyone based on socioeconomic class, which is also something Marx touched on.
What obvious lies about women did I say? You conveniently ignore everything I wrote earlier about the celebration of women and their fertility and status. Of course you did though, as it doesnt fit your narrow narrative of the world.
The blatant lies and misrepresentation of history by the woke crowd for their own political agendas is absolutely sickening and tiring.
Last edited by Cato-the-younger on 30 September 2024 at 7:17 pm UTC
Quoting: tfkQuoteWhy ignore a platform that's sold multiple millions, and is clearly just continuing to fly off the shelves?
Cause Sweeney hates us.
Sweeney doesn't hate us.
He hates Valve, because he can't use anti-competition law to force them to do his bidding(they're not anti-competative enough) and he hates software freedom, because it enables others to compete on his turf.
Also tens of millions of users isn't actually that much.
Serious platforms do ~150 million units nowadays.
To Sweeney the Steam Deck is still like the Vision Pro was to IOS developers.
Support dependent attempt at ensuring the future of someone you normally can't get around, but this time you can.
Quoting: sarmadSpeaking of Black Myth: Wukong, can it run on Steam Deck? I assume that is way too demanding title for the Steam Deck to handle, but I just thought of asking anyway.these people seem to think so.
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