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PSN's Top Selling Indie Games for 2011
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ULTROS!
People seem to like me because I am polite and I am rarely late. I like to eat ice cream and I really enjoy a nice pair of slacks.
09. Same with Braid.
July 30th 2009 if Wikipedia is to be trusted. Crazy. I never bothered with it because I figured the online mode (which is the only thing the game has going for it) would be dead within weeks.
madmaxx350
Member
4 years in and SSHD is still selling... wow
Everyone who didn't already own it got it, or at the very least should have gotten it, for free after the PSN security breach.
Though I agree that these people should buy an additional copy, because it's still the best PSN release.
Indie? I know you guys are all celebrating but seriously check out Linger In Shadows at number 9 for "sony published indies." That right there is pathetic.
Some titles im surprised are on the list considering their age, but they are great games.
Also what is the deal with the pub fund, Joe Danger is on the Pub Fund list, so Sony gives developers money to get the game out in exchange for some sort of timed exclusivity for 6months or something?
I assume they make that money back because I can't imagine they are onboard with funding some games for them to arrive on other platforms a few months later if they didn't?
Also what is the deal with the pub fund, Joe Danger is on the Pub Fund list, so Sony gives developers money to get the game out in exchange for some sort of timed exclusivity for 6months or something?
I assume they make that money back because I can't imagine they are onboard with funding some games for them to arrive on other platforms a few months later if they didn't?
Phoenician_Viking
Banned
No dead nation? Awwwwww. No BG&E? awwwwww. No Clash of heroes? AWWWWWWWWWWWWWWww. No Lara Croft and the guardian of light? Awwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwww.
ULTROS!
People seem to like me because I am polite and I am rarely late. I like to eat ice cream and I really enjoy a nice pair of slacks.
Those are neither indie nor Sony-funded/published.
Considering they gave the option of choosing Dead Nation as a free game to every PSN account that was made before 20th of April, I would be more surprised if it was on any of their lists.
And the other games you mention wouldn't be on these lists anyway.
Yep, people (including me I must admit) seem to forget that these are all games from independent studios (as in, not owned by a publisher).
SolidusDave
Member
Probably none of these games would show up in a Top10 overall list...
But no Dead Nation is strange indeed.
edit:
I bought those (but not all in 2011)
1. Limbo (Playdead)
5. Worms 2 Armageddon (Team 17)
1. PixelJunk Shooter 2 (Q-Games)
3. Flower (thatgamecompany)
6. Eat Them! (FluffyLogic)
9. Linger in Shadows (Plastic)
4. Eufloria (Omni Systems Limited)
Got some more for free via PSN/PS+.
But no Dead Nation is strange indeed.
edit:
I bought those (but not all in 2011)
1. Limbo (Playdead)
5. Worms 2 Armageddon (Team 17)
1. PixelJunk Shooter 2 (Q-Games)
3. Flower (thatgamecompany)
6. Eat Them! (FluffyLogic)
9. Linger in Shadows (Plastic)
4. Eufloria (Omni Systems Limited)
Got some more for free via PSN/PS+.
I picked up the demo one month ago and jumped straight into an online game - no queue time whatsoever. Apparently you can play the demo map with people that have the full version.
As posted before. Free for everyone after the PSN debacle.
LiquidSolid
Member
Linger in Shadows has the benefit of being really cheap though.
So anyway, what PSN games did Sony publish this year? Beause PixelJunk Shooter 2 is the only game on their list that actually came out this year.
SolidusDave
Member
Sure, but does that mean they simply disqualified it from the list? They could also count just the sales which should still be a lot (released half a year before PSN hack).
It was released as PSN was down, probably hurt its initial sales. I bought it just this month.
It's garbage regardless and it came out like 5 years ago. I don't know if it's the price point or the fact that none of these games really sold well at all.
Are you seriously asking that? It costs like, £1.
It's not "garbage" (rubbish) anyway. Just because you don't like it, doesn't mean no one else does.
it's pretty much a perfect game
SiegfriedFM
Member
Outland was awesome (probably my best PSN game this year) but it's published by Ubisoft.
Hey if you like Linger In Shadows just come out say that you like it. I won't laugh at you.
I actually enjoyed it yeah. It was an enjoyable "something different" and cost basically fuck all, so yeah.
Why they made this game so absurdly difficult is beyond me.
Top sales in 2011, rather than top selling 2011 releases, methinks.
Biff
Member
I believe it's 12 months exclusivity. Joe Danger was released on PSN 18 months ago.
There's also PJ Sidescroller and Infamous FoB. I guess Infamous doesn't count now that Sucker Punch are owned by Sony.
bodyboarder
Member
Good to see joe danger make the list.
Phonomezer
Banned
Worms 2 is an indie game? :/
Well, my guess is because Seed Studios is a small studio and possibly not very experienced. Maybe they didn't had a battle of testers. Maybe they tested the game themselfs. A developer playing their own game is not the same as someone from outside playing the game. But I don't know, this is just a possiblity.
I already got the game but I've played only the 1st and 2nd levels, so I don't know if it really is dificult as people say. It possibly is, so much complaints don't come from nowhere.
Probably because they won't sell.
For me the "indie" term is so loaded with BS politics.
For example, take Bastion. It was completely independently developed by a team of 6 people or so, but then Warner Bros picked up the publishing rights and promoted the game. Does that make it not indie? Does it even matter?
No problem, I really liked it. It was a pleasant hark back to the Amiga demoscene days, appropriately priced.