Seems like THQ is happy with the game performance:
According to software sales date released to IGN by the NPD Group, THQ's de Blob sold 230,000 copies through December of last year. That figure encapsulates sales from September 22 through the end of the year in America alone – global figures are not tracked by NPD. Compared to a blockbuster release like Gears of War 2 for Microsoft's Xbox 360 system, which managed sales of two million units in its opening weekend, de Blob's sell-through seems modest. But it's enough to keep the series -- the first game of which cost far less to produce than any Gears title -- going.
Consider the fact that de Blob was not only a new IP for THQ, but one launched on the same day as Nintendo's own classical platformer Wario Land: Shake It! The two games even earned the same review scores from IGN.com, albeit for entirely different reasons. Yet in the end, consumers chose THQ's jiggly hero over Nintendo's – during the same period, Wario Land: Shake It! sold only 150,000 copies.
When we presented the NPD data to THQ for comment, a spokesperson for the company indicated that de Blob's solid American sales beginnings are only half the story. "We're pleased with de Blob's performance worldwide," the rep noted. "It's a great intellectual property and you can tell your readers to expect to see more of de Blob in the future."
http://wii.ign.com/articles/947/947929p1.html
Pretty nice it's one of my favorite games from last year, It'd great if they do a portanle version
Pixel Art can be fun.
