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Another sign that PC gaming is booming: Paradox Interactive’s revenue is “up by 1,000%”

PCGamer: "Paradox Interactive’s CEO Fredrik Wester has today announced at the company’s press conference in New York (attended by our very own Evan Lahti and Graham Smith) that their total revenue has increased by 1,000 percent since 2003."

Xfanboy4862d ago (Edited 4862d ago )

Im happy in my pantz!! boom!!!

dragonelite4862d ago

Planning on getting a gamerig too this year.
This hardware gen is to weak and next seems still 3 years away.

imvix4862d ago

Its the only way to make a gaming library really fast and cheaply. One round of steam or D2D discounts and you can end up with as much as 10 games for a mere 100usd.

No way consoles can compete when it comes to how cheap PC gaming can be. Consoles being owned owned by large organizations need to cover all those costs just to stay avoid losses.

On another note anyone looking to make a library not only has it cheaper on the PC, it performs better and there is a good chance those games will be working for a long while to come. With Console, console makers may try to remove BC just to ensure people go out and buy new games, also the fact maintaining BC with newer hardware can be a costly affair.

dragonelite4862d ago

Sweet jezus haha you're right at that.
Bought like 10 game on this steam holiday season i only have a capable laptop that can just run things on medium at 720p around 30 fps but i still bought games just incase when i get better hardware to play with and for school of course but mostly for gaming :P.

Shackdaddy8364862d ago (Edited 4862d ago )

You have had to be doing pretty bad before to be up 1000%. Damn!

Edit: Guess I was wrong :)

Letros4862d ago

They own GamersGate, which actually makes this more surprising, that a competitive DD system can have this kind of growth even with the Steam behemoth.

Mista T4862d ago

yup, got into it last year. I hardly ever touch my xbox or ps3

emk20044862d ago

pc was never dieing, in fact it been growning for a while

showtimefolks4862d ago

people just assume pc gaming is dead i have not played that many game on pc ever. but i know how much money pc gaming generates

keep up the good work now only if someone can figure out a way to stop piracy pc gaming will become even bigger

Ravenor4862d ago

Pirates more often then not were either never going to purchase the game or using the pirated copy as a demo. Demo's on the PC are important to get a feel for whether or not the game will run acceptably on your hardware. The specs on the box don't always tell the whole story, which leads to some unfortunate situations like the PC launch of GTA IV for instance.

Don't pay attention to pirates, they aren't the people developers or publishers need to even think about.

evrfighter4862d ago (Edited 4862d ago )

"or using the pirated copy as a demo."

this

say what you will but in a market where there are no rentals or demo's are few and few between. People in my shoes have saved thousands by not purchasing crap.

If you think I don't buy the games I like send me a pm I'll link you to my steam page. I'm sure 3rd party devs are keeping a close eye on the ps3 hack situation. If they don't smell any money they will begin to turn to the platforms that do.

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Paradox & Harebrained Schemes Are Parting Ways Following Weak Sales of Latest Game

Today Paradox Interactive announced that it's parting ways with its subsidiary studio Harebrained Schemes effective January 1, 2024.

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shinoff2183209d ago (Edited 209d ago )

I mean it wasn't that intelligent to begin with, release it exclusive to the system that doesn't buy games. Plus it was on gamepass if I'm not mistaken. It's been a minute since I had mine on cause I just wrapped up chrono cross on ps5 but remember looking forward to checking this out on the Xbox. Try it on xbox if I liked it I would've bought on ps

mjchitown207d ago

dude go somewhere with that hating on xbox crap. you just admit yourself you wasnt buy the game on xbox , you played it on gamepass and buy it on ps5. you sounds dumb . you silent on forspoken and FF16 didnt sale good. and many other games. keep eating that foot in your mouth

shinoff2183207d ago (Edited 207d ago )

Ff16 sold fairly well.

I prefer to buy on the console who isn't openly trying to kill physical media sorry for your feelings. Ms has been trying to kill physical for some time. Nintendo and sony are the ones still working with smaller publishers. So yes I will buy a game preferably on ps when possible. You act like I just admitted to murder lol. Relax

mjchitown207d ago (Edited 207d ago )

@shinoff2183
lies. the ceo said himself FF16 didnt sale good. stop the cap. and you can buy them games on xbox. so you full of crap. and what you mean Nintendo and sony are the ones still working with publishers.???? what the hell are you talking about dude xbox works with small publishers. you trying to move the goalpost to fix your narrative. so gonna ignored sony ps5 all digital system huh . rumor next nintendo system will be a digital also with two version.

shinoff2183207d ago (Edited 207d ago )

Really xbox works with smaller publishers. I've heard numerous times xboxs minimum print is to high which is why you don't see smaller publishers like limited run games, special reserve etc work with xbox physical releases. I've read as high as 50k meanwhile Sony and Nintendo have had prints of 1k. Some wonder why smaller publisher haven't worked with ms on smaller releases. That's exactly why.

I assume you just don't know wtf your talking about. And again as someone who prefers physical video games why would or why should I give my hard earned money to a company who has since the announcement of xbox one been out to get rid of physical games. Gtfoh

Far as final fantasy 16 it's been stated It sold fine, would of sold more on pc sure, but it wouldnt of sold well on xbox, we know this, thank you ms. Ms admitted to games bot selling well on that platform already. Here's a newsflash to ya though psssss I didn't really like ff16 much anyway. So that's cute of you.

shinoff2183207d ago

To clarify maybe a little I'm talking about smaller publishers that produce physical games. Not just any publisher

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Paradox Is Teasing Something Mysterious That Will Be Revealed Next Week

Paradox Interactive appears to be about to reveal something mysterious next week. It could be a new Civilization-style game, or something else entirely.

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Paradox Interactive Has 13 New Games In Active Development

Besides its 11 active games, Swedish video game publisher Paradox Interactive currently has a staggering 13 brand-new titles in development.