Metro Awakening “underperformed” towards the monetary expectations of the sport’s mother or father firm, regardless of optimistic critiques.
Within the interim monetary report for Q3 FY 2024/25 from the Embracer Group, who personal notable publishers and studios like Koch Media, Deep Silver and Vertigo Video games, the corporate discusses Metro Awakening following final 12 months’s launch. As seen on web page 7, Embracer states the sport “underperformed administration monetary expectations.”
Little else was stated about Metro Awakening, and it is unclear what particular monetary expectations Embracer had for the current VR-only prequel. That stated, the identical report highlights the sport’s optimistic vital reception. Alongside profitable Steam’s VR Sport of the 12 months and our personal favourite PlayStation VR2 Sport of the 12 months, our 4.5/5-star assessment referred to as it a “mesmerizing” VR gaming expertise that we praised for its atmospheric immersion and storytelling.
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Very like Ubisoft’s expectations for Murderer’s Creed Nexus final 12 months – which CEO Yves Guillemot confirmed he was “a bit disillusioned” by however said the sport “did okay, and it continues to promote” – the expectations of flatscreen AAA publishers are typically a lot greater than most VR builders. Nevertheless, it is also value noting that in contrast to the Quest-exclusive Nexus, Metro Awakening is a multiplatform title.
Gross sales are more durable to quantify for the Viveport and PlayStation VR2 variations, although SteamDB estimates place PC VR gross sales someplace between 50k and 100k items. Practically 45k (through QuestWithMatt) have additionally unlocked Metro’s first achievement on Quest, although this determine would not account for potential refunds and people who have not performed it but.
Even with a slate of current high-profile releases that additionally included Batman: Arkham Shadow, Alien: Rogue Incursion and Skydance’s Behemoth, VR gaming stays an indie dominated house crammed with largely smaller studios. These groups normally have completely different metrics of success, as we have just lately seen with Thief Simulator VR reaching over 310k gross sales on Quest alone, or Into The Radius hitting 800k gross sales throughout all platforms.
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As for Embracer, the corporate reported it lowered its debt to $298 million after ending its main restructuring program. This additionally concerned shouldering roughly $928 million debt onto a newly spun-off firm, Asmodee. Flatscreen sport Kingdom Come: Deliverance 2 is the large success story, with almost 2 million items bought since launching earlier this month. In any other case, total gross sales declined by 22% year-on-year throughout a nine-month interval ending on December 31, 2024.
