A rough launch with a smooth landing.
In 2016 Hello Games released No Man’s Sky, a sci-fi space game for the Playstation 4 and Windows (Xbox 1 in 2018; Playstation 5 and Xbox X in 2020; Nintendo Switch in October 2022) hyped to be the next great advance into space exploration games. It received mixed reviews starting out from both the gaming press and users since it didn’t live up to the hype, but did generate good sales. According to Wikipedia, “Additional issues included launch bugs, poor PC performance, a trademark dispute with Sky Group (settled in 2016), and a patent claim over procedural formulas (dismissed as unused).”
The full article at my Substack page.
https://open.substack.com/pub/georgebailey/p/no-mans-sky-the-ultimate-space-game
