 Capcom's multiplayer dinosaur game is celebrating over a million players, as Sea Of Stars is set to debut on both Game Pass and PS Plus. The idea of selling a multiplayer-only game, that's a brand new IP, for £50 seems like just about the worst idea possible in the current climate, but against the odds Capcom's Exoprimal hasn't done too bad for itself. Just a week after release a million players have taken part in the dinosaur-killing online shooter, enough for Capcom to promise a free skin in the update due on August 16. And yet the game is nowhere to be seen in the physical games charts, which makes it clear that its success is primarily due to it being on Game Pass from day one. Exoprimal does feature microtransactions, so Capcom can still make money from it, even from people that didn't originally pay for it, so they're likely to feel the whole thing has been a reasonable success. It still feels like something that probably would've been better off as a traditional free-to-play game, but if it continues to be popular then that should guarantee a steady stream of updates and perhaps even a sequel somewhere down the road. It's even possible, if fans are really lucky, that this may convince Capcom that people are interested in games with dinosaurs in them, and that maybe a Dino Crisis remake or revival isn't a bad idea after all. At the moment there's no connection between the two games but if that changes in the future, then it could well be a sign of a shift in attitude. In related news, it's been announced that promising looking indie role-player Sea Of Stars will be coming to both Game Pass and PlayStation Plus on day one, which is going to create a massive, instant audience. It's the next game from the makers of The Messenger and is a homage to Japanese role-playing classic Chrono Trigger – basically looking like the sequel it never got (Chrono Cross is fine but its connections to the original are minima){kind=link}
Capcom’s multiplayer dinosaur game is celebrating over a million players, as Sea Of Stars is set to debut on both Game Pass and PS Plus.
The idea of selling a multiplayer-only game, that’s a brand new IP, for £50 seems like just about the worst idea possible in the current climate, but against the odds Capcom’s Exoprimal hasn’t done too bad for itself.
Just a week after release a million players have taken part in the dinosaur-killing online shooter, enough for Capcom to promise a free skin in the update due on August 16.
And yet the game is nowhere to be seen in the physical games charts, which makes it clear that its success is primarily due to it being on Game Pass from day one.
Exoprimal does feature microtransactions, so Capcom can still make money from it, even from people that didn’t originally pay for it, so they’re likely to feel the whole thing has been a reasonable success.