Deadliest Warrior devs reveal 225K-plus sales in postmortem
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In a recent postmortem on Gamasutra, the team behind Deadliest Warrior discussed the game's successes and failures. Slotted firmly in the success column are the sales numbers, with Gamasutra noting that Deadliest Warrior has racked up over 225,000 units in sales since its XBLA launch in July (it later arrived on PSN in October). Spike Games' Prithvi Virasinghe and Pipeworks Software's Jeremy Mahler agree that one key to the game's success was its realistic approach to combat.
Strangely enough, Spike and Pipeworks independently reached the same conclusion: An approach similar to Square's classic Bushido Blade would help Deadliest Warrior stand out in a genre dominated by combo-heavy fighters like Street Fighter, Tekken and Soul Calibur. The two also discuss the challenges of overcoming the stigma associated with licensed games. The team opted to preview the game to as many outlets as possible to dispel any reviewer's desire to undeservedly write the game off. "We wanted the game to speak for itself on its own merits," recalls Virasinghe. In Joystiq's case at least, the strategy certainly worked.
Strangely enough, Spike and Pipeworks independently reached the same conclusion: An approach similar to Square's classic Bushido Blade would help Deadliest Warrior stand out in a genre dominated by combo-heavy fighters like Street Fighter, Tekken and Soul Calibur. The two also discuss the challenges of overcoming the stigma associated with licensed games. The team opted to preview the game to as many outlets as possible to dispel any reviewer's desire to undeservedly write the game off. "We wanted the game to speak for itself on its own merits," recalls Virasinghe. In Joystiq's case at least, the strategy certainly worked.
Reader Comments (11)
Posted: Nov 12th 2010 1:24AM asinine said
kinda reminds me of war gods and tattoo assassins.
Posted: Nov 12th 2010 2:02AM Acosta02 said
Game is really fun; I have a habit of picking up local multiplayer games just on the chance that my friends will enjoy them, and this was a big hit.
Posted: Nov 12th 2010 2:43AM hardbread said
Really fun game. Battle can sometimes end pretty quick, but i guess that's part of its realism =]
Posted: Nov 12th 2010 2:44AM chrisredfield31 said
Now if this was on the PS3 as well think about how much more money they would have made.
Posted: Nov 12th 2010 3:33AM Chris DPSN AggieCEO XBLThe Aggi said
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Posted: Nov 12th 2010 5:06AM chrisredfield31 said
@hardbread LOL my mistake. I rushed over the post because I am sick and in real bad pain right now (IBS-C if anybody knows what that's like)
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Posted: Nov 12th 2010 6:36AM TrickyBandit said
So far this has easily been the most played XBLA game I have ever bought. Anytime I have some friends over we will sit around playing this the whole time for the sheer fun of watching one of us fight with only one arm, or the great moments where you can kill or get killed in one lucky throw of a spear right in the face! I heard that they were going to have DLC released in the form of extra fighters and I really hope that comes to fruition. Plus there is a mode that I have yet to hear anyone else talk about, one that I think should have been advertised...after you have beaten the game with every fighter, you unlock a mode called Slice Challenge (Something like that). It is where you pick your fighter and go against unlimited waves of fighters one at a time....but the catch is that every hit will send a limb flying! It can be easy at times, and hard at other times, but it will guarantee you plenty of laughs when you end up killing six waves of enemies with only one arm and bleeding out. At least I laugh with it, but if you are someone who does not enjoy a lot of blood in your games, this one is not for you. But for anyone who enjoys gratuitous violence in games like I tend to, this game is absolutely great!
Posted: Nov 12th 2010 8:37AM Zombieman007 said
It would be a great game if it wasn't full of exploits and glitches
Posted: Nov 12th 2010 11:40AM joe wright said
Where is it on European PSN though goddamnit?
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