Bastion passes 500,000 sales
Bastion has crossed the 500,000 mark in sales, and the team at Supergiant Games credits recent bumps from Steam and Xbox Live Arcade sales for pushing the game over.
Supergiant Games' critically acclaimed downloadable game Bastion has cleared the 500,000 mark in sales, the developer has announced. The company credits the recent holiday sales on Steam and Xbox Live Arcade for pushing it over the milestone.
"We're happy to have this many people playing and to be in a position to make more games on our own terms," said Supergiant's Greg Kasavin in the announcement. "When we set out to make Bastion, a sales number like that seemed astronomical to us, so it feels great to have hit that mark. It goes to show that a lot of folks out there like what we’re doing and want us to keep going, which is great, because we intend to stick together as a team and do just that."
The team also touted awards from over 60 publications, so the small indie start-up must be feeling pretty good about itself. The game recently launched on Chrome as well, and released the Stranger's Dream DLC for free on PC, and a buck on Xbox 360.
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Bastion has crossed the 500,000 mark in sales, and the team at Supergiant Games credits recent bumps from Steam and Xbox Live Arcade sales for pushing the game over.-
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Indie devs have stated steam is far more favourable for them compared with other platforms.
They wouldn't have gone with WB unless the terms were favourable since i assume they only needed a publisher to get on xbox live. Since sales (one would guess) far exceeded expectations I think it unlikely WB would've taken a large chunk of proceeds thus far.
Good on them :). Plus the soundtrack edition would've been a bonus.-
Warner also didn't fund the production of the game, which is important. They didn't come on board until fairly late in development. It's kind of like the difference between bringing a completed movie to a studio for distribution and having them put up for the money for it; your share is going to be a lot more if you go the former route.
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