Initially planned for a release in May last year, it was ultimately pushed back three times, finishing up in Q2 2016. However, The Last Federation was successful enough to allow for the rehiring some of the cut staff.Ī subsequent project, Stars Beyond Reach, proved to be a drain on the relative comfort Arcen had found from the success of The Last Federation and sales of its back catalogue. Arcen has been through periods of financial stability before: the first in 2010, which resulted in the loss of around half its team, and again at the start of 2014, just before the launch of The Last Federation, which also resulted in redundancies. There are several contributing factors at play here. What we've never had is awesome response and poor sales." We've had poor response and poor sales, and mixed response and poor sales. We've had rocky response and reasonable or poor sales. With Starward Rogue, however, "we have mostly hung out in the 200s instead of in the teens, and mostly in the 250s at that, top-seller-chart-wise. Usually we hang out in the teens for a few days and then drop off." That period is where the studio makes the majority of its income. We've never had awesome response and poor sales."Īccording to Park, Arcen was expecting a similar level of performance to its more popular games from the past, where, "generally we wind up on the Steam top sellers list in the top 40 at around the low side, and peak somewhere in the top 10. By contrast, about 2,100 people have bought the game across Steam and Humble." About 9,000 people on Steam have wishlisted the title, which is awesome - next time this goes on discount, hopefully they'll pick it up (but I mean, it's only $11.99 USD and it's 10% off already!). Park wrote: "We're lost in a sea of other titles. While the game has generally positive Steam reviews and "a lot of positive youtube and twitch coverage" from smaller channels, as Park himself described it, "the sales suck." Park has published a long and detailed blog post describing Arcen's recent history, culminating in the disappointing commercial performance of its most recent release, Staward Rogue.
Arcen Games will sack its entire staff on Monday, and founder Chris Park is eager to tell the world exactly why it has to happen.
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