Journey bankrupted thatgamecompany would have been better as multiplat

Creator Jenova Chen says creation of critically applauded game bankrupted ThatGameCompany. They went on to say that releasing it as a PS3 exclusive actually hurt the game and that further games from them would be multiplats. They did make their money back however but they feel they could have had more if it had been multiplat

The studio is planning a "full-scale online service" for its next game that will accommodate hundreds of thousands of users.

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No good trying to sell a game to the type of people who hype it and then don't buy it. Good decision.

LOL

Cows don't buy their own exclusives. I'm not surprised

No good trying to sell a game to the type of people who hype it and then don't buy it. Good decision.

HaRmLeSS_RaGe

You mean the fanbase that made it the highest selling game of all time on PSN.

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No good trying to sell a game to the type of people who hype it and then don't buy it. Good decision.

15strong

You mean the fanbase that made it the highest selling game of all time on PSN.

[QUOTE="HaRmLeSS_RaGe"]

No good trying to sell a game to the type of people who hype it and then don't buy it. Good decision.

15strong

You mean the fanbase that made it the highest selling game of all time on PSN.

i was a bit worried when i saw the headline, but then i read the article and i have to wonder if he knows what being bankrupt means.BrunoBRS

Indeed

Headline says one thing, and his post says the complete opposite. Good job.

We already know that Sony fanboys only like to talk about games and not actually buy them. CanYouDiglt

Are you freaking dumb?

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[QUOTE="HaRmLeSS_RaGe"]

No good trying to sell a game to the type of people who hype it and then don't buy it. Good decision.

RR360DD

You mean the fanbase that made it the highest selling game of all time on PSN.

Yeah, you'd think the highest and fastest selling game on PSN would yield significant profit, but it seems that it will only get their money back. I bet the devs of Castle Crashers and Minecraft more than made their money back when they exclusive to XBLA.

Yeah, you'd think the highest and fastest selling game on PSN would yield significant profit, but it seems that it will only get their money back. I bet the devs of Castle Crashers and Minecraft more than made their money back when they exclusive to XBLA.

BPoole96

It almost bankrupt them because they delayed the game for two years :| :| :|

"Chen is quick to point out how much he appreciates the support of Sony and their willingness to delay the game not one year, but two, at the insistence of the developers. Had Sony pushed thatgamecompany to his their initial deadline it's likely Journey wouldn't have been realized."

[QUOTE="CanYouDiglt"]We already know that Sony fanboys only like to talk about games and not actually buy them. rjdofu

Are you freaking dumb?

[QUOTE="CanYouDiglt"]We already know that Sony fanboys only like to talk about games and not actually buy them. rjdofu

Are you freaking dumb?

Now they're going back to PC development.  Imagine how much Journey would have sold to the indie croud on PC.  

Jenova Chen would be swimming in dat dere $100 milion fortune like the creator of Minecraft is.  

Why on earth would somebody willingly make themselves exclusive to Sony, who doesnt care enough to give them proper promotion?  PSN is effectively the "Windows Phone 8" of the gaming industry :|.

[QUOTE="BPoole96"]

Yeah, you'd think the highest and fastest selling game on PSN would yield significant profit, but it seems that it will only get their money back. I bet the devs of Castle Crashers and Minecraft more than made their money back when they exclusive to XBLA.

GD1551

It almost bankrupt them because they delayed the game for two years :| :| :|

"Chen is quick to point out how much he appreciates the support of Sony and their willingness to delay the game not one year, but two, at the insistence of the developers. Had Sony pushed thatgamecompany to his their initial deadline it's likely Journey wouldn't have been realized."

It's amazing that a 90 minute game with literally no gameplay elements other than walking can take 2+ years.

ooo shocks IF i only knew that releaseing my game only on X my game would only be in X hands VS if i release to X Y Z my game would be in all of those hands.

WHO WOULD OF GUESS?

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[QUOTE="BPoole96"]

Yeah, you'd think the highest and fastest selling game on PSN would yield significant profit, but it seems that it will only get their money back. I bet the devs of Castle Crashers and Minecraft more than made their money back when they exclusive to XBLA.

BPoole96

It almost bankrupt them because they delayed the game for two years :| :| :|

"Chen is quick to point out how much he appreciates the support of Sony and their willingness to delay the game not one year, but two, at the insistence of the developers. Had Sony pushed thatgamecompany to his their initial deadline it's likely Journey wouldn't have been realized."

It's amazing that a 90 minute game with literally no gameplay elements other than walking can take 2+ years.

I find that quite amusing as well. I find it more amusing that a walking simulator is loved by so many. This game is the eptiome of all flash and zero substance yet people love it and hate other games that follow suit.

Now they're going back to PC development.  Imagine how much Journey would have sold to the indie croud on PC.  

Jenova Chen would be swimming in dat dere $100 milion fortune like the creator of Minecraft is.  

Why on earth would somebody willingly make themselves exclusive to Sony, who doesnt care enough to give them proper promotion?  PSN is effectively the "Windows Phone 8" of the gaming industry :|.

StrongDeadlift

Because although their marketing maybe questionable, they allowed the devs to delay the game for two years to get it up to quality? 

[QUOTE="rjdofu"]

[QUOTE="CanYouDiglt"]We already know that Sony fanboys only like to talk about games and not actually buy them. CanYouDiglt

Are you freaking dumb?

[QUOTE="rjdofu"]

[QUOTE="CanYouDiglt"]We already know that Sony fanboys only like to talk about games and not actually buy them. CanYouDiglt

Are you freaking dumb?

http://www.gamespot.com/forums/topic/29313769/weird.-cows-sure-do-love-multiplats.-?page=0

Interrestingly enough, the game was nowhere to be found on PSn's top 10 downloads per month (it got back up there ONLY after winning GOTY) while almost every other game up there is older than it by several years.  

LOL. Steam bailing out console developers again.

[QUOTE="CanYouDiglt"][QUOTE="rjdofu"]

Are you freaking dumb?

StrongDeadlift

http://www.gamespot.com/forums/topic/29313769/weird.-cows-sure-do-love-multiplats.-?page=0

Interrestingly enough, the game was nowhere to be found on PSn's top 10 downloads per month (it got back up there ONLY after winning GOTY) while almost every other game up there is older than it by several years.  

[QUOTE="StrongDeadlift"]

Now they're going back to PC development.  Imagine how much Journey would have sold to the indie croud on PC.  

Jenova Chen would be swimming in dat dere $100 milion fortune like the creator of Minecraft is.  

Why on earth would somebody willingly make themselves exclusive to Sony, who doesnt care enough to give them proper promotion?  PSN is effectively the "Windows Phone 8" of the gaming industry :|.

GD1551

Because although their marketing maybe questionable, they allowed the devs to delay the game for two years to get it up to quality? 

Wait, why would Sony put a deadline on the game in the first place?

What involvement would they have with the game other than putting it on their store? I mean, isn't it an independent game?

[QUOTE="GD1551"]

[QUOTE="StrongDeadlift"]

Now they're going back to PC development.  Imagine how much Journey would have sold to the indie croud on PC.  

Jenova Chen would be swimming in dat dere $100 milion fortune like the creator of Minecraft is.  

Why on earth would somebody willingly make themselves exclusive to Sony, who doesnt care enough to give them proper promotion?  PSN is effectively the "Windows Phone 8" of the gaming industry :|.

Planeforger

Because although their marketing maybe questionable, they allowed the devs to delay the game for two years to get it up to quality? 

Wait, why would Sony put a deadline on the game in the first place?

What involvement would they have with the game other than putting it on their store? I mean, isn't it an independent game?

Nah sony had a 3 game contract with them.

LOL

Cows don't buy their own exclusives. I'm not surprised

RR360DD

[QUOTE="StrongDeadlift"]

Now they're going back to PC development.  Imagine how much Journey would have sold to the indie croud on PC.  

Jenova Chen would be swimming in dat dere $100 milion fortune like the creator of Minecraft is.  

Why on earth would somebody willingly make themselves exclusive to Sony, who doesnt care enough to give them proper promotion?  PSN is effectively the "Windows Phone 8" of the gaming industry :|.

GD1551

Because although their marketing maybe questionable, they allowed the devs to delay the game for two years to get it up to quality? 

 Everyone trolls Sony about their incompetence when it comes to promoting games, but they forget to realize that Sony's incompetence DOES have an effect on others.

[QUOTE="GD1551"]

[QUOTE="StrongDeadlift"]

Now they're going back to PC development.  Imagine how much Journey would have sold to the indie croud on PC.  

Jenova Chen would be swimming in dat dere $100 milion fortune like the creator of Minecraft is.  

Why on earth would somebody willingly make themselves exclusive to Sony, who doesnt care enough to give them proper promotion?  PSN is effectively the "Windows Phone 8" of the gaming industry :|.

StrongDeadlift

Because although their marketing maybe questionable, they allowed the devs to delay the game for two years to get it up to quality? 

 Everyone trolls Sony about their incompetence when it comes to promoting games, but they forget to realize that Sony's incompetence DOES have an effect on others.

How do you know this though? Hotline Miami was pretty praised but on last report it only did 130k. Someone also brought up Ninja Theory, who hasn't been able to make a game that has sold the same amount as HS since going multiplatform.

i was a bit worried when i saw the headline, but then i read the article and i have to wonder if he knows what being bankrupt means.BrunoBRS

Same, after all the record breaking sales threads it was a little weird to see this

On one hand it seems like the perfect game for the huge indie crowd on the PC. On the other it wouldn't have been GOTY on IGN. :Pblue_hazy_basic

:lol: too fvcking true. wouldn't have been the cool hipster thing it was either

[QUOTE="Planeforger"]

Wait, why would Sony put a deadline on the game in the first place?

What involvement would they have with the game other than putting it on their store? I mean, isn't it an independent game?

GD1551

Nah sony had a 3 game contract with them.

Ah, but...then it isn't an indie game, in the same way that Bayonetta 2 isn't an indie game.

I mean, if they're funded by one of the big three, how can it be 'independent'? It's a downloadable title produced by a major company.

Makes it kind of weird that it won so many indie awards, when it was competing with titles that were actually independently funded.

[QUOTE="HaRmLeSS_RaGe"]

No good trying to sell a game to the type of people who hype it and then don't buy it. Good decision.

15strong

You mean the fanbase that made it the highest selling game of all time on PSN.

hahahahaha, Thats a Xbot if I ever seen one.

Well duh. Look at Resistance 3. Exclusiveness can only hurt sales, everyone knows that.tagyhag

LOL

Cows don't buy their own exclusives. I'm not surprised

RR360DD

[QUOTE="HaRmLeSS_RaGe"]

No good trying to sell a game to the type of people who hype it and then don't buy it. Good decision.

15strong

You mean the fanbase that made it the highest selling game of all time on PSN.

They should be carefull in their words. The last company that said they regreted making a game PS3 exclusive was Ninja Theory, and look at their Enslaved sales...

Lemming Desperation Continuation.

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[QUOTE="GD1551"]

It almost bankrupt them because they delayed the game for two years :| :| :|

"Chen is quick to point out how much he appreciates the support of Sony and their willingness to delay the game not one year, but two, at the insistence of the developers. Had Sony pushed thatgamecompany to his their initial deadline it's likely Journey wouldn't have been realized."

Stringerboy

It's amazing that a 90 minute game with literally no gameplay elements other than walking can take 2+ years.

And floating, chirping, surfing.

None of those are complex and would require any experienced dev much time at all to incorporate into their game.