Torchlight 'hopefully' out on XBLA and PSN by holidays, has sold 750,000 units
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Runic Games had dreams of putting Torchlight on Xbox Live Arcade, then it put "serious effort" into a console version, and now the studio is hoping to have the game out by this holiday for PSN and XBLA. Runic CEO Max Schaefer told Joystiq at Gamescom today, "We're trying, we're talking [to Sony and Microsoft] and we hope to get that done quickly." Although there's no release window, he told us it'll "hopefully" be available "by the holidays."
Schaefer also told us the game has now sold over 750,000 units and is en route to a million. The RPG reached the half-million milestone back in May after launching in October, following a tiny development time of 10 months. If the sales figure seems a bit low, the executive mentioned that piracy has been an issue, but they have no way of tracking how many illegal copies were made.
As for Torchlight 2 on consoles, Schaefer told us Runic will "try" to get the multiplayer sequel to consoles sometime after the PC and Mac release.
Schaefer also told us the game has now sold over 750,000 units and is en route to a million. The RPG reached the half-million milestone back in May after launching in October, following a tiny development time of 10 months. If the sales figure seems a bit low, the executive mentioned that piracy has been an issue, but they have no way of tracking how many illegal copies were made.
As for Torchlight 2 on consoles, Schaefer told us Runic will "try" to get the multiplayer sequel to consoles sometime after the PC and Mac release.
Reader Comments (76)
Posted: Aug 21st 2010 3:58PM Night Elve said
I bought it for PC and had a blast I would definitely buy it for PS3 :)
Posted: Aug 21st 2010 4:00PM Zepinephrine said
+1 PSN purchase here.
Posted: Aug 21st 2010 4:26PM ElektroDragon said
I'm buying this again on BOTH XBLA AND PSN it is so good! Achievements and Trophies, here I come!!
Posted: Aug 21st 2010 4:43PM NoBullet said
Wow dont even bother releasing Torchlight 1 on consoles if it doesnt have multiplayer. Dont make the same mistake twice.
Posted: Aug 21st 2010 5:32PM logicplay said
Yes, please release it ! i would buy it again and again..i love it. Great game i wont regret buying it again.
Posted: Aug 21st 2010 6:01PM greenpipepilgrimage said
I like how much gp the screenshot has
Posted: Aug 21st 2010 6:36PM Saria the Cat said
I was about to complain that they should think about releasing this for Mac Steam first so I can play it on my new MacBook Pro, but I Googled it and...um, see ya later guys.
Posted: Aug 21st 2010 7:46PM prence said
I'm finally going to see what my PC gaming friends won't shut up about. Wohoo.
Posted: Aug 21st 2010 8:09PM Leathersoup said
I enjoyed Torchlight right up until fighting the end boss for 15 minutes before dying... never touched the game again. I just have no patience for something that annoying.
Posted: Aug 21st 2010 8:14PM Shawcross said
Yeah this will sell a lot on the consoles since a lot of gamers are looking for a good RPG
Posted: Aug 21st 2010 9:42PM AOClaus said
That's great. And it's a fun game, I bought it for PC. But, the feature I was really hoping for on PC was coop of some sort. Is that going to change for the console version?
Posted: Aug 21st 2010 9:46PM Kinjiro said
I interested to see how this plays on a console. It could be the proving grounds for Diablo 3 on consoles.
Posted: Aug 21st 2010 11:15PM MikeWulf said
As a console gamer I can't afford to update a pc over and over again just to play games, why i got all 3 consoles. I am REALLY looking forward to this game. Heard about it a couple months ago and was really disappointed me macbook couldnt play it. Now i can add one more to the list of games that keep killing my beer budget.
Posted: Aug 22nd 2010 3:39PM MikeWulf said
@RKN How is that an idiotic argument? How am I arguing a point? I said i cant afford to keep upgrading a pc just to play games. I cant AFFORD it. Jeebus get off your high horse. I gave up playing WOW because my 6 year old dell couldnt handle the graphics and expansion packs. And I didn't have the cash to buy a new pc. Lets see $1000+ for a new pc or $300 for a console. hmmmm... Your response was more an idiotic response than my state being an argument.
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Posted: Aug 21st 2010 11:41PM Tuxy79 said
Woohoo!
Posted: Aug 22nd 2010 2:00AM free2game said
750,000 isn't a a lot? It had no marketing and was made by something like 20 people in less than a year, with that it probably made it's money back 5 fold.
Posted: Aug 22nd 2010 11:02AM xyna031 said
It will be intresting to see how they will manage to apply this type of combat system to an console, sometime of " a la'devil may cry", its this times i *frown* since i don't have a console :/
Posted: Aug 22nd 2010 4:30PM OG T Unit said
I'm in!
Posted: Aug 22nd 2010 10:04PM Justinian said
This is so exciting! I love Torchlight! I don't know how well a controller will translate to point and click but regardless, I will buy.
Posted: Aug 22nd 2010 11:25PM Marcus Carter said
sweet
Posted: Aug 23rd 2010 12:57PM trendscenedental said
@Noksukow
Am I the only person here who remembers how bad the original Diablo for PS1 sucked??
Am I the only person here who remembers how bad the original Diablo for PS1 sucked??
Posted: Oct 28th 2010 11:35AM mxwp said
Hack and slash RPGs are one of my fav genres... so I will have to buy this for PSN when it comes out. To support the genre and indy devs.
Posted: Nov 10th 2010 5:02PM xXHexagonXx said
I will re-purchase this if it has co-op over Live... otherwise not sure I will.






