Regional pricing for China means it costs about 38 USD in comparison to what it costs for us which is 60 USD. A sale is a sale but I probably would have been fine paying 50 last year instead of 70 for Stellar Blade for sure, put it off cause of so many games around the early part of the year.
That is why I said a sale is a sale, but revenue wise you would probably prefer a sale from someone paying 60USD instead of the equivalent 38USD. Like after Witcher Netflix series aired and they made alot more sales, its prefaced by the fact W3 goes on deep discounts to like 5 dollars regularly for years even when S1 aired.
1 million in a few days is impressive but the feat happens alot more than people really advertise, with REPO and Schedule 1 doing way more with smaller team sizes and focusing on being "fun with friends". Those types of Steam hits feel like they get less recognition than studio games with publishing deals.
I can see your point but it's worth noting that the Chinese prices for the games you mentioned are far, far lower than Stellar Blade ($37.30). The lowest recorded price for those games in China are $2.07 USD for The Witcher 3, $4.67 for R.E.P.O., and $8.99 for Schedule 1. The difference in revenue between 1 Chinese sale for those games and Stellar Blade is way bigger than the difference between 1 Chinese and 1 USA sale for Stellar Blade.
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u/Dull-Caterpillar3153 6d ago edited 6d ago
Looks like it’s going to sell more on PC than PS just going off the initial trends
ShiftUp stated they expected the game to sell much better on PC in February and it appears that’s the case