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0 pointsnostrademons7y ago0 comments

That's not really true - take a look at the graphics from Factorio 0.1, released in 2012:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L_a8_zxYLik

They've since sold about 20M copies at $20 (now $30) apiece. I started playing in 2017 with Factorio 0.14, when the graphics were better but still decidedly retro and they'd sold maybe 4M copies.

The difference is that Factorio has a unique gameplay concept that is both extremely addictive and not really found in any other games. People will overlook shitty graphics if the game has a compelling concept that they can't get elsewhere.

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zeroname7y ago

> That's not really true - take a look at the graphics from Factorio 0.1, released in 2012

Yes, that was in 2012, well before the indie explosion. If you saw this game today, you would assume it is one of the hundreds of crappy 2D Minecraft clones.

nostrademonsOP7y ago

I mean, here's Factorio 0.14, which was 2017:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ulIqPXiM0X0#t=1200

It's better, but it's not that better, and probably something that still looks like a "crappy 2D Minecraft clone".

njwi3327y ago

I think his point is that it was already well known by 2017 and didn't have to struggle to distinguish itself in the current market, because it had built momentum and interest.

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