The Strokers Find a New Entrypoint

[Walt the Dog]

 

Not really sure what the point of this is since I'm guessing it's a free update and free means not money. Maybe trying to claw their way back onto the front page since this gets around the shovelware filter?

[ArmoredSnowman]

9 minutes ago, Walt the Dog said:

 

Not really sure what the point of this is since I'm guessing it's a free update and free means not money. Maybe trying to claw their way back onto the front page since this gets around the shovelware filter?

They should make Mainland China + Korean stacks, just to anger people more. 

[You]

15 minutes ago, Walt the Dog said:

 

Not really sure what the point of this is since I'm guessing it's a free update and free means not money. Maybe trying to claw their way back onto the front page since this gets around the shovelware filter?

 

LOL. You have to hand it them for "Nature finds a way". Or in this case "Shit finds a way".

No idea how hard it is to add the filter the DLC list, honestly the devs seriously love their free advertising on this site.....and it's almost certainly because of the Shovelware filter.

 

Awwwww, was it hurting their bottom line? lol

 

Sadly hiding shovelware DLC...I think that is something that people are going to ask for now, I sense the flood gates are gonna be filled in that section as well too.... Can I be the first to ask for this feature?

 

BTW, I love the irony that you are complaining about "Stroke The Dog" and your username is "Walt The Dog".

 

 

5 minutes ago, ArmoredSnowman said:

They should make Mainland China + Korean stacks, just to anger people more. 

 

Anger who? They can make 1 billion stacks of Stroke The Sausage but they'll all be hidden thanks to the filter. Only people who are angry are likely the devs.

Edited November 14, 2022 by enaysoft

[Segimon]

The game just got dlc lol. This has to be satire.

[Bumperklever]

4 minutes ago, enaysoft said:

 

LOL. You have to hand it them for "Nature finds a way". Or in this case "Shit finds a way".

No idea how hard it is to add the filter the DLC list, honestly the devs seriously love their free advertising on this site.....and it's almost certainly because of the Shovelware filter.

 

I dont think it would be that hard. I mean, games have already been manually tagged for been shovelware or not and there is a system in place for the main games to not display them. I dont think a check for the DLC part would be that hard.

 

I can also think 2nd reason why they do this, but this is definently testing the waters. 

[Walt the Dog]

1 minute ago, Bumperklever said:

I can also think 2nd reason why they do this, but this is definently testing the waters. 

Are you thinking they might eventually try to test the PS5 trophy limit using this as a base? Gonna be really funny if they intend to eventually go past 256 at some point considering the PSNP trophy limit still hasn't been fixed.

[James Tiger]

I am guessing next DLC will be Stroke The Dog: The Bitch ? 

[KenjiCBZ]

Bruh.

[Fluffythexeno]

Stroke the dog: Red rocket dlc maybe??

[MonaSaxPayne]

1 hour ago, Walt the Dog said:

Maybe trying to claw their way back onto the front page since this gets around the shovelware filter?

 

lol this was the first thing that popped into my head when I saw the new dlc list

[DrBloodmoney]

I guess this is confirmation that the Shovelware filter on the site did affect the bottom line of these "developers" and put a dent in their profiteering to some extent?

 

Would be a staggering coincidence if the method of release of these products would change to include DLC almost immediately after the Shovelware filter was implemented - in exactly the required way required to try and obfuscate it, and re-appear on the homepage.

 

I suppose Sly will need to add the same functionality to the New DLC page as the New Games page to keep the squeeze on those "Developers" - though at least the Game Info Team shouldn't need to re-tag anything - presumably the equivalent DLC filter can just use the Shovelware tag from the main game it is attached to to identify?

[DesmaBR]

Big Brain Move

[You]

50 minutes ago, DrBloodmoney said:

I guess this is confirmation that the Shovelware filter on the site did affect the bottom line of these "developers" and put a dent in their profiteering to some extent?

 

Would be a staggering coincidence if the method of release of these products would change to include DLC almost immediately after the Shovelware filter was implemented - in exactly the required way required to try and obfuscate it, and re-appear on the homepage.

 

I suppose Sly will need to add the same functionality to the New DLC page as the New Games page to keep the squeeze on those "Developers" - though at least the Game Info Team shouldn't need to re-tag anything - presumably the equivalent DLC filter can just use the Shovelware tag from the main game it is attached to to identify?

 

Not sure how the spam filter is implemented, but if the flag for the basegame can be accessed when populating the DLC list, it's probably like one line of code

 

if (!ThisTrophyList->bIsShitShovelWareGame)

{

     ThisTrophyList.ShowDLC();

}

 

[AJ_Radio]

We should insert fart bomb sound bytes every time one of these trash games makes it to this website.

[LuckySlime]

they should pull a Burn Zombie Burn: Zombie Sushi and never even release the dlc 

[Dry]

In addition to forcing the shovelware filter onto the “New DLC” box on this site’s dashboard, should we also consider removing “Easy Games” from the right side of the games page too? Either that or we should blacklist the “games” released by offending publishers from taking up all top five games appearing on that list.

Edited November 14, 2022 by Dry

[Sikutai]

 

That is unbelievable. Does the DLC cost anything?

 

Imagine having to buy a DLC for every Easy Platinum game. I'm starting to think the developer of the Stroke series is really trolling.

[MrShovelware]

Nice to see some dlc for these games. I would buy a dlc for a game in the pat series

[disaster500]

I think it'd be really funny if every one of the Stroke, Jumping and The Sheep P games got a few DLC trophies like this. I wonder if anyone would go back and replay thousands of stacks to get their completion % back up.

[Sikutai]

2 hours ago, DrBloodmoney said:

I guess this is confirmation that the Shovelware filter on the site did affect the bottom line of these "developers" and put a dent in their profiteering to some extent?

 

 

You are not right. The only reason they put a dent in their profiteering is the sheer number of titles published.

 

This has resulted in some rethinking their purchases, their trophy hunting or simply not having the funds to purchase all of the titles.

 

So this kind of games eats itself, it has nothing to do with the new "Hide Shovelware" option.

Edited November 14, 2022 by Sikutai

[Dry]

2 minutes ago, MrShovelware said:

Nice to see some dlc for these games. I would buy a dlc for a game in the pat series

Had a stroke yet?

[Zid960]

5 minutes ago, Sikutai said:

 

That is unbelievable. Does the DLC cost anything?

 

Imagine having to buy a DLC for every Easy Platinum game. I'm starting to think the developer of the Stroke series is really trolling.

Well if the idea of the dev was to make easy plat for $$$ This pissoff so many that there 100% just got destroyed. But know many of them would pay that 1$ dlc to get that back.

 

[DrBloodmoney]

23 minutes ago, disaster500 said:

I think it'd be really funny if every one of the Stroke, Jumping and The Sheep P games got a few DLC trophies like this. I wonder if anyone would go back and replay thousands of stacks to get their completion % back up.

 

I suspect you're going to find out.

 

If the purveyors of these products can no longer rely on the same steady influx of customers for the new "games" due to the side-lining of them on sites like this one, then they will likely fall back on re-tapping their previous customers via DLC.

 

The primary (and let's face it, in most cases, only,) customer base they prey upon are those with a vested interest in trophy leaderboards, i.e. the users of sites like this one.

Given that there is a strong focus on completion rate among that same user-base, it is logical that those "developers" will adapt their business model to exploit that aspect of trophy "hunting", since the "raw numbers" game has been hobbled to some extent -and try to make up the difference in lost revenue that way.

 

After all, if new customers are harder to entice, it makes sense to double-down on existing ones, and extract some more cash from those already ensnared. Those folks will feel more pressured to buy them anyways. "In for a penny, in for a pound," as it were.

 

I suspect we are going to see a huge influx of DLCs for all biggest selling trophy-mill products, particularly if this one sells to a high enough percentage of the original "game" owners.

This is likely just the early test-balloon.

Edited November 14, 2022 by DrBloodmoney

[FawltyPowers]

Definitely a new plan to see how many of the people who get the plat are also concerned about 100%

 

If it's a success, I can imagine untold amounts of DLC. Why have to go through spending a day or two creating and adding a new game when you can just add some new trophy requirements and make money.

 

The objective here is bare minimum effort for maximum profit. A bit like EA with their sports franchises.

 

People who are already sick of doing these games on a daily basis are going to hate it even more when trying to keep up with DLC, it will be a full time exercise of pressing X every day.

 

Part of me thinks it's hilarious but also feel very sorry for those individuals that feel like they have to keep chasing these titles, staring blankly at a screen, a tear rolling down their face and a very swollen index finger.

[Kolm]

18 minutes ago, FawltyPowers said:

Definitely a new plan to see how many of the people who get the plat are also concerned about 100%

 

If it's a success, I can imagine untold amounts of DLC. Why have to go through spending a day or two creating and adding a new game when you can just add some new trophy requirements and make money.

 

The objective here is bare minimum effort for maximum profit. A bit like EA with their sports franchises.

 

People who are already sick of doing these games on a daily basis are going to hate it even more when trying to keep up with DLC, it will be a full time exercise of pressing X every day.

 

Part of me thinks it's hilarious but also feel very sorry for those individuals that feel like they have to keep chasing these titles, staring blankly at a screen, a tear rolling down their face and a very swollen index finger.

 

My guess is that they just use a turbocontroller for this...