Arma 3 one of the top grossing games of 2016!

[Rich_R 1087]

I'll stick this post in the General area as the News section doesn't appear to be accepting new posts or even additional ones under the established threads.

 

Arma 3 was up there for top-grossing games of 2016! Here's the chart - http://store.steampowered.com/sale/2016_top_sellers/

 

Here's a write-up mentioning Arma 3 - http://nothingbutpcgaming.com/news/item/428-steam-ranks-the-best-selling-games-of-2016-701022

[GanX 15]

Well lets hope that they get some money in for Arma 4 :) With all the upcoming DLC one could assume that they are saving up for development on the next Arma.

[dmarkwick 261]

A "free to play" game is up there in platinum revenue earners :/

[domokun 515]

14 hours ago, dmarkwick said:

A "free to play" game is up there in platinum revenue earners :/

Don't forget the rest of their business model, i.e. "pay to win" aka micro-transactions.

The pox of gaming IMHO (not only for gamers but devs too).

[JoeyCare 1]

I would love it if they pooled all that money in for Arma 4. That hype man.

[fn_Quiksilver 1633]

On 1/5/2017 at 10:18 PM, GanX said:

Well lets hope that they get some money in for Arma 4 :) With all the upcoming DLC one could assume that they are saving up for development on the next Arma.

 

The foundation of the next BI title (i hesitate to call it ArmA 4) has been in the works for several years already. Lots of staff were transitioning off the arma3 project through 2016. Since about Jul/Aug there is only a small skeleton stay-behind unit to squeeze a bit more out of arma3 over 2017-2018

[chortles 263]

24 minutes ago, fn_Quiksilver said:

The foundation of the next BI title (i hesitate to call it ArmA 4) has been in the works for several years already. Lots of staff were transitioning off the arma3 project through 2016. Since about Jul/Aug there is only a small skeleton stay-behind unit to squeeze a bit more out of arma3 over 2017-2018

Cite your sources...

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Guys, let me assure you - we're not even remotely thinking of something that could be described as Arma 4. Arma 3 is here to stay for quite some time, with continuous support.

 

[road runner 4344]

7 hours ago, fn_Quiksilver said:

 

The foundation of the next BI title (i hesitate to call it ArmA 4) has been in the works for several years already. Lots of staff were transitioning off the arma3 project through 2016. Since about Jul/Aug there is only a small skeleton stay-behind unit to squeeze a bit more out of arma3 over 2017-2018

Possibly reassigned to work on the various DLC's?
Arma4. or whatever BIS decided to call it, is at least 2-3 years away minimum.

It would seem that based off sales, despite what some members stated, that APEX wasn't as much of a flop as they made it out to be, it would be interesting to see the rate of sales, pre and post APEX though.

[Rich_R 1087]

It seems every time gamers claim the sky is falling with the latest Arma title, some stat or number comes out to show that BI is doing pretty well.

 

Ironically these complaints that the current incarnation never seems to match the quality/realism/insert gaming hot point here as the previous title a every time anew version comes out!

 

The interest of gamers may come and go but a certain type of player always seems to keep Arma on the hard drive ;)

[major_barnes1987 33]

I hope they make a new physics engine with that money.Now there are no excuses.I love you all guys and girls of B.I. and i appreciate all the effort you put into the game to make it what it is.But this is the time for serious improvement.