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Turkish on 14 April 2016

200k for a late physical indie release is nice. Got the game on disc for PS4.



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Chazore on 14 April 2016
Nautilus said:
Barozi said:
Honestly this game should get much more sales.
Nowadays many so-so indy have barely problems reaching 1m sales, many of them even PC exclusive. 1.2m in itself is a good number and a success for them, but compared to other titles the number is pretty disappointing.

People always find a way to turn positive news into negative one...

No, its not that common.Sure, more indie games are selling better than lets say 3 years ago, but they are still few and far betwenn.And since this game still have alot of support comming for it, we can certainly expect more sales.Not to mention the money they made with the DLCs and the amiibo.So the money they made must be higher than other indies that sell 1 million.

I don't get why it's bad that an indie like this has sold 1.2 million across multiple platforms, hell just alone recently ahs Stardew valley hit 1 million copies so far alone on PC from just a month and two weeks of being sold, once it eventually hits consoles he'll see more copies sold as a result. There are still plenty of indie games out there that just aren't popular enough to sell millions, that's just how the market works.



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Nautilus on 14 April 2016
Chazore said:
Nautilus said:

People always find a way to turn positive news into negative one...

No, its not that common.Sure, more indie games are selling better than lets say 3 years ago, but they are still few and far betwenn.And since this game still have alot of support comming for it, we can certainly expect more sales.Not to mention the money they made with the DLCs and the amiibo.So the money they made must be higher than other indies that sell 1 million.

I don't get why it's bad that an indie like this has sold 1.2 million across multiple platforms, hell just alone recently ahs Stardew valley hit 1 million copies so far alone on PC from just a month and two weeks of being sold, once it eventually hits consoles he'll see more copies sold as a result. There are still plenty of indie games out there that just aren't popular enough to sell millions, that's just how the market works.

Hey, its him thats saying this, not me!I do agree with you.1.2 million is excellent and its most likely going to sell more down the line



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Chazore on 14 April 2016
Nautilus said:

Hey, its him thats saying this, not me!I do agree with you.1.2 million is excellent and its most likely going to sell more down the line

I wasn't pointing it at you, it was more for him =P, I consider the 1.2m for an indie game to be great. 



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z101 on 14 April 2016
BraLoD said:
PS4 version did very well considering it came out later.
They should be releasing their next game on PS4 simultaneously now.

 

Their next game will surely not arrive before 2019. 

Multiplatform development is not easy so they will perhaps go again with Nintendo/Steam first and concentrate on the less important platforms (for this kind of game) later. By the way the time span between WiiU/Steam and Playstation/XOne releases outside US was way shorter.



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haqqaton on 14 April 2016

I'm happy for them... It's a great game. [played on 3DS]



johnsobas on 14 April 2016

Great game, it really hit the spot for me. I got the physical Wii U version, and for the price point it was everything i wanted.



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greencactaur on 14 April 2016

Thats great to see, I haven't picked this up yet, but you know what I'll buy it next month lol. Them PS3 sales doe :P.



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Barozi on 15 April 2016
Chazore said:
Nautilus said:

People always find a way to turn positive news into negative one...

No, its not that common.Sure, more indie games are selling better than lets say 3 years ago, but they are still few and far betwenn.And since this game still have alot of support comming for it, we can certainly expect more sales.Not to mention the money they made with the DLCs and the amiibo.So the money they made must be higher than other indies that sell 1 million.

I don't get why it's bad that an indie like this has sold 1.2 million across multiple platforms, hell just alone recently ahs Stardew valley hit 1 million copies so far alone on PC from just a month and two weeks of being sold, once it eventually hits consoles he'll see more copies sold as a result. There are still plenty of indie games out there that just aren't popular enough to sell millions, that's just how the market works.

Which is exactly my point.
How much hype was there for Stardew Valley before release? Not much.
Got 1m sales in a matter of a few weeks, on only one platform.

Question is, why isn't Shovel Knight anywhere close to 1m sales on PC. Isn't that strange? A game that is in pretty much everyone's top 10 indie games list and even received Game of the Year awards.



Barozi on 15 April 2016
Nautilus said:
Barozi said:

It's pretty common for known indie games and Shovel Knight is one of them. Took them far longer than expected to reach that number. Far worse games have reached a million much quicker. Nowadays and already 3 years ago. So, yeah it's a bit sad it's only at 1.2m as of now. Remember that it's on pretty much every platform there is. Also there's only one DLC as of now and that one is free.

I'm not saying that it should compete with Rocket League or Minecraft, but it's certainly a better game than many dozen indie games that sold more.

As far as im aware, its not common.Just because 3 or 4 indies reached that mark last year(im guessing numbers here, I dont remember which games reached that milestone) dosent make that common.Common would be if 40% or higher of every indie released reached those sales.Plus this is the first game from Yatch Club, so th game didnt have any prior hype(read:developer pedigree) behind it.Minecraft and Rocket League are annomalities, even for AAA standard.And you need to remember that it released first on PC and Nintendo systems, then went to Sony and Microsoft.

And I mean, its 1.2 million for gods sake!They used  roughly 311k to developed it, and they are making dozens of millions in profits.How can that be sad in any way?People are unrealistic in expectations.If the industry needed millions upon millions of sales for any game to be considered a success, it would have crashed by now.

dozens of millions? Where are you getting those numbers from?
The game is $15. At 1m digital sales that's $15m plus 200k retail at $30 ($6m). $21m in total of which both the platform holder and the retailer is getting a big share.

It's common for popular and/or great indie games. Obviously not for all indie games. But take a look at Steam Spy and see how many indie games since the release of Shovel Knight sold more than a million. Then remember that these are only PC sales.