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| bfox wrote: seriously it costs millions to develop games do people not know that?  | |
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Do you suppose Valve did not, when they said they intend to update L4D?
People losing trust in them ends up costing money as well, and an equal amount of cash won't be able to buy that back.
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| Dragon wrote: A major tf2 patch usually comes with a 50% off for Tf2 and a free week, I'm pretty sure someone can dig up the post where valve said that during the scout patch tf2 players increased by something around 30%. (I might be wrong, but it was a lot). | |
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Here is one such statistic.
"Time to look at the sales of Team Fortress 2 to see the impact of the updates on revenue. Holy s#!%. The sales spike by huge amounts everytime there's a sale or major update. Steam sales went up 106% after a free update. Player minutes went up by 105%. Gifting has thrown a 71% sales increase. Surprisingly, sales from retail stores also went up by 28%. Finally, it saw 75% increase in new users. Knock knock. Who's there? Steam. Steam who? Steam is so successful it hurts."
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| Agent 47 wrote: They don't need to update their games, but they've still done it. | |
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Do you seriously think that regular updates instead of annually milked franchises have nothing to do with Valve's success and reputation?
