Superhot is a game that appears tailored for VR. It’s a first-person shooter with the neat twist that the game world solely strikes if you do. If you keep nonetheless, all the pieces freezes – together with bullets – permitting you to decide on your subsequent transfer fastidiously. If you make any motion, the game begins transferring once more. It’s like the perfect scenes in The Matrix, or Max Payne’s Bullet Time unfold over a complete game.
Superhot VR got here out in July 2017, a 12 months after the unique game, and is obtainable on PC by way of Oculus Rift, VIVE, and on PS4 with PlayStation VR. Now, in accordance with the game’s writer, the VR model has apparently offered over 800,000 copies throughout all platforms – and has really generated extra income than the unique Superhot title has.
This doesn’t essentially imply that Superhot VR has offered extra precise copies than the unique game. According to SteamSpy, the unique Superhot is owned by between 1-2 million customers on Steam alone – and it’s additionally out there on each Xbox One and PS4.
However, whether or not due to sales, bundles, or the truth that a large chunk of that player count comes from Kickstarter backers, Superhot VR has apparently made more cash than Superhot traditional. This is in accordance with Callum Underwood, who works on the game’s writer Raw Fury.
SUPERHOT VR, with over 800,000 gross sales throughout platforms, has generated extra income than the unique SUPERHOT
— Callum Underwood (@DevRelCallum) April 15, 2019
Returning as soon as once more to SteamSpy, apparently Superhot VR has only sold between 100,000-200,000 models on Steam – so nearly all of house owners appear to be utilizing PlayStation VR. Regardless, it’s all the time good to listen to that a wonderful indie game has accomplished properly.
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There hasn’t been any information on a sequel to Superhot, even of the VR selection – though, the final we heard, Japanese developer GameTomo was creating a Japan-set version of the game. We haven’t heard something on this venture for over a 12 months, so apparently we have to begin transferring extra.
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