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GI.biz interview - Hitman 3 recoups project costs in under a week
- Thread starter Raigor
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I may not love some of IO's business decisions but damn, do I love that studio and Hitman. So glad they're making that money!
glad to see success for IO with a very unsual way of delivering and amazing product months after months in a niche genre. Super cool.
Deserved. Launch was rough but it seems to be fixed for 99% of people now.
Just waiting for H2 carry over now.
Just waiting for H2 carry over now.
Hurrah! Glad this move has worked out for them so far and they put out another great Hitman game.
I definitely can say that in my case... it was perfect timing.
IOI certainly deserves this as Hitman 3 is a fantastic game. I contributed by buying the game for both my PS5 and XSX plus Hitman 1 & 2 on PSN. I will wait for a Microsoft sale on Hitman 2 Gold edition before also buying that version.
I do hope this means the individual software developers at IOI will be getting nice bonus cheques.
I do hope this means the individual software developers at IOI will be getting nice bonus cheques.
I haven't played any of the recent Hitman games but I've been meaning to. Sounds like I definitely should. I am absolutely happy for the studio and its developers. It must feel so great to get out from under a bigger publisher and accomplish great success afterwards!
I'm a bit LTTP, currently playing H1 missions on H3, every hour I remind myself how stupid I am for leaving Hitman 1 on my Steam library untouched.
Deserved. The Hitman trilogy is probably my highlight of the last gen. Can't wait to see what IOI come up with next.
Way to go, IO. This reboot trilogy had unexpectedly become one of my favorite things. I hope more and more people give it a try now.
Games great, im very glad to see games like Hitman be big successes. We dont see games like this very often.
Hitman 3 was my first Hitman game. After spending about six hours in Dubai messing around, I went ahead and purchased Hitman 2 to complete the set (the gold version of 1 is/was an early bonus from EGS). They're incredible games, and exactly what I needed to get the bad taste of Cyberpunk out of my mouth.
Wow, that's insane. So glad IOI has reached this stage with Hitman, their last games have been a labor of love, and it shows.
while i haven't bought the game yet, i'm just glad that studio found immediate success with this entry knowing how rough the people there have had it commercially ever since the less-than-stellar sales of hitman 2016. nobody else is making the kind of video games they do with that level of production value, so it's good to know they can keep doing what they're good at thanks to this successful launch.
They were really smart to add a way to bring previous game content into their latest iteration each time. I never played the series but saw the glowing reviews for 3 so I bought Hitman 1 and 2 at the end of that last sale before buying Hitman 3. Basically making it a complete trilogy edition for $80 (though I'm missing the DLC for 2 which sounds worthwhile.)
Having fun so far.
Having fun so far.
great news for the devs and I'm glad all their hard work and effort has paid off for everyone.
I just completed the main story of H2 and about to hop into H3 (I ?don't thnk i need to do the H2 expansion levels for the story...do i?
I just completed the main story of H2 and about to hop into H3 (I ?don't thnk i need to do the H2 expansion levels for the story...do i?
Well deserved.
I'd do New York and the Maldives if I were you. Not just for story; they're fantastic missions.
I'd do New York and the Maldives if I were you. Not just for story; they're fantastic missions.
Meanwhile at Square Enix...
I think the scale here is vastly different and not comparable. Could probably make like 3 or 4 Hitmans with the Avengers budget. And that would still be a well financed entry to the franchise lol
I think they were probably profitable long term (otherwise they wouldn't have made three games) but not quite as quickly as Hitman 3.
After everything that went down around the release of Hitman 2016 I'm so happy to see this. That first game of the trilogy was great but I remember there being a lot of concern around how that game sold that seemingly resulted in Square cutting ioi & Hitman loose which really made me worried about the future of ioi and Hitman. So jump to two great Hitman games later and a Bond game on the horizon I'm really happy for ioi.
Good to know. I haven't bought Hitman 3 yet but the recent hype for the series has got me playing through the trilogy from the start, and picked up the second game in the recent sale. Having everything under one client is great and by all accounts, the content I have for the first two games will keep me busy for quite a while. Just finished my first play through of Sapienza and Marrakesh last night!
Righto - will do - a bi tlonger until I get to dive into 3 then :-)
It's petty but I'm chuckling at how proud IO is of this game compared to Avengers floundering because of Square
