It's easy to get caught up in the numerous success stories we hear these days surrounding the Nintendo Switch, with major releases and indie games alike seemingly striving thanks to the popularity of the platform. That isn't always the case, though.
Matt Rix of Canadian studio Milkbag Games has taken to Reddit to discuss the sales of its stylish stunt-racer, FutureGrind. Sadly, he notes that the game "sold poorly", so the developer has decided to slash the price of the game just in time for its first anniversary.
"I'm really proud of our game FutureGrind, but it sold poorly, so we figured since it isn't going to make much money anyway, we'd rather have more people getting to play it."
The game did actually perform better on Switch than other platforms - Matt says that Switch was "by far" the best-selling version - but its overall sales were "still quite small compared to most games".
If you're interested in seeing what it's all about, you can grab it at a whopping 85% off for a limited time. It's available on the eShop for £1.34 / $1.49 until 29th January.
If you do decide to give it a go, make sure to let us know how you get on with it in the comments below.
[source gonintendo.com]
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NintendoWorldReport awarded this a 9/10 and it has 80% on Metacritic, although there are only 4 reviews. Seems like it's well worth checking out for that price.
Yeah, but despite the reviews it still looks like a mobile game...
So?Switch have a lot of mobile and thrash games.At least this one looks good.
Yeah, not my type of game sadly. And the art style looks a bit off. They’re using real pictures for the instructors?
@Manzoli Are we still judging the quality of games based on how they look vs... I dunno literally any other factor?
Open your mind
Looks like my type of game but the trailer makes it look annoyingly hard to control. Might have to try for the price tag though.
This fell under my radar, but now that it's dirt cheap, I'm gonna jump on it.
It doesn't really jump out to me as something I need to play but could be worth giving a shot at that price.
Ill give them some money just for there honesty
I never heard of this game, and I think not many people have. So there's your problem.
this game has been similarly heavily discounted before, I got it for less than a dollar I think ... not really had time to properly play it however
Visually, to me at least, it just doesn't 'flow'.
Wish the team the best – but it's not for me.
I do feel bad for a team like this that put out a game that clearly has a lot of care put into it, even with its lower budget, and then just... fails to find any real audience even with decent review scores under their belt. I guess this is just the nature of a market where a couple of dozen games launch across all platforms on any given week.
It's a good game but the price was too much imo. I bought it when it was sale last time.
I just downloaded it. For $1.49, what is the risk?
@Scorchio visual style is a big factor. There a lot of games I don't play because they look ugly (bear in mind I am not talking visual fidelity as I for instance played over 100h of Witcher on switch)
I’ll go buy it now. Seems fun enough for a buck fiddy
Never heard of it 🤷🏻♂️
Looks like fun! I'll definitely pick it up for that price.
Like most others here it seems, I'd never heard of or seen this game before today.
It does look like the sort of auto-runner that I enjoy so I'll perhaps five it a chance at the sale price, but there's nothing making me think I need to play this above all the other games I already have.
@Mince I’m beginning to think you are a mobile developer you pulled me up on a similar comment the other day on push square.
Not having a go mate but some people really don’t like mobile style games on console it’s just some people’s opinion
I've never heard of it and it looks like a phone game.
@Mince I am with @Gs69 . I'm one of the folks that generally does not like mobile games. Some mobile games are great, like Gris, but others are terrible compared to console games. I don't like the eShop getting cluttered with shovelware mobile ports.
I get a little turned off with games that I can’t tell what’s going on by looking at screenshots. Aka .... what am I even looking at in those screenshots. That aside, I’m sure it’s fun. It’s a freakin video game!
It just looks really boring and that static guide photo that keeps popping up is annoying, good games get played.
@ChromaticDracula it's not like there isn't a video of the gameplay in the article :V
@Danrenfroe2016
I'm with you too on this. And by the video, this look like one of those "endless runner" type of games with a colour-coded gimmick similar to some others in the genre I've seen plenty of times already.
Not saying this game isn't good at what it tries to do, it's just that in a world where these games are available by the dozens on most mobile platforms, it needs something truly, and exceptionaly special for me to take notice. The endless runner genre was a fun concept quite some years ago already, and about two gazillion of them exists out there now. Even if this one is top quality and fun, it still feels to me like a cheap mobile game, which is NOT the type of thing I bought my Switch for.
Some "mobile" games on Switch are fine. For instance, Asphalt 9 feels like a console game somewhat, with physical controls and all. Sure, it has that freemium aspect to it... but it "feels" ok. I also have Gris, without knowing that it was for mobile too (still feels like a regular console game, although an artsy one). But this runner game seems to me like tons of other similar games on mobile, which doesn't convince me to try it out, even at that price.
But I feel sorry for mobile developpers who thought that the Switch would be a golden opportunity for them. It's like they didn't understand that a console (even a portable one) isn't exactly aimed at the same market mobile devices are catering to...
People wait for discounts and not the right full price.
Wait: this game's soundtrack is done by Bignic? Of Domina fame (well, relative fame)? That alone will get me to buy it. His soundtrack for Domina is stupendously good. Future Grind looks a bit like an endless runner allied to the Trials series and a rhythm music game, which sounds incredibly difficult for the likes of me. For a little over a $1 I'll try it though.
@OorWullie Despite dev stating the the sales are poor across the board and that Switch was actually the best one, I still believe that once again a game got lost in the load of gems that no one can find due to the poor UI of the eShop.
It was recommended by That Video Games Show recently: https://youtu.be/NGOVRSAwtcc
@Mince I’m really not doubting the quality of mobile games but I think the place to play them is on a mobile device you can argue that the switch is indeed that but an oversaturated eshop is not good for customers or developers.
Maybe I’m just old fashioned but I expect when I buy a Nintendo product I’m gonna get something of a higher quality than I would on a mobile phone game plus I just like traditional controls
@Mince "Should i skip dead cells, gris or many other mobile games?"
Both of those games were developed for consoles/PC first, then later ported to be playable on mobile devices. I think it's the games that were developed first for mobile and then ported for consoles/PC that irritate people since they rarely translate well as a full-fat gaming experience.
Rather have this for a bob and a half than bung a bob for Big Ben to bong....
Reminds me of Uniracers. I really liked that game.
This looks like a pretty good game for $1.49. Not sure if I would have bought it at full price but I'll check it out for that, sure.
@BlackandWhiteCow Exactly my thoughts. I got excited because it’s somewhat reminiscent of Uniracers, but the more video I watched of this game, the more insanely difficult it looked, and I don’t have the time or patience for that sort of thing these days. Unfortunately.
Uniracers wasn’t about insane difficulty, it was just about having fun and the difficulty scaled in support of that. That’s where the similarities ended, as did my enthusiasm for this game.
@BAN Yeah personally I love a hard, almost masochistic games but it really means the controls and gameplay have to be extra tight. And like you said a good scaling up of difficulty.
This looks a bit wobbly from the trailer but the good reviews means I bought it so here’s hoping I’m wrong!
Future grind is actually a really good game. I do think the original price point was kinda high and think that they could've faired much better around $10. I brought the game in an eshop sale awhile back for only $2 and it's 1 of the best eshop deals I've ever caught. Simple but solid story and the gameplay does get difficult but nothing too crazy. You're goal is to pretty much grind on the rails, get to the end of the stage and combo your way to a high score. More twists to the gameplay are thrown in as you get different types of vehicles, you may have to land with the right color, you might have a vehicle with 1 wheel and a couple others. A lot of the visuals reminds me of tron especially the night stages. For $1.49 is more than worth it this is definitely a hidden gem.
The annoying characters need to f*ck right off. Then I will check it out. These games can be good if it eases you in the right way. It could be a bitrip runner or an Olli Olli. It could even be Nights into Dreams...not really, that game is untouchable.
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