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The Binding of Isaac Sells 700,000 Copies

by William D'Angelo, posted on 20 June 2012 / 3,962 Views

The Steam game The Binding of Isaac has sold more than 700,000 copies since it released on September 28, 2011. Wrath of the Lamb DLC was released on Steam on May 28, 2012. It has in just three weeks sold to 20 percent of the people who bought The Binding of Isaac.

"Who would have thought a game about an abused child fighting off his mother with his tears could ever sell 700k copies in less than a year?" said game designer Edmund McMillen. "Not me, that's for f*cking sure. 700k is a big number... maybe its time to bring this thing to console ;)"

The DLC had a rocky launch so McMillen decided to update it with more "items, bosses, enemies, music, secrets and a very hard to attain final ending cut scene that should shed some light on the games story even more."


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9 Comments

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:VN: (on 21 June 2012)

Bring this one to PS Vita!

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Sal.Paradise
Sal.Paradise (on 20 June 2012)

Great little title. Well deserved.

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pezus
pezus (on 20 June 2012)

Holy shit!

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LevelUP
LevelUP (on 26 June 2012)

I was praying for it's success :)

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BasilZero
BasilZero (on 23 June 2012)

I still need to get this ;x

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Bristow9091
Bristow9091 (on 22 June 2012)

Bring it to consoles and you'll piss over 1m sales ;)

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UnknownFact
UnknownFact (on 20 June 2012)

Interesting, I wanna make one of these that sells like hot cakes...

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mike_intellivision
mike_intellivision (on 21 June 2012)

This is the game that everyone made a big deal over Nintendo not allowing on its machines -- but no one points out that it is not on any other company's console or handheld. (Note that the game does not appear to have an ESRB rating, which would make it all but impossible for companies to handle in North America.). Makes it appears as if the 3DS announcement was PR. But good for the company for selling so well.

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cusman
cusman (on 20 June 2012)

A game on PC about an abused child fighting off his mother with his tears sells 700k on PC, while Console gaming press are still too busy trying to harass Crystal Dynamics on whether or not there is Sexual Assault content in the new Tomb Raider game based on a simple cutscene where bad guy gets frisky.

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VGKing
VGKing (on 20 June 2012)

Console Gaming Press? Really?
Pretty much all gaming press covers all platforms, including PC.

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Araknie
Araknie (on 21 June 2012)

They are not serious about that you know?

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