My post had nothing to do with Solasta vs BG 3, just with the assertion that Steamspy is mostly useless now - its not. It is still exceptionally useful to potential developers, even if it is less useful than it was before. There is a reason it still exists and is maintained, because there is a very good business case for it and because the data has an audience that wants it.
Originally Posted by Saito Hikari
That said, 200,000 minimum sales for Solasta isn't bad, and actually pretty decent given the context. I don't think anyone was expecting earth-shattering numbers, but I also don't think anyone was expecting Pillars of Eternity II levels of bomba either, which was the bigger worry. I don't think POE2 ever made it past 500k despite it having a much higher budget than most other cRPGs. I think Pathfinder: Kingmaker has gone past 1 million at this point, but it had an extremely rocky start due to being an unfinished buggy mess at the time, but the base game was so strong that it flipped its reputation around completely once it got fixed and now enjoys insane word of mouth.
Regardless of whether Solasta sold 200,000 or 500,000 I still think it did pretty well. Even if we knew exactly how many copies it sold however, we could not properly estimate its gross revenue, let alone its profit, because the game is sold at different prices in different regions and we don't have access to a breakdown of the sales figures by region. Once the game has been out for longer, discounts will also complicate the matter. For those curious, here is the price of BG 3 and Solasta within different regions.
