nanoUFO@sh.itjust.worksM to Games@sh.itjust.worksEnglish · 3 months agoAs the Borderlands movie slides into oblivion and Risk of Rain 2's new DLC burns, Gearbox CEO Randy Pitchford compares himself to The Beatles, who he says only "had a 25% hit rate"www.gamesradar.comexternal-linkmessage-square33fedilinkarrow-up1203arrow-down16
arrow-up1197arrow-down1external-linkAs the Borderlands movie slides into oblivion and Risk of Rain 2's new DLC burns, Gearbox CEO Randy Pitchford compares himself to The Beatles, who he says only "had a 25% hit rate"www.gamesradar.comnanoUFO@sh.itjust.worksM to Games@sh.itjust.worksEnglish · 3 months agomessage-square33fedilink
minus-squareinlandempirelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up44arrow-down3·3 months agoYeah I went to Wikipedia to check the numbers : The group’s “main catalogue”—songs released between 1962 and 1970—consists of 213 songs So that’s like 50+ songs that were “hits”, wake me up when Gearbox releases 200+ games and 50 of those are nominated for at least one awards
minus-squarePraiseTheSoup@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·3 months ago nominated for at least one awards I get what you’re saying, but this is a completely useless metric.
minus-squareinlandempirelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·3 months agoYeah idk what else can be a testimony of a game being a “hut” ; I don’t trust metacritic scores either
minus-squareRogueBanana@lemmy.ziplinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·3 months agoSale count and player numbers on launch would be better I suppose
minus-squareMongostein@lemmy.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·3 months agoAlso, it’s not like the songs that didn’t make the charts were bad, they just didn’t hit the charts. Back then I believe only singles were eligible for the charts, not the rest of the album.
minus-squareMr_Dr_Oink@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·3 months agoAlso, back then, and up until the late 00s, you bought albums, singles were a thing and plenty popular, but mainly if you liked a band you bought their album. The beatles hit number 1 for 90% of their studio albums.
minus-squareTar_Alcaran@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·3 months ago The beatles hit number 1 for 90% of their studio albums. And their worst album (yellow submarine) was 3rd.
Yeah I went to Wikipedia to check the numbers :
So that’s like 50+ songs that were “hits”, wake me up when Gearbox releases 200+ games and 50 of those are nominated for at least one awards
I get what you’re saying, but this is a completely useless metric.
Yeah idk what else can be a testimony of a game being a “hut” ; I don’t trust metacritic scores either
Sale count and player numbers on launch would be better I suppose
Also, it’s not like the songs that didn’t make the charts were bad, they just didn’t hit the charts.
Back then I believe only singles were eligible for the charts, not the rest of the album.
Also, back then, and up until the late 00s, you bought albums, singles were a thing and plenty popular, but mainly if you liked a band you bought their album.
The beatles hit number 1 for 90% of their studio albums.
And their worst album (yellow submarine) was 3rd.