“Many thanks to Sony and PS Plus”: Fall Guys: Ultimate Knockout developer comments on the game’s huge success

Colorful battle royale Fall Guys: Ultimate Knockout does not leave the news feeds of specialized sites, capturing the attention of hundreds of thousands of gamers around the world. The success of the game commented her senior designer Joe Walsh from the studio Mediatonic in the podcast MinnMaxShow… He also expressed his sincere thanks to the team Playstation for the opportunity to distribute the new product through the service PlayStation Plus…

So, according to Walsh, how the audience greeted Fall guys, caused a real shock and sincere joy among the developers…

“This is just crazy. We’re overcharged right now. To make this leap from the moment when no one knows about your game, to the neat interest of some users and ultimately to a real explosion that no one could have predicted is even a little scary.” explained the designer.

The studio was quickly able to sell two million copies of Fall Guys: Ultimate Knockout on Steam, but the game’s quick hit was also helped by the PS Store Giveaway to PS Plus subscribers. Here the developers were able to repeat the path Rocket league from Psyonix, which also started on consoles with the “Plus” distribution.

“[PlayStation Plus] able to attract a completely new audience to the game, reduce the entry threshold for meeting a new IP, about which no one has heard before. It helped tremendously, and Sony supported us all the way, she’s just amazing, “the developer concluded.

The podcast host suggested that Fall Guys download numbers on PS Plus are now breaking all Sony records, but the developer did not give exact numbers.

Until the end of this month on the PlayStation 4 platform, anyone can freely pick up Fall Guys: Ultimate Knockout with a PlayStation Plus subscription. The game is also available on PC in the digital platform Steam.

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