Penny Arcade Game Sees Record Breaking Numbers

Kotaku is reporting that the new Penny Arcade game is showing record breaking numbers, earning $330,000 in the first three days, surpassing previous record holder Worms HD. Penny Arcade's Mike Krahulik was very pleased with the result saying: "Given that our price point was double the other games on that list I'm pretty f***ing happy. We fully expected some people to complain about the $20 price tag but we honestly felt like our game was worth it. Pricing something like this is tricky. Obviously you have to look at the length of time it will take someone to complete the game but you also need to factor in the quality of the experience."

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And if you're thinking about the Xbox version...

[Mr2001]

... you'd better live in one of those 11% of households that have an HDTV, or you'd better get used to squinting, because it's nearly unplayable on a standard TV. The text is unreadably small, and the whole game is letterboxed so everything is 25% smaller than it should be.

Really, is there any excuse for letterboxing a video game? It's not like there are boom mikes just off-screen that need to be covered up. The game doesn't have to be "modified from its original version" -- everything is generated on the fly anyway.