Developer 2D Boy has branded a week-long 'pay what you want' promotion for PC and WiiWare title World Of Goo "a huge success" after the game sold 57,000 copies at an average price of $2.03.
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After opening their online shop for the Xbox Live Arcade a few weeks ago, Amazon is apparently doing the same for WiiWare. The first WiiWare game to be sold on Amazon is World of Goo.
IGN recently ran an article detailing the amount of money independent game developers could possibly make, in which they cited 2D Boy and their successful game World of Goo. At least, that's what the article was supposed to be about.
GameSpot writes: "When it comes to competing with the Electronic Arts and Activisions of the world, independent game developers have a number of significant disadvantages. First, they have to make a great game without the benefit of a multimillion-dollar budget, and then they have to market it with the same financial constraints."
IGN writes: "Ever wonder what the profit margin is for a successful independent game? At the Game Developers Conference 2009, 2D Boy's Rob Carmel, who co-created the hit World of Goo, shed some light on the upstart's game development costs and profits.
Ron Carmel, co-founder of 2D Boy, shared strong advice with indie developers today concerning involvement with publishers and DRM.
Gamasutra writes:
Towering over all other games, World of Goo was the 2008 winner of the Independent Game of the Year award. The award, the culminating event of Game Tunnel's 7th Annual Game of the Year awards, is given each year to the most outstanding Independent Video Game.
Here we are then, the final installment in our Top 50 Games of 2008. It's worth reiterating once again that the list is not intended as a definitive rundown of the 50 best games of the year, but instead reflects votes cast by our staff and contributors based on the games they have played and enjoyed.
Today Nintendo of Europe and Australia added new games to the popular Wii Shop Channel. The WiiWare games are: World of Goo, Art Style: Orbient, Sudoku Challenge!, and Niki - Rock 'n' Ball.
www.pushingplay.com writes "This is some sad news. 2D Boy, the guys that created World of Goo, are estimating the piracy rate of that game is around 82%. This originally came up over at Rock, Paper, Shotgun in the comments of an article about WoG's European release. One of the creators estimated that the piracy rate was about 90%. That's a big number."
Joystiq received a tip pointing to the comments section of a recent RockPaperShotgun post, in which World of Goo designer Ron Carmel mentioned the game had a staggering 90% piracy rate. They contacted Carmel directly, who confirmed the figure was "about right."
IGN: "October brought us a few great WiiWare games, and one stand-out music title for gamers to sink their teeth into. Look for November and December to ramp up though, a Wii's 08 efforts come to a close. Still on the horizon are Call of Duty: World at War, Smackdown vs. Raw 2009, Tales of Symphonia: Dawn of the New World, Animal Crossing: City Folk, Shaun White Snowboarding, Sonic Unleashed, and Skate It, and that's just November. Check back daily for more updates on the rest of 2008, and join us again at the end of next month when we crown the winner of one of Wii's last months of 2008."
Metacritic.com takes the review scores from over 30 different websites and work out an average score, to get above 90 on Metacritic is a real achievement, which makes it all the more surprising when the previously unheard of 'World of Goo' for Wiiware is ranked as the 2nd best Wii game to date...
dailygamesnews.com - The popular new Wii game also has a demo available for PC users to check out. Apparently, it's really good.
From N-Europe.com:
Whilst browsing NoE's summer 2008 release schedule we were intrigued to find "World of Goo (RTL Playtainment) - Q3 2008" on that list. After all isn't World of Goo supposed to be a WiiWare game?
2D Boy's innovative puzzle title World of Goo has been on our radar for some time now thanks to its lovely visuals and addictive gameplay. As you might be aware the game is also being released for the PC and Mac, but 2D Boy has now confirmed that Wii owners will be getting exclusive online co-op, which makes that version the most appealing of the bunch....