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Wait wait wait, back up a second. Epic Games made a game that's not about ducking behind cover and shooting at people? I wasn't aware that they knew how to do anything else.
@MailOrderClone
Out of the 30+ games Epic did, only 3 even had a cover system.
JILL OF THE JUNGLE MAN! JILL OF THE JUNGLE!!
Out of the 30+ games Epic did, only 3 even had a cover system.
JILL OF THE JUNGLE MAN! JILL OF THE JUNGLE!!
Getting a metric fuckton of free advertisement and marketing for being Apple's gaming Poster Child didn't hurt either.
This honestly says something (to me at least) about not really the whole "Tablets/phones vs. Consoles" bit, as much as it does just "game pricing" I mean.. Yeah, infinity blade is good, but its not a game people would really want to pay $60 for.. And, honestly, most $60 games aren't what people would really want to pay $60 for..
So, I don't know, theres other reasons why its Epics most profitable, but I think the price point really helps. I think if games take off even more on touch devices and are allowed to become bigger on them (in size, not in hype or whatever) and they become more expensive, we won't have many articles like this unless we're totally in an "all touch" age.
So, I don't know, theres other reasons why its Epics most profitable, but I think the price point really helps. I think if games take off even more on touch devices and are allowed to become bigger on them (in size, not in hype or whatever) and they become more expensive, we won't have many articles like this unless we're totally in an "all touch" age.
Good for them, but that is a very misleading headline. It's the most profitable game relative to the investment. Investing 10k and making 100k means your return on investment is far higher than a 500 million investment that nets you 1 billion, but it doesn't mean you somehow made more money on the 10k investment.
@dixon
That is factually incorrect, most rpg series on ios are better than the infinity blade series
That is factually incorrect, most rpg series on ios are better than the infinity blade series
"Still the best game available on any button-less platform."
Man, I cannot for the life of me understand what's so special about this game. It looks cute but it'so boring and limited. I played it for 30 minutes and my reaction was a giant WTF? People often point to this game as evidence that consoles are dead, yet this is a game would be mercilessly laughed out of any console or PC. I seriously don't get that.
Man, I cannot for the life of me understand what's so special about this game. It looks cute but it'so boring and limited. I played it for 30 minutes and my reaction was a giant WTF? People often point to this game as evidence that consoles are dead, yet this is a game would be mercilessly laughed out of any console or PC. I seriously don't get that.
I saw this earlier and I'm not at all surprised. The thing is that there aren't a lot of quality games for tablet devices at the moment, so a good game like this can be made at a fairly low cost and can sell well.
... unfortunately, just like the console market, the competition may soon heat up and it may eventually be more difficult to inexpensively produce games that can compete and sell well.
... unfortunately, just like the console market, the competition may soon heat up and it may eventually be more difficult to inexpensively produce games that can compete and sell well.
The moral of the story is you need cheaper games and a larger install base to advertise to. Take notes console makers and publishers.
It's also the only big game they have with microtransactions in it.
Of course MT games make more money, they're usually designed specifically around that idea. 'Don't want to earn one million gold? Buy it for $14.99!'
Of course MT games make more money, they're usually designed specifically around that idea. 'Don't want to earn one million gold? Buy it for $14.99!'
I'm with Stealth with theexception that I find IB fun. Chaos Rings andthe FF remake are my favorite button less RPGs.
yo stealth, there's one word you gotta learn, it's OPINION
opinions and facts are different things ok?
good.
opinions and facts are different things ok?
good.
Well deserved! I put a ton of hours into this game. So much fun.
@Caimdark
Of course it'd be laughed off consoles and PCs, it's not designed for those platforms. This game is a shining example of a game that takes full advantage of the platform it was designed for. It can ONLY work on touchscreens. Any other control scheme wouldn't work and there's nothing wrong with that.
@Caimdark
Of course it'd be laughed off consoles and PCs, it's not designed for those platforms. This game is a shining example of a game that takes full advantage of the platform it was designed for. It can ONLY work on touchscreens. Any other control scheme wouldn't work and there's nothing wrong with that.
Agree with Elsa 1000x.
When you are the only cheese in town, people won't be picky. Get a selection of cheeses and suddenly people are particular about the sort of cheese they eat.
When you are the only cheese in town, people won't be picky. Get a selection of cheeses and suddenly people are particular about the sort of cheese they eat.
I've spent a ridiculous amount of time playing this game. i had to have it plugged in while i played, kind of making the mobile thing redundant.
No phone game has kept my attention for longer than 30 seconds. Never played IB though. Somehow I doubt it would keep my attention for long.
Zynga is also the largest video game publisher, destroying even EA and Activision/Blizzard in terms of pure revenue. There's a reason yesteryear's top creators like John Carmack are making mobile games. There's a shit ton of money in it and you don't have to pull 100 hour weeks during crunch time.
And I couldn't be less happy about it. You know why? SHADOW. COMPLEX.
I loved that game and was so happy to see that they had plans to pump out a sequel. Then Infinity Blade shows up and suddenly all Chair's resources go into that series.
Ugh.
I loved that game and was so happy to see that they had plans to pump out a sequel. Then Infinity Blade shows up and suddenly all Chair's resources go into that series.
Ugh.
This just shows what I keep thinking... if games were $20 cheaper or even $10 cheaper I believe they would make more of a profit on all these $60 games. If the games varied in priced and all that for consoles it would give the lesser known games a chance to thrive. It's just sad that publishers see a drop in game sales and their only solution is to keep raising the price, not realizing this only makes fewer people buy the game. Bah.
No one has the guts to make the first move and change things in which everyone might then follow them. But seems everyone follows the one who is being most greedy and unfair. It's the long run here that gets sales.
Eh I dunno if I am making sense, just an excuse to get this out there which Jim and others have already stated in some way or another.
No one has the guts to make the first move and change things in which everyone might then follow them. But seems everyone follows the one who is being most greedy and unfair. It's the long run here that gets sales.
Eh I dunno if I am making sense, just an excuse to get this out there which Jim and others have already stated in some way or another.
Infinity Blade and Infinity Blade 2 also have a better, and more well written, story than Gears of War.
I'm not trolling either. I would rather play & read about a medieval future (Yes, you read that right) where a subset of people have unlocked and exploited the power of immortality through the alteration of the very nature of physics, than some apocalyptic war game where football plays bro-fist it up while chainsawing oppressed under-dwellers in the face.
I'm not trolling either. I would rather play & read about a medieval future (Yes, you read that right) where a subset of people have unlocked and exploited the power of immortality through the alteration of the very nature of physics, than some apocalyptic war game where football plays bro-fist it up while chainsawing oppressed under-dwellers in the face.
@Nitex
If you are struggling to hold your attention for longer than 30 seconds then you may have a disorder. Please see your GP as soon as possible.
If you are struggling to hold your attention for longer than 30 seconds then you may have a disorder. Please see your GP as soon as possible.
For all those guys complaining about the lack of Shadow Complex, I'll say this: it's nothing special. That's not a knock on the game, it's just that with the possible exception of the gel gun, nothing in that game hadn't been done before in other Metroidvania style games. Granted it was done extremely well in Shadow Complex, but it's been done extremely well many times before. If you're really jonesing for one, grab Untitled Story for free or look up the Metroidvania page on TVTropes. And lemme tell ya, there ain't a page full of games like Infinity Blade.
@Ragnar Dragonfyre
Exactly. It is designed around the very obvious limitations of touchscreen devices and would be laughed out of any console or PC. Which is why I don't see how this game can be evidence that mobile and tablets will replace consoles as the gaming platform of choice for core gamers.
Exactly. It is designed around the very obvious limitations of touchscreen devices and would be laughed out of any console or PC. Which is why I don't see how this game can be evidence that mobile and tablets will replace consoles as the gaming platform of choice for core gamers.
I think this proves that the mobile platform is not only not the end of all gaming, but that it can in fact coexist with all the there platforms out there.
Go figure.
Go figure.
@CaimDark
Way to twist my words, bud. Bravo.
Just because it wouldn't work on a traditional console doesn't diminish the game in any way. Playing Super Mario World on SNES doesn't invalidate Super Mario Bros. 3 on NES because there's less buttons and more limitations on that console. Limitations =/= less fun.
Besides that, there are people out there clamouring for a Kinect or Move port. So your assertion that it would be laughed off a console isn't entirely truthful. There's a demand here for it on console. It would work, but damn you'd get tired quickly swinging your arm around as fast as Infinity Blade would require.
Way to twist my words, bud. Bravo.
Just because it wouldn't work on a traditional console doesn't diminish the game in any way. Playing Super Mario World on SNES doesn't invalidate Super Mario Bros. 3 on NES because there's less buttons and more limitations on that console. Limitations =/= less fun.
Besides that, there are people out there clamouring for a Kinect or Move port. So your assertion that it would be laughed off a console isn't entirely truthful. There's a demand here for it on console. It would work, but damn you'd get tired quickly swinging your arm around as fast as Infinity Blade would require.
"The most profitable game we've ever made, in terms of man years invested versus revenue"
Yeah that makes sense, given that the game is little more than a medieval fantasy version of Punch Out!! which they barely spent any time making compared to their big games. Not to mention they got tons of free marketing all over the place.
Now if only there was a mobile game success story that had any real depth...
I wonder if they made more money than Temple Run?
Yeah that makes sense, given that the game is little more than a medieval fantasy version of Punch Out!! which they barely spent any time making compared to their big games. Not to mention they got tons of free marketing all over the place.
Now if only there was a mobile game success story that had any real depth...
I wonder if they made more money than Temple Run?
Um, no shit? iOS has an enormous installed base. When you make a game as shallow as Infinity Blade (ie: it requires next to nothing in development time or money) no fuck you're going to make a lot of money. *Especially* when Apple uses it as the fucking poster child for its platform for the "hardcore gamers".
Totally putting aside the fact that Microsoft took a hell of a lot more than 30% from the sales of Gears of War. I'm sure that Midway was doing the same with Unreal.
And no Jim. Infinity Blade is not a good game. If you want to drastically lower your standards and expectation for software because of the platform of choice, go right ahead. I choose not to.
Totally putting aside the fact that Microsoft took a hell of a lot more than 30% from the sales of Gears of War. I'm sure that Midway was doing the same with Unreal.
And no Jim. Infinity Blade is not a good game. If you want to drastically lower your standards and expectation for software because of the platform of choice, go right ahead. I choose not to.
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