PSN Exclusive Joe Danger Breaks Even on Launch

Hello Games’ Joe Danger, the PlayStation Network exclusive, is one of the highest critically acclaimed PSN titles ever created. To complement its critical success, it has been confirmed that Joe Danger’s commercial success is going very well with the PlayStation Network exclusive breaking even on its release day which was June 8th.

[doctorstrange]

Here at Develop, having a lot of fun

[UNCyrus]

Always nice to have good news hit the front page of N4G!

[Spenok]

Very true. Now lets hope for a sequal.

[Chubear]

Now we have a rough understanding how much small downloadable games ($9.99/$14.99 type games) need to sell to break even depending on the size of the development team ofcourse.

roughly 50-100k, likely less (25k maybe) for $4.99 type games. Excellent.

[sikbeta]

Awesome Game, Totally deserve the money, if you don't bought it, do it NOW...

[user9422077]

Completely love this game. So much fun. Glad to hear it's doing so well.

[lordgodalming]

Gives hope to the Indie scene. The only PSN games I like better are Wipeout HD and Fl0wer (also an Indie title). Bravo to Hello Games.

[Dave-The-Rave]

This is a weird looking game..

[Taggart451]

It's good when you see a group of guys get recognized for their hard work. Now everything will be gravy :)

[doctorstrange]

I can't wait to see what they do next

[moparful99]

It fills my heart with joy to see a small company with great ideas, drive, and skill recieve so much success because of sony's open platform. It's official I'm a sony fanboy and proud of it!

[TrevorPhillips]

Hey i've heard about this game, apparently it's good :)

[techpinger]

Looks like an odd game.

[T3mpr1x]

Looks like a great game.

^Fixed.

[Snake_-7-_]

I want this game....badly

[ranmafandude]

it was my first psn game i owned so far. it's just pure fun that i come back to once in a while.

[milf_sex]

Joe Danger is sooooooooo fun. If you use PSN a lot and buy PSN games, pick this up or you are a horrible person.

[TheMART]

Bought it day 1, great developer.

I supported this, but also expect now you got money, you get dedicated servers to create/play/share the levels on servers upload/download instead of just level sending by PM!

Breaking even on day 1, 50.000 copies 1st week, 100% x 10 ROI

Come on Hello Games, make Joe Danger even more awesome for those that support it!

[RankFTW]

Heh I'm actually playing this game right now, it is awesome!

[tdrules]

Many congratulations to Hello Games, gotta love digital distribution.
Without it many developers wouldn't be able to even release their games.

[Lifewish]

I have enjoyed what I saw of the game, still need to pick it up

[wolfehound22]

Awesome to here. Very fun game.

[Terarmzar]

i got this one from my friend gamesharing but never played it yet, i will try it out today

[milf_sex]

buy it if you like it ! its a game made by 4 people...show your support ! :-D

[BYE]

Looks fun. I'd pick it up for $4.99.

[peeps]

I did pick it up for full price but agree that it would have been better at a lower price point. That said it is a fun game with tons of levels and the difficulty gets nice and challenging after a little while

[hesido]

Time to make a price reduction for me to buy!

[hesido]

Probably people who bought this at full price are disagreeing, but once there's a sales plateau, reducing the price will earn the publisher even more. It's good business. (e.g. Valve sales)

[edhe]

I find the title funny. You get so many other stories about how games are turning profit, making big sales etc and this one "breaking even".

Anyway, good on 'em.

[GodsHand]

50,000 * $9.99 = $499,500.00 (excluding taxes)

I find that still to be an expensive game, for as simple as it is. I understand that they still have to pay people to develop, and test, and all that good stuff, but still pretty expensive in my opinion.

But now atleast they, will start to see profits, from here on out.

[TheMART]

@ GodsH

WRONG

its price is

14.99 USD

or

9.99 Pounds

or

12.99 Euro

And its not expensive, because its not even simple. If you have the game you know you're wrong. I'm assuming you don't own it. Its worth every penny/dime, I find it even better than many full retail disc based games.

This ain't expensive. The MW2 DLC for 15 bucks now THAT'S expensive!

[despair]

@TheMART at Xboxkings

he means that the amount of money to break even is alot, as in its an expensive game to create, not the cost of the title.

@GodsHand

if you look at the article it said they broke even on launch day and for the entire week sold 50k so its not 50k copies to break even, just what was sold on launch day.

[user9422077]

You know, if you actually read the article it says how much they sold.

/Sigh

[peeps]

exactly "In addition to the game breaking even on release day, Joe Danger sold 50,000 copies in its first week."

i.e. it's not saying they sold 50,000 on day 1... just first week i.e. they prob broke even with a much lower number that 50,000 sold.

[lordgodalming]

@GodsHand

Devs don't get nearly every dime from game sales. They pay all the people you mentioned, plus marketing costs, publishing costs, and Sony undoubtedly takes a cut for putting the game on PSN, like Apple does when songs sell on iTunes. Breaking even is a huge deal for an Indie game.

[jneul]

Impressive, wish I knew what it took to be a psn developer I have some amazing ideas for some PSN-mini games :):)

[andron]

I'm playing this now, great fun and a very good game. Glad to see it doing well...

[despair]

I see this as best PSN game for the year easily and might take the best downloadable title also, this game really is a bargain at $15, between the length, re-playability and fun factor its really worth every cent.

[iceman06]

to see that the indie dev scene is running at full steam. Congrats to them on their success. For 4 people to have created this game is pretty amazing. It's an insanely addictive mix of Excitebike racing, with platforming elements, some Tony Hawk style tricks, and some level editing thrown in for good measure. Even at the premium price of $14.99, it's well worth it.

[redsquad]

I'm pleased it's a success. I love the retro feel & look, and welcome the charm and sense of humour it offers.

[Coheno]

This is my favorite PSN game along with Critter Crunch...they are both just pure fun!