Grumpy Gamer

Ye Olde Grumpy Gamer Blog. Est. 2004

Jan 29, 2019

“ALL THESE WORLDS ARE YOURS, EXCEPT EUROPA” - Arthur C. Clarke

Jan 24, 2019

This always annoyed me. I’m not only glad it annoyed someone else, but glad they decided to make video about it. I feel like I can put years of annoyance to rest now.

Jan 5, 2019

While I am slightly disappointed that SCUMM didn’t make the list of Technology, Ranked, I am perplexed how the screw gets #99 while many of the inventions from #98-#1 couldn’t been made without the screw, so it seems like the screw should be higher on the list. Certainly #1 couldn’t have been made without the screw as well as most of the other deadly inventions, so I blame the screw for all evil human inventions. Screw you screw.

Dec 20, 2018

Interesting tidbit. Last quarter, Thimbleweed Park did 3x as well on Switch than Steam and overall has done better than Steam. It’s hard to tell if we did really well on Switch are just badly on Stream. Probably a little of both. Steam sales were never where I thought they should be.

The Apple number is a little misleading due to the Mac App Store and iOS being lumped together. Also, the GOG number does not include Q3 due to not receiving money from them yet.

Given that it’s a controller based console, I am pretty impressed with the Xbox number. Microsoft has been a great partner.

The Sony numbers are perplexing. Compared to the Xbox, the PS4 has a much larger installed base, especially in Europe where Thimbleweed Park sales have been overwhelmingly the strongest. I am constantly asked why we don’t do a Vita port. This is why.

These are all LTD (Life to Date) numbers, so Steam, GOG and Xbox had a lead, which makes the Switch all the more impressive.

Dec 4, 2018

It’s missing the pulley in the middle. Archie McPhee’s is only a 5 minute drive from me, so I might head down there and protest. I’ll need signs. Someone call the local TV station.