Space Marine 2 Dev Says Game Can Succeed Without Selling Absurd Number Of Units
"We don't need to sell 4 million units to make it a success."
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A breath of fresh air when compared to several other high-profile games that posted disappointing sales results--like Suicide Squad: Kill the Justice League, Star Wars Outlaws, and Concord--Saber Interactive chief creative officer Tim Willits attributed the game's success to the studio sticking to the core tenets of its Space Marine 2 plan and avoiding an "over-scope" situation.
"We have a core belief that what you do every second and what happens when you push these buttons and that core gameplay loop is so critical. So we focus on the moment-to-moment interaction in the gameplay and the feeling you have," Willits explained. "And then we adhere to our core pillars, like be the ultimate Space Marine, melee, ranged, swarms, that's it. And a lot of teams throughout development will over-scope games. They look at some other game that just came out and say, 'oh, we got to do that, let's add this, we got to do this.' And they lose focus on the core, what actually makes the game fun."
These comments come shortly after Epic Games boss Tim Sweeney spoke on the issues plaguing AAA games earlier this week. He mentioned the games industry is undergoing a "generational change" where big-budget games aren't selling as well as they're expected to. "What we're seeing is a real trend where players are gravitating toward the really big games where they can play with more of their friends," Sweeney said (via PC Gamer). There have been several recent exceptions to Sweeney's comments, like Elden Ring, Black Myth: Wukong, and of course, Space Marine 2. While some of these games do have co-op elements, they're still single-player games at their core.
In other Space Marine 2 news, more customization options are on the way for the Emperor's finest and a recent patch introduced some major fixes and new features to the game.
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Warhammer 40,000: Space Marine II PC PlayStation 5 Xbox Series XThis story originally appeared on: GameSpot - Author:UK GAG
