The Outriders shooter was released in April 2021, but its revenue still cannot cover the development and marketing costs. Studio People Can Fly in the report for the fiscal quarter ended March 31, 2023, reported that it still does not receive royalties from Square Enix.

This statement was published by People Can Fly studio as part of the financial report for 2021. The developers indicated that Square Enix should pay royalties as soon as the sales of the game compensate the publisher for the costs of development, publication and marketing. Since this didn’t happen until December 31, the studio assumed that Outriders still hadn’t paid off by that time.

People Can Fly could count on a percentage of Outriders’ sales if the project’s revenue would cover development costs. However, the studio claims that it has not received any payments from Square Enix since April. Although initially the publisher was pleased with the results of the shooter.Outriders

Developers from People Can Fly reported that over 3.5 million people played Outriders in the first month after the release. Square Enix was pleased with the results of the cooperative shooter and now considers it for itself as a new potential franchise.Along with the data on the number of unique players, People Can Fly shared other statistics.

Polish studio People Can Fly has already made its second purchase in the last few days. This time we are talking about Canadian outsourcers Game On Creative, who are engaged in motion capture, cinematic videos, animation and audio.

There are a lot of changes in the Steam chart this week. The remaster NieR Replicant got into the top 10 twice at once. The game also became the leader of the chart, shifting It Takes Two from the first place. Titanfall 2 also returned to the top ten.NieR Replicant ver.1.22474487139…

The leader of the last two weeks Outriders could not hold positions in the weekly list of the best—selling Steam games – the title went to the fifth line of the rating. This time the first place was taken by the cooperative It Takes Two. Also in the top 10 was the addition Stellaris: Nemesis, released four days ago.

In the United States, the revenue of the gaming market is growing for the 13th month in a row, according to analysts at NPD Group. In March, the spending of American gamers on video games, hardware and accessories amounted to $5.6 billion — 18% more than a year ago. Among the best-selling titles were Monster Hunter: Rise and Outriders.

Last week’s best-selling games on Steam were Outriders and It Takes Two again. But Cyberpunk 2077 and Evil Genius 2: World Domination did not enter the chart this time.

Valheim dominated the list of the best-selling Steam games for two months. However, now the first line was taken by the Polish action Outriders, showing excellent online at the start. Also in the top ten is Cyberpunk 2077, for which a major patch has recently been released.According to the results of the week that ended on April 4, Valheim dropped immediately to fourth place.