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Comment on Long Dark dev criticises Manor Lords for lack of updates, Hooded Horse CEO replies that not every game needs to be "some live-service boom or bust"

t3rmit3@beehaw.org ⁨3⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

Manor Lords was the top-seller on Steam for a couple days if not a full week, so Hooded Horse definitely has enough money for a good while.

Bender said Manor Lords sold 250,000 copies in the last month after selling over two million copies in its first three weeks MSN

2,250,000 * $30 = $67,500,000

I think they’ll be good for a while.

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CraigeryTheKid@lemm.ee ⁨3⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
*70% - don’t forget Steam’s cut! There’s basically nothing left after that.

/s just in case not obvious

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- AdellcomdoisL@beehaw.org ⁨3⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
  I believe Steam’s predatory cut is very important to the discussion and not a light matter at all, although that’s a discussion for a different thread.
  
  Those should still a good amount of earnings, even if we aren’t aware of how much it goes to HH and how much to Styczeń, so they do have good reason to take it easy.
  
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  - CraigeryTheKid@lemm.ee ⁨3⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
    Not to go down a rabbit hole that’s off topic, but I’m generally not offended by Steam’s cut. The platform, advertising, centralizing, hosting, and cloud saves, etc etc, seem like a major benefit, especially for smaller developers, that would allow them to get to market faster, and with a much larger audience.
    
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- jjagaimo@lemmy.ca ⁨3⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
  Which also drops from 30% to 25% after $10M and to 20% after $50M, giving a grand total of:
  
  $10,000,000*0.7 + $40,000,000*0.75+ $17,500,000*0.8 = $51,000,000
  
  Not including taxes and fees
  
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