Shadow Complex sets week-one sales record
by James Ransom-Wiley 
on Aug 31st 2009 5:40PM
That's, um, sales of single-player games (multiplayer ones don't count!). And, uh, you know, we're
just talking about Xbox Live Arcade titles -- not that clarifying this awfully specific sales record is an attempt to take away from the much-deserved success of Chair's
excellent Shadow Complex or the 200,000-plus downloaders (much of the Joystiq staff included) who didn't wait long to
cash in 1200
.
Still, we're not going to label
Shadow Complex's sales Achievement® (as
Microsoft does) the "New Era of Downloadable Games." It takes far too much effort to produce a decent
Metroidvania experience than it does a mediocre dual-stick shooter, after all.
We will, however, join in on the not-so-subtle peer pressuring. Seriously, you
still haven't purchased
Shadow Complex? Shame on you. (So ... just direct deposit that check, cool? Thanks Microsoft!)
