http://www.gamasutra.com/php-bin/news_index.php?story=22866
Lots of interesting stuff in here. Everything except actual sales numbers. Here are some highlights:
Total development cost over two years - $96,000
World of Goo revenue sources:
WiiWare - 55-60%
2DBoy.com - 25%
Steam - Unspecified, but growing in 2009 (12-18%?)
Retail - 2-3%
Sales on 2DBoy.com are 65% PC, 25% Mac, and 10% Linux.
Best offer from a publisher was $700,000 plus 15% royalties, which 2D Boy decided they could beat by going it alone.
No change in piracy rate between their game and a game with DRM. "Don't bother with DRM... it's a waste of time. Anybody who wants the game is going to find it on a BitTorrent site. We just don't see the point in trying to fight that."
A Steam 25% off sale quadrupled revenues.
"The worst part about these reviews is they are [subjective]--and their scores often depend on how drunk you got the media at a Street Fighter event." — Mona Hamilton, Capcom Senior VP of Marketing
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