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ggrobot Elite Member

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Posted: Fri Nov 22, 2019 1:16 pm Post subject: Valve explains why Half-Life: Alyx [49467] |
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In an video interview with Geoff Keighley, Valveâ??s David Speyrer, Robin Walker and Dario Casali shared some new interesting details about Half-Life: Alyx. The developers explained why Half-Life: Alyx is a prequel to Half-Life 2, and not the highly anticipated Half-Life 3. Moreover, they explained why there wonâ??t be
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Posted: Fri Nov 22, 2019 3:23 pm Post subject: |
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Apparently steam has about 720,000 VR users out of 90million. 8%
Good luck making money out of Alyx |
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Csimbi Elite Member

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Posted: Fri Nov 22, 2019 3:33 pm Post subject: Re: Valve explains why Half-Life: Alyx [49467] |
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| Quote: | | why Half-Life: Alyx is a prequel to Half-Life 2, and not the highly anticipated Half-Life 3. Moreover, they explained why there won’t be a non-VR version of the game |
And I give zero fucks. |
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pagb666 Contributor

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Posted: Fri Nov 22, 2019 4:21 pm Post subject: |
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| Sabot wrote: | Apparently steam has about 720,000 VR users out of 90million. 8%
Good luck making money out of Alyx |
Steam Stats page says VR adoption is 0,38% of the userbase |
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heretic Site Admin

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Posted: Fri Nov 22, 2019 7:48 pm Post subject: |
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| Yeah. A VR game is what nobody asked for and the take rate is gonna be lower than it would be if it was a regular game. |
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Sabot Guest
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Posted: Mon Nov 25, 2019 2:58 pm Post subject: |
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| pagb666 wrote: | | Sabot wrote: | Apparently steam has about 720,000 VR users out of 90million. 8%
Good luck making money out of Alyx |
Steam Stats page says VR adoption is 0,38% of the userbase |
I took it from here
https://variety.com/2019/gaming/news/steam-one-billion-accounts-1203201159/
90 million users minus 720,000 VR users = approx 8% |
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Csimbi Elite Member

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Posted: Mon Nov 25, 2019 5:01 pm Post subject: |
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Your math is just wrong.
720000/90000000=0.008
0.008*100=0.8
So, that's 0.8%, which is more or less: nobody. |
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Sabot Guest
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Posted: Tue Nov 26, 2019 3:49 pm Post subject: |
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| Csimbi wrote: |
Your math is just wrong.
720000/90000000=0.008
0.008*100=0.8
So, that's 0.8%, which is more or less: nobody. |
Duh... I looked at the 8 rather than the decimal point  |
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