Microsoft’s development legend says he yearns to make a 5m seller and join the ‘triple-A club’

Peter Molyneux is a surprisingly critical man. Fable II is a great game, it has sold over 3.5 million units at retail and has a Metacritic score of 89. But during an interview with MCV, Molyneux highlights elements of it as ‘crap’, ‘gimmicky,’ and ‘a terrible crime’.

And he invites criticism from his fans, too. He goes on gaming forums under a pseudonym, he tells us, to  spark debate. Why be so humble?

“It’s not humility,” he insists. “It’s the reality and the truth. I am a designer and I shouldn’t stand up and say everything is wonderful and shiny and great and we made the greatest game ever, because we didn’t. Being inspired by your mistakes is one way of breaking into that triple-A club. It will always be my consistent dream to break into that club. I’ve made a lot of good games, but never a great game.”

Never made a great game? What about Black & White? Populous? Dungeon Keeper?

“I’ve never made a game that people will put in their Top Five list of all-time greats,” he says. “You might consider one of mine, but I don’t think you’d put it in.”

Molyneux won’t rest until he breaks into that Top Five. He keeps referencing this ‘triple-A club’ – an elite group of games that includes the likes of Halo and Call of Duty, and he wants Fable to be a part of it.  To do that the game needs to sell, a lot.

“That club is five million units,” he says. “Once you can sell that many, you can get into that elite group.”

To read MCV’s full interview with Peter Molyneux, check out this week’s new-look MCV magazine or check back on MCVuk.com later today

http://www.mcvuk.com/news/41441/Molyneux-Ive-never-made-a-great-game

Sicne Molyneux always lies, does this mean all he has ever created was "Great" games?

Anyways, I have not played all of Sir Peter's games, but from what I have experienced he made a "Great" game with Fable 1, even if it had major hype and underdelivered on it's promises, but I can't say the same about Fable 2. I felt like that game was a big step backwards for me. I just couldn't enjoy the way I did with Fable, and I only first played Fable 1 in 2008!! So awesome, all those kick ass weapons and bad ass armors... where did they go?

I also find it incredibly sad that the industry is in this state, where they believe a "Great" game is defined by sales...

I guess Mass Effect 2, Uncharted 2, Demon's Souls, God of War 3, Fable, Xenogears and any other games that has not surpassed 5M in sales were only "good" games.

what a hypocrite, since when does sales= quality? he really has is stubborn, i bet that he will say the same thing when his next game comes out, even if fable 3 hits 5 million.

He's so self-centered like he's the only one working on these games.

This....this man reminds me of those douchebags who live in San Fransico on South Park. You know the ones who love the smell of their own farts

What a drama-queen.

Whatever, Fable Was a Great game!

Well, Milo is not going to be a 5 million seller. Sorry Peter.

we never know maybe hes speaking for the entire team. I mean miyamoto sometimes only references himself in interviews and sometimes he mentions his team that he works with.

So for for him a 5 million seller is considered to belong to an elite group, I wonder what he classifies the Nintendo titles that sell 20M and more...

Bullfrog created Dungeon Keeper which is in my all-time Top 10.