Hot off the announcement of a brand new retail version of the game, The Binding of Isaac is about to join the 450,000 sold club. There's no doubt that creator Edmund McMillen is thrilled, considering he didn't think that many people would buy into a creepy game with permadeath that featured a little boy flinging tears at mounds of poop.
The low price point of $5 is probably a large part of it's success, enabling a ton of "why not" purchases that Steam is often known for. As for myself, it was easily one of my most anticipated purchases of 2011, given McMillen's track record and my love for Rogue-likes (especially ones inspired by Zelda!). Keep in mind that things can only go uphill from here for McMillen, with a planned expansion on the horizon and a potential 3DS version of the game.
Maybe now Isaac can afford to move out of his Mom's basement.
The Binding of Isaac “closing in” on 450K sold, expansion detailed as 3DS talks continue [VG247]
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8:40 AM on 01.30.2012 | 
and i'm below 100th death XD
WHAT.
WAT.
YEEAAAAAAAA!!!
I'll definitely but the retail version though.
This game is THE shit.
I recently finally got Golden God, despite still needing to find one of the items and beat Depths and Womb without getting hit. :)
Grab a version of Joy2Key. It's a program that maps keystrokes to pretty much any controller out there.
You can hook up a 360 wired controller directly via USB, or shop around for any number of cheap Playstation, Nintendo, or Microsoft controller adapters -- they're usually $5 shipped and are mostly plug and play. Additionally, with some witchcraft, you can hook up a Wii-mote via bluetooth and play that way.
That's how I played Super Meat Boy (before controller support) and this, at least.
Also, this comes after Super Meat Boy made fun of you if you *didn't* use a controller.
::Shrug:: .He added it to Super Meat Boy eventually.
I'm giving him a pass because he's still working on free content for a $5 game that's lasted me longer than most full retail titles. It's hard to be mad at him.
At the moment, consoles are killing gaming with generic hyped shit.
I'm weird.