Rocket League Sales Top 6M, Developer Looking Into a Physical Release

25th September, 0 replies

Rocket League has been a runaway success for Psyonix, and the developer has now revealed that the game, which is available for PlayStation 4 and PC, has now sold more than six million units worldwide since it was released in July.

"Sharing how your game is performing is a good thing for the industry," Psyonix's VP of marketing and communications, Jeremy Dunham, told MCVUK. "It gives people an idea of how it is being perceived in the marketplace. It’s good for the industry to let people know that these sorts of games are selling well. It lets them know that when a new or unusual idea comes along, there’s an audience for it."

"For us, it’s a really great validation that there’s strength in something new and that you don’t have to stick with the classics. You don’t always have to do a shooter, or if you’re going to do a car game it doesn’t necessarily have to be a racing game."

"It’s a helpful tool for the industry to get a better understanding of just what’s going on and what people are thinking. That’s why we release sales figures, and it’s a bit of self-congratulation, because it feels crazy to say that we have over 6m players already."

Given this incredible success Pysonix is meaningfully looking at releasing the game at retail.

"Physical retail is something we have considered and we would like to do some day," added Dunham. "We’re still trying to figure out the best way to approach it – what would people want in that physical version? People want there to be something cool in order to get them to double dip or feel like they are getting more if they are playing for the first time."

"We want to put a lot of thought into whatever we do and give careful consideration. If we were to do it, we’d want to do it very well."

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