Prey Development Q&A

December 17, 2006 11:20 AM

There's a Prey article on Computer & Video Games, asking Human Head's Tim Gerritsen and Chris Rhinehart to look back on the development of the scifi shooter. They touch on the abduction section, the Jenny character, Death Walk, the jukebox, Art Bell, the evil kids and a few other topics.

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et72

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December 17, 2006 11:37 AM

I wonder what kind of sales they had for Prey...

Personally I thought the demo was insane and just awesome,
but Im wondering in terms of success if it was worthy.
- freshyk
  
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  December 17, 2006 11:39 AM
  
  Sold over a million copies. Most probably on the 360.
  - rudds
    
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    December 17, 2006 2:13 PM
    
    Where are you getting your figure? NPD says it's a small fraction of that.
    - Maarten Goldstein
      
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      December 17, 2006 2:29 PM
      
      http://dukenukem.typepad.com/game_matters/2006/10/casting_a_wider.html
      
      plus a later comment "My figures on Prey sales come from the publisher's royalty report from which we are paid. As I said, the figure represents worldwide sell-through. I doubt they're paying us for units not sold--when publishers make mistakes, 99.9 percent of the time it's in their favor, not ours. I've not seen the NPD figures, but based on a recent audit we conducted I know that those figures can be quite mis-representative of actual sales."
- Serpico74
  
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  December 17, 2006 11:45 AM
  
  You should get the full game. Short (which in many cases is a plus in my book) but fun!
  - wild falcon
    
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    December 17, 2006 1:07 PM
    
    And it's $20-$30 US now.
    - shassard
      
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      December 17, 2006 4:01 PM
      
      or even less.
      
      EB had it on sale recently for $10 Canadian .. That's a cheap decent game!