The Effect of Tycho's Postings...

Unrested Seeker

So Tycho mentions Hotel Dusk: Room 215 in his post. Then the game sky rockets on the Buy.com charts from 16 to 1 in a DAY! :shock: (From 1/23/07 to 1/24/07)

Check it out here...

http://www.buy.com/prod/Hotel_Dusk_Room_215/q/loc/58207/203485276.html

Ninja Bot

Houk

Welcome to the boards. This is awesome news, but we do already have a Hotel Dusk thread. Post it up there, everyone will be thrilled.

Also, consider making your topic titles a little more descriptive next time.

variant

http://www.penny-arcade.com/forums/viewtopic.php?t=1073842650

Pata

This actually isn't that big a surprise.

Penny Arcade has a lot of influence.

Shadowfire

I don't think "we hav hotel dusk thred alredy stfu noob" is as appropriate a response as "yes, Tycho's ramblings do have an effect on the sales of obscure titles."

Discuss.

Houk

Shadowfire wrote:

I don't think "we hav hotel dusk thred alredy stfu noob" is as appropriate a response as "yes, Tycho's ramblings do have an effect on the sales of obscure titles."

Discuss.

no u

thorpe

Well, he did link me to the Weird Worlds demo.

And I did buy it the next minute afterwards.

Smacky The Frog

One time Tycho made a big post about Culdcept. For the next two days it was the number one game on Gamerankings.com.

Captain K

Some day I hope to have a formidable legion of nerds make significant, trend-setting decisions based on my whims.

Ballman

I don't know much about Buy.com, but wasn't some sort of deal with Hotel Dusk posted in the thread by the same name? I would think a discount would be a reason for more sales, but again, I know nothing about buy.com.

Pata

Captain K wrote:

Some day I hope to have a formidable legion of nerds make significant, trend-setting decisions based on my whims.

What do you like.

We'll start small.

Houk

Ballman wrote:

I don't know much about Buy.com, but wasn't some sort of deal with Hotel Dusk posted in the thread by the same name? I would think a discount would be a reason for more sales, but again, I know nothing about buy.com.

not really. it was just the game, regular price, plus using google checkout to get $10 off. But that's the case with anything you order from them (but only for the first time you use google checkout.)

Blitz Rawket

Captain K wrote:

Some day I hope to have a formidable legion of nerds make significant, trend-setting decisions based on my whims.

I can see the charts now.

"90% more gamers now feel strongly about cock, while the remaining 10% just feel cock strongly."

Ballman

Houk wrote:

Ballman wrote:

I don't know much about Buy.com, but wasn't some sort of deal with Hotel Dusk posted in the thread by the same name? I would think a discount would be a reason for more sales, but again, I know nothing about buy.com.

not really. it was just the game, regular price, plus using google checkout to get $10 off. But that's the case with anything you order from them (but only for the first time you use google checkout.)

Duly noted.

Deswa

Captain K wrote:

Some day I hope to have a formidable legion of nerds make significant, trend-setting decisions based on my whims.

I attempted to get people on gunbound to use broom as a cussword, we don't play anymore and my influence isnt working. Broom you guys for hating on gundbound.

spookymuffin

You guys still read the front page?

O_O

Houk

spookymuffin wrote:

You guys still read the front page?

O_O

Have been since 2001

slurpeepoop

What's really fucked up is this one time, FFXII came out, and I went to the store to buy FFXII, and just because I was buying it, there was this whole line of people also wanting to purchase the game.

This happens a lot, like with the Wii. I got one when it came out, and since I set the phat trends yo, they're still hard to get, since so many people want to be cool like me.

The weirdest part is, I don't even have my own website., and I still wield such an awesome power to lead.

I try to be responsible with my gift, but sometimes, games like Beyond Good and Evil come out without me knowing, and by the time I find out, it's too late to save them.

Neo Rasa

Uh...Hotel Dusk didn't reach most stores until today...it, well, probably sold more today because it's available to be sold today...


There sure are a lot of pirates around here though, let me put the AC on.

Captain K

Neo Rasa wrote:

Uh...Hotel Dusk didn't reach most stores until today...it, well, probably sold more today because it's available to be sold today...

Strangely enough, Wal-Mart seems to be the best-stocked chain for Hotel Dusk.

Dublo7

1UP and EGM have also been pimping the shit out of this game.

AlphaTwo

Neo Rasa wrote:

Uh...Hotel Dusk didn't reach most stores until today...it, well, probably sold more today because it's available to be sold today...


There sure are a lot of pirates around here though, let me put the AC on.

Lies. Canada usually gets things 2 days late, and somehow I got it yesterday. Why?

Agentflit

I like how Buy.com has it advertised as an "interactive novel".

Stormwatcher

I wish Tycho would talk about games like EBA or Psychonauts or BG&E more often. He usually just mentions stuff like Gears and R6 nowadays. Everyone already buys that shit.


It's the great obscure games that need his powa.

And yes, I know they never ever in any event or circumstance read the forums.

ZackSchilling

Agentflit wrote:

I like how Buy.com has it advertised as an "interactive novel".

Well... it is.

Houk

Stormwatcher wrote:

I wish Tycho would talk about games like EBA or Psychonauts or BG&E more often. He usually just mentions stuff like Gears and R6 nowadays. Everyone already buys that shit.


It's the great obscure games that need his powa.

And yes, I know they never ever in any event or circumstance read the forums.

im pretty sure they talk about whatever games they're playing and enjoying. if they dont mention them, i can only assume its cuz they don't think it's worth mentioning.

Sladvan

Captain K wrote:

Some day I hope to have a formidable legion of nerds make significant, trend-setting decisions based on my whims.

Captain K Effect?


Also, my BB has about 6-7 copies. Don't know if anymore are on the way.

Forever Zefiro

I haven't read the front page in a long time.

Captain K

stratego wrote:

Captain K wrote:

Some day I hope to have a formidable legion of nerds make significant, trend-setting decisions based on my whims.

Captain K Effect?

neither formidable nor legion

Aroduc

And it's back down to 11 already.

MAGICAL NUMBERS.

LOUD NOISES.

Agentflit

ZackSchilling wrote:

Agentflit wrote:

I like how Buy.com has it advertised as an "interactive novel".

Well... it is.

Eh, I think that's stretching it a bit. To me, interactive novel means novel-length interactive fiction, which has no or little GUI.

It is freakin' sweet though, we can agree on that. It is in the Awesome genre.

Shadowfire

Neo Rasa wrote:

Uh...Hotel Dusk didn't reach most stores until today...it, well, probably sold more today because it's available to be sold today...


There sure are a lot of pirates around here though, let me put the AC on.

But you could order it before today... just wouldn't ship out right away. I'd think that would put it on the list.

Unrested Seeker

Houk wrote:

Welcome to the boards. This is awesome news, but we do already have a Hotel Dusk thread. Post it up there, everyone will be thrilled.

Also, consider making your topic titles a little more descriptive next time.

Thanks for the suggestion. I was going to post it in the Hotel Dusk thread, but then thought that it would spark conversation about the "Effect of Penny Arcade."

My thinking was a bit to grand for my first post I suppose.

DoctorArch

Unrested Seeker wrote:

Houk wrote:

Welcome to the boards. This is awesome news, but we do already have a Hotel Dusk thread. Post it up there, everyone will be thrilled.

Also, consider making your topic titles a little more descriptive next time.

Thanks for the suggestion. I was going to post it in the Hotel Dusk thread, but then thought that it would spark conversation about the "Effect of Penny Arcade."

My thinking was a bit to grand for my first post I suppose.

Don't feel too bad, all things considered, your first post was leagues beyond the great majority (99.9%) of first posts out there.

cooljammer00

well Tycho also said Phoenix Wright was good.

Does anyone know if JFA sold well? Numbers?

xzzy

They mention every once in a while a reluctance to link sites on the front page, because it has a tendency to melt the destination site down.

Never gotten much of an idea how well it compares to Slashdot's effect though.. I've never seen a site on the PA front page that was completely blown off the net.

Terrorbyte

Correlation and causation, together at last.

Unrested Seeker

Archgarth wrote:

Unrested Seeker wrote:

Houk wrote:

Welcome to the boards. This is awesome news, but we do already have a Hotel Dusk thread. Post it up there, everyone will be thrilled.

Also, consider making your topic titles a little more descriptive next time.

Thanks for the suggestion. I was going to post it in the Hotel Dusk thread, but then thought that it would spark conversation about the "Effect of Penny Arcade."

My thinking was a bit to grand for my first post I suppose.

Don't feel too bad, all things considered, your first post was leagues beyond the great majority (99.9%) of first posts out there.

Thanks! Glad to be a 0.1% 8)

Atlus Parker

xzzy wrote:

Never gotten much of an idea how well it compares to Slashdot's effect though.. I've never seen a site on the PA front page that was completely blown off the net.

squidi's site was

chaossoldier

Stormwatcher wrote:

I wish Tycho would talk about games like EBA or Psychonauts or BG&E more often. He usually just mentions stuff like Gears and R6 nowadays. Everyone already buys that shit.


It's the great obscure games that need his powa.

And yes, I know they never ever in any event or circumstance read the forums.

I'm pretty sure they've all been mentioned with praise at one point.