The kid succeeds: Bastion sales exceed 500K [Joystiq]

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It's been a critical success and now developer Supergiant Games has revealed Bastion is also a commercial success. The recent Steam and Xbox Live Arcade sales helped to push Bastion over that 500,000 mark, the developer's blog states.

"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," creative director (and Bastion writer) Greg Kasavin said. "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." Considering the universal praise for the studio's first game, we can all agree that's a very good thing.The kid succeeds: Bastion sales exceed 500K originally appeared on Joystiq on Sat, 31 Dec 2011 03:40:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.




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[chilimac]

Americans love mediocrity.

[Nz17]

Americans love mediocrity.

*cue the voice of Bastion's "The Stranger"*

The Poster seems real cynical. Can't believe others like a game more than him. Takes a cheap jab at Americans. Can't say an American would do any different. Still, makes a man wonder what the world is turning into. Well, the world before The Calamity anyway.

[Griking]

Americans love mediocrity.

How so?

[chilimac]

How so?

The graphics and gameplay look and feel cheap. The narrator doesn't go well with the graphical styling. The combat is dull and monotonous, and your attacks don't feel like they're connecting; you don't feel the impact. I knew immediately upon playing the demo that it was a crap game. But I also knew that it would be very successful one, because it was part of the Summer of Arcade, and therefore it would be receiving a great deal of attention from the gaming press, which would result in thousands of clueless morons buying it.

A typical American is a weak-minded person with no taste who can't think for themselves and needs to be told what to think and what to buy. If a thousand people tell them that turds taste like chocolate, then they will think the same. Just look at the movies and music that is popular with Americans these days. Complete garbage! What is successful is what is popular. And what is popular is whatever gets the most attention from the media. And what gets the most attention from the media is whatever the publishers decide to throw the most money at for "marketing". It's brainwashing. And it works well on stupid people.

Look at the popular games... most of them barely have any gameplay, they play more like movies, and they have no replay value. They're not challenging, and they do not require any skill or intelligence to complete. And there's a reason for that, because the people that these games are designed for are imbeciles.

[Griking]

Gee, why don't you tell us how you really feel...

[Sunnyvale]

A typical American is a weak-minded person with no taste who can't think for themselves and needs to be told what to think and what to buy. If a thousand people tell them that turds taste like chocolate, then they will think the same. Just look at the movies and music that is popular with Americans these days. Complete garbage! What is successful is what is popular. And what is popular is whatever gets the most attention from the media. And what gets the most attention from the media is whatever the publishers decide to throw the most money at for "marketing". It's brainwashing. And it works well on stupid people.

What's that smell? Could it be...

Missile envy?

[hezeuschrist]

The graphics and gameplay look and feel cheap. The narrator doesn't go well with the graphical styling. The combat is dull and monotonous, and your attacks don't feel like they're connecting; you don't feel the impact. I knew immediately upon playing the demo that it was a crap game. But I also knew that it would be very successful one, because it was part of the Summer of Arcade, and therefore it would be receiving a great deal of attention from the gaming press, which would result in thousands of clueless morons buying it.

A typical American is a weak-minded person with no taste who can't think for themselves and needs to be told what to think and what to buy. If a thousand people tell them that turds taste like chocolate, then they will think the same. Just look at the movies and music that is popular with Americans these days. Complete garbage! What is successful is what is popular. And what is popular is whatever gets the most attention from the media. And what gets the most attention from the media is whatever the publishers decide to throw the most money at for "marketing". It's brainwashing. And it works well on stupid people.

Look at the popular games... most of them barely have any gameplay, they play more like movies, and they have no replay value. They're not challenging, and they do not require any skill or intelligence to complete. And there's a reason for that, because the people that these games are designed for are imbeciles.

You're fun. I like the part where you're not only a bad troll but not entirely in command of the English language either.

I'm an American and I do not suffer mediocre trolls. Try harder.

[chilimac]

So no one here agrees with me that today's movies, music and video games are crap? I hope you can at least agree that today's video games are crap, because if even classic video game fans aren't smart enough to recognize how far the quality of games has declined in recent years, then there's no hope whatsoever for the industry of ever returning to a time when gameplay was more important than graphics, replay value was more important than length, challenge was more important than story-telling, and video games were made for people who were smart enough to discern the difference between a good game and a bad one.

[calthaer]

Americans love mediocrity.

You are clearly a quality poster and I wish to subscribe to your newsletter.

[kupomogli]

Americans love mediocrity.

You're wrong. I don't like anything.

[Kitsune Sniper]

Americans love mediocrity.

Who the hell do you think you are, calling me American? :P

Excuse us if we liked a game that didn't involve shooting people during cutscenes, and that has a good narrative.

[misfits859]

Americans love mediocrity.

Fuck you. Haha.

[jonebone]

What a waste of a thread. This was the perhaps my favorite Arcade game of the year and this thread is nothing but trolling. Should have known better.

Anyways, awesome to see it break the 500k mark with the recent sale. I bought it on release day and eventually got the 200/200. Wasn't too hard, but it was actually FUN and you wanted to go through and beat the game again (had to beat it twice for all achievements).

Combat was good, enemies were diverse and the narrator was a touch of ingenuity. I disliked it as first, but it grew on you as you continued to play. A neat concept indeed.

[Skullkid]

Would like to see this released on a compilation disc. Like they did with Limbo last year.

[Ludwig]

I don't get this game. It's pretty and generally a good idea BUT: The Kid looks like a Monkey-Boy with those huge hands, why didn't they go with something a bit close to the art? I have to admit it got it's own charm, but the narration is annoying the hell out of me and actually ruining the experience, i see the idea and why they did it, but how they done it is just horrible. "The kid took a huge dump - he forgot his hemorrhoid cream but he decided to go for it anyways".