Dave says Soulstorm on PS Plus was ‘devastating’

The PS Plus It can be a fun way for publishers to release their games, especially if they are looking for popularity – fall men Say it. However, this didn’t seem like a good idea for Oddworld: Soulstorm. In fact, according to Lorne Lanning, one of the founders of the Oddworld Inhabitants, it was “devastating.”

In an interview with Xbox expansion cardLanning explained that the deal with Sony to offer the title on a subscription service came about due to high production costs, so the studio needed financial assistance from the Japanese giant for this endeavor – but the numbers didn’t seem to be quantified from the start in the right way.

The developer estimated that it would sell 100,000 units at launch, although 50,000 was a reasonable number. However, the money they would get from the Sony deal was more than what they would get from those deals.

The thing is, Oddworld: Soulstorm was supposed to debut in January 2021, when the gaming community was PS5 It was still low. Due to the pandemic, developers have had to work from home, which has led to the emergence of a Postponed to April (Another three months). This window was enough to significantly expand the base of players in the new generation.

With the deal already signed, Oddworld: Soulstorm ended up becoming one of the most downloaded titles on PS5, with nearly 4 million copies delivered to subscribers – a difference that proved economically devastating for the studio.

Oddworld: Soulstorm has four different endings

For subscribers who redeemed Oddworld: Soulstorm on the service, the game has four different endings: worst ending, bad ending, good ending and real ending. See what you have to do for each of them!