Yeah it's in the article: "500k units sold in 3 months, which puts the project beyond breakeven and into profit. Our prediction was to be at this point in 6 months from release."

That's definitely good but I'm surprised it "only" sold 500k by now. It's an excellent game and should be supported more especially in a time where the big publishers are trying to suck as much money out of our pockets as they can.

It would be a great win for the creativity of the game devs and a big middle finger towards the corporate greed of the publishers if more dev-teams would embrace this approach.

@Malphite

Thanks for posting that since it makes it pretty clear that it did well for them. Congratulations Ninja Theory on the success of this new IP.

i hope they do bring it to all platforms, even switch as its not just a great game, but may help people dealing with mental health see that there is a light at the end.

but if you have a PC, definitely look into it cyborg

Yeah I'll do that. Waiting to get my 1070ti on Black Friday or Christmas. Or I might just get it on the PS4 since it's cheaper

they said early on it was launching first on PS/PC so it could be another PS timed exclusive

Love seeing ya so amped up. Going to buy Helpblade soon for the Pro

because sony sells their consoles at either a loss or very little profit, they make the money from software sales. Nvidia/AMD make money from hardware and whatever other services they offer, not games. Valve charges to sell games on steam, but their overhead is lower since they arent forced to deal with all the hardware.

You speak as though you work for or own Sony, MS, AMD, Nvidia, or Valve. Do you have numbers, sir, or are these just speculations? How do you know their profit margins, last I checked the report that would allow that to be seen is in the range of $15,000.00? What do you do for a living? Smh

That's 13 million for that year alone. I guarantee if you count the sales of all graphics cards equivalent to the PS4 or XB1's power or higher there would be more than the number of PS4s sold.

But what point did your comment have anyway?

Okay, and they should.

Not sure about that, Ratchet and Clank and The Lost Legacy performed quite well as $40 games

I purchase thousands of dollars of games per year, I buy consoles DAY ONE, I bought ALL mid gen updrages. So don't ask me what do I for gaming. I SUPPORT devs with my hard earned money so they can continue to make the games I love and I have been doing this for over 20 years. Don't ever presume you know how I move. Now that I've explained to you what I contribute to gaming what exactly do you do? And as far as my accomplishments I give dozens of people jobs because I am in a position to do so. There's more to life than gaming. You know nothing of me but are quick to question my accomplishments. Gtfo

Lmbo, BLKXSEPTEMBER, so you purchase but you've not created anything to be measured, outside of being a sheep? Smh As far as my accomplishments go, I've achieved well enough to NOT dismiss the accomplishments of others. My profession, video game store owner, business consultant, public speaker, career coach, analyst, accountant, shall I continue? Doesn't really matter, but since you asked. Lmbo

Giving people jobs is the equivalent to sending them an invite to the plantation, not sure if I'd say that out loud. Rofl. My life is dedicated to showing individuals how to attain financial freedom, ultimately, freeing them from the shackles of needing jobs. So in short, freedom is my contribution.

Thousands of dollars a year on games. Hmmm? Sound like a bad vestment, as the R.O.I. wouldn't even equal the margins that you thumbed your nose at Ninja Theory for. JS LMBO

Keep dreaming son, that’s not successful in anyone’s books, half a million sold and half of that on PC. They could have projected that few being sold.

Like I said, I’d be hugely disappointed and review what went wrong for such a good game.

It's not successful to a bunch of fan boys on forums who want to play the "it has to sell 10+ million copies to be a success" line.

I'm not one of those people. For the most part, publishers and devs aren't like that either...particularly for a game with the scope of this game.

The dev stipulated what they'd consider a success, and apparently they've met that criteria. Since they didn't have a publisher, they only have to be accountable to themselves.

Thus, the game was a success. Not just critically, but in terms of sales.

They also didn't project that it'd only sell 250K on PC. They projected that's what it would sell in 6 months. They've sold that many in 3 months.

I'm not really sure what people think most games sell on PC, or console, but most games don't sell in the millions. It's usually only the AAA blockbusters which break 2 million, and only the most heavily marketed and long standing IP's which break 5+ million. Then you have the rarer games which get upwards, or exceed 10 million.

If I made a game with a razor thin budget like these devs did, and it was of the quality that this game is, and it sold half a million copies, I'd be elated. I wouldn't care what percentage of the user base played it, I'd just be happy half a million people played it. The only time I would worry about attach ratios of software is when determining which platforms to release on....and that would be more during pre-production.