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Hellblade reaches 100k sales on Xbox One. Ninja Theory donating another $25K
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Why they donating to USA, tho? They are from UK. But good stuff anyway, mental health is big issue, which is not being discussed enough.
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It'a a late port. Most people who wanted to buy it already did.
Ooh, that's a generous amount!
Took quite a while to reach 100K, but it's done and dusted now.
I still cannot quite believe Ninja Theory have gone to Microsoft...
I could totally understand a new studio that they so desperately needed to do, as well as acquiring both Playground Games and Undead Labs, but Ninja Theory knocked me for six!
Here's hoping they are left to do their own thing with the next game, and to be able to create something just as intriguing and unique as Senua's story.
Took quite a while to reach 100K, but it's done and dusted now.
I still cannot quite believe Ninja Theory have gone to Microsoft...
I could totally understand a new studio that they so desperately needed to do, as well as acquiring both Playground Games and Undead Labs, but Ninja Theory knocked me for six!
Here's hoping they are left to do their own thing with the next game, and to be able to create something just as intriguing and unique as Senua's story.
you do know the xbox version in question came mid april of this year right
A late, digital-only port that came out about 4 months ago at that! It's a fantastic game that I'm in the middle of at the moment.
Mental Health America is one of those organizations whose outreach manages to show mental health and self-care issues in the context of everyday living (normalizing it) without giving the impression that the problems are something you have to accept as "normal." They seem to strike a balance of making clear that everyone faces these issues at some point, but that you always treat it as seriously as people know to with serious physical injuries; their lobbying supports policies to make mental health a core medical consideration in more states, as opposed to some "premium" tier that some can afford. They even have articles to help those acting as support for others going through the worst of it. Just flipping through their social media feed, the articles and outreach events seem incredibly well considered.
You do know that this is a very late port that only got released this April, right?
Edit: beaten badly lol
That's a very good result considering the game came out on other platforms a long time ago. No Man's Sky may not be a perfect comparison, but it did much worse on the Xbox compared to the (retail) numbers for the PS4 release.
I loved Hellblade and love what Ninja Theory is doing with these donations. A dev I'm proud to support .
As a late release for a digital-only title that wasn't an earth-shaker originally, it's certainly not bad (and this was just since the April release). Since they calibrated their donation goals to these numbers, we know it's in the range they wanted from the release.
Was gonna ask the same question
Good stuff NT. Mental health never gets the support or funding it needs. Do have a question tho, is there a story behind why they chose mental health over other charities?
Either way massive respect again
Good on them for the donation.
Unfortunately I absolutely hated the game. Bought it during the Xbox Ultimate sale and got 3 hours in before giving up.
Such a linear boring game. The repetitive gameplay of line these symbols up with the door got old really fast.
A major focus of the game is on the protagonist's mental illness.
Unfortunately I absolutely hated the game. Bought it during the Xbox Ultimate sale and got 3 hours in before giving up.
Such a linear boring game. The repetitive gameplay of line these symbols up with the door got old really fast.
A major focus of the game is on the protagonist's mental illness.
The game surpassed 1 million units sold back in June, almost a year later. It was never selling gangbusters sadly.
I want them to do a sequel. It was one of my top games of last year.
