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Balatro sells over 3.5 million units (x.com)

submitted 4 weeks ago by nanoUFO to c/games

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[–] [email protected] 11 points 4 weeks ago

Any multipliers?

[–] [email protected] 7 points 4 weeks ago

I bought on pc and mobile and even gifted it to a few friends of mine. Game is so good.

[+] [email protected] -11 points 4 weeks ago* (last edited 4 weeks ago) (4 children)

Why are there no updates besides cosmetics and bugfixes?

Because LT is busy with the hookers and blow, and playing twos IRL with their buds.

EDIT : I'm not calling for fuckloads of random jokers to dilute the playing pool; if I wanted that I'd install the fucking cryptid mod

EDIT 2 : This is a joke. It's satire. You guys getting mad is making me a sad tyre, that feels misunderstood.

[–] theonlytruescotsman 29 points 4 weeks ago (2 children)

Not all games need to be eternal game projects that the dev commits themselves to for the rest of time. Normalize normal release schedules and letting games end.

[–] kata1yst 8 points 4 weeks ago* (last edited 4 weeks ago)

Exactly! It's not a competitive game. It doesn't involve an online component.

Frankly I think it's exactly what it needs to be, bugfixes not withstanding. It's complex, fun, challenging, but not overwhelming.

The only thing I can think i might want are more challenges, but that's such a minor thing if I never got another I'd be perfectly content.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 4 weeks ago

100% correct. Not sure why I'm getting downvoted, I was more joking about how they have it made, rather than begging for updates.

Incidentally, they're the one making statements about updates coming in 2025, hence this joke. I even clarified with the edit, but 🤷‍♂️

[–] [email protected] 2 points 4 weeks ago (1 children)

A free content update is coming early 2025.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 4 weeks ago

I KNOW. I am up to date with this game. I have 550 hours, and a highscore off a random seed of 7e60 , and it affects my life personally.

It's a satirical joke.

I don’t understand why people misunderstand my comment. I don’t want shit from Localthunk, I thought including “and bugfixes” indicated that I saw and appriciated the post release effort they put in, and the “hookers and blow” was further cementing my statement as satire, as I’m pretty sure they aren’t taking shitloads of drugs and fucking prostitutes. The statement about “twos” also should indicate I understand the backstory of the development of balatro.

Although, this is a partial lie. I do want LT to implement a better joker viewer that lets us see the joker artwork bigger, and to include some kind of plot via flavortext or SOMETHING. If I had more time, I’d work on a mod for it, but I have my own personal projects that are 100% mine to take care of, and responsibilities I have to take care of too.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 4 weeks ago* (last edited 4 weeks ago) (1 children)

The game featured a series of balance updates after its original release. It's overall in a very good state right now. Not sure what you would expect.

[–] [email protected] -1 points 4 weeks ago

I don't understand why people misunderstand my comment. I don't want shit from Localthunk, I thought including "and bugfixes" indicated that I saw and appriciated the post release effort they put in, and the "hookers and blow" was further cementing my statement as satire, as I'm pretty sure they aren't taking shitloads of drugs and fucking prostitutes. The statement about "twos" also should indicate I understand the backstory of the development of balatro.

Although, this is a partial lie. I do want LT to implement a better joker viewer that lets us see the joker artwork bigger, and to include some kind of plot via flavortext or SOMETHING. If I had more time, I'd work on a mod for it, but I have my own personal projects that are 100% mine to take care of, and responsibilities I have to take care of too.

But if they don't want to, meh. It's not like I spend shitloads of time on the collection screen.