Ninja Theory's first independently developed game launches tomorrow. Read on for a thank you note from the team.
Hello PlayStation Fans, Dom here from Ninja Theory. Tomorrow is a very special day for us here at Ninja Theory: we’re releasing Hellblade: Senua’s Sacrifice on PlayStation 4, our first self-published and independently developed title. Hellblade will be available as a digital only title for $29.99.
For those new to Hellblade, the game tells the story of broken warrior’s brutal journey into myth and madness. Set in the Viking age, Senua embarks on a haunting vision quest into Viking Hell to fight for the soul of her dead lover. Hellblade has been created in collaboration with neuroscientists and people who experience psychosis, to help bring Senua’s experiences of mental illness through in the game.
When we first conceived Hellblade back in 2014 our aim was to create a game that could spearhead a resurgence in mid-sized games; the lost games of years gone by that were creatively rich, featured the highest AAA production values and were more focused in scope than many of the big hitting blockbusters of today. So Hellblade: Senua’s Sacrifice is a AAA quality game that is half the size of a regular AAA game, at about 8 hours in length, and sold at half the price – just $29.99. By keeping our team size small, at 20 devs, and our budget low we can deliver a unique experience that fulfils our creative ambitions, feels every bit AAA in quality and that can be offered at low price that is fair to you and us.
Hellblade: Senua’s Sacrifice has always been an experiment in trying to break the mold, trying to rediscover the lost space in between indie and AAA. For our part, we think we’ve made our best game yet. From tomorrow it is up to you, our fans and the PlayStation community, to carry Hellblade forward and help make this experiment a success.
Creating video games is a privilege, but it isn’t always easy. Just as Senua goes on a journey, so too have the Hellblade development team. The support that we’ve had from the PlayStation fans from the very beginning has been nothing short of incredible. You have believed in us, helped spread the word and watched Hellblade evolve over the years. We’re so excited that tomorrow we’ll be able to share the final Hellblade experience with you all.
Congrats team. Looking forward to playing it. Btw if you could somehow make a physical copy one day that would be really cool.
No physical no buy if it stays digital only i’ll wait for a sale
Not everyone can afford to produce physical releases. Comments like this help absolutely no one.
Same here, will only buy a physical copy.
@Billyok: Actually it does, it shows devs/pubs that consumers want the choice of disc release. Many smaller indies release disc versions all the time, Im sure Ninja Theory can find a way also.
I think devs already know folks like physical releases. But anyone who read the post above can deduce that Ninja Blade put its neck on the line to make this possible in the first place. If you don’t want to support that endeavor because you can’t stare at a box on your shelf, then fine, but the comments really do help no one.
@BeanDK They wanted to keep costs down as much as possible, while still delivering a game of AAA quality. I would rather support the cause to bring back middleware games than fuss about a disc.
Its 2017 a physical copy still takes up your hard drive space because you have to download it anyways to the hard drive. But wait you cant take it back to gamestop to get your 2.50 out of the game. While people like me will load up a ps4 2tb hard drive and then when i go to sell the system i will sell the email account associated with it and all the games on the hard drive which is about 42 games and have it sold for about 900$ or more and wont have to spend a dime on a ps5
They’re not making a fuss. It’s their choice to not buy digital. It’s their choice to say that in a comment on a thread created for said game. No harm, no foul. You’re literally telling them to keep their options to themselves, by giving us your opinion on them. Don’t like them saying no disc, no buy? Then move on to the next comment. In my opinion, the small dev games that are made into a disc all say the same thing. “due to popular request and demand”. Stop telling people to be quiet please.
I’m in the same boat honestly. I hate paying more than $10 for a digital only game. I would buy if physical. I’ll probably wait till this goes on sale down the road then definitely pick it up. Cheers to Ninja Theory though, the game looks incredible.
I’m also no disk, no buy, but for a much simpler reason… My internet connection is WAY to slow to even consider buying games that I have to download. I also struggle with updates.
@teh_pwner uhmmmm….I’m not saying they’re making a fuss. Chillax a bit, will ya? I’m saying I would rather support Hellblade than worry about things like Digital/Physical….jeez
Apparently, you did not saw their dev diaries. They were struggling to make the game as it is so they could not afford to make physical copies. Besides. digital only gave them more control over their product. While you’re entitled to your own opinions, but read about the game before making statements like these man. :)
Hi @SaveTheQueenIX, I am very chillaxed today as it’s a holiday here for me. Most, if not all of my comment was aimed towards @billyok, (whom I did not @, and that’s my mistake), so I’m sorry if it seemed it was aimed at you. billok said twice, “the comments really do help no one”, So I was more of less talking to him, saying people can say whatever they want on here. It’s their opinion. Also, you absolutely implied he was making a fuss from what I read. “I would rather support the cause to bring back middleware games than fuss about a disc.” Not that it matters, but I’m buying it digital, and if it was on disc, I still wouldn’t buy the disc as I haven’t for years. I game share with my son and prefer digital. Sorry to have bothered you. I was a bit upset people were trying to tell some one to be quiet. So in that regard, I will chillax. Have a great day.
This is such an idiotic thing, i swear people who say this must have the worse internet speeds.
I will be enjoying this game while the physical release complainers watch from the sidelines and miss out.
Someone is actually asking for a physical copy? LOL…. what is this 2005? Bruh no one buys that garbage, lol… everyone is going digital… a long time ago. Keep up with the times…
Collector here, no physical release, no buy! If ninja theory makes enough on hellblade, hopefully they will invest in a physical release to cater for the collecting market! If not, no big deal as most collectors have more games that they could play in their lifetime anyway. If they dont release physical, they miss out on a massive market