PresetError
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They already announced a stage from the beta joining the final game with the firts update and more new stages to come next month. They know they need to do this consistently if they want to keep people playing.
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Fall Guys: Ultimate Knockout PS4 numbers: Over 8 million players, 48 games average per account
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They already announced a stage from the beta joining the final game with the firts update and more new stages to come next month. They know they need to do this consistently if they want to keep people playing.
GHG
Member
Unfortunately not I think.
manfestival
Member
I think the biggest appeal of this game is that it not only is great for streamers, it is just a ton of fun solo or with friends.
Picked it up and have played it a bit. It is a nice gap filler kinda game where I can play it for 30 minutes and move onto the next title. I love all of the outfits in the game. The bean people are awesome.
They need to hurry up with crossplay(I know they are fixing servers issues first) so I can play with my PC friends that I manged to talk into buying the game LOL
Picked it up and have played it a bit. It is a nice gap filler kinda game where I can play it for 30 minutes and move onto the next title. I love all of the outfits in the game. The bean people are awesome.
They need to hurry up with crossplay(I know they are fixing servers issues first) so I can play with my PC friends that I manged to talk into buying the game LOL
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RoadHazard
Gold Member
The difference is that Rocket League has infinite depth and room to improve as a player, while Fall Guys has none. It's fun for a few rounds, but it's not gonna have any staying power IMO.
RoadHazard
Gold Member
I don't really think that's what made RL stick around for so long. It's the very simple basic gameplay combined with an astronomically high skill ceiling, giving you a drive to keep playing and improving. This game has the simple gameplay, but none of the depth.
Neolombax
Member
To those asking if you should play this or not, if you have PS+ there really is nothing to lose. The game size is small, matches dont last that long so even if you hate it, you wouldn't have wasted too much time.
I personally like it, don't love it...yet anyways. Can't play it more than maybe 3 games in a row before I start losing interest in it. go in and be prepared for a silly game.
I personally like it, don't love it...yet anyways. Can't play it more than maybe 3 games in a row before I start losing interest in it. go in and be prepared for a silly game.
Whitecrow
Banned
I disagree. With higher quality levels and more gimmicks, like ropes, jump pads, whetever... the possibilities are insane.
Just like Little Big Planet, give me something to move, and give me levels. It works.
quickwhips
Member
Renewed ps+ cause trailer looked fun. Downloaded and im sorta done. It was fun for about 30 minutes. Way worth the 9.99 but meh.
fran.fernandez
Member
Got playstation plus for it, played 3 times and gave up. There’s lot of cheaters and server is constantly down
struggler_guts
Member
Cheaters?
Craig of War
Banned
These type of cartoon and colorful type of games seem to do good everywhere expect Bugsnax to sell 10 million copies and also win GOY.
cormack12
Gold Member
As long as they roll out a few new stages and fine tune or drop the bullshit like Royal Fumble then it will have a long future. This game, for most people makes to fun to lose and exhilirating to win. It offers quick harmless griefing with chance based games balanced against skill based ones. For casuals this wil be like RL was for competitive gamers, and there are a lot more casuals. I can see it tailing off at the end of season 1 then season 2 to come back with a lot more content and go from there.
The discord alone has enough ideas, new levels, bug fixes and feature enhancements to keep them ticking over for about 2 years aleady.
The discord alone has enough ideas, new levels, bug fixes and feature enhancements to keep them ticking over for about 2 years aleady.
Kev Kev
Member
uuuhhh maybe there something i don't know but..... i'm so confused by this reply
i played rocket league on xbox, i didn't even know it was on playstation. and sony didn't make either of these? why are we giving sony so much credit here lol
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Portugeezer
Member
I guess he means that it launched on PS+ for free and blew up (because it was free and also happened to be a fun game)
Fall Guys would never have 8 million players in a week under normal circumstances.
Kev Kev
Member
rocket league was released on steam the same day as ps4? lol he's obviously just trying to start shit
EDIT: oh because it was free in ps+ or something? ok i gotcha.... still don't agree that sony deserves so much credit just for that. god i hate console warring douche bags
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I mean it did propel it to popularity. There was no other platform for a decent amount of time where there were so many players at any one time.
prinz_valium
Member
The game had 1.5 million players within the first 24 hours (PS4 + Steam).
Yet this graph shows 3 million on PS4 alone.
Seems like this tracker is not accurate at all.
Yet this graph shows 3 million on PS4 alone.
Seems like this tracker is not accurate at all.
Men_in_Boxes
Snake Oil Salesman
Overwatch is still one of the most played console games today. Currently 14th most played game on XBox Live. Fall Guys is already a smash success, but if it sticks around for the next three years like Overwatch...I just don't see it happening.
Werewolf Jones
Gold Member
The team based missions make me fucking SCREAM.
The free season pass is cool but dunno if most will bother with it.
The free season pass is cool but dunno if most will bother with it.
Revolutionary
Member
Let's be honest, it's not like launching a fun multiplayer game on PS+ is without precedence. One look at Rocket League's launch will tell you all you need to know, but they simply didn't prepare as well as they should have.
Hell, I just googled this up:
Fall Guys Developer Hopes to Replicate Rocket League Success | Digital Trends
Mediatonic confirmed in a Reddit AMA that the decision to launch Fall Guys as a free download on PlayStation Plus aims to replicate Rocket League's success.
www.digitaltrends.com
So yeah, they definitely expected it... just failed to handle it adequately at lauch. I haven't played much over the past few days though so I'm not sure if it's improved (I sure hope it has).
Yoboman
Member
Rocket League went through this as wellLet's be honest, it's not like launching a fun multiplayer game on PS+ is without precedence. One look at Rocket League's launch will tell you all you need to know, but they simply didn't prepare as well as they should have.
Hell, I just googled this up:
Fall Guys Developer Hopes to Replicate Rocket League Success | Digital Trends
Mediatonic confirmed in a Reddit AMA that the decision to launch Fall Guys as a free download on PlayStation Plus aims to replicate Rocket League's success.
So yeah, they definitely expected it... just failed to handle it adequately at lauch. I haven't played much over the past few days though so I'm not sure if it's improved (I sure hope it has).
Revolutionary
Member
Yes, that's the point I'm trying to make...
Yoboman
Member
I think its to be expected. You cant overinvest in servers with no guarantee you'll gave a huge success. For every Rocket League on PS+ there have been 10 games not to take off
Revolutionary
Member
True, but a lot of people (not just the guy I originally quoted) have the impression that Mediatonic expected "a few hundred thousand at most", when that couldn't be further from the truth (as evidenced by the article I linked previously). If they had said "they were being cautious with opening up more servers", then that's an entirely different story.
I believe Roll Out does get faster over time, but it takes a while before it gets any notable speed.
JonnyMP3
Member
You're on a Ps4 thread talking about a game on PS+ doing big numbers. Just like you've been informed that Rocket League also did the same thing 7 years ago.
And you bring your xBox into it???
OK Douche bag! Take a good long hard look in that mirror and remember that you hate yourself!
