Platronic

I will buy the biggest, dumbest CE they can throw at me if they will just make one for NA.

I'm a huge fant of the Vita simply because it might be the only way I "can" game given my schedule and the idea of playing a close to console level games whenever I want is pretty nice.

That said, I think the Vita will have to really gun for the iPad, or really Kindle Fire crowd with solid media options and app (e.g. Netflix, Hulu, Amazon Reader, etc) to convince this potential market that spending money on the Vita is better than a Kindle Fire, which has already shown that there's a big market for budget tablets.

Heck, I really hope my game can come out on it though I don't know what kind of market or price point it would be a good fit for. I just think it would show that there's support for casual, family friendly content on the device and I know from my job that a HUGE number of people are already buying tablets for their kids.

Man, he'll be missed. Nobody knew how to rock a 1099 like Eric Brown.

@RockSauron

Shipped is always the higher number plus the distributor can more easily track the number. Retailers wheel and deal with distributors all over the place. Some game won't be bought buy publishers so the publisher will put it in the store with the decision to return it or clearance it at their discretion.

The market is too unpredictable and unstable for Best Buy or Game Stop to say "give me 500,000 copies of game x" in most cases and just sell them wholesale. When a distributor sales a product wholesale it's guaranteed revenue so the retailer usually gets a better deal. If the retailer won't buy or the distributor won't even sell the product wholesale then retailer takes less risk but usually get's less profit. That's to combat the whole "I'll wait until it's clearanced at 20 bucks" mentality heavily cultivated after the economic downturn.

Games are cheap products and "most" of the time are sold wholesale. Other products, like the Kindle Fire are returned to Amazon rather sold at clearance or open box so market prices are kept consistent.

@sparkster

I had friends arrested for doing charity work in Norway because it broke some strange immigrant labor law. That's right, they were building homes in the countryside and got arrested.

That country is so isolationist they should just put up one of those high frequency fences like from Lost and be done with it.

@RockSauron

This is true but they get much more money for the items that actually sell. The main reason games have a base purchase is because it's more expensive to manage two way shipping distribution than to artificially hold games at a regular 59.99 price point.

Love the game, glad they shipped that many.

That looks absolutely incredible. They should definitely port to the Vita. I doubt it would even need much of an upgrade.

I'm gonna pick this up. Unfortunately 14 months ago I decided I was going to make a game. I've put off playing Uncharted 3, Skyrim, and Deus Ex until I shop so this behind quite a few hours of gaming.

I thought the demo was quite promising though I'm not a huge fan of the art style.

I saw a fellow dev tweet about this. Honestly, I just wasn't very surprised. The app store is by FAR the lowest risk market for churning out junk and just rigging it to sit at the top of the charts.

I'm pretty much in at this point too. Loved the demo and 40 is a bit more reasonable.