THQ’s de Blob sells more than 700K worldwide
Saturday, February 28th, 2009 at 3:32pm by Derek
If the sticky, color-spewing de Blob were to splatter paint upon the THQ offices, he would color them green.
A pale, cash-like shade, that is.
CEO Brian Farrell said Tuesday his company’s colorful Wii platformer has sold more than 700,000 copies worldwide to date.
The game’s success has enabled THQ to keep de Blob at its original price point. After five months at retail, de Blob still sells for $49.99.
“We can make money on games like that,” said Farrell.
Farrell also said THQ is pursuing a “three-prong” strategy for Wii, including publishing “Nintendo-esque” games with high production value like de Blob, budget titles like the million-selling Big Beach Sports and licensed software such as its Nickelodeon portfolio.
“The competition on the Wii right now is from Nintendo. That’s what we’ve got to attack,” said Farrell. “The people who buy Nintendo games, (we want to) get them to buy things like de Blob.”
de Blob released to mostly favorable reviews last September in North America, Europe and Australia. It splattered Japan two months later.
February 28th, 2009 at 3:45 pm
nice to see a quality-developed title doing so well
February 28th, 2009 at 6:27 pm
That’s awesome. The Wii has alot of games made for gamers coming out this year, and their sales will show whether publishers will continue to throw their weight around for Wii.
February 28th, 2009 at 8:42 pm
Wow.. $49.99..
I got this game a while back for £17.99
http://www.play.com/Games/Wii/4-/3593386/De-Blob/Product.html (it’s been that price for a while now)
’s the main reason I bought it. I wanted the game, but it didn’t seem like my ’sort of game’ Now that I’ve played it though, it definitely is worth the full price. If I were to go back in time and had to pay full price for it, I would.
February 28th, 2009 at 11:37 pm
de Blob is a great game. Long, fun, polished, the controls just work and it’s a great game to watch someone else play.
I got it at launch and have to say it’s one of the best purchases made in a while…
March 1st, 2009 at 8:47 am
Uh? What about making quality games on genres not dominated by nintendo, doesn’t it make more sense?
Anyway, I’m glad to know de Blob is doing well, it’s a nice game.