Phil Fish of Polytron-fame has announced that hit-indie title FEZ has sold more than 200,000 copies since it was first introduced on the Xbox Live Arcade service one year ago.
The game was originally released on the 13th April 2012 and is due to be released on Steam from the 1st May 2013 so if you haven’t been able to give the game a go you’ll be given a chance to do so pretty soon!
In an interview, Phil Fish said:
“Since it came out last year, FEZ has now sold 200,000 units on XBLA alone. Which is completely fucking crazy when you think about it. The game really found its audience (or the audience found it?). Everyday we get far more love mail than hate mail. Every other day people send us fan art, or a picture of a Gomez cake, or a quilt they made, a Drawing, a plushie. seeing people’s notebooks filled with deconstructions of the puzzles and mysteries I had so much fun putting together has been a particularly rewarding experience.”
In addition to this, Renaud Bedard, who was a programmer for FEZ commented on the news:
“Even though I left Polytron a while ago, FEZ is that kind of elastic string that pulls you back every once in a while. I’ve been hard at work on the PC version and I’m very happy that the game will finally reach a broader audience.”
Will you be giving FEZ the time it deserves when it launches on new platforms next month?
[Source: Game Industry]
