The Witness, indie developer Jonathan Blow’s next game after to his cult hit puzzle platformer Braid, has suffered widespread piracy, but that hasn’t stopped sales, as the developer stated on Twitter that the game was selling far faster than Braid did.
In successive tweets, Blow wrote:
It's hard to talk about numbers without breaking NDAs, but The Witness is on track to sell more in a week than Braid sold in its first year,
— Jonathan Blow (@Jonathan_Blow) January 31, 2016and Braid was a hit indie game! (I'll let you know if this officially happens!) Which is not to be too money-oriented, it's just great that
— Jonathan Blow (@Jonathan_Blow) January 31, 2016we'll be able to make the next game at a comparable budget level (maybe bigger, we'll see!)
— Jonathan Blow (@Jonathan_Blow) January 31, 2016Blow had been worried that the rampant piracy would prevent him from developing another game, stating ”Unfortunately this will not help us afford to make another game!” That appears not to be the case now.
