Divinity: Original Sin has sold 500,000

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Just 10 per cent from retail according to Larian boss

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RPG Divinity: Original Sin has sold more than 500,000 copies since its release on June 30, with 90 per cent of those sales channeled through Steam.

"It has sold well over half a million units by now - mostly from Steam, with 10 per cent from retail," said Swen Vincke, founder of Larian Studios.

"'Break even' has been reached, our debts have been paid and we are now in the profitable zone. While not all of the money is for us as we had private investors on board, the game did sufficiently well for us to envision funding our next endeavors with it, meaning we're pretty happy about its performance."

And while the game found success through crowdfunding, Vincke revealed that it was not a road they were currently planning to travel for their next title.

"The current thinking is that we shouldn't go back to Kickstarter. That's not because we're ungrateful of the support we received through our Kickstarter community or because all those rewards caused a bit of extra work, but because I think the crowdfunding pool is limited and it should be fished in by those who really need it. Since we now can, I think we should first invest ourselves and then see if we need extra funds to fuel our ambitions. Only then it makes sense to look at crowd funding."

He also explained why for Larian, content was king, and that developers should limit the contributions of third parties to limit complications.

The full post, with a more detailed examination of Divinity's journey, can be found here.

http://www.gamesindustry.biz/articles/2014-09-12-divinity-original-sin-has-sold-500-000
 
its a pretty nice game. Got it for myself and 2 other friends on steam. Its like a turn based dungeon crawler.
 
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It's on my wishlist. In the doldrums of winter this may the key to suicide prevention.
 
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Never heard of it. This is a PC exclusive i take it?
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Yeah, but have been talk of that could come to consoles:

Being PC-exclusive was a good thing

Although some games in the Divinity series have made it onto console in the past, Original Sin was developed exclusively with the PC and Mac in mind. Vicke said the omission of a console release lifted a lot of restrictions in the development phase and allowed the team to make alterations on the game "until the very last moment," which would not have been possible for a console release.

"It puts a lot of constraints for you as a developer if you work for console. At the end phase of a project deadlines are very rigid, and you need to go through the procedures at Microsoft or Sony with the dreaded [certification] checks." Vincke said, adding that the costs involved in making a console game were "much higher" than that of developing a PC-only game.

PS4 and Xbox One possibilities

That being said, Vincke did not entirely rule out the possibility of an Original Sin console release in the future.

"We always wanted to have a great experience on the TV screen, so we'll definitely explore it," he said. But such experiments rely on how well Original Sin's controls translate on the gamepad, and whether they provide a satisfying co-operative experience on one screen.

"You've got the Steam box coming, you've got the Xbox [One], you've got the PlayStation [4], and there's players who like playing on the screen with their PC. Obviously with the co-op experience it doesn't take a genius to see that if you manage to make it work well, to share the experience on one screen will be great," he said.

Should such experiments succeed, Vincke says the chance of the game being released on current-generation consoles is "very likely."
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http://www.gamespot.com/articles/divinity-original-sin-a-big-success-future-project/1100-6422120/
 
Glad to see it did well. I bought a copy the day it came out of early access and really enjoyed it. Though I'd LOVE it they did another Dragon Commander game.
 
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I'm planning on picking this up during the Steam Winter Sale. That is if I can get through my current extensive backlog and all the new games coming this fall/winter.
 
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