Hello everyone, here is the game daily small Y, welcome to this issue of the [Steam Weekly Events Column]!
In the last issue of the [Steam Weekly Event Column], we saw the vigorous development of domestic games in 2021, and 4 games released in 2021, such as "Ghost Valley Eight Wilds", received a total of more than 20W praise on the Steam platform. This issue of [Steam Events] will be "God of War", "PUBG" and other foreign giants as the main, to launch a series of exciting news, let's take a look at it!
Platform-wise
V Confirmed that Steam Deck will be shipped in February, and the official release of the real picture
As the Steam Deck shipping date draws closer, many players are skeptical that V Society can ship on time.
In response to this problem, V News agency issued an official announcement, although the epidemic is not over, supply chain and transportation problems have not been completely solved, but Steam Deck will be launched on time in February. At the same time, Steam Deck game testing work is also underway, and more game test results will be released one after another. In order to convince the players, the V Society also released a real picture of the handheld.
However, the current amount will certainly not be a lot, some domestic players in advance booking the goods may not be delivered on time in February this year, can get hands on before the summer is not bad, do you have to book this batch of handhelds?
God of War landed on Steam, and the number of online people peaked at a record-breaking level
The long-awaited God of War finally landed on Steam, and most players expressed great joy. After all, before, such a masterpiece can only be played on the host, PC players have always had only the share of hunger, and now open PC, so that all players can experience a generation of gods, no matter what kind of players is a great game experience.
After the release, the PC version of God of War data is very gratifying. According to SteamDB, the peak number of people online reached 65,000, breaking the peak record of 56,000 online people set by Horizon: Dawn of Zero.
The current feedback of this work is relatively good, and both the picture quality and the operation are remarkable. Although the PC side does not contain new content, is it still far from the new gameplay on the PC? Kui Ye is about to realize the freedom of dressing, and the small skirt with a bandeau is all arranged.
Gameplay aspect
PUBG is free to play, and the number of players has directly doubled
Although the Steam special offer this week is not large, the good news is that PUBG has officially turned into a free-to-play game, and all players do not need to pay to enter the game directly. This major change has led to a sharp rise in the number of players in this game, and the peak number of online users has exceeded 660,000, ranking second.
For free and open, different players have different views, some players think that free is the most fragrant, you can play the hot game without spending money is very cool. However, some players feel that they have been "backstabbed" to spend money in vain, and the consequences of free opening are that in addition to the increase in the number of players, the number of plug-ins is also soaring, which may make the game's environment worse.
In the past, some people always said that eating chicken was cold, and now it seems that the price is cool, after all, it is also a phenomenon-level game that was once played, and it is indeed worth playing for free, and players who have not played can also join in a hilarity.
In 2021, the national tour sales list was released, and the sales of 1.7 billion yuan reached the top
China National Tour Sales Tieba released the 2021 "National Tour Sales Annual List", the data shows that the annual sales of domestic buyout games are about 2.79 billion, an increase of 335% year-on-year, the largest increase in nearly a decade.
Among them, the first place is NetEase's martial arts chicken eating game "Forever Doom" released on August 12, 2021, with a total sales of 7 million copies and sales of up to 1.4 billion. It received nearly 8W positive reviews and an 80% positive rating on Steam.
In second place is Thunder Games' sandbox Xiuxian game Ghost Valley Eight Wilds, released on January 27, 2021, with 3.9 million copies and 250 million sales.
In third place is the simulation strategy game Dyson Ball Project, released by Gamera on January 21, 2021, with 1.9 million copies and 160 million sales.
The following are the top 10 sales, the full list can be viewed by going to the national tour sales bar:
Picture source national tour sales bar
The above is all about the big events of this issue of Steam, have you played "God of War"? Come to the comments section and chat about your feelings.