Brian Provinciano, “Founder of Vblank Entertainment, and the programmer, pixel artist, designer, producer, bizdev, (blah, blah…) behind Retro City Rampage,” wrote an editorial on his website about the PS4′s RAM, misleading headlines, and more.

 Something interesting regarding Retro City Rampage and its sales was also included in the article, with Brian writing about the Wii version of the game, something he called a “gift to the fans,” that cost him $20,000. At the time of GDC, where he revealed some sales numbers, RCR on Wii had grossed about $15,000. Due to the way WiiWare is set up and the sales threshold you have to cross, he has “still not actually seen a cent from the WiiWare version.” It’s not all bad though, as he’s “okay with this” and “knew this going in, but wanted to keep my word to the fans.”

Looking at all the versions of the game, he sold over 170,000 copies regularly, with another 270,000 downloads coming via PlayStation Plus. For more detail, “it’s had a strong tail, generating even more revenue this year than last year.”

Unfortunately for the Wii, Retro City Rampage in Europe for the system has sales in the hundreds, while North America is just over 2,000, despite it having additional content and being $5 cheaper. Brian said of the Wii sales, “Again, I knew this going in and was at peace with releasing it purely for those few fans, to make them happy and keep my word.”

Were you one of the few who bought the game on Wii? Let us know in the comments below.

http://www.playstationlifestyle.net/2013/07/29/retro-city-rampage-sold-170000-copies-on-ps3ps-vita-270000-more-through-ps/

I got it on PC during the summer sale so I can enjoy the high fidelity graphics.

Does anyone yet know or have proof that PS+ downloads give money to the publisher?

270k through ps+ sounds "low" to me. i mean, most people who have ps+ pay for it because of the games so i would expect that download numbers are huge.

i wonder how the download numbers for big games like sleeping dogs look like.

Not sure if that has been disclosed yet, but it seems adding a game to the PS+ collection results in an increase in the sales of that title, or the DLC of that title. I think i read that on the same website the source of this article is from.

It wasnt free on plus, just a discount. 

ahh ok that makes sense then, thx!

this.  article is a bit misleading.

do you have proof that ps+ gives absolutely no money to the publisher and they just give away their games out of the goodness of their heart?

..because common sense would suggest otherwise.

Devs already said they receive money from PS+ games.

"For the two games we had for free on PS Plus, the revenue from the free offering was between 10-15 percent of the overall revenue we made from each game,"

http://www.gamasutra.com/view/feature/191966/playstation_plus_good_for_.php 

So they have revenue from the "free" PS Plus version but of course it is less than the paid version.