PixelJunk Shooter’s Sales Impressive
Also demo plus home space incoming.Published 19/12/2009 at 17:15 by Kovacs
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PixelJunk Shooter could be one of the fastest selling Q-Games titles ever. This is according to the game’s producer Dylan Cuthbert speaking (in 140 characters or less) on Twitter.
The insight comes in a reply to one tweeter’s inquiry regarding the Q-Games Facebook event where the studio attempted to get 1 million people to download the snazzy retro title at launch.
Admitting that the event was obviously tongue-in-cheek (the Q-Games boss regularly reminds us that PixelJunk games are quite esoteric and usually don’t experience mammoth sales), Dylan does reveal that he believes “it is our faster seller yet.”
A regular Twitterer, Dylan also reveals that “the Shooter space for EU and Japan is next year unfortunately (takes a while to do the translations)”, and how a demo is still definitely in the works for those insane of you out there who need more convincing before picking it up.
Who says Twitter is a monumental waste of time?
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gazzagb | 19/12/2009 17:17
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Ill play the demo before I buy the game, me thinks.
Zuler | 19/12/2009 17:21
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Dylan was telling me that if you add up all the people in both the 1P and 2P leaderboards, around either -20% or +20% of that is how many it’s sold so far. Around 60,000 or so at the moment, I think. That’s pretty good. I recall Burn Zombie Burn sold 100,000 in a month, so if they’ve sold this much in a little over a week, I think that’s VERY good.
Zuler | 19/12/2009 17:24
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Well I’ve just checked, and I was quite off actually. It’s currently sitting at a total of 44,000. Still, pretty awesome to me.
AJ | 19/12/2009 18:27
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Wait, then are you stating that 80% of the people in the leaderboards didn’t “pay” to play?
Zuler | 19/12/2009 18:53
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No, I mean like for example, the number below, 44,000, -20% of that would be 35,200. This could obviously be because of gamesharing. On the other hand, maybe plus 20%, being 52,800. This could be because of some people who chose to not have their name on the leaderboard, or maybe people who actually haven’t booted up the game yet (mental!).
Raider197 | 19/12/2009 17:23
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To anyone who’s hesitant about buying this, I’d say just go for it. It’s definitely one of the best PSN releases of the year.
I can’t wait for some DLC
Zuler | 19/12/2009 17:25
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Yeah, this, along with Braid and Flower, are the best PSN games this year. Don’t make me choose between them!
Kovacs | 19/12/2009 18:14
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Choose. Or the puppy gets it.
Raider197 | 19/12/2009 18:30
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What breed of puppy?
Dunks | 19/12/2009 18:35
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fantastic game. No need to hesitate about buying it…
teflon | 19/12/2009 17:24
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It’s damned good, just incase anyone cares/hasn’t read the TSA review.
The only problem is it could do with having a fourth chapter, which has clearly been held back/planned out for an expansion pack. That’d make it last a hour longer…
skibadee | 19/12/2009 17:34
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hoping for a demo of this soon.
ReMiXx92 | 19/12/2009 18:15
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+1
AJ | 19/12/2009 18:29
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Me too. And a Braid demo as well.
cam the man | 19/12/2009 18:45
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Will give it a go when the demo comes out.
bunimomike | 19/12/2009 21:21
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Hope it sells by the bucket-load. It’s been stunning fun and is equally great value for money. Top graphics, lovely sound, stunning controls, co-op is brilliant. Can’t wait for the next instalment.
tanner9 | 19/12/2009 22:21
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Will try it soon!
BadBoyBoogie | 20/12/2009 09:42
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From the trailer, this seems very similar to Gravity Crash. Which one do I get? Or do I just get both!!??
cc_star | 20/12/2009 10:53
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If you like the whole Play.Create.Share thing then get Gravity Crash but as a campaign on its own I think Shooter is better, also if you have a PSP then Shooter is Remote Play compatible.
haza103 | 20/12/2009 11:37
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Just finished it (not 100%) and it’s definately the best pixeljunk game yet! Great presentation, gameplay and soundtrack. I’m trying to 100% the three games that have trophies. Monsters done, shooter almost…. about Eden…. Gonna take some time me thinks