while i do agree with your reasoning i still think a 6x difference in concurrent players on steam says something about a game - especially on launch day/weekend. if a game is a big success it’s a big success everywhere but then since avowed’s budget was probably not as overblown as other current titles’ budgets it might not be all too bad.
not sure if the question is serious but anyway: stalker 2 was also on gamepass and had 120k concurrent users on steam while avowed had 20k.
if steam is any indication i would not call it a success: https://steamdb.info/app/2457220/charts/#max
Not sure if 20k bots is a lot. There’s no easier way to get people to use your platform than showering them in fake followers.
IIRC google adsense just doesn’t exist there yet.
no, it just works :)
if you already have a vpn you can just tunnel through albania -> no ads.
interesting, so the AI is in fact more reasonable than most people.
obligatory xkcd: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gp5G1QG6cXc
i’m pretty sure as a chinese game developer it’s pretty easy to rent a few 10k people to install the game. still, so far i have heard and seen only good things about the game, so i guess it will be a huge success worldwide when it comes out.
there are no ads if you tunnel through albania.