There was genuine concern from creator Jonathan Blow that piracy would potentially derail The Witness. At $40, if too many people decided to cheat the system, Blow felt it would kill future prospects of making a game of that size again.
It seems The Witness is the #1 game on a certain popular torrent site.
— Jonathan Blow (@Jonathan_Blow) January 28, 2016
Unfortunately this will not help us afford to make another game! :(
However, just days later, Blow got some much brighter news. Even in spite of seemingly rampant piracy, it appears that The Witness is doing very well for itself. In fact, Blow is back on Twitter saying it's on pace to outsell Braid in just its first week of release.
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, 2016
Gamasutra pointed out that Braid sold over $4 million in revenue, but notes that exact first year sales numbers were not available. Blow followed his tweet up by stating that such positive sales could lead to his next project aiming as high or even higher than The Witness. Given the way he's capturing imaginations (and breaking brains), this is certainly good news for anyone that's followed the creator over the years.
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