Steam rankings are...
Never cared about that category, if I already know the game, I have a rough estimate how much I'd pay for it in the future. If a game I don't know is a best seller, I check it out, decide to ignore-wishlist-postpone, and move on with my day :)
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Good strategy, not paying much attention to it either just occasionally checking how a game I have an interest in is doing or games that are somewhat controversial.
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If I'm not wrong TOP SELLER shows sales in last 12 or 24 hours.
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There's no big sale going on this week and I'm not aware of any other major release right now so wouldn't 6k be considered a good seller? I actually have no clue about these things, just guessing.
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it's really a bad game to make comparisons, on the one hand it's AAA, big franchise big publisher on the other hand it is a delayed release on Steam. Which is why it struck me as odd, not expecting it to sell overly much.
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It shows as global 22th for me here - https://store.steampowered.com/charts/topselling/global
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Counter-Strike 2 as 1st, then S.T.A.L.K.E.R 2 it is definitely a regional thing as Counter Strike is very popular in Romania (also most of the games are free)
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I don't think it's Steam's fault, it's just how their algorithm show games on the front page, using a lot of parameters. They have to display some games, don't they?
I don't even think they get paid by someone to display some games other than others.
And in the end, if that's even true, it's up to the player to decide the amount of research they have to do before a purchase of a game.
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Well when csgo changed to cs2 it was still on top. The game was broken full of crashes, freezes. Also 40% reduction in number of online players but it was still on stop. So i dont trust steam from that day till today.
Just sharing experience.
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The global list lists the games based on revenue, so that is absolutely possible that CSGO is there.It's in the top 100 for 641 weeks, currently #1
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Yes that would explain a lot as despite the 25% or so launch discount it still has AAA pricing vs much cheaper indie titles, so 1 copy of this might equal 10 of some smaller indie game.
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NOPE. its been pay to win for some time now
steam wont let you review steam products on steam anymore cause its bad for sales.
steam deck is the most expensive thing ive ever purchased and i deeply regret it. bug after bug after bug.
supports never been any help.
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No reason not to trust it. It probably sold north of 10k copies and is expensive game which is more than enough to be around 20th place on top sellers list.
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It's a regional thing, you should be careful when taking recommendations form your compatriots then xD
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@snow0815: so if i get you right, in your opninion this game cant be in top 100? in other words you believe there are at least 100 other games that got sold in the current week more often then a star wars (!!!) game that just came out? O.o
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Well if you look at it that way, sure. I'm sure Skyrim is still in that category. Just the presentation suggests it's super hot and selling like hot cakes when there are are hardly any owners. I can only assume the scrolling stuff and trending placement are sponsored options to feature games more prominently.
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It has just being released on steam, since it was on Ubisoft only before. It makes sense it's selling, at least over most normal releases.
I mean, probably even Veilguard also sold a lot the first 24 hours.
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I saw yesterday I think, maybe the day before, Steam Deck as 3rd best seller.
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Just to clarify (as I can't seem to edit the original post: SWO was listed in that top, scrolling category with an actual TOP SELLER tag as well as showing second in the new and trending category lower on the main page. It's been 3 days and no matter what standards you apply a few thousand copies sold doesn't strike me as top anything. Which is kind of sad as I actually used to like both UBI games and Star Wars stuff.
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If I recall correctly Steam calculates top seller ranking by the dollars people spent on that instead of the copies being sold. Judging that Star Wars Outlaws is "AAAA game" (at least in price lol) with premium pricing, people spend way more on them, making them appear higher.
This also explains why Steam Deck is soo high up every time
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That explains it, I was thinking units sold but it's highly priced so that would boost it, and as some pointed out, no juicy sales right now so poor competition.
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The top selling thing usually is a good warning sign. It tells me to wait for a long time before getting it.:D
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Thanks for the replies folks, you made some excellent points.❤️ I think I just had a wrong idea of the way Steam calculates top sellers. And being part of the rotating title lineup on top in all likelhood is just a paid thing, the same way you pay google to list you at the top of search results.👍
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Just noticed that Steam lists Star Wars Outlaws as a TOP SELLER. Found that a tad hard to believe and checked numbers: barely above 2k player peak on Steam 3 days after release here and owner estimates somewhere around 4 to 6k copies. Top seller indeed. So with Steam using such manipulative advertising, do you believe any of their displayed rankings?
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